A Little Christmas Freebie

Wow!  It has been so long since I've been on this little blogging space!  Let's just say life has kicked my tush this semester.  I've never fully recovered from the beginning of the year craziness, plus my 2 grad classes (oh and my thesis!)

I'm hopeful that I'll pop into the space a little more in the new year, but in the meantime I wanted to share a reindeer freebie that I made last year.

Students write the reindeer names in ABC order, glue it onto a paper bag, and make a little reindeer craft.

Ignore the bad photo...taken with an iPhone 3G last year and I haven't update it.  ;)

I DID update the rest of the packet with a new font, so be sure to head on over to TPT to download it!

If you are looking for something quick and easy for this week, be sure to check out my Mini Reindeer Unit.  It's 20% off this week only!  It includes a craft for Rudolph's cousin and some activities for the book The Great Reindeer Rebellion.

Merry Christmas Break!

It's officially Christmas break for everyone! We had a half day on Wednesday and I've been enjoying my comfy pajamas ever since. 

The Christmas party was one of the best I have ever had in my class. Thanks to the wonderful moms that planned it!

Here's the reindeer toss.

The snowman toss....

All ideas from Pinterest! I really think life should be divided into two eras - BP (before Pinterest) and AP (after Pinterest).

I'm sure you've seen a zillion gingerbread activities, but I never got a chance to share mine. The gingerbread unit is one of my favorites, so I have to share!

We took a bite of a gingerbread cookie and graphed our results.

We made a chart of adjectives (inspired by Abby's gingerbread chart).

This is something new I did this year.  I bought Baking Up Adjectives Craftivity + Center Activities. Each student chose an adjective and created their gingerbread man. The students absolutely LOVED this.  I had scrapbook paper out, along with some sparkly things and their creations were wonderful. This was one of my favorite - a hairy gingerbread man!

Now off to finish up my Christmas shopping!

Christmas Gifts

I wanted to share the Christmas gifts the students made for their parents this year.  It was Pinterest inspired of course! The students made a brown handprint and added antlers, eyes and a nose. Then they

added green and red dots to fill in the white space a bit.

I wish I was there to see the parents open the gift Christmas morning.  I think a special gift like this had a little more meaning this year.

What do you make for parent gifts?  Every year I try to make salt dough ornaments or cinnamon ornaments, but it fails miserably!