Category: crafts

Opportunity Knocks!

leslie August 1, 2011 1 Comment
Today I received the most FAB-U-LOUS emails from Rebecca and Tara at 4th Grade Frolics asking me to be a Contributor to the blogand I must say that I am soooooo flattered and excited to be posting on this awesome site!!!  Please come by and check out what the other 5 very creative teachers are making for their class and home!You can also catch them on their regular blogs:I am sure I will...

Inspired by Letters… Making Numbers

leslie July 31, 2011 4 Comments
Today as I was surfing around I came across this wonderful site: Which had this awesome picture of what they call "letter bubbles."I've seen these all over Pinterest which I am soooooo happy to be doing now!! Thanks to all of you who were offering me invites!! I puffy heart yall!!!!  Anyways... I love these little bubbles... only problem is.... I'm teaching math and science- I...

Filing Cabinet Redo

leslie July 24, 2011 9 Comments
Do you know about Freecycle??  It's a group kinda like Craig's list that can be specific for your area.  You get emails from legitimate people in your town asking for items or trying to get rid of items. I received one Thursday night-- someone was GIVING away this lovely cabinetIt had some areas that needed sanding.  After sanding, I cleaned it and primed it and left it...

Today’s Craft Project…. NOTEBOOKS!!

leslie July 13, 2011 7 Comments
This week, Hobby Lobby has a LOT of scrapbook items on sale, including paper and stickers!!! I LOVE stickers... can't have enough!  Anyway here is a set up of my craft project that took me about 1.5 hours to do 4 notebooks from start to finish.  The composition books are on sale at Staples for $0.50.  This year I am teaching two classes (morning and afternoon) but I am teaching...

Get My Craft on… turning trash into treasure

leslie July 10, 2011 0 Comments
soooo.... for the past 3 years I have been in classrooms with ample amount of storage.  I had a whole wall of cabinets when I taught High School ART, and for the past two years while I taught 4th grade MATH/ SCIENCE and WRITING I had a wall of lockers (and all the space above them, and 2 huge cabinets.  Now I am at a charter school that doesn't have much storage.  In fact, I...