Things, Things, Things!

Over the weekend I posted my Dr. Seuss things tutorial. You can view the step by step directions here.

As promised here is the finished product. I LOVE how it turned out!

Oh the Places You'll Go Display

I have been a pinterest inspired crafting kick. As the winter disappears here in Iowa I decided it was time to take down the snowman glyphs and If I lived in a Snow Globe from out in the hall. To go along with my post from yesterday I figured I'd carry a little Dr. Seuss out into the hall as well. I had seen this cute bulletin board on Pinterest that a High School counselor had made outside her office. I used this as my inspiration but changed it to be a little more elementary hence the what we'll be when we grow up.

I'm loving the finished product.

You will need: 

Butcher paper

Glue

Scissors

Masking Tape

Ribbon

Brown Construction Paper

Photos

I began by creating the background. All I did was cut my butcher paper into little hills and glue them down. 

And yes it did look like a butcher paper bomb went off in my apartment. Good thing the boy is working today and I'm home alone. 

Once you have your background put together you are ready to start creating your balloons. 

Trace your circles and cut them out. 

Next onto the baskets. I used cardstock scrapbook paper. Cut into... 

Thirds

Then 

Each strip into fourths

Finally do a diagonal cut to make your basket shape

Next your ready to finish off your baskets 

Tape your photo down. I used the pictures I had from the I have a dream door. The kids were holding up a sign saying what they wanted to be when they grew up. 

Then tape down the ribbon from the basket up to the balloon

Finished Product

Tape down all your balloons to your background and then add your text. I used my cricut to cut out the "Oh the Places You'll Go" Letters. 

I'm excited to get this up in the hall tomorrow morning. I'll post a picture of the finished product then :) 

From There to Here and Here to There Funny Things are Everywhere: A Dr. Seuss Inspired Project!

With conferences just around the corner I decided it was about time to take down the "I have a Dream" door and spruce up the classroom a bit.

Dr. Seuss's Birthday is in March. In the elementary school world we have lots of fun celebrating in lots of fun yet educational ways! Dr. Seuss is one of my all time favorite authors. I have wonderful memories of reading The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham all by myself when I was little. I couldn't resist paying tribute to the famous children's author in my classroom via these little guys...

Are those not the cutest things you ever seen? 

I will warn you they are a bit time consuming but totally worth it in my opinion. I'm all about something that is not seasonal and could be kept up for a longer period of time because let's face it as teachers we don't have a lot of free time. 

You will need: 

Red and White Construction Paper

Photos of the kiddos

Double Stick Tape 

Blue Easter Grass (the paper kind) 

Scissors 

Glue

Start by making a stencil of your things. I free hand drew mine... not perfect but they will do. 

I was able to fit 2 things on a piece of paper. After tracing on one side fold the red construction paper in half (hamburger style) and cut out your things. 

Glue your picture down first then apply 3 pieces of double stick tape around the face. 

Next you are going to need your Blue Easter Grass

Take out a handful and begin applying it to the double stick tape. You decide how long you'd like their hair to be. It's pretty easy to work with when the tape it sticky. I began by trying elmers glue and it turned into a hot mess! Double stick tape is definitely the way to go! 

Keep adding your hair all the way around. After you have finished glue down the white thing circle in the middle of it's belly and give him a number. 

Your finished product is sure to be too cute for words! 

I'll post a picture of the finished door on Monday :) 

Happy Seussing!