There is just something about reindeer that is so cute! I’m sharing with you the details of how to make these Reindeer Paint Stick Ornaments, perfect for students to make for their families this year! They are a quick, easy, and inexpensive gift idea!

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supplies needed

To make the Reindeer Paint Stick Ornament, you’ll need the supplies listed below.

• A paint stick – one per student
• One and a half sticks of pipe cleaners for the antlers per student
• 1/3 of a pipe cleaner as his collar per student
• One small jingle bell per student
• One small red pom pom ball per student
• 2 googley eyes per student
• Brown acrylic paint
• Paint brushes
• School glue or hot glue gun
• Black Sharpie
• Twine or baker twine
• Picture of the student for the back of the ornament if possible

I like to pick up the pipe cleaners, small jingle bells, pom pom balls and googley eyes at Dollar Tree. It makes for a very inexpensive gift for an entire class. You can grab the paint sticks at your local hardware store too.

Make the reindeer oranament

To make the reindeer ornament, start by having each student paint their paint stick brown. Set aside and let dry. Once the stick is dry. Take the longest pipe cleaner and twist it around the paint stick once where it curves in. You may want to put a bead of hot glue here to help it stay in place. Nnow end out your pipe cleaner like to look like a large U. Take the half of pipe cleaner and cut it in half. Use on of the halves and twist it around the top portion of one of the end of the pipe cleaner. Do the same for the other side. Now you have your antlers. Next, glue on the eyes and the red pom pom for his nose.

Lastly, the students will take their 1/3 piece of pipe cleaner and thread the jingle bell onto it sliding it to the middle of the pipe cleaner. Have them take the pipe cleaner and pull it around the paint stick twisting it in the back to stay closed. Again you may want to use some hot glue to help it stay in place here. Now your students have an adorable reindeer ornament!

Last step is to have them turn over their reindeer , add a picture if possible and have them write their name and year. Such a wonderful keepsake for their family!

If you need a cute way to wrap up the ornament if they will be giving them as a gift, you might want to grab the free template to make these cute reindeer bags. Click here to get the template and instructions now.

Let us know if you have your students make these easy, inexpensive ornaments to give to their families this year!

See you next time!

Jenette

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Are you looking for an easy, quick, and inexpensive gift idea for Mother’s Day? I am sharing how to make this Cupcake Flower Mother’s Day Craft with supplies you probably already have on hand!

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Supplies Needed Per Student

1 piece of construction paper or card stock

2 cupcake liners

Scissors, glue stick, and crayons

Smal picture of each student. – You know the extra little strip with a couple of each student’s pictures you get after picture day? These work perfectly for that!

Download and print the free pages at the bottom of the post

To Make the Cupcake Flower Craft

This Cupcake Flower Mother’s Day Craft is super simple and quick to put together. Have each student start by coloring in their leaves, stem, and Mother’s Day page and write in their name. Have them then cut out those pieces.

Next, have the students use a glue stick to glue their picture to the center of one of the cupcake liners. Next, have them use the glue stick to put glue inside the bottom of the second cupcake liner and place the liner with the picture inside, inside of the second liner, pressing down to make sure the glue holds.

Last, the students can attach all of the pieces to their construction/cardstock paper. They can choose to put the Happy Mother’s Day part above or below the flower. Encourage them to draw in more if they’d like to add and turn it into the pretty flower scene. Aren’t they cute?!

Alternative Option

This can also be used as a card too. For this option, you won’t use the Happy Mother’s Day part, you’ll just have them make the flower on the front of the card. It fits perfectly when you fold a piece of construction paper/card stock in half.

Click the green box below to download the printable stem, leaves, and Happy Mother’s Day printable.

If you’re looking for another little fun item to add to your gift, we also have our All About My Book that would be perfect! They can color and fill in all of the pages and turns into an adorable gift for moms! It includes aunts and grandma’s too! Click here to check it out now.

Or our flower bouquet is a fun way to package up a small Mother’s Day gift. These look adorable glued or taped to a lunch sack. A perfect homemade gift bag to give all your goodies to your mom! Click here to check it out now.

Do you have any fun ways that you like to celebrate Moms in your classroom? We’d love for you to share with us below!

See you next time!

Jenette

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Learning about plants and flowers is a favorite of mine for springtime. I’m a huge sucker for handprint crafts too! So today, I’m sharing with your a fun Parts Of A Plant Handprint Craft to go along with your plant unit. I also have a free printable part of a flower printable for you too!

I love using crafts to help kids learn. Hands-on activities help them retain what they are learning better and they are getting in some great fine motor skills work with tracing their hands and cutting everything out.

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Here’s one of our favorite songs/videos from Harry Kindergarten that helps teach kids about the parts of a flower.

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Supplies to make the Parts Of A Flower Handprint Craft

• 4 pieces of construction paper in total – brown, green, yellow and the color you’d like to use for the flower, I chose pink for mine.
• scissors
• pencil
• glue stick
• can of food or something similar in size to trace a circle for the middle of the flower

To Make the Craft

To make the parts of a flower handprint craft, you’ll want to start by having the students trace their hands 4 different times on the color paper that they chose for their flower.

Next, they will trace their hands 2 times on both the green and the brown paper. Also using the green paper, they will need to cut a strip approx an inch thick, which doesn’t have to be perfect, the length of the piece of construction paper to use as the stem. You’ll then have them trace around the can of food on the yellow paper to make a circle. Now, have them cut out their 8 handprints and the circle.

To make the flower, have them layout the 4 same-colored handprints in a circle so they are all touching just a bit. (Tip-have them place the side they traced-outlined on face down so you don’t see the pencil marks.) Next, have them use their glue stick on the circle and place it in the middle of the 4 hands.

For the next part, they will need the stem and the 2 green handprints, and 2 brown handprints. They will use the glue stick to attach the 2 green handprints to the stem as leaves and then the 2 brown handprints to the bottom of the stem as the roots. Last, have them put some glue on the top of the stem and attach the flower.

After the flower is all put together, we also then labeled the parts of the flower using a marker. These are so fun hanging up in the classroom for spring!

I also made a free parts of a flower printable to go along with the craft too. I made 2 options for it as well. The first option, the kids cut and glue the parts of a flower in the correct spot and let them color it. I also made a version that the kids can write in the answers, or you can even use it for a little quiz or review after going over them together as a group.

Click the green box below to download the free printable.

If you’re looking for even more fun hands-on flower activities, we have our How Does A Plant Grow Sequencing Activities. This is a fun way to incorporate many different learning standards. In this pack, the students are learning writing, sequencing, retelling, life skills, and much more. It’s a great hands-on activity to get the students excited to learn.

And if you’re looking for a great read-aloud to go with teaching about the parts of a flower, The Tiny Seed is our top pick. We share a snack idea and a free printable to go along with the book that you can find here.

Do you have any other fun hands-on activities that you like to do when teaching about flowers and plants?

Jenette

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Need a fun spring math-based craft for your bulletin board? We’ve got you covered with this Butterfly Spring Math Craftivity to go along with the book Ten For Me.

This is a great way to tie math into your butterfly unit, finishing up your addition unit on the different ways to make ten, or just as a fun spring math project.

Ten For Me is a fun read-aloud where two friends take off on a butterfly hunt, only to find themselves tangled in a mathematics net! Rose, and her friend Ed race to see who can catch the most butterflies on this addition adventure. How many in all? Let s add them again! shout the butterfly hunters. Who will win? Ten for Me makes math fun, easy, and entertaining while adding a touch of the natural world into cross-curricular education.

Several pages throughout the book have fantastic butterfly facts that you can share with your students too.

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Getting Started

Supplies needed

-A large piece of construction paper per student. We used blue to look like the sky but you could use whatever you have.

-Scissors

-Glue Stick

-Crayons

-Download and print the free printable, available at the bottom of the post

Butterfly Spring Math Craftivity

Using it as an addition activity

This works as a great hands-on math activity for the kiddos. You can use it as a center, or you could use it as a visual while reading the book aloud to the class or group.

You’ll simply print out the 2 pages that you can download at the bottom of this post for each student. Have them color the pictures and cut them out. They can use the butterflies to make ten different ways like in the book. Or you could create addition problems on index cards and have them complete them using the butterflies as counters to help.

Using them as a whole group, just print out and color one copy. You could even laminate it so it can be used over and over again. As you read the story, when each day’s butterfly totals are read, have a student create that addition problem. Have the class complete the new way to make ten each time.

Using it as a craft

My favorite is to use it as a math craft project to display in the classroom. Follow the same as above, print, color, and cut out the 2 pages. To make it into a craft, each student will need a large piece of construction paper. 

Before gluing everything down on the paper, have them start with the en butterflies. They can choose how many butterflies each Ed and Rose caught so that the number equals ten. Have them fill in the numbers on the rectangle word problem paper. They can then glue the butterflies on the sheet that matches their answer.

They look adorable all hanging up in the classroom! 

You can download the free printable Butterfly Spring Math Craftivity by clicking the green box below.

Do you have any other fun books you like to use when teaching addition? 

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See you next time!

Jenette

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When I saw this adorable book, Ten Sparkly Snowflakes, I just knew it would be perfect to turn into a fun hands-on math craft. With this Ten Snowflakes Math Craft, we’re incorporating a hands-on activity and math to retell the book.

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I wanted the students to be able to make a fun math craft so I made this free printable. You can use it in a bunch of different ways.

Print it out and retell the story as a class. Have the snow on an anchor chart, and choose a student to come up and put the correct number snowflake in the sky and so on until the story is complete.

Or print it out in black and white and make it into a craft project for your kids. Use a piece of construction paper and have them cut out the snow scene and snowflakes and then glue them onto the paper. They can add additional details if they’d like.

Or draw a stick and give 10 students the snowflakes. As a class, read the book aloud and as their number is called, have the student stand up with their snowflake until the story is over.

Or you can laminate it and use it as a center for the students to practice counting and number sense one through ten.

These cute snowflakes make for such a fun and quick activity during this time of year. Let me know if you have any other ways you’re going to use them in your classroom!

Click the green box to download the free printable Ten Snowflakes Math Craft.

I hope your kiddos enjoy this fun activity!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jenette

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I wanted to share a fun little paper bag reindeer craft we put together last year right before winter break. I had some extra red glitter foam ornament circles left over and thought they would make cute Rudolph noses so here we are!

They work great as a craft, or if you’re having a winter party, they make a great way to carry home any fun items they may receive or make. The paper bag reindeer craft could also be used to wrap parent gifts that they make too!

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Supplies you’ll Need

Each student will need

1 paper bag

the eyes, nose and antler template that you can download below

glue stick

Sharpie or crayon

Optional – Instead of using the nose from the template, you can use red glitter foam and cut the circle for the nose to use. Or you could always use the nose from the template and add some red glitter to that too.

To Assemble

To make the paper bag reindeer craft, you’ll start by cutting out the eyes, nose and antlers. If you’re not printing on colored paper you’ll want to have the students color the pieces before cutting them out. After the items are cut out, they can glue them onto the bag. Use a sharpie or crayon to draw on the mouth and any other special details they may want to add.

Perfect for taking goodies home after your winter party or wrapping up their parent’s/caregivers gifts!

Click the green box to download the paper bag reindeer craft template.

If you’re looking for some more fun reindeer activities we have a bunch of fun ideas!

Your students will have so much fun wearing these cute reindeer hats! You can grab it for free here.

Reindeer bingo would be the perfect addition to your winter party along with making these paper bag reindeer. You can check out our reindeer bingo here.

And another fun activity to add to your winter party is making reindeer food! Click here to get all the details.

If you’re class makes the paper bag reminder craft, we’d love to see them! Share with us on Facebook here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Jenette

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We LOVE reading books by Laura Numeroff and of course one of our favorites is the classic If You Give A Mouse A Cookie. You know we LOVE making activities to go along with books, so I wanted to make a fun activity that can be done while the book is being read aloud or after the story is over.

These resources work well with this blog post.

Free Printable Mouse and Cookie Hat

Simply download and print out the hat. Have your students color and cut out the hat. Help them staple it together and they can wear them proudly!

If you’re looking for more activities to go along with If You Give A Mouse A Cookie,  you might like our cooking counting puzzles. They’re a fun way to practice numbers to 10.

You can download the Free Printable Mouse and Cookie Hat by clicking the green box below.

I hope your students have a fun time making memories with this book as we do!

See you next time!

Jenette

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I love creating activities to go along with books we love! Today we’re reading Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes!

Pete the Cat and his friend Gus are making cupcakes for a cupcake party they are having. When they have finished making the cupcakes, they suddenly start to disappear. They continue to do so and they try to figure out who has been taking them. By the end of the book, they find out who the cupcake muncher has been, they forgive him and invite him to the cupcake party as well.

To go along with the story, I made this Cupcake Subtraction Craft Activity.

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Cupcake Subtraction Activity

This would make a great hands-on math activity for the kiddos. You can use it as a center, or you could use it as a visual while reading the book aloud to the class or group.

You’ll simply print out the 2 pages that you can download at the bottom of this post for each student. Have them color the pictures and cut them out. They can use them to make different subtraction problems. Or you could create subtraction problems on index cards and have them complete them using the cupcakes as counters to help.

Using them as a whole group, just print out and color one copy. You could even laminate so it can be used over and over again. As you read the story, each time 2 of the cupcakes disappear, have a student remove that many. Have the class complete the new subtraction problem each time.

Cupcake Subtraction Craft

My favorite is to use it as a math craft project to display in the classroom. Follow the same as above, print, color, and cut out the 2 pages. To make it into a craft, each student will need a large piece of construction paper.

Before gluing everything down on the paper, have them start with ten cupcakes. They can choose how many cupcakes to take away to create their subtraction problem. Have them fill in the numbers on the rectangle word problem paper. They can then glue the number of cupcakes on the sheet that matches their answer. They can glue the cupcakes they took away to the top of the construction paper or under the word problem rectangle if they have room.

They look adorable all hanging up in the classroom!

You can download the free printable Cupcake Subtraction Craft Activity by clicking the green box below.

Do you have any other fun books you like to use when teaching subtraction?

See you next time!

Jenette

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Did you watch the launch attempt for the Demo-2 mission on Wednesday? My kids and I watched the entire thing and had our fingers crossed just like everyone else in the world that the weather would clear but to no avail. But in the time watching, we learned SO MUCH! There will definitely be some AMAZING things happening in the next 10 years.

What really stuck with me was when the director of NASA and Elon Musk spoke about really inspiring the future generation of astronauts. And as I sat there watching the live stream on Facebook, I just recall seeing how many people commenting on how they were watching with their little ones at home, kids and grandkids, and just how excited they were.

Since the launch was scrubbed on Wednesday, it got me thinking for Saturday. We need a way for these kids to celebrate while watching the launch, so I made Free Printable Future Astronaut Hat.

It will give them something to work on while watching the coverage and they can wear it proudly as the astronauts launch into space!

These resources work well with this article.

Free Printable Future Astronaut Hat

To make the hat, simply download it below. You will need crayons, scissors, and a stapler or tape to put it together.

Have the little ones color the hat and cut it out. Attach the back strap to the front of the hat using tape or a stapler. If it is too small for your child’s head, simply print out an extra back strap and attach them together to make it longer.

Click the green box below to download the Free Printable Future Astronaut Hat.

Finger’s crossed everything is a go for Saturday and we wish the astronauts, Bob, and Doug all the best. Godspeed.

Jenette

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Kids love learning about space! Today I’m sharing a Free Printable Solar System Hat that you can use along with your space unit!

There are just so many fun things to learn about during a space unit. There’s just something amazing about the wonder of the moons, the planets, and everything that comes along space. Hats are also a favorite for the kiddos so I thought it would be a perfect way to help reinforce the planets.

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Getting ready

This Free Printable Solar System Hat project is super simple. You’ll need to download the Free Printable Solar System Hat at the bottom of the post for each child. I’ve included a front and back strip for the hat, but if your student’s heads are a bit too big, you can have them glue the hat onto a sentence strip to make it longer/bigger for them.

To Assemble

To make the color system hat, the students will color all of the planets along with the sun. They can then cut the planets and hat out. You can have them glue the planets on randomly, or help them place them in the order closest to the sun to the furthest.

last, help them staple the hat together so it fits their head and they’re ready to go! They are so proud to show them off and is a great conversation starter with other people around the school or to show their parents what they’ve been learning about!

You can download the Free Printable Solar System Hat below.

If you’re looking for more space-themed activities to go with your unit, we have a bunch of fun resources for you!

Space bingo is a fun game to play at the end of your unit and to review vocabulary words they have learned.

Space Color By Code CVC Words is a fun and engaging way to practice CVC words. They work great as morning work, small groups, individual work, centers, word work, and homework.

And these Space Counting Mats are a fun way to practice numbers. The students will help gather the correct number of stars. They can then practice writing the number.

These space ten frame task cards are great to help students with number recognition, basic addition, and counting on.

Space Resources

Learning about the moon landing too? This has another hat included for that and a fun easy reader!

Space Activities is jam-packed with a ton of resources to cover your whole space unit from math, literacy, and science activities there is a ton to choose from.

Crafts are always a favorite too! These rockets look adorable having in the hallway for everyone to see!

Add a fun space addition to your literacy centers with these spaceship real and nonsense word sort.

And these crack the code math pages are full of jokes all about space! You can download a free one here!

What are some of your favorite ways to teach your kiddos about space?

I hope you students enjoy making and wearing their hats!

See you next time!

Jenette

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Truth be told, I’m kind of obsessed with reindeer at Christmas time. I mean aren’t they just ADORABLE?! So I love to do many fun activities centered around them. Today I’m sharing a super cute Free Printable Reindeer Hat.

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There are so many fun ways you could use this hat! Here are some ideas:

• After your students have made their hats, read aloud to your class, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer while sipping some yummy hot chocolate.

• Watch the Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer movie and have the kids color and cut out the hats while watching.

• Use the reindeer hats as one of your holiday party activities, We’ve made them from construction paper and google eyes, etc before, but these are soooo much easier and faster for the little ones to make.

• Have your students make the reindeer hats and spend an hour playing reindeer games!

• Have your students make the reindeer hat and then make reindeer food to go along with for them to sprinkle at home on Christmas eve.

Free Printable Reindeer Hat

To make the reindeer hat, simply print the 2 pages of the hat out for each student. You can use card stock to make it more sturdy or just plain paper will work just fine too. Have the students color the hat and cut out the 2 pieces.

Have an adult help them staple it together to form the hat. You could also have them attach it to a sentence strip or as another option if you need to make the hat larger for some kiddos, print out a few extra of the back strap pages and use them to extend the hats.

Click the green box below to download the Free Printable Reindeer Hat.

Here are some of our other favorite reindeer activities!

These reindeer counting mats are such a fun addition to your math centers during your reindeer week. Your students will practice counting by adding red pom pom balls, or Rudolph noses onto the paper and can then practice writing the number.

Or this reindeer craft with writing prompts is such a fun craft for the kids to make and looks ADORABLE hanging in the hallway!

Or maybe your class is working on their 2D shapes right now. We have a reindeer as part of our 2D shape crafts set. You can find out more about those here.

Do you have any other fun reindeer activities you like to do with your students? I hope they enjoy these fun hats to make the day special!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jenette

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One of my most favorite books ever is The Very Hungry Caterpillar. It’s always been a favorite of mine but even more so once I had my son years ago and it quickly became a favorite of his as well. He had the book memorized and would read it back to me several times each night. I can still hear that cute little baby voice saying sausage in a silly way.

I still love reading this book today as it brings back so many memories and is a favorite of so many others. I wanted to make a fun activity to go along with the book, so I’m sharing with you a Free Printable Caterpillar Hat for the kids to color and wear after reading the story.

Have you seen the animated video of the story? It’s a short film but it has such a calming tone to it and is a great retelling of the story.

Free Printable Caterpillar Hat

This hat is a fun way to have your students retell the story. On the hat, it shows all of the things that the caterpillar ate through.

Simply download and print out the hat. Have your students color and cut out the hat. Help them staple it together and they can wear them proudly!

If you’re looking for more activities to go along with The Very Hungry Caterpillar you might like our caterpillar literacy snack that we did to go along with the book.

You can download the Free Printable Caterpillar Hat from my TeachersPayTeachers store below.

I hope your students have a fun time making memories with this book as we do!

See you next time!

Jenette

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Anytime that I have an excuse to break out the watercolors I’m all over it!  Today I’m sharing a fun chameleon craft project we did to go along with the story, The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle.

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We used this book as part of our color book study. I wanted to have them be able to make a craft to display in the classroom and to share what everyone’s favorite color is.

Supplies you’ll need

I piece of construction paper per student

the free printable chameleon craft page  – you can download it at the bottom of the post

scissors

glue stick

watercolor paints

paintbrush

water cup with water

paper towels

pencil or crayon

Chameleon craft

To make the chameleon craft, first print out the template. Have your students use watercolors to paint the chameleon. If watercolors are not an option for you, using crayons will also work and turn out just as pretty. Let the page dry.

After the page is dry, have your students cut out the chameleon and sentence strip.

Use a glue stick to attach the chameleon onto the construction paper. Next, glue the sentence strip onto the construction paper as well. Have the students use a pencil crayon to write in what their favorite color is on the line.

They look adorable and so colorful hanging up in the classroom!

If you’re looking for more fun activities to go along with this book, make sure to check out our Color Book Study-Book Companion.

You can download the free chameleon craft template from my TeachersPayTeachers store below.

I hope your students love making their chameleons! See you next time!

Jenette

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My kids have always loved playing with food both pretend and in the kitchen. Heck, I do too hence our literacy snacks each week! So today I’m sharing a Free Printable Chef Hat that will be perfect for your little learners!

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There are so many fun ways to use the free printable chef hat.

Print it off and have students use the chef hat during their dramatic play time.

Or when your class is making their next literacy snack, have them each make a chef’s hat to wear before you get started.

Have you tried one of our cooking classes with your students? These hats would be so fun for them to wear the next time they are learning how to make pancakes!

Or print it off and have your own child wear it the next time they help you in the kitchen!

Free Printable Chef Hat

To make the hat, download and print it out. Have the students write in their name on the line and color the hat on both pages.

Last, have them cut it out and help them staple it together.

You can download the free printable hat from my TeachersPayTeachers store by clicking the green box below.

I hope your students love wearing their hats!

See you next time!

Jenette

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I’m always looking for new ways to incorporate math into something fun. Today we’re are working on our number bonds to ten with this fun kite craft perfect for spring.

This math craftivity is a fun way to conclude your unit on ways to make ten and the kites look adorable hanging up around the classroom for spring.

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Supplies

Each student needs

the free kite printable you can download for free at the bottom of the post

tape

scissors

crayons

a long piece of yarn

Instructions

To make the number bonds to ten kite craft, the students will first write in all the different ways to make ten on the bows on the free printable. They can then color the bows if they choose to and color the kite as well. Next, they will cut out all of the bows and the kite.

Last, they will tape the yarn to the back of the kite as a tail. Then tape each of the bows to the yarn all the way down. Cut off any remaining yarn.

We even took them outside to let them blow in the wind since it was a windy day. so much fun in this little project!

Don’t they come out adorable? Perfect to display in the classroom or hall for spring.

Click on the green box below to download the free printable, number bonds to ten kite craft from my TeachersPayTeachers store.

If your little learners need a bit mor3e practice with making ten with number bonds, these number bond task cards are perfect to add to your math centers, or even as send home practice.

What are some of your other favorite ways to practice making ten with number bonds?

See you next time!

Jenette

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I always look forward to being able to do craft projects with my kids. This paper plate pumpkin craft is one of my favorites this time of year. It’s simple enough for the youngest kids to make but also fun for the older kids. You probably already have everything on hand that you’ll need for this craft. By this time of the year, our scrap box is starting to fill up so this is the perfect project to use some of that paper.

THIS ACTIVITY WORKS WELL WITH

Supplies

Paper plates

Construction paper/scraps -orange, green, brown, and or black

glue

Paper Plate Pumpkin Craft

No scissors are allowed in making this craft. There’s only good old fashion tearing happening today. It makes it a perfect activity for kids of all ages and abilities. Give each student a piece of orange construction paper (scraps work well too). Tear them into small pieces and make a pile. Each student will need to tear a small piece of green paper and a small piece of black or brown paper as well for the leaf and stem.

Once they have piles of torn paper. the students can squeeze some glue onto the paper plate. Cover the plate with the orange pieces of torn paper. Last, have them glue on their torn pieces of green and brown/black paper.

I love the fact that their so abstract and there is no pressure for the kids to have anything perfect. They look great on a bulletin board as a whole class pumpkin patch.

You could even take it a step further and have them turn the pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns by using more torn yellow paper. So many fun options.

If you’re looking for some read-alouds to go along with your pumpkin craft, we share all of our favorites in this post. Click here to check it out. 

Happy pumpkin making!

See you next time!

Jenette

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We love making crafts using different types of materials! This tissue paper apple tree craft is a fun 3D project for the kids to make during an apple unit. They look super cute hanging in the classroom during the month of September.

THIS ACTIVITY WORKS WELL WITH

Supplies you’ll need

each student will need

1 piece of green construction paper or card stock

1 piece of blue construction paper or card stock

A handful of green tissue paper squares

An empty toilet paper roll

A handful of red, green, or yellow pom poms to use as the apples.

Scissors

Glue

To make the tissue paper apple tree craft

First, have the students cut a piece of green paper for the grass. Have them make cuts down 3/4 of the way to the bottom of the paper so it makes it into 3d grass. Glue the grass on the blue paper.

Next, the students will need help cutting their toilet paper roll in half. They can choose to use half, or the whole thing depending on how tall they want their tree. Glue the toilet paper roll on the paper. Next, have the students put some glue on the paper where they want to put the leaves.

They’ll gently crumple up the pieces of tissue paper and add them to the tree as the leaves.

Last, they’ll add their apples on the tree using the glue. They can draw a picture on their craft at the end too if they choose.

You could even take it a step further after making the craft and turn it into a math project. You could use different colored pom poms, green, yellow, and red for the apples and then have the students count how many of each they used on their tree. Attach an additional slip of paper to the bottom of their craft and let them fill in their addition problem.

Seeing all of the apple trees hanging up is my favorite! I hope your students enjoy this craft!

See you next time!

Jenette

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