Category: crafts

Library Adventures on Wednesday

leslie February 24, 2016 1 Comment
Every Wednesday at 10 am, our local library hosts "Story Time" for kids.  This is an amazing opprotunity to meet other stay at home moms and dads, make new friends, and enjoy an outing learning to love reading! Does it get much better?Sweet Pea's favorite activity is reading.  Ive caught her several times crawling into her chair in her playroom "reading" a book. Just recently, she has...

What I Made This Past Week…

leslie February 20, 2016 0 Comments
Today I am linking up with Tara at 4th Grade Frolics to tell about what I made this past week.   She does a linky party every month for people to share about what they've made, whether it is for the home, classroom, or just for fun!  It's a great way to see what other bloggers have been up to.  So this past week, this is what I created....By BFF from high school broke her ankle...

Craft Time… Baby Elephant Pictures by Busted Button

leslie July 10, 2012 5 Comments
Isn't this this most adorable gift ever!!! Yes.... Yes it is..... So naturally I had to make one because this isn't mine.  And I have about a MILLION friends having babies.  Does anyone else feel that way... like everyone is having babies????  Couples turning into bunnies???  I digress...This too-cute elephant is a PIN from the most wonderful PINTERST but more importantly it...

Teacher Toolbox: Organization Central

leslie July 6, 2012 26 Comments
VBS is over and it was beyond AMAZING!!! But now that I don't have my mind racing in a million directions, I can focus on doing stuff for school... including crafting.   So I am finally going to contribute to Tara's Made it Mondays!  I know it's Friday.... but I am going to join on Monday.  You can check out more of her great ideas and other crafters linking up here ...

Big Lebowski Baby Shower

leslie February 29, 2012 2 Comments
 My best friend, Marcie, is prego with "Baby Bean," and she is absolutely in love with the movie The Big Lebowski.  If you love Seinfeld, you will probably like this movie (there is a LOT of cussing though), but it's a movie about nothing really.... a man who loves bowling, gets his identity mixed up with another man named Lebowski, has his favorite rug stolen, ends up becoming a...

Clipboards and Post-its

leslie October 5, 2011 6 Comments
I think it is a requirement of teachers to... Love clipboards... and have about 1 million.... you never know when you need one.Have a near obsession over post-its.  Cant they be used for just about anything!?!? Math... yes.... Science... yes... Reading... always.... Love them!So what's a better way than incorporating the two into a great gift for my Secret Pal at school.  She's a...

Brought to you by… HOBBY LOBBY!!

leslie September 12, 2011 2 Comments
Today (in less that an hour) I made a fall wreath.  I have never made one of these, but my friend made this beautiful table arrangement and posted it to facebook: She said all the stuff she got was at Hobby Lobby, so I headed there yesterday morning and bought all this:Which was all 50% off!!!!! WOOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!!!   Expect the grapevine wreath... it was $5.99, but I also had...

Line Graphs….How to Make them CONCRETE!!! What, What?!

leslie August 31, 2011 7 Comments
My 6th graders are having a hard time with line graphs.  It's hard for them to plot ordered pairs, connect the dots and understand what they are looking at.  As I was sitting on the couch looking through some books, I came across an awesome idea....AND I LOVE IT!!!!The book is called Hands-On Math!  Ready to Use Games and Activities for Grades 4-8.  (Long title... I know......

Teacher Survival Kits… Brought to you by PINTEREST!

leslie August 18, 2011 1 Comment
If you do not know about Pinterest yet, you have to go to the link!!!! Go now!!! But please come back so you can find out what I made today. :)About a month ago, I found this lovely teacher gift idea at one of my favorite blogs,Bee in our Bonnet .The lady is super crafty and makes some of the cutest things ever for her kids teachers and for her home.So I made my own for a couple of my closest...