Crayon Box Books

Ahhhh...the smell of new crayons. It must be back to school time! On the first day of school, my kiddos dumped two boxes of brand new crayons into their plastic boxes. I just couldn't stand to throw away 50 empty crayon boxes. After all, I'm trying to do my part to keep the world green...and pink and purple...by recycling. Now just what could those boxes be used for?

Ta da! We are going to turn our boxes into little flip books. Begin by cutting off the sides, bottom and top flaps from each box. You can cut blank paper to fit inside your crayon-box covers. Bind the pages between covers by punching holes and using metal rings. Provide color-word flash cards so students can write a different color word on each page. 

I made up some cutie pages to give my students practice writing and reading the color words. If you are interested, I put them in my TPT store for a buck. Click here:

This package includes pages for the eight basic colors found in a box of eight crayons along with pink and white. The books look like this:

Here are examples of the pages:

What ideas do you have for reusing crayon boxes. I'd be tickled pink if you'd leave a comment!

Yee-Haw! Blogger Buddy Sends Farm Goodies

I love gifts. Now wait a minute...you know I mean I love GIVING gifts. So I signed up for the blogger exchange hosted by Adventures of Ms. Smith and Covered in Glitter and Glue.

My blogger buddy was Desiree Cotten at Kinders on the Block. I mentioned that I had a farm theme this year. Yee-haw my package was a fun to open as a barn on a hot summer day! The surprises just kept coming.

First, I found farm stickers galore. I'm going to use the fun rooster on my reading table as my "Do not disturb" signal. Desiree suggested that the cow and duck key chains would be great to signal center changes. I tried it today...those kids really got "moo-ving!" (To hear the keychains, see the video on my instagram page.) 

Desiree also suggested that these scented items really do the trick when students need a little motivation. There were lots of other goodies, but here's the best part. She made a farm-themed product just for me...AND she printed the pages...AND they were already laminated. You can see her product on TPT by clicking the picture.

Thanks, new friend, for all my fantastic farm freebies!

Teachers Notebook SALE!!

The sellers on Teachers Notebook are running awesome sales this week. That's pretty exciting in itself. But wait...there's more! 

For one week, there are 15 K-2 AMAZING product bundles on sale for 80% off. It's like loading up your grocery bag and only paying for a few items. I have products included in two of the bundles. Click the images to see the bundles on TN.

But wait...there's even MORE! There are fantastic giveaways.  

For my product there will be 10 winners. No strings attached! Click to enter NOW!!

Happy Shopping! Be sure to leave a comment if you put any of the bundles in your cart.

Super School Shopping WINNER

We have a winner! I went to my high-tech random number generator (my husband) and he picked number 11! So the winner is.....

Here's a better look at her winning post about her trip to IKEA. Really, who doesn't win with a trip to IKEA!

So our winner gets a chicken dinner....uh, no. Randi gets one item from each of these stores:

and yours truly

I'd like to thank my friends at Owl in a Vowel Tree, Mrs. Price's Kindergators, and Pinkadots Elementary for joining me in the shopping spree. Cha ching!

Ready or Not...Here They Come! Classroom Pictures

August 5 is the first day of school. Ready or not...here they come!