Monday Made It 6/23

Happy Monday! I can't believe there's only one Monday left in June...this summer break is going by WAY too fast! I am excited to be linking up with 4th Grade Frolics again for Monday Made It:

I missed last weeks Made It linky because I spent the week in Santa Barbara with my mom. It was BEAUTIFUL and it definitely re-energized me to come back and get some stuff done. This weeks first project was...

Student supply caddies!

I got the original idea from this pin and had to make them right away! I love using community supplies in my classroom, rather than having each student keep individual supplies in a desk or crayon box, but I've been wanting something a little more home-y and unique than the typical supply caddies. These mason jars from Walmart were the perfect thing :) They come in packs of four, so I hot glued the four jars together (If you have fewer supplies you could just glue 2 or 3 together to save some money!) and then glued these labels on:

Sorry for the glare...

I made them using these chalkboard labels  and the Kimberly Geswein font called Second Chances Sketch. (Side note: I'd like to post these on Teachers Pay Teachers, but I'm not sure how to change the security options on my PDF so that the clipart cannot be copied. Any advice?) Since I didn't have access to a laminator but wanted these to stay in good shape, I covered them with packing tape on both sides and cut them out again. Cheap lamination for small items! :) Then I hot glued them onto the mason jars.

The signs are for each table - rather than calling them "Table 1" or "Blue Table", I am going to label them as continents because our first social studies unit is maps! I am going to laminate them and then glue them on a popsicle stick with a ribbon tied underneath (like you can see in the first picture!).

I also had time this week to make the labels for my Word Wall!

Obviously these are just the first few letters, but I am so excited about them! I bought the Paisley, Turquoise, Blue and Green Collection from School Girl Style and that's where these come from. They are technically supposed to be table signs, but they are perfect for my word wall. I am going to have a ribbon coming down from each where words can easily be attached, kind of like this. Once I had downloaded the file all I had to do was add the letters, using the Kimberly Geswein font called Primary Italics. It's a good one to know about if you teach D'Nealian like we do! 

I hope you enjoyed my Monday Made-Its this week, and I'm looking forward to looking at all of the fun projects that are linked up with 4th Grade Frolics! Please consider following me via email on the right hand side of my blog if you've enjoyed my last few blog posts :) Thanks!