As back to school approaches, teachers become "busy bees". A couple of my bloggie friends decided we'd put together a 'crafty' spin on a blog hop. As you hop through you can enter rafflecopters to win hand-crafted school related items.
Today, I'm going to show you how I made a cute Classroom Library/Reading Center Pillow that brings that comfortable, homey feeling to my classroom. My students love to use the pillows when they read.
You will need just a few supplies. The material of your choice (I bought a flat quarter for $2, you can buy a quarter of a yard), Heat-n-Bond (a quarter to half of a yard), material scissors, letters to trace and 1 pillowcase.
Iron the material (no creases). Layout your Heat-n-Bond so that it covers your material, but doesn't go off of the material (tip: don't iron it to your ironing board) Iron flat.
Cut out any letters or designs. If you have a Silhouette Cameo it should do it for you. I printed letters onto cardstock, cut them out, laid them backward and traced them onto the Heat-n-Bond. Remember to trace the letters backward!
Cut out the letters (tip: don't leave your material scissors at school over the summer, like I did). Then, lay out the letters onto the pillowcase to find a design you like.
Finally, iron down the letters! Iron a few times to ensure that the edges adhere to the pillowcase. You can put frey-check around the edges if you want to. The good news, if an edge begins to pull away from the fabric, you can just iron it back down.
For today's Giveaway, I made a "READ" Pillowcase you can win for your classroom library! The material colors are blue-green-pink-orange-brown (it looks like black, but is brown) and will match a variety of classroom designs. My classroom colors are lime and turquoise and this actually matches fairly well. I know some people have allergies and you should know that this craft was made in a home with a small family dog. The winner must be a classroom or homeschool teacher, they must live in the contiguous US and all entries will be verified.
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If you want to look at all the crafts, continue along the blog hop. Your next stop is Mrs. Payton's Precious Kindergarteners!
33 comments :
Must have a glue gun!!!
A laminator!!
Laura
A good pair of scissors
Christin
Shifting Teacher K-2
I have to say a glue gun! I would be lost without mine!
Thanks for the chance!
kellybrown28021@gmail.com
A glue gun!
Magnetic tape!
It's a three way toss up...My essentials are: good scissors, sewing machine and hot glue gun!
Glue gun for sure, can be such a useful tool!
Hot glue gun
I have a glue gun, but think I need a silohuett!
Deneice-This pillow would be a nice addition to my reading nook, and I really hope I win!! I would agree with Laura...must have a personal laminator (and maybe a great color printer!)
Hot glue gun of course!! and a good imagination :-)
Karen
A glue gun!
The pillow would be nice for my reading area and a glue gun is a must!
Great scissors of course! And a friend who is willing to work on the project with you.
A crafty teacher must have a glue gun!
My glue gun has been used a ton to get ready for this school year. Seriously I had glue sticks used them all, and then bought a huge pack of over 100 glue sticks, but the pack is almost gone.
A glue gun!
A hot glue gun!!
~Wendy
sdwd727@gmail.com
Sharp scissors
Hot glue gun...laminator...scissors...the list could go on and on! lol - SO cute! I would love to win this for our reading corner in our hoemschool room! SO CUTE!
Good scissors and different types of adhesives (hot glue, E600, glue sticks, etc.) ;)
I agree a good glue gun is a must! Last year I bought the huge "HOT" glue gun that allows me to glue to cynderblock. I have 1 pair of awesome, sharp scissors that are blue. My students know they are MINE & don't touch them.
Deniece
Adorable pillowcase! Thank you for the great directions!
Jenn
Crayons & Cuties In Kindergarten
I can't choose my favorite between a glue gun and a laminator!
Glue gun!
My glue gun gets lots of use at school.
I am not really too crafty, but I would be lost without my glue gun!
I will have to join up with the glue gunners.
~Heather
The Meek Moose
Must have Mod Podge!
Its too hard to choose. But a glue gun is a good one! Thanks for this it is so cute!
Ashley
teachinginbroncocountry.blogspot.com
Its too hard to choose. But a glue gun is a good one! Thanks for this it is so cute!
Ashley
teachinginbroncocountry.blogspot.com
I would have to say a glue gun is essential.
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