Back to School SALE

I joining in on the Back to School Sale at TPT

Click on the link below to head on over to my store. Enter codeBTS12 for an additional 10% off.

Load up your carts!!!! I know I will be buying new items for the 2012-2013 school year!!

Enjoy

Melissa

Extreme Clean

Okay, I don’t know how many of you know this but prior to going back to school to get my teaching degree, I owned a gift shop. Well, we closed the store awhile back and I have begun to sort, price for “yard sale”, and organize-AGAIN!!! Well, let’s just say my gift shop back rooms looked like a mini teacher store. I have been collecting various school related items (Okay I admit, I had a problem will school related items-Always thought I needed everything right then and right now!) Well, needless to say I am a little older and a little wiser and definitely a little more frugal. I am proud to say that I have NOT stepped foot into a Dollar Tree since June. That is a huge accomplishment for me. I also have no purchased one pair of shoes or been to WHBM this whole entire summer- YIPPPEEEEEE for me!!!!

While, cleaning I found these round circle shapes… Instant thought…

MY CLASSROOM

With these steps…..

• Spray Paint Black
• Cut and Add Glitter Numbers (Loving Me Some Cherry Limeade)
• Modge Podge
• Attach magnets to back

Complete: I have my student numbers for my Job Chart.

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Trying to be thrifty…

Been trying to “slowly” get things ready for my classroom. Summer seems to have flown by…

Here are a few things I have been busy with… While grabbing the coffee out the other morning, I thought this would be a perfect container to store my students sticks. Hmmmmmmmmm…….Off to the basement to find those empty cans!

Once I found two, I simply took off the label and made a template. I used a piece of scrapbook paper, added a cute label, laminated, and then adhered to the can. I secured it with a piece clear packaging tape. All I need to do is add my skinny Crayolas and I am all set!!!!

 

Now, cleaning out my gift shop… What a chore!!! I had an overabundance of clothespins….Why does one need several packages of wooden clothespins when they do not even have a clothesline????

Well, I simply took my clothespins outside added a coat of spray paint.

Next, I found some small wooden disks and sprayed them too.

I cut out numbers using my cricut and my Cherry Limeade cartridge (Love this font!!) After gluing and modge podging this is the end result.

I put them all together and I have some adorable student numbered clothespins to use for my clip charts and daily homework baskets. (Ohmyword!!! I am loving these!!!)

Now I recently blogged about my clipboards well I found mini boards in my stash too. Okay let’s just say my stash is “huge” but I am hoping after my yard sale it diminishes a little. I can never say “NO” to a good bargain. Keep my away from the Dollar Tree and Target Dollar Zone PLEASE!!!!! My baby is going to college and needs new linesman boots! (LOL)

I grabbed my collection of ribbon-It is slowly diminishing now.

More cutting and stacking-Oh My what was I thinking…

I added the numbers to the bottom right hand corner instead of using the metal tag. Students will use their numbered clipboard! This will help me to solve any mysteries such as broken boards, vandalism, etc.

I am going to use these for 1/2 sheets of paper during write the room, partner work, etc. (LOVE MY MINI BOARDS- Too CUTE!!)

Well, off to begin my next project…. Adding ribbon bookmarkers to my composition books. Have you seen this???

Head on over to

What’s the Buzz

FOR STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS

Too Darn Cute for Words……

Always,

Melissa