So I have been out of the loop on my blogging for the last 2 weeks and I am missing it!!! Last week our church hosted VBS- Pandamania style by Groups; it was also the same week that I was in Guatemala on a mission trip… which I will post about next.
I usually help paint, decorate, and do crafts for the little 3yr-6yr olds during VBS, but since this year I was not going to be able to do that, I decided I would do mucho decorations.
How does this relate to my classroom???? Well, unfortunately we don’t do “themes” at my new school 🙁 but it is both a blessing (on my checking account) and a curse (what do you mean we don’t have a theme?? what will my classroom be based on now…) Anyway… back to how to use it in the classroom… so ADD…
You can use any of these ideas to do a JUNGLE theme in your own room! Check out these pics… hope they inspire you!
This is the entrance to our church. A wonderful member built this bridge for the kids to cross. They LOVED it! The vines and leaves really made it feel like a jungle. |
We had a ton of lanterns and umbrellas from Hobby Lobby. We hung them from the ceiling using fishing line and paper clips… I still think paper clips rank in my top 5 inventions. |
Carpet tubes donated by a local carpet store. All we had to do was tape some bamboo paper around it. |
We used green cellophane to cover the lights. I have seen teachers use the plastic table cloth cover to do this as well in their classroom. Gets rid of that horrible fluorescent lighting 🙂 |
LOVE the pandas!!! They really changed the the atmosphere to a fun loving one! |
Well… that’s about it! I hope you get inspired with some ideas on how to use this for a jungle classroom.
Be sure to contact your local churches after VBS. Most of them are more than willing to donate decorations that will most likely be trashed at the end of the week, and you DON’T have to make them or buy them!
Can I get an Amen?!?! 🙂
Oh I want you to come to my school and help decorate. I LOVE how everything came out and looks so much fun!
Where did you get the panda bears that are in all of your scenes?
JJ–
We made transparencies of some of the clip art from the panda mania cd. We then used an overhead projector to blow them up. We taped 2 pieces of posterboard together with clear masking tape on the glossy side, traced our pandas on the easy to write in pencil side. Then we painted them with acrylic paints. 2 of us painted then…we each did 10. Hope this helps!!!
Love the decorations. What did they use to make the vines?
Where did you get the bamboo paper?