Christmas! Christmas! Christmas!

I know what your thinking... Gee golly-gosh she is a little bit late or maybe waaaaaaay to early to be thinking about Christmas! I found these little beauties and realised I hadn't posted them on the blog and they were too good not to share (if I do say so myself).

Christmas Elves!

These are a great activity for writing! Students had to name their Elf and write about its job as Santa's helper. All you need to make it is:  

1 speech bubble template (lines give extra structure)

1 Christmas tree shape for hat (glitter, sequence and a pipe cleaner to decorate)  

1 Elf almost like a pudding with legs.

(See photos below).

Paper Bag Reindeer.

What you will need:

Paper bag, painted brown, facial parts templates and children to trace their hands on brown paper for antlers. Cover with glitter for a little extra Christmas sparkle. 

Snowman

Snowman template found on google, goggle eyes, cotton wool for snow, ribbon around the neck for the scarf and pom-poms for buttons.

Santa Stuck In The Chimney

Students were learning the song "When Santa Got Stuck In The Chimney" so I was inspired to make this. I drew the chimney, rectangle shape and added some messy bricks, then drew two separate legs with boots at the bottom. Children coloured both and then attached them. After, they put cotton wool on the top of the chimney and on the top of Santa's boots.   

Christmas Cards 

We made these little cards and they turned out nicely! Draw a wavy/squiggly line on the page and add little light globe holders to the line. Children then use their fingers in coloured paint to create christmas lights!

Christmas Bear 

I drew the template for a bear on A3 and had the children stick red and green paper that I had cut up on the bear. It gave it a nice, bright texture. 

Letters From Santa

Children wrote letters to Santa, which I "sent" to the North Pole. The children's eyes lit up when they returned to the classroom frozen solid in ice. Easy to do, just stick the letters from Santa in a zip lock bag, fill a container with water and FREEZE! I then had to break the ice all the way from the North Pole in front of them to get Santa's reply letters out (which they thought was the most exciting thing in the world)!

Parent/Teacher Information Evening

To "break the ice" on Parent Teacher night I make these little (healthy) treats for the parents.

To make them I buy enough apples for each parent. Then make up little cards with the words "An apple for the teacher is really nothing new, except when you remember parents are teachers too"! I then laminate and cut the cards out. After, I hole punch the corner and tie a ribbon from the card to the apple. Make sure you buy apples with stalks, this gives you something to tie the ribbon onto.

You will also see on the table a piece of paper and a pencil under the apples. This paper is a questionnaire for parents to fill in with questions that will provide "extra" information about their child. This will assist me in the classroom setting and provides them with an opportunity to share information with me about their child that I may or may not know. 

"J" sound Jack In The Boxes

This week we have been learning the sound "j". We made Jack In The Boxes for craft. They turned out great! Very simple and effective too. 

Clown template was found from a Google search, A4 coloured card paper cut in half for the box and then card paper folded for the spring. I had some A4 glitter paper which I cut into strips for the box ribbon effect. Fluro oil pastels were used for the clown faces.

Elmer the Elephant

After reading the story Elmer the Elephant to my class, we created these lovely patchwork elephants. I think they turned out nicely!

Umbrella People

These lovely umbrella people were a wonderful way to introduce the sound "u" in the classroom. They are simple but effective. A triangle shape for the body, umbrella shape on top and two legs at the bottom. Children used oil pastels for the colour and glitter for the rain.

First Day Back- Term 2

First Day Back Term 2- My school holidays were a "hoot"... Children wrote a recount of their holidays on A4 lined paper. I then created a template for an owl which they cut out and stuck on to their writing. Grey paper was folded and stuck to create fluffy feathers and blue paddy cake tins were used for the eyes. 

The Easter Bunny Visits

My gorgeous little class were do very excited about the arrival of the Easter Bunny in our classroom. The Easter Bunny, left the children eggs in their own hand-made baskets.

A foot print trail around the room (made out of chalk the night before) was very effective and marshmallow bunny tails left as gifts were enjoyed.

They children enjoyed an Easter Egg hunt in the playground and making Easter Bunnies in craft out of paper bags.