Mother's Day Coupons

Mother's Day is just around the corner and we are going to spend next week getting our gifts for mom put together.  Pictures are always a favorite, so I'll be taking pictures this week of my little ones.  I found magnetic frames at The Dollar Tree, so they will be perfect for our cute pics.  I also wanted a little something extra for their moms, so I put together this little coupon book.  There are a total of 10 different coupons included.  There is also a page with blank coupons, so students can write in coupons of their own choosing.

 

 You can check them out in my TPT shop by clicking here.

I'd love to give away 3 sets for free to the first 3 readers that comment below, and please don't forget to leave your e-mail address. 

Mother's Day Bloom

Are you looking for a cute craft for Mother's Day?  This sweet bloom is sure to put a smile on mom's face and it's a FREEBIE on TPT.

The flower center flips up to reveal why they they have the best mom/mum.

 

 

I always have my students create mom portraits for Mother's Day.  They always turn out super adorable. What mommy doesn't love kid drawn art?

Mother's Day

Just a quick post to share our cutie Mother's Day project.  I absolutely LOVE colorful beads, so I knew I wanted to create something that incorporated beading.  This is what I came up with...

I thought they would look super cute hanging on the fridge.  They could use the clothespin to clip anything they'd like.

To make it, I simply had my students add beads to a pipe cleaner.  Then, we put washi tape on a large popsicle stick and clothespin.  I only had them put washi tape on the front of the popsicle stick, but they could do both sides if they wanted.  I used a glue gun to attach the ends of the pipe cleaner to the back of the popsicle stick.  The picture below shows the back of the project.  Super easy and adorable.

You can get this freebie by clicking below.
Both the American and UK spellings of mom are included.

 

 

Mother's Day

Mother's Day is just around the corner and I knew it was time to start thinking about a project for my class.  Last year, I made magnets out of baby food lids, but since Greysen no longer eats baby food, that project had to be retired.  I started by creating this little one pager, for students to color.  Simply fold it in half and have students write a sweet message for mom on the inside.  If you're interested, it's yours by clicking below.

Now, for the project. . . I found a super cute project by ModgePodge Rocks using handprints and canvas, and knew I just had to do it.  I decided to go with ceramic tiles instead.  Canvas for the whole class sounded way too pricey, but ceramic tiles I can do.   This is a scaled down version (I used a smaller tile), I just wanted to try it at home with Greysen before attempting it with 22 second graders.  I could only find a little tile left over from my kitchen remodel, so you can see Greysen's little fingers wrap around the side of the tile.  This tile is a 4x4 inch.

 The project was pretty simple, so today I was off to buy a class set of larger ceramic tiles.    I went with 6x6 inch shiny, white tiles. They were only 48 cents each.  I shouldn't have any hands larger than this!

All I needed for this project was scrapbook paper, heart template (see below), 6x6 inch tiles, and Mod Podge. You can download the heart template I used by clicking the image below:

I will definitely be back to post pictures of the tiles my students make.  I'm sure they will be treasured by moms. . . that's if the project goes as smoothly as it did with Greysen.   Fingers Crossed.

I'm back...
The project was super easy and they turned out great.

Mother's Day

We have been busy bees getting ready for Mother's Day.  Every year I'm brainstorming new ideas for Mother's Day gifts from my students.  I never seem to stay with an idea more than 1 year.  But, this year may be different.  I really love how our fridge magnets turned out this year.  I'd say it's a keeper, but I used baby food jar lids and my toddler will most likely be moving on to big boy food.  I've been saving the lids because I just knew I could come up with some way to use them in the classroom.  I seem to say that about everything! I had seen an idea on Pinterest about making matching games using the lids and that sparked the magnet idea.  I used 3 lids for each student, and simply attached a magnet to the back.  They really turned out cute.  My toddler has been playing with them all night, so hopefully my parents love them as much as he does. 

I found this super cute way of wrapping simply using a baggy and scrapbook paper from a crafty blog.  Mine aren't nearly as fancy as hers, but they'll have to do :).  I just used plain cardstock and typed my message at the top.