I made Math Clipart and a Piggy Freebie!

PLEASE ignore my 2nd post.  

Do you have a person at school who's that "go to person".  Well, I've kind of become that person.  Not for EVERYTHING, but sometimes I am shocked what people think I know or can do!  Word has spread that I have a lil' teaching blog and a TpT store.  Okay, okay, it's my fault!  When I sold $20 on TpT, I was so psyched and told everyone at our staff meeting (don't act like you don't check your TpT sales during staff meetings).

So a veteran teacher who hand-crafts math games and I were talking.  She mentioned wanting to sell her game/s.  I asked her why she didn't create digital versions and sell them on TpT.  Anyway, she asked me to set a blog up and teach her how to create digital products.  Yeah, sure I can do that. But, a lot of my blogging and creating came to me through trial and error and I was already fairly technically savvy.  Plus, I'm still a newbie at creating.  In the process I made some clipart...not top notch or anything, but pretty good for a newbie.

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I went ahead and made a cute Little Piggy Freebie (did you expect something different?).  The best part is...she's got 2 cute little front teeth.  

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This Little Piggy is Proud of Herself!

Do you use Treasures?

If you do, you might have the story Messaging Mania in your textbook.  I made an activity today to go with this story.  You can grab it at my TPT store for $2.   I only teach Reading, but I try to incorporate Math and Science as much as possible.  This is a great activity to do both!

This Little Piggy let the day get away from her!

Quick Scarf Tutorial Under $10

Since I'm on break, I spend a lot of time looking at blogs and pintrest.  Well, I had a lunch planned for today with 2 teacher friends and thought I'd take them gifts.  They are both pretty crafty so I thought they would like something I made rather than something I bought.

I found this cute scarf on pintrest 

and thought, "hey I can do that!"  

Am I the only one who does that when I find something on pintrest?

So, I followed the tutorial at http://www.simplysalvage.com/t-shirt-ruffle-scarf-tutorial/.  

My first attempt was a bust!  I used a paper plate and it's just simply too small, so I used a regular plate the 2nd time and it worked like a charm!  I bought a 2XL T-shirt from Wally's for under $6.  

Step 1: Draw 4-5 Circles on it (use a regular plate, yes you can use a sharpie or chalk).

Step 2: Cut into spirals (cut smaller than this, about 1.5") 

 

Step 3: Gather Strips with a felt flower.  

  Now, if you've never made these....they are easy peesy lemon squeezey!   

Plus, they are super-dee-dooper cheap so if your my daughter loses them at pre-school you aren't worried about her losing an expensive bow (or even a $1 bow).  

I used a glade candle to trace, you can use a baby food jar lid or something similar in size.  I use a sheet of felt (.29cents at Wally's).  I trace 6ish circles.   

 You'll also need a pony tail holder too.   

 Fold the circles in half.

Then into 1/4's.  Put a little hot glue (in the center) to hold the fold. Then, hot glue down onto the base circle (which I cut a bit smaller so you don't see it).   

Take a look at the pretty bracelet my wonderful hubby bought me for Christmas.

You just glue 4 of these onto the base.  Then, 2 more onto the top to make it look fuller.  Then hot glue a pony tail holder onto the back.  I glue a small oval of felt over the pony tail holder to secure it.  I made 2 black scarves and a red & purple flower.    

This Little Piggy's Friend Loved Her Scarf! 

*Freebie Restroom Pass on goggle docs

I made another item today Restroom Passes .  If it works for you, you're more than welcome to use it.  

Our school is doing a big push on Fry's and Dolch Sight Words this year.  So I added a 2nd page with them for the backside.  

I know, I know everyone is making those cute sanitizer bottles for passes.  I was going to make some too, but I started thinking... Where are they going to put it when they go to the restroom?  On the floor?  YUCK-O!  

My 1st Creation - A FREEBIE on Googledocs

I love all of the creations I see out there in bloggie world!  I used Goggle Docs to make  Group Work Job Tags  (click the link to find the information, I don't know how to upload a pic from google docs yet).  If you like to assign group roles for small group work, then these will be awesome!  Each Tag includes a "JOB/ROLE" and their responsibilities.  I would say these would work best for 2nd Grade and Up.  There are also 2 Group Check Pages that allow the Teacher to ensure all group members stay on task and/or fulfill their roles/jobs.  

I know I don't have that many followers, but the ones I have create pretty awesome stuff!  Could you please give me feedback on this document - like it or not, what changes you would make, if you think it's too blah!
Thanks!!