Summer Crafting Begins

There's always something I think I need for my students to make it a more exciting learning environment.

Learning Dice

I got these small boxes at Treasures 4 Teachers in Tucson in the FREE section.  They are 3 in x 3 in x 3 in, so a good size for small hands and they should fit in my centers bins.  I found some good ideas for what to put on them on Pinterest and then made them my own.  I have 11 dice so I'm deciding if I want more of these sentence dice or to switch it up... 

                                                                                             

Doubles on the left,  doubles plus 1 on the right.  I love using my color printer at home so I can make all the colors on each page.

Spelling word dice give students some good odds at getting a practice activity they may enjoy.

Printables for 3x3x3 boxes to make learning dice.
Sentence Dice
Spelling Dice
Doubles
Doubles Plus 1

Spelling Words Activities

Last summer's crafts are too good not to share!  

Teacher Supply Box

This is my "supply box".  The tool box came from a Home Depot and the labels were made with love by me :)  I put out and collect supplies in the drawers and students are allowed to use what's there.  So easy and they are never asking me for crayons and erasers, they know to look in the box.  If the drawer is empty my supply is too.  Check out my labels at my TN and TpT Stores, they're FREE!

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Whiteboard Mini Bins

Oh, Dollar Tree, how I love your random and crafty items!  The mini bins came in a 3 pack, the clips came in a 6 pack, and then I got 2 glittery sticker sheet.  This useful craft was only $5 and they are pinned next to my whiteboard to hold my "teacher markers", dice, classroom cheers, extra putty, and whatever else I think I need to have handy.

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I just couldn't keep off of Pinterest and Facebook where all these great ideas are being displayed.  I Pin them, walk away, then get a message that one of my dear teacher friends wants to try it out.  So today we made cubbies/mailboxes/paper organizers.  I'm thinking I need to add some ribbon and fancy labels, but no hurry teacher back to school days are still a month away :)

Directions:  Get FREE boxes from a mail center or use cereal boxes.  We found that these boxes were really deep, so my friend trimmed the flaps off of one side, I folded them in on mine.  Hot glue the boxes in a stack, we put a dab in the corners and one in the middle.  

Measure out the contact paper, I recommend a darker printed paper to be sure you can't see through it to reveal the secret.

You can wrap all the parts together or in sections so you have options when you take this craft to school.  I like them side by side, but they may be stacked the other way if I don't have enough space or the best area to put it.   

Beautiful and ready to be labeled with student groups OR class sections OR papers for helpers OR subjects OR holidays... The options are endless and the good news is you can always get more!!

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Minute to Win It: Classroom Style

Why start at the beginning when we're much closer to the end of the school year!  The last week of school was full of fun (and moving and cleaning)...So we played some Minute To Win It games to keep everyone entertained, especially me!

Minute to Win It For the Last Day of School!

Cup Stacker

Stack with 10 cup in a stack.  The student must re stack the 10 cups into a pyramid, shout their team name, and then take them down the fasted to win.  Supplies: Cups (sets of 10)

Dice it Up

The contestants have to place a Popsicle stick or a ruler into their mouth and stack 5 dice one on top of the other under a minute. The dice have to be balanced for 3 seconds at least.  Supplies: Popsicle sticks, dice/blocks

Noodling Around

Contestants are given an uncooked spaghetti strand.  In under a minute, the contestant needs to transfer 5 cheerios using only the spaghetti which is held in the mouth. The contestant should be careful and avoid using hands, or it will result in a foul. Also, if the uncooked spaghetti strand breaks, the game is lost.

Supplies: Spaghetti noodles, cheerios

This one took lots of concentration to just hook one piece of cereal on the noodle.

Baby Blocking

In this game, the contestant has to balance a plate on his head and stack about 5 children's building blocks on it. The stack needs to be balanced without falling for 3 seconds to win.  Supplies: Plate, blocks

There She Blows

10 plastic cups are turned upside down and placed in a row on the table. The participants have to use only a straw and blow the plastic cups off the table. The student that manages to move all the cups off the table wins. Or, the participant that manages the maximum cups in under a minute wins.

Supplies: Straws, cups

**NEW**

Suck It Up

Player must use only a flexible straw in his or her mouth to suck up a mini marshmallow and transport them 1 at at a time to a cup.  Students had 1 minute to transfer as many as possible.  

Supplies: Straw, marshmallows, plate, cup, timer

My All Time Favorite: 
Face Cookie

Place a cookie on your forehead.  The object is to get the cookie to your mouth by only using your face flinches.   Supplies: Cookies

Students were wiggling their faces to get the cookie from their forehead to their mouth!

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