Earlier I wrote a tutorial on how to make sailboats from milk cartons. My 1st grade students have finished making their sailboats. Here are some of their finished projects! After the boats were made, the students drew pictures of their boats. I had stuffed animals available if they wanted to draw a stuffed animal in the boat. Have you ever made boats with your kids?
My 1st graders are working on these fun boats now to go along with their explorer unit. Okay, I know they are not really explorer ships, but we can pretend, right? And they are so fun and cute. The kids love them! How to Make a Boat:  Gather empty milk cartons from the lunch room. Wash and wash again to get rid of all those icky germs. Let dry overnight.  Use a utility knife to cut the milk carton down … Read more…
Over the weekend, our school had a book fair at Barnes & Noble. There were musical performances by the students, story book read-alouds and an author visit. A percentage of the sales went to our school to buy books for our library. It was great fun and I think we will get a significant amount of books for our school! I was asked to have a craft table with a holiday theme. I decided we would make ornaments and pins. … Read more…
Are you looking for a last-minute Thanksgiving craft to keep the kids occupied after your turkey dinner? How about a “thankful wreath”? 1. Cut out the inside of a paper plate, so only the rim is left. 2. Cut out construction paper leaves and write one thing that you are thankful for on each leaf. 3. Glue these to the paper plate.4. Gather an assortment of fun “additions”: cut out felt leaves, artificial or real fall leaves, foam stickers and … Read more…
For those of you who celebrate, I hope you all have a very warm and happy Thanksgiving with your family.
Weaving is so much fun! I love using up scraps of yarn, but there are other things you can use too: pipe cleaners (or chenille stems.. what do you call them?) tissue paper rolled up fabric scraps cut into strips ribbons feathers raffia I started the kids with just yarn pieces. After 2 days of working, some of the kids were far behind, so then I brought out thicker ribbon, tissue paper and raffia to fill in the gaps. Some … Read more…
