Merry Christmas, Splat

Our classroom door got a makeover today, and yes, it involved glitter.  The kids LOVED it!  The activity was pretty simple. . . we took two stocking pieces, punched them and then sewed them together.  It was a little bit of a challenge, but they picked it up quickly and were able to help each other!

When they were finished they got to choose their own color of glitter for the name.  I wrote it in glue and then they watched in amazement and we shook the extra glitter away.

Click here to get a free pattern of the stocking.

Also, our favorite cat, Splat, made another appearance this week.  The kids were so excited that we were going to be making a Christmas Splat that matched their Halloween version.

For the writing in this project we focused on time order; First, Next, Than, Last.  This was the first time we had done writing this way, but the kids did a nice job because we have been working on retelling the story with Beginning/Middle/End so much.  It was great to see them do this so easily.  We are also trying to focus more on the bigger parts of the story and not so much on the little details.

 

Their ideas are so creative - of course Splat got a big cat bed!

I know the example has a red present (as does the cover of the book) but sometimes I get a little bored when all the projects looks exactly the same. So I let them pick their own colors for the gifts and I think they turned out great!  I also got one of those huge bag of bows and let the kids pick their own.  It really adds a fun, finishing touch!

Click here to get your copy of Merry Christmas, Splat.