Putting it all together...

Where has the summer gone?

I mean it just seemed like yesterday that I said goodbye to my group of

third graders for a LONG summer and now .... it's OVER.

I've been busy like the rest of you getting ready for a new school

year and getting my "craft"on.  

Here are the things I've been working on this week:

1. Boggle board

I wanted one of these BUT had no wall or bulletin board space for one so.... Voila!  I created a magnetic board.  It was so easy.  I purchased an oil pan from the local automotive store.  It was around $10.00.  Then I bought some cute tape to place around the edges.  I then downloaded and printed out some already made Boggle pieces from Mrs. Petite's Teaching Passion store that I found on TPT.  Click here to access this freebie. Finally I had to laminate and add magnets to the back of each letter.   I LOVE this Boggle board.  It can easily be moved around the classroom.

2.  Those FABULOUS seat crates. LOVE!

This has been on my teacher wish list all summer long.  I now have 5 of these fabulous seats for sitting and storage.  I enlisted the help of my Dad.  He does carpentry in his free time, and he just so happened to have some extra board that I could use.  So.... he quickly cut the size of the pieces I needed ( and even did the measuring for me).  I already had leftover fabric from my curtains and  red crates I was not using in my classroom.  The only thing I had to purchase was some bedding foam from Wal-mart.  It cost about $10.00.  I doubled the foam to make the seats a bit softer and still had enough foam to do 5 crates.  Woop!  Woop!  Ginger Snaps has a great tutorial for making these.  Click here if you are interested.

3. Confetti Poem for Back To School Night

I found this adorable poem floating around on Pinterest.  I copied it and have it placed on top of each of my student desks.  This will be perfect for our Back To School Night on August 13th.  I didn't purchase the cutesy confetti but purchased 5 bags of different colored filler at the Dollar Tree which serves as confetti.  I tried going with the theme of red, white, and blue for the Olympics.  Click here to download this poem.


4.  Dice containers

I wanted a way to keep the dice from rolling everywhere when my students were playing different games.  I found these small plastic containers at the Dollar Tree to keep the dice in.  My students can shake them up and then take a peek to see what numbers they have rolled.  I think there were 10 containers in each package at the Dollar Tree.  This project was too easy.  I just added the dice to each container.

5. Math baskets for manipulatives at each table.

I wanted a place to put math manipulatives or other material I might need for different subjects in a basket for each table.  I thought this would be great for organization.  I would have the baskets loaded with the supplies needed the night before, and simply have the table leader pick them up.  I purchased the baskets at the Dollar Tree and added the number labels from the Clutter Free Classroom.  I then used Mod Podge on the numbers.

Don't forget to link up with Tara for another Made It Monday!  I can't wait to check out more fabulous ideas!