A cute way to dress up juice boxes!

Check out this fantastic idea from SuperMom.


This is the picture from her blog entitled Random Thoughts of a Super Mom!

Head over to her blog to see her great, pictorial tutorial.

Snowman Water Bottle Craft (Super fun, easy and inexpensive!)

My first graders made these fantastic snowmen this week.

Materials:
Clean plastic bottles with caps (in fun shapes!) with no labels, and the bottoms cut out.
White tissue paper: $1.00 (I bought the one with glitter on it)

Materials for eyes/mouth/buttons: $1.00 (I bought black, "decorative container filler")
Black acrylic paint: 60 cents at Michaels
Orange Foam (for the carrot nose): $1.00 for a multipack of colored foam.
Scarf: I used a few scraps of fabric.
Lights: to illuminate the snowmen.... 3 for a dollar at Dollar Tree.

Total Spent for 24 kids:  about $12

Here they are: 

 

Also, I can't take credit for this idea.  Here's the link:  The A-bottle-able Snowmen

Turkey Hands

Here's a cute idea, that every parent would love to hang in their home!
Photo and idea from littlegiraffes.com

This site also has so many great hand print craft ideas. I LOVE the calendar idea.  Here are a few more (click here.)

Here is my favorite poem!  Add this poem, a hand print and a frame from the dollar store!

 Sometimes I might upset you

Because I am so small

And always leave my fingerprints

on furniture and walls.

But everyday I grow a bit

And soon I'll be so tall

That all those little fingerprints

Will be so hard to recall.

So here's a special handprint

Just so that you can say

This is how my fingers looked

When I placed them here today

Classroom Celebration Munchies

Need an idea for quick and healthy munchies for the party?

Try some fruit kabobs.  Make them kid-friendly by sliding the fruit on to straws or paper or plastic lollipop sticks (found in the baking section at Michaels). 


(picture from: quick-dish.tablespoon.com)