fun, simple crafting activity for Hallowe'en.
What is included:
- 3 monsters
- witch
- dracula
- Frankenstein
Using just 1 piece of paper, students color then cut and fold their Hallowe'en hand puppet ... add the 2 handles and they are ready for fun! Each puppet opens showing a wide Hallowe'en mouth!
- please look at the preview
What you need:
- paper, scissors, glue, coloring pencils
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don't print properly!
Another great Christmas Activity.
Your students are going to love working on this Christmas Activity. And what a great way to reinforce co-operation amongst classmates while creating a bulletin board display.
Each student is given an individual tree (all decorated with things they may want for Christmas). Students will color and then cut out their individual tree and then use it to build a giant tree together.
Decorate the hallway, your classroom door or a bulletin board.
What you get:
42 Trees - each tree is decorated with something that students may wish for Christmas - bike, music instruments, books, friendship, love, peace, gifts, new clothes, snow, beach, dog, cat, fish, sports equipment, etc.
There are 2 blank tree designs so your students can design their own tree.
each individual tree uses just 1 piece of 8.5 x 11 paper
Your Bulletin Board design could include 4 trees, 9 trees, 16 trees, 25 trees, etc. You decide what works based on the # of students in your class.
Individually, one tree is fun. Together, the collaborative result is fantastic. Look at the preview to see all of the options.
What you need:
paper, scissors, coloring pencils, glue, wall space
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don’t print properly!
Hope you love this Christmas Craft. I have many other Christmas Crafts available on my site.
This is such a cool card … when opened it EXPLODES into a really fun, interesting Father’s Day Card.
Watch the HOW TO VIDEO and craft along with me - link provided in file
This is a great craft for students to complete for Father’s Day! They create their own Father’s Day Exploding Card. Send students the video link if you are doing distance learning.
This card can be made from regular paper. But you must use legal sized paper which is 8 1/2 x 14".
Includes step-by-step instructions, graphics and templates needed to create this Exploding Father’s Day Card. All you have to do is photocopy.
Requires: Paper, coloring pencils and scissors.
Dads will cherish this Exploding card for years because they have never seen anything like it before! Although many of the templates contain the word DAD, there are templates that students could use for Grandpa or Uncle, etc.
Enjoy and Happy Father’s Day
This is a great craft for students to complete for Black History Month.
Please make sure you print and photocopy on legal size paper (8 1/2 x 14).
Includes the following people:
ROSA PARKS
JESSE OWENS
JACKIE ROBINSON
HARRIET TUBMAN
SARAH E. GOODE
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
BEN CARSON
SOJOURNER TRUTH
This craft has two main components:
- A base (made out of one piece of paper, 8 1/2 x 14)
- POP-UPs - 8 options to choose from, including male and female representation.
On the back of each POP-UP is a simple writing activity.
(Note: some of the graphics may not exactly represent Canadian uniforms so take a good look at the preview copy to make sure you are ok with the uniforms!)
Includes step-by-step instructions, graphics and templates needed to create this POP-UP craftivity.
Requires: Paper (I used regular photocopy paper but light cardstock is recommended), glue, coloring pencils and scissors.
The POP-UP Craft folds flat for students to easily transport home or expands so that it can be displayed in the classroom.
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don't print properly! Print on 8 1/2 x 14" paper.
Another Christmas Nativity Scene for your students to create! This is a great Religious Christmas craft.
Now includes two versions of the craft.
Included is a template that the students will color, cut and then glue together! It's a great Christmas keepsake. Or, you can have the students make the mangers ahead of time and use them to decorate the classroom. There are 4 sides to the manger - each with pictures relating to Jesus' birth.
Made from regular photocopy paper (8 1/2 x 14), all students require are coloring pencils, scissors and glue (glue sticks recommended).
Enjoy and Merry Christmas to you and your students.
This is a great Religious Christmas craft.
Included is a template that the students will color, cut and then glue together! It's a great Christmas keepsake. Or, you can have the students make the mangers ahead of time and use them to decorate the classroom. There are 4 sides to the manger - each with pictures relating to Jesus' birth.
Made from regular photocopy paper (8 1/2 x 14), all students require are coloring pencils, scissors and glue (glue sticks recommended).
Included are two versions of the craft - a smaller and a larger version.
Enjoy and Merry Christmas to you and your students.
This is a great craft to complete when students are learning about the various Occupations.
These Occupations Paper Bag Puppets are so much fun for your students to create and then play with.
Includes:
Fire Fighter
Police Officer
Teacher / Educator
Athlete
Baker / Chef
Science (graphics suitable for nurse / doctor)
Soldier
Trades Person (graphics suitable for construction, plumber)
The Arts (graphics with drama, musical instruments, paint brush), not in preview pic
Veterinarian, not in preview pic (sorry, no room but it’s in the pack)
each puppet has 2 head options - female and male and 1 body option
a simple writing activity to choose from (one for each Occupation) - just color, cut and glue to the back of the puppet
Have tried to create each of these so that something will hang over the edge of the bag
please look at the preview
Your students are going to love this Occupations Craft. These Occupations Paper Bag Puppets are a lot of fun to create and play with! I have many other Occupations Activities for your students to enjoy.
What you need for this Occupations Craft:
paper, scissors, glue, coloring pencils
brown paper bags (I bought mine in Michigan USA at a dollar store. They come 40 in a bag for $1.)
Size listed on bag: 5 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches or
13 x 7.9 x 27 cm
If your bag is a different size then just adjust your photocopying.
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don’t print properly! Enjoy your Occupations Paper Bag Puppets
Another great Christmas Activity. Your students are going to love working on this Christmas Activity. And what a great way to reinforce co-operation amongst classmates while creating a bulletin board display. This activity will accompany your Christmas Around the World unit.
Each student is given an individual tree (all decorated with flags) to color and cut and then the class builds a giant tree together.
Decorate the hallway, your classroom door or a bulletin board.
What you get:
50 Trees - each tree is adorned with an ornament containing a flag. Either a flag has been placed on the ornament or the flag is incorporated into the ornament. (look at the preview). Plus, 2 blank tree designs at the back for your students to design their own tree.
each individual tree uses just 1 piece of 8.5 x 11 paper
Design could include 4 trees, 9 trees, 16 trees, 25 trees, etc. You decide what works based on the # of students in your class.
Individually, one tree is fun. Together, the flag tree is dynamic!
What you need:
paper, scissors, coloring pencils, glue, wall space
Here are the countries:
Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Ukraine, USA.
** Don’t see the country you are looking for? There are 2 blank ornaments to allow your students to design their own.
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don’t print properly!
Hope you love this Christmas Craft. I have many other Christmas Crafts available on my site.
This is a great Mother's Day Craft!
Includes step-by-step instructions and templates needed to create a Mother's Day POP-UP Box Card.
I have included:
- card base template
- templates for panels and inserts
Requires: Paper, glue, coloring pencils and scissors.
The card folds flat for students to easily transport home. I made sure it can be used for Mom, Mum, Grandma, Aunt. As well, there are designs for boys and for girls.
The card is the perfect size for Mom / Mum to keep on her desk all year long. Moms / Mums love this item!!!
Enjoy and Happy Mother's Day!
This is a great Mother's Day Craft!
Includes step-by-step instructions and templates needed to create a Mother's Day POP-UP Hearts Box Card.
I have included:
- card base template
- templates for panels and inserts
Requires: Paper, glue, coloring pencils and scissors.
The card folds flat for students to easily transport home. I made sure it can be used for Mom, Mum, Grandma, Aunt. As well, there are designs for boys and for girls.
The card is the perfect size for Mom to keep on her desk all year long. Moms love this item!!!
Enjoy and Happy Mother's Day!
Martin Luther King Craftivity
Teach your students about the wonders of Martin Luther King - and have them complete this craftivity.
This craft has two main components:
- a base (made out of one piece of paper, 8 1/2 x 14), 3 options to choose from
- POP-UPs - 6 options to choose from, each with a writing activity on the back
Includes step-by-step instructions, graphics and templates needed to create this POP-UP craftivity.
Requires: Paper (I used regular photocopy paper but light cardstock is recommended), glue, coloring pencils and scissors.
The POP-UP Martin Luther King craftivity folds flat for students to easily transport home.
Makes a great addition to any Martin Luther King celebration.
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don't print properly! Make sure you print on 8 1/2 x 14 (legal size) paper
Two really simple Easter crafts! Easter Sunday - pictures of a church, the cross, a bible, a family and room on the craft for students to write something. The second craft entitled Everything Easter contains pictures of bunnies, chicks and eggs.
Students will color, cut and then glue together these Easter crafts! They are two great Easter keepsakes. Have your students make the craft ahead of time and use them to decorate the classroom. Best of all, the Easter Boxes are large enough to hold a treat or two from their favorite teacher!
Made from regular photocopy paper (8 1/2 x 14), all students require are coloring pencils, scissors and glue (glue sticks recommended).
Included are two versions of each craft - a smaller and a larger version. You decide which version will work best with your students.
Suggestion: You can try using cardstock instead of regular paper for a sturdier finished product. As well, I bring in colored straw and a treat for the inside of the boxes! Students love this!!!!
Enjoy and Happy Easter
This is a really great Mother's Day craft!
Includes step-by-step instructions, visuals and a template needed to create beautiful flowers for Mother's Day.
Watch the HOW TO VIDEO ... to see how the flowers are made:
Have also included 3 really simple writing ideas for your students to fill in about their mom / mum.
Enjoy and Happy Mother's Day!
Supplies you will require:
Coffee filters or tissue paper (or both depending on which of the flowers you want to make)
Straws (hospital type that bend) or floral wire from the dollar store (recommended)
Scotch tape (if using the straws) or green floral tape (if using the floral wire, again I recommend this option)
Scissors
Water spritzer to mist flowers
Water colour paint and paint brush (for coffee filter flowers)
Toothpick
Blow dryer (if you want to dry the coffee filter flowers quickly and finish this project all in one day.) Otherwise, let the flowers dry about 1.5 hours and finish later that day or the next day.
This is a great winter craft, one that can be done at Christmas or any other time of the winter season.
Included is a template that the students will color, cut and then glue together! It's a great keepsake. Or, you can have the students make the House of Snow and use them to decorate the classroom.
Made from regular photocopy paper (8 1/2 x 14), all students require are coloring pencils, scissors and glue (glue sticks recommended).
Includes two versions of the craft -a smaller and a larger version.
Enjoy and HAPPY WINTER to you and your students.
LET IT SNOW!
These are 3 really fun Easter Baskets for your students to create.
Package includes step-by-step instructions and templates for 3 very fun baskets - each is made from just one piece of paper! Then add a handle.
3 Easter Baskets:
Honey Bunny Basket
Some Bunny Basket
Traditional Easter Basket
You will use the templates to cut out the baskets. Decorate, glue together and add some straw! Oh, don't forget the treats! Happy Easter to you and your students.
This is a great Mother's Day Craft!
Includes step-by-step instructions and templates to create Mother's Day gifts - A Shoe, A Dress Box, A Clutch Purse and A Vase. (flowers not included) Each template is blank so that your students can decorate as they wish.
Requires: Light crafting paper, glue, scissors and decorative string or ribbon. As well, I purchased some cute little flowers at the dollar store and let the students cut a small sprig to insert into their vase.
Also includes 3 very simple writing ideas - students can use to write about what makes their mom special.
Makes a wonderful Mother's Day gift! Enjoy!
This is a really fun craft to use with the new Dr. Seuss book, What Pet Should I Get?
What is included:
- 4 pets (cat, dog, turtle ... and my favorite ... the bird)
- a simple writing activity has been prepared which can be placed on the back of each pet (grade 1 or 2 or 3) JK and K can just make the paper bag puppets and not do the writing activities.
Have created these so that either the eyes, a bone, a chin or a beak will hang over the base of the bag.
What you need:
- paper, scissors, glue
- brown paper bags (I bought mine at a dollar store. They come 40 in a bag.)
Size listed on bag: 5 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches or
13 x 7.9 x 27 cm
If your bag is a different size then just adjust your photocopying.
This is a really great Mother’s Day craft!
Includes step-by-step instructions and templates to create three different purses (varying in size and difficulty), a shoe and a candlestick holder. Does not include the candle!
Each product is made from just one piece of paper. Light card stock, glue and scissors are required. Each template is blank so that your students can decorate as they wish! Mom’s are going to love these gifts!
Have also included 3 really simple writing ideas for your students to fill in about their mom.
Enjoy!
Wanted to show you some of the amazing activities that are included in the What Pet Should I Get? Literacy and Numeracy Unit of Fun
This freebie includes:
- the table of contents of the Unit
- literacy activities
- numeracy activities
** Just a small sample of some of the material that is provided in the unit of study. Hope you like the freebie!
These are the calendar dates you will need to make any of the following 6 calendars:
Mother's Day
- Mother's Day Craft - DO IT ALL MOM Desktop Calendar
- Mother's Day Craft - Desktop Calendar
Father's Day
- Father's Day Craft - Fishing Dad Desktop Calendar
- Father's Day Craft - Fix It Dad Desktop Calendar
- Father's Day Craft - Shirt Desktop Calendar
- Father's Day Craft - Desktop Calendar
*Note: I will no longer update each of the 6 individual calendar files. I will just leave the calendar dates here for you to choose from! I think that will make it a lot easier for everyone!