FREE St Patrick's Day PRINTABLE Tags

   

 

Here is a treat your leprechaun is sure to enjoy! :)
Last year I made these yummy rainbow cupcakes for my daughters class. I found the tutorial online.  http://room-mom101.blogspot.com/2010/03/rainbow-cupcakes.html 

After I baked them and let them cool I placed them inside a clear plastic cup wrapped up with a spoon, so they were easy to take home and eat up. I designed these cute tags and thought I would share them in case someone is looking for tags. Here is the link to download: There are 20 ea  2x2 tags on one sheet.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dhk61srb1fwh4v6/StpatricksDaytags.pdf?m

Class Auction Project

 A few years ago my sister asked me to help come up with a painting idea that my nephews class could do for their annual school auction. They wanted something fun that all the kids could participate in. Since they live by the beach we came up with doing a sea life painting using each kids hands or fingers. We had to make two paintings to fit all the kiddos on them. I first painted the background, then it was sent to the school for hand and finger prints, next it was sent back to me where i embellished the sea life a bit to create the animal. The final artworks had each child's name next to the sea life they created. 

We made two-toned fish by painting two separate colors on their hands. We made adorable seahorses and sea snails by using finger prints. It turned out super cute and I was told they made quite a bit of money for the school.

Teacher Appreciation Week

Last week was Teacher Appreciation Week. I had fun making the week special for my daughter's kindergarten teacher. The theme was out of this world teacher’s.

MONDAY:  Door poster. 

All the kids got a kick out of finding their alien.

 

Tuesday: Bring flowers for your teacher

Wednesday: Bring a dessert from the Kindergarten Class.

One of our other room moms brought a dessert for the teacher luncheon 

Thursday: Bring a note for your teacher

My daughter wanted to draw her and Ms. Brittle at the beach

 

Friday: Class Gift... Thumb Print Plate

"You made an impression on us this school year!"

 

Our class gift:

Using Crayola Air-Dry Clay I made a plate. I purchased the clay at Michaels craft store. I think I paid roughly $8.00 after using a 20% coupon. It is super easy to use and had a great texture after it dried.

The best way to make this plate is. 

• I took plastic wrap and covered a large plate. This is to protect the plate and it is also easier to take off the plate once it has dried. (I used one of my decorative chargers, because i wanted it to be a bit larger than a normal size dinner plate) 
• I took out the clay and pressed it into the top of the plate trying to keep it at least 1/4" thick throughout so I had a nice solid plate. Using the plate below will allow you to get the natural shape of a plate. I used a little bit of water to get the plate smooth. You want to make sure your center is thick enough for the kids to press their thumb prints into the plate and it doesn't break through to the other side or leave it too thin in that spot. Remember this is handmade and will not be perfect. You will have various imperfections. 
• Once i had my plate shaped I used a tooth pick to carve into it. My daughters teacher loves the beach so I drew some seashells on it as well and wrote out the year and grade. If you make a mistake no worries. just wet your fingers a bit and rub over your design and then re-do it.
• Next i took a few paper towels and wet them and rung them out. Then i opened them up and laid them on top of the plate and then wrapped the whole plate in plastic wrap, stuck it in a shallow box and took it with me to school the next day. 
• At recess I had each child press their thumb print into the center of the plate. I then took the plate home. I put it on the counter took off the plastic wrap and let the plate dry for a full 3 days. 
• Once I felt that it was completely dry I took it off the decorative charger. 
• Then I painted it the teachers favorite color. I bought some acrylic paint as well as some acrylic high gloss glaze. Once that dried i added a very light brown wash and then wiped it down so it was only left in some spots. Then I let that dry. Next I glazed it with the gloss glaze. Let that dry completely on both sides before the next step.
• I also purchased a thin black paint pen. I wrote along the Edge of the plate "Thank you... You have made an impression on us this school year! Kindergarten Then in the center i wrote all the kids names. 

The Teacher absolutely LOVED this gift. As well as the kids. They were sooo excited to see the final product!
(if you make this remember to tell the teacher it is for decorative use only) :)

my pin-spiration for this plate came from...
 http://www.rentstorkmemphis.com/jr-kindergarten-fingerprint.html

Thanks for Reading!

Be Creative!

Amy

100 days of School!

(tags)

We made it 100 days of Kindergarten!  I think i am just as happy that i survived the morning rush for 100 days. :)   Having fun being room mom. I made a sign and a little goody for the kids. 

 Classroom Door Sign

For all the kids.

Download the tags here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hljhyqc86j2kjbl/100days20ea.pdf

Growing tree Flower collage

My daughter started Kindergarten this year and me being so nice (snicker) volunteered to be room mom. This is the classroom gift that we created for my daughters teacher.

I decided to have all the kids in the class draw and color pictures of flowers in various sizes on a plain white piece of paper.

Then I cut them all out. 

 Next I drew a tree branch on the canvas, and stuck sticker letters on the branch. 

Paint your background then the branch. Once your branch is dry, peel the letters off and go over the letters lightly so you can still see the word Grow

 Next place all your flowers on the branch and paste them down with mod podge. Once that dries go over the whole canvas with modge podge... and your done.

Perfect gift for a teacher, grandparent or mothers day gift!

On the back around the canvas I wrote: 

Thank you for showing us how to grow, and then wrote all the kids names. Kindergarten 2011 

Supplies Needed:

• Flowers drawn and colored in different sizes and styles.
• Modge Podge
• Canvas 16x20 
• acrylic paint
• sticker letters
• black sharpie marker