Monday Made It!

Hooray - my second Monday Made It!  If you remember my first Monday Made It post, then you remember that I am not such a crafty person, but I love to get inspiration from others and attempt things on my own! Here are the things I have been working on this week!

Brain Breaks

 I have seen Brain Breaks on several blogs and heard about them through professional development.  I decided to give them a try this year!!  I painted one end of each stick (on both sides) so that once we do a Brain Break activity, I can place it back in the cup upside down.... see the first picture.... that way we aren't doing the same activity all the time.

Crayon Wreath

I got this idea here.  It was so simple to do, you just need a little patience gluing on all of the crayons!  I made two of them, one for myself and one as a gift to someone!

READ

I've seen a lot "READ" signs out there. I bought the letters at Michaels and just painted the faces green to match my classroom.  I'm not sure yet where I'm going to put them.



First Day Picture Frame

This idea has been on Pinterest, as well as other blogs.  I've seen some on The Hands-On Teacher and Fun in 1st Grade.  I really didn't want to buy a picture frame for it, so instead I cut out a frame from foam board and spray painted it!

Furniture

Before/during

After

Before

After

I've had this furniture for.ev.er.  The stool was just sitting in our guest room.  I got the table for free.... on the side of the road.... in college years ago.  It's been sitting in our garage.  So I decided to paint them to use in my classroom.  I don't know if my hubby wanted to be manly and help me out or if he just thought I was incapable of painting, but he INSISTED on painting them for me... thanks hubby!!  I told him I had to have them done by Monday morning for Monday Made It and he just laughed at my blog talk!!

So there you have it!  I don't know if there's any craft left in me, especially with school approaching but we'll see!  I always get inspiration when I look at what everyone else is doing!  Be sure to check out all the projects at 4th Grade Frolics by clicking on the picture at the top of this post!!