Monday Made It (or Sunday Made It)

So I finally broke down and made these crate seats that have been floating around blog-land for two years! Here's my tutorial:

Go to a home store and have a nice man cut you some wood pieces.

Be sure to take your crate!!! 

Buy some foam at a craft store.  Cut it to fit the piece of wood.

Buy some cute fabric and staple gun it to the wood.  I wrapped mine up like a gift! 

Put in your classroom! Ta da! (Use in place of chairs in case you already have 24 kids and the list is growing...)

Also, I made this little W for my classroom!

A little paint and ribbon and you have a masterpiece!

I made something else super cute and creative (so I think but someone probably already made it and it's on Pinterest...) but I will share that with you tomorrow! Be sure to head over to TpT for the last day of the big sale! 

Arts and Crafts!

This summer, I made many craft items for my classroom.  Here is one:

This is a magnetic board that will go behind my desk.  I have cute little button magnets that I made but they are at school.

Here is another project:

This little sign will go near my classroom library.  I used scrapbook paper and wooden letters.

I LOOOVVVE my magnetic board! It turned out really cute.  What do you think? 

Lollipop Fun!

I made this lollipop tree to use as a behavior incentive in my classroom.  My students sit in clusters, and work towards earning team points.  Once a table meets their goal, they have to decide, collectively, on what their reward will be.  I thought the Lollipop Tree would be a fun addition to my reward choices to offer them!

To make, gather these materials:

-clay pot
-Styrofoam ball
-lollipops
-paint (optional)
-embellishments (optional)

I painted my pot and added some cute embellishments.  Next, I lined the inside of the pot with hot glue.  Finally, I glued the ball in and started sticking the lollipops in.  *Be sure to put the lollis close together!!

Voila! Didn't it turn out cute!?  This will look very nice with my western themed classroom.  Oh, and I looove gingham!