Monday Made it on Saturday * EARLY *

{ I was trying to schedule this post and my computer got all crazy…I will try to link this post up on Monday but here it is early }

Hi everyone!  So the countdown to school is slowly beginning and I’m on my last vacay of the summer with my family.  This is coming to you { sorta } via Florida.  We are hitting up Disneyworld – all the parks and Daytona Beach to see family.  Anyways I’m here to share my projects with you….not my vacation plans. :o)

The last few days I have been busy packing and cleaning ~ creating one last unit and making things for my classroom and believe it or not I fit in packing and cleaning too.

I think most of you know I’m switching to an owl theme this year so I made this really cute guy:

After posting this on instagram I received emails asking for a tutorial so  here it is:

 I got lucky with the lantern I bought it for my daughter’s room many years ago and it was an extra in a pack. 

** First I put the ears on ~ I just cut triangles and made them extra long.  I folded the bottom to wrap against the top rim of the lantern underneath and added modge podge for glue…normally I would’ve used my glue gun but I ran out of sticks!  Oh the horror!!! LOL

Next I traced a large spool of ribbon for the first layer of the eye.  The second layer { black part } I just drew and cut out.

Then I cut out wings…I just drew those as well and put glue only along the top to put onto my owl – almost at eye level on each side.

Here she is…

I was also busy working on some other things:

I had to change my yellow/grey and black clothespins for displaying work — to brighter colors for my owl room.  Washi tape to the rescue…so much easier than when I made the original set.  I used scrapbook paper and mod podge and it got soo messy. 

{ Do you know the secret about hot gluing a tack to the back to push right into your wall?!? }

Next up:

My mom used to write message to her students { like rebus stories }.  So of course I carried on this tradition.  Each Monday my students will be greeted with a message like this from me to hopefully encourage and inspire them.  Sometimes it’s a stretch but they have fun with it like — bee + leaf = believe. Above the left picture is You are a super star. (  The  needs a turn/had a turn project above the chevron frame I will talk about that more with my room set up in a few weeks. )

I just keep finding things on sale – it’s hard to walk away from a good deal. :o)

Link on up

The last thing I have squeezed in is a set of k-2 first day packs.

Ok that’s it folks!  I will see y’ all when I get back. <3