Wednesday, July 25, 2012

This is my inaugural public post in the realm of teacher bloggy land. I have been stalking blogs for some time and decided to go for a big launch by linking up with 4th Grade Frolics' Monday Made It. I hope I've done everything right and things go off without a hitch (I should be so lucky). If you feel compelled to follow my blog I'd love for you to do so.

After seeing so many super cute mustache things everywhere lately, and seeing how crazy kids of all ages seem to be about them, I was compelled to make it my classroom theme this year. The trick has been figuring out just how to incorporate mustaches in a way that is appropriate and that the kids will also embrace. I think I've figured out some fun ideas.

The first thing I made was inspired by a pin I came across. I am going to hang one of these over each of my table groups. Ultimately, I'll adhere a number to the center of the bottom circle of each mobile, to indicate which table group is which.


The other thing I made was this fun picture. The print was a free download I found on TPT. I printed it at home, bought a $5 canvas at Michaels, and the rest is history. I have to come clean though, this was my third attempt, as I tried Mod Podging over the print on the first one (it smeared and wrinkled), I then used an acrylic seal on the second one (same thing happened). Finally, after racking my brain for another option, I remembered someone using contact paper on the clipboards they made for a previous Monday Made It. I tried it on my canvas project and it worked like a charm!


Dare I admit that I am almost a little excited to get into my classroom, so I can hang these fun creations?

15 comments:

  1. Love the "mustache" a question print!! :)

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  2. Welcome to blog land! Thanks for linking up:) Your crafts are adorable!!!!

    4th Grade Frolics

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    1. Thanks, Tara. I totally was NOT expecting you to chime in at all, so your comment was a nice surprise. I love your site and have been incredibly inspired by so much of what you create and share.

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  3. Your blog is adorable! I love all of your crafts too! Be sure and add a follow button. Go to design at the top of your blog and then choose layout. Choose add a gadget and the follow box should be the ninth choice. I would love to follow you. =)

    If you get the chance, I would love for you to hop over and visit me. =)


    Heather
    Heather's Heart

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    1. Heather, I am going to pop over you your blog right now. Thanks so much for commenting and for walking me through how to do it. I wanted a follower area, but didn't figure it out on my own yet. I'm figuring all of this out on the fly, so all advice is welcome.

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  4. Stephanie, I am proud to be your first follower. You have such cute ideas; I love them. I have been trying to figure out how to display table numbers.
    Although I'm not new to blogging, I'm a newbie teacher blogger so we're kinda in the same boat.
    Feel free to stop by my blog--I love new friends.
    misssederberg.blogspot.com

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  5. I'm your newest follower! Welcome to the world of blogging!

    It's probably just my "old" eyes, but I had a lot of trouble reading your font. :-(

    Cynthia
    2nd Grade Pad

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  6. Thanks for following me and for the input. My husband and I were just discussing the font before I read your post, so let me ask...is it the color or size that is making it not so enjoyable and are you looking at it on a desktop or iPad? I think it is coming across different in mobile than on a desktop. Look forward to your insight.

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  7. How cute! It makes me think of Farley @ oh boy 4th grade.

    EmilyK

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    1. I chose my theme and then was excited when I saw Farley was doing mustaches too. I've been hitting her blog from time to time to see if she has any ideas to borrow.

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  8. I love that sign!!! So cute!

    How did you make your comments so that you could reply to them on here? I used the html code that I found through Ladybug Teaching Files.. but it still won't work! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

    Ashley

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  9. Ashley, I didn't really do it on purpose initially. That's how things were already set up for me. Now that I've gone back to look, I think I know how to do it. I work in Blogger. If you do too, go to "Settings", then "Posts and Comments". Next to "Comment Location" change your setting to embedded. Let me know if it works.

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  10. Those projects are precious!! Glad I just found your blog through the blog hop! Welcome to blogging! :)

    Amanda
    Teaching Maddeness

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  11. cute.. I was going to go to the TPT for the mustache link, but the link is not valid. I have a TPT account. Could you send it to me or the the owner and I will try and find it. Thanks

    Marianne
    mabteacher1@gmail.com

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  12. Marianne, I don't know what happened to the initial link, but I re-linked it and it seems to be working now. Sorry it didn't work the first time, but glad I was able to fix it. Enjoy!

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