Mother's Day Projects

We had such a great time creating Mother's Day gifts in my classroom today.

Mrs. Lee-Garcia (the amazing teacher across the hall) was generous enough to share the wonderful "Shrinky Dinks" necklace idea with me.  "Shrinky Dinks" is a shrinkable plastic that can be shaped for various craft projects.  

This stuff is incredible. I first cut the "Shrinky Dink" plastic into about 3 inch diameter circles. My students decorated the circles with messages for their mothers.

Before

Then I placed these creations in the oven (preheated to 325) for about a minute. They shrunk to the size of about a quarter. Tomorrow we will tie a ribbon through the "Shrinky Dink" to create a Mother's Day necklace.

After

We also made stone picture magnets. Thank you Pinterest for this cute idea! 

I'm Feeling Crafty

I have been on a craft kick lately. I just can't wait for the summer to get here so I'll have more time to devote to the many crafts I have on my to do list (thanks, Pinterest). This is what I've been working on...crafty clipboards! 

I know they're not perfect, but I expect to be an expert at these soon enough. I've only created the three so far, but more are to come. I was contemplating opening an Etsy shop to sell these and other crafts. How much would you pay for a craft clipboard?