Love is in the Air

In a few short weeks, my first graders will be making their Valentine sacks.  This is always such a fun time for them and I enjoy watching their creative juices flow.  Oriental Trading has so many things to pick from that I think will be perfect for their creations!

They will start with the traditional white sack, and from there it will be totally their creation.  Water coloring, buttons, strings, jewels and scrapbooking paper.  How much fun is this going to be for them!!!!

 To go with our classroom theme, I chose some cute valentine cards with spiral suckers! 

During our party, the kiddos will be able to take pictures of each other with the adorable valentine heart photo props!

Samson is always ready to step up to the plate and do a bit of modeling!  As long as we don't make him put down his stuffed animal of the day!  

I might even have to take my adorable Samson to school with me on that day!  And yes... I know he is probably the cutest thing you have seen all day.  

I’ll send them home with all their goodies and their pick of several heart tattoos.  It’s going to be a fun day.

You are running out of time to get your order in at Oriental Trading!  Hurry! Hurry!  Hurry!  There are just too many cute things that you won’t be able to resist.  

Disclaimer:  I received the above products from Oriental Trading in exchange for my honest opinion of their products.

100th Day Fun with Oriental Trading

The 100^th day of school was here before I knew it!  It is always a day full of learning and fun.  My kiddos had  been looking forward to this day for a long time!  I plan for this day way in advance and Oriental Trading is always my first choice for many items used for our 100th day celebration!   

One of the first thing they spotted when they hurried into the room were these Hanging Paper Lanterns.  So cute, and they added some a little extra to our classroom! 

They were so excited when they saw them hanging from the ceiling that it took the a few minutes to notice they each had a few surprises waiting for them on each of their desks.   

Here are just a few of the surprises I had waiting for them!  The 100th day of school pencils, stickers, slap bracelets and colorful eraser made each of their eyes lit up with excitement!

This was the creative writing that we did today!  They spent quite a bit of their time  coloring and writing on these  "If I Live To Be 100" posters!  They came in a package of 30 and are very large!  Definitely plenty of space for them to get creative!  

I usually hide 100 chocolate kisses around the room for the students to find and put on our 100 chart.  This year I decided to do something just a tiny bit different.  I numbered these Huge Black Googly Eyes (comes in a package of 100) and the kiddos had so much fun finding them.  I'm definitely doing this again next year.  

I sent them all home with a colorful tattoo!  They were so easy to put on and stayed on all day long!  I must admit I was sort of nervous about putting them on without the permission of the parents, but I also sent home the directions on how to take them off easily.  

Since we had indoor recess, this was the perfect activity to work together and they absolutely loved it.   They had 100 items to find in this big picture.  They did not want to quit.  Who doesn't love Hidden Pictures...  Fun! Fun! Fun! I loved that were finding things in a classroom.  

Our day was packed full of lots of fun activities but the most difficult was this art project that we needed some help from our 3rd grade buddies! I love how the colors just "POPPED" in this 100 day Weaving!

At the end of the day we had a photo booth!   They took turns helping each other holding their props and taking their pictures on the iPad!  They had fun being goofy with these!  

They had a wonderful day... Thank you Oriental Trading for making the day even more special for each of my firsties!

Disclaimer:  I received the above items in exchange for writing this post.  I love their products and find it a wonderful place to shop for so many of my classroom WANTS & NEEDS! 

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