Trendy Tales of a Teacher

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Wedding Bells

I wanted something for our exit out of the reception hall at the conclusion of the wedding so we decided to make wedding bells!

Materials:

Wooden sticks

Ribbon- I used two colors and it looked great together.

Bells

I attached all of the bells to one color of ribbon.

Then I tied on both colors to the top of the stick.

I twisted the ribbon down to the bottom and used hot glue to attach the ribbon at the very bottom. I also added some ribbon to the top to hang as additional decoration.

We put them in glass jars for the guests to grab on their way out! They held up great!

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Wedding Shower

My sister did an AMAZING job with my wedding shower. She made all of the cookies herself and decorated beautifully! I cannot wait to return the favor for her one day!

How cute are the favors?! They are soap inside of a cupcake liner with a loofah on top! They are adorable! We played two games at the shower that made everyone laugh. The first game was a Scattergories game where we had to list things using the letters MRS. The second game was how well we know the bride. There were quite a few funny responses.

All of the guests signed the "G" and wrote a date night idea on a Popsicle stick. I now have a jar filled with fun date night ideas!

Each balloon had a picture of us on it. This was one of my favorite things at the shower!

Friday, July 1, 2016

Roxy

Meet our newest little edition- Roxy! She is a Chiweenie (Chihuahua and Dachshund mix) and literally the cutest dog to ever exist! I can honestly say that I am obsessed with her and cannot imagine what I will be like when we have human babies! Ha!

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Table Monitors

One classroom management strategy that I found to work great is having a table monitor to distribute and clean up table materials and text books. It makes transitions much smoother and the kids love the responsibility. Each Monday they rotate so each child gets to be table monitor several times throughout the year. I have used SO many different signs including magnets, frames, and stickers but nothing lasted. I finally found these cheap and durable frames from Ikea and made little signs to slip into the frames. They are double sided and did I say durable?? They do not break no matter how much the kids mess with them and they wipe clean! Win- win!

Monday, February 1, 2016

Valentine's Box

We exchange valentine's cards each year and I thought I should make a box that matches the theme of my room! Here are the steps and materials needed to make this adorable owl Valentine's box.

1. Cut the top off of an a cereal box.

2. Wrap cereal box with wrapping paper. Go into the top of the box since it shows when it's empty.

3. Cut out scrapbook paper for eyes, wings, feet, nose, and heart.

4. Arrange materials as you would like and glue/ tape them down. I used double sided sticky squares found in the scrapbook section of most stores. I also put a small bag of rice at the bottom of the box so it would stand up and be more sturdy.

Overall, it was a big hit and held all of the big Valentine's!