Monday Made It: easy peasy silhouettes

I'm linking up with Tara for my first Made it Monday of the summer!

These are our silhouettes displayed for Leadership Day. I actually took their profile pictures on the first week of school intending to make these and never got around to it! They are the most precious things ever!

oops! I think I deleted my pictures! ah!

Everyone added I am a Leader  to their papers since this was a Leader in Me project, but you could add names or anything else for that matter! We typed all of the roles we play in Microsoft Word and printed them. I had them add a border around each word as well to give them something to cut! Then we colored each one and cut them out, glued around our silhouette, laminated, and wa-la! Next year I will do this earlier and leave them displayed all year long. 

Pirate Treasure! A Blog Hoppin' Linky

Ahoy, me Hearties!

Today is 'International Talk Like a Pirate Day'! To celebrate, I have joined with some friends to give you the chance to find lots of pirate booty!

Each blog will have some different treasure for you to find!

I want to share with you, a free set of activities that will have your little landlubbers rolling!

Would You Rather-pirate style

What's Your Pirate Name

and a pirate trait craftivity that could be used with ANY pirate themed book or for themselves as a pirate!

You can find it in my Tpt shop!

You can also click on the image below to find my whole TpT store on sale! Blimey, that is good news!

Don't forget to pillage some other bloggers buccaneer's posts for more great teaching treasures!

Thanks for stopping by! 

An InLinkz Link-up

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using up your scholastic magazines (giveaway)

I have a huge stack of scholastic magazines in my room....I hope I'm not alone! Best intentions, right! Well, I find all sorts of ways to use up the ones that do not exactly fit what I teach.
First, the text features project!
Love this one!
This packet can be used in two ways:
1. Have students create text features in the minibook for a topic of their choice OR
2. Have students find examples from student magazines and old mags to glue in the minibook (aka use up those magazines!!)

File includes half page sized booklet to save on copies.
Contents include a page for:
Captions
bold print
bullets
comparisons
diagrams
glossary
graph
headings
illustrations
maps
tables
titles
subheadings
icons
electronic menus
hyperlinks
photographs
table of contents
index
pronuncian guides
magnification or close up
side bars/text boxes

Also includes example "expert Poster" project with any nonfiction book
nonfiction newspaper template for alternate project
text feature and purpose response sheet
rubric for scoring posters



these are like my most favoritist projects EVER!
their talents really shine!
and I also JUST POSTED what we did this week to review verbs!

easy peasy! I also included a template with all the pieces all put together if you're just not that into cutting these days! We searched for verbs in our scholastic magazine, highlighted them after we read, then cut them out for the fireflies. You could also just write them in. Then they list others on the recording sheet.
Like I said-
easy!
these are both in my shop, but you could win them too!
just tell me...
What do you do with your extra magazines?

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monday made it {instagram style} and more common core

So we take all these cute pictures and put them on Instagram to share with the world...then what? About a year ago I saw a site called insta.print. So cute....so expensive! and I am not even sure it's still around.
Then for father's day I wanted to do a poster of each of the boys at baseball games for Mr. Lamb. I went to walgreens.com and lo and behold...I saw this!

instagram + kevin and amanda font=love!

and here's what I ended up with!

It still needs some more pictures {which I just ordered-see below!} and I think some lace or ribbon and definitely a little bunting, but it is pouring rain and I like it just fine for now!!

so here's the 411 and I am sure a tutorial is not at all necessary, but they sure are pretty!

and here's the frame directions.

I chose an unfinished frame {Hobby Lobby} without glass for $39 minus 40% off coupon. 

Scrapbook clothespins {Hobby Lobby} I fully intended to go through the ordeal of glittering and papering myself, until I saw these things! I got two different packs that matched my home. 

plus my Instagram prints {$2.73}

mauve-ish colored wire {Hobby Lobby in the jewelry aisle} they have lots of colors and thicknesses.

{$1.99} I only used one spool and the frame is 18x20

thumb tacks {free from my desk drawer}

I pushed in the tack in the top corder and I wrapped the end of the wire around the base of the tack before pushing into the wood frame all the way. I just unraveled and zigzagged until I got the look I wanted. One part of the wire got twisted and has a kink in it, but I covered it with a picture!

ain't he a doll!?

I love the unfinished, scrappy look of it and the ease of changing out pictures to keep them current!

AND I did manage to squeeze out one TpT file that has been on my list thanks to Miss Tara! 

click me to see

I finally got the 4th grade posters made. I will blog about how I use these later on, but my 2nd grade ones are best sellers {and newly updated and on sale!} and I'm pretty much in love with how this set turned out! If you follow Tara at all, you recognize these colors! And a Big Ol' thanks to Ashley for making the Tara paper pack!

I may venture and take color requests on these sets, but let's see how things go! 

So go and link up with Tara now so I can spend more money and get more crafty!

Monday made it! Instagram button for your blog

It's Monday! I really don't mind Mondays in the summer! Here's today's Monday Made it!

See that adorbs instagram button on my sidebar? ------->
I used a camera doodle from sassy designs and my blog fonts to make a link to my instagram gallery

I'd seen lots of cute little icons and other buttons, but I wanted one to match my blog.
So now you can have one too

I made an editable powerpoint so you can adjust fonts and colors according to your needs
just download and get started designing.
Hopefully I took all the difficult steps out of the equation for you...

ask away if you have any questions

and as promised, here are the drawer labels from last week with blank labels. I was also asked for some other matching ones, but I'll have to work on that later!

I was hoping to be able to share more, but we are in the midst of All-Star baseball season with Middle Lamb, which around here means nightly practices and every weekend there is a tournament somewhere far, far away! But we have an awesome team so I love watching them play! Little D got to be the bat boy for the second game on Saturday. Let's just say he was a little overly enthusiastic and the umpire had to escort him off the field during a play! haha!

our little man

and after the excitement {and the third game!}

Oh yea, and we are still moving too!
We finally have all the painting finished...isn't my mother amazing! We went with fall tones which are my favorite

started with this

top left to right

the man den {brick house}, the breakfast nook {fall leaves}, the entry way {Rope}, and the girly living room {patina blue}

All the paint is Valspar Signature {except the entry way which is Rope from Eddie Bauer and I used it everywhere upstairs! Perfect gray!}

I will admit I'd be happy to never go to Lowe's again! We ended up going back almost everyday last week, and usually for more paint. We always start with just one gallon {esp since it's $32/gallon} because my mom can really use paint to the last drop! In fact, on Thursday I went FOUR times! ugh!

Now go link up with Tara so I can get even more ideas!

a fruitastic summer giveaway!

Hey yall!

Want to know the best part about the end of the year?

All the fun summer craftivities, of course!

And nothing says summer like fruit! That's why my blogging buddies and I have teamed up to bring you a Fruitastic Giveaway!

You have the chance to win some seriously adorable crafts here people!

Up for grabs?

The Berry Best Year by Teachery Tidbits

Take a Bite Out of Summer! by A Cupcake for the Teacher

and

Tutti Frutti Summer Cuties! by me!

The giveaway will begin today and will run through Friday, May 3.

Good luck, friends!

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rutti tutti fresh and fruity! Giveaway!

Well, as my Spring Break winds down, I sit here and blog, redo units, and play online rather than do any sort of planning
It's just how I feel right now!
Not really ready yet. Maybe I'll be in about 8 weeks!

But while on break and was quite the little worker bee!

I'll be sharing as I go along this week, but I wanted to start the week off right with a giveaway!

Here's a real cutie! a Tutti Frutti Summer Cutie to be exact!
As soon as I saw Nikki's latest set I had to make this!

Includes the template to make the pineapple cutie-boy and girl version of course
and tons of extra printables!
Sunglasses brainstorming sheet and writing papers
Possible Prompts-my favorite sunglasses, when I wear sunglasses I feel. Students could use the black/white sunglasses from template and design their own to display
Summer is... brainstorming and writing papers
Summer is Seed-sational brainstorming sheet and writing papers
Fruits bubble map 
What is your favorite fruit write and draw
Writing center fruits word wall
survey-what is your favorite fruit? with survey pieces
ABC Order
Fruit Salad word scramble
Fruit and Veggie Venn

As I was making mine, Middle Lamb, our resident artist, had to have one too. So here they are! Right in the living room!

this is why there is a lined pineapple option and an unlined one! Love creativity-his has people jumping and playing on top!

To win this...

Just guess my favorite fruit!
First three to get it right will get one!
I will let you know tomorrow

and speaking of Nikki-she had TWO exclusives this weekend. I may have been to blame!

 

see! And today's exclusive is a sheep set...ewe is so smart! What girl with the last name Lamb could resist! Plus I needed a good excuse to buy some new sets I've been eyeing!

I leave you with a sweet picture of little Lamb before his very first baseball practice yesterday! It is finally so absolutely gorgeous here in NC! It's been 70 al weekend!

that's his tough face by the way!