Heart Prints

I have seen some simple printmaking activities floating around Pinterest lately so I decided to let my kiddos do one. We made heart prints. If you haven't seen this activity, you bend a toilet paper roll into the shape of a heart and then students make prints with it.

The kids loved doing this and couldn't wait to take home their work!

Hope you had a fun Valentine's day with your class!

DIY Valentine Lacing Cards

My old lacing cards were made out of construction paper and then laminated. They were colorful, but got roughed up pretty quickly since five year olds are not the most careful people in the world. I wanted to make new ones and I wanted them to last longer.

My husband and I get A LOT of packages from Amazon so I started cutting out squares from the boxes with a paper cutter. The only issue was that my hole puncher wouldn't reach far enough across the square to make holes for the design I wanted (hearts for a Valentine theme).

I pulled out our drill and started making holes.

Before I knew it I had a class set. I made some for my teammate, too. 

These should hold up a lot longer than construction paper. Now all they need is some red or pink string.  I do a lot of fine motor activities in my morning work stations so the lacing cards will be a station.

Happy Friday!!!

Valentine Literacy & Math Pack

We only have two more days left of the break get to see our kiddos again really soon! =)

I'm ready to get back into the swing of things. The break wasn't much of a break though. It consisted of:
1. stomach virus
2. sinus infection
3. surgery

I finally feel just about recovered and the break is gone. Oh well, at least I got to spend a few days with my family! Oh and Monday is a work day so hopefully I can be productive!

AND while spending the majority of the time in my nice comfy bed, I was able to knock out a Valentine pack!! WOO HOO!! I know, I know...a little early, but I've been running late on all of the packs I have been making so I thought I would try to start earlier from now on. Hopefully this will continue! It is easier to do them when you aren't working.

Anyway, I'm pretty excited about it. Here are some of the things in the pack:

Closer look at some of the activities:

Click HERE to check it out!

Enjoy your weekend!