A really fun, creative Pot of Poinsettias for students to create.
This craft has two main components:
- an actual flower pot (3 options to choose from)
- a poinsettia insert (with writing activity on each insert, 5 to choose from)
Includes step-by-step instructions, graphics and templates.
Requires: Paper (I used regular photocopy paper but light cardstock is recommended), glue, coloring pencils and scissors.
Makes a great Christmas / Holiday centerpiece for the dinner table!
Enjoy and Happy Holidays / Merry Christmas.
A fun, simple crafting activity for any Pets Unit or for the book What Pet Should I Get?
To make this product or see the agamographs, just watch the video.
What is included?
Agamographs and a simple writing activity for:
- dog and doghouse
- cat and kitten
- fish and turtle
- hamster and rabbit
- bird and chick
An agamograph is a picture that is made so that when you look from one angle you see one picture and then from the other angle the second picture emerges!
Using just 1 piece of paper, students color then cut and fold their agamograph. Then they can complete the writing activity and attach the agamograph to their finished work! So cute and easy!
- please look at the preview and watch the video
What you need:
- paper, scissors, glue, coloring pencils
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don't print properly!
Do you need a fun and interesting activity for your students during Black History Month?
Have them create a poster!
I have created poster templates for 25 influential men and women. There are 2 poster styles to choose from for each person. Therefore, 50 posters in total!
Students choose a poster. They complete the writing activities for their person and color it. Then you can color the BLACK HISTORY MONTH letters provided and create an inspirational and informative bulletin board.
Who are the 25 inspirational men and women?
Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Sarah E. Goode, Sojourner Truth, Coretta Scott King, Ruby Bridges, Oprah Winfrey
Jackie Robinson, Jesse Owens, Booker T. Washington, Ben Carson, Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson, George Washington Carver, Colin Powell, Benjamin Banneke, Bill Pickett, Frederick Douglass, Langston Hughes, Marcus Garvey, Tuskegee Airmen, Thurgood Marshall, Barack Obama, Kobe Bryant and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
What students need:
poster template and coloring pencils
they will have to do some research to complete the writing activities on the poster.
Examples of writing activities: one word to describe this person, how did this person change the world, 3 things I know about this person, 3 contributions this person made to society, this is what I learned from this person.
Please look at the preview.
These posters need to be printed on 8.5" x 14" (legal) sized paper. Otherwise, the posters will be small!
Always make sure you download and save a project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don’t print properly!
This is a really cute Mother’s Day Craft!
Includes step-by-step instructions and templates needed to create a Mother’s Day Bouquet of Flowers for Mom. All students have to do is color, cut and glue!
I have included:
4 different bouquets of flowers
9 different bouquet sleeves
instructions & finished product visual
Requires: Paper (light cardstock is recommended), glue, coloring pencils and scissors.
Mothers will love this item!!! Enjoy and Happy Mother’s Day!
This is a really fun craft to use at Thanksgiving.
Includes:
- Scarecrow
- Pilgrim Woman (2 options for body)
- Pilgrim Man
- Turkey (4 options for heads, 2 options for body)
- simple writing activity to color, cut and glue to the back of the puppet
Have created these so that either the hat, platter, chin or beak will hang over the edge of the bag.
- please look at the preview
What you need:
- paper, scissors, glue
- brown paper bags (I bought mine at a dollar store. They come 40 in a bag for $100.)
Size listed on bag: 5 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches or
13 x 7.9 x 27 cm
If your bag is a different size then just adjust your photocopying.
This is a great Thanksgiving Activity to accompany the book Turkey Trouble. These Thanksgiving Paper Bag Puppets are so much fun for your students to create and then play with.
Includes:
Turkey
Turkey disguised as a Pig
Turkey disguised as a Horse
Turkey disguised as a Cow
Turkey disguised as a Rooster
Turkey disguised as a Sheep
Turkey disguised as Pizza Delivery
2 simple writing activities to choose from - just color, cut and glue to the back of the puppet
I provided the simple turkey paper bag puppet so that your students can disguise it in any way they choose
Have tried to create each of these so that something will hang over the edge of the bag
please look at the preview
Your students are going to love this Thanksgiving Craft. These Thanksgiving Paper Bag Puppets are a lot of fun to create and play with! I have many other Thanksgiving Activities for your students to enjoy.
What you need:
paper, scissors, glue, coloring pencils
brown paper bags (I bought mine in Michigan USA at a dollar store. They come 40 in a bag for $1.)
Size listed on bag: 5 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches or
13 x 7.9 x 27 cm
If your bag is a different size then just adjust your photocopying.
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don’t print properly! Enjoy your Thanksgiving Paper Bag Puppets.
This is a great activity to complete when students are reading some well known fairy tales.
These Fairy Tale Paper Bag Puppets are so much fun for your students to create and then play with.
Includes:
1 little girl with a red cape heading to see grandma + grandma + wolf
a golden haired girl who gets lost in the woods + one of three bears
one little pig who is trying to build a house + a wolf that likes to huff and puff
a princess + a prince + a witch
4 simple writing activities to choose from - just color, cut and glue to the back of the puppet
Have tried to create each of these so that something will hang over the edge of the bag
please look at the preview
These Fairy Tale Paper Bag Puppets are a lot of fun to create and play with!
What is needed to make these Fairy Tale Puppets:
paper, scissors, glue, coloring pencils
brown paper bags (I bought mine in Michigan USA at a dollar store. They come 40 in a bag for $1.)
Size listed on bag: 5 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches or
13 x 7.9 x 27 cm
If your bag is a different size then just adjust your photocopying.
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don’t print properly! Enjoy your Fairy Tale Paper Bag Puppets.
Another great Christmas Craft. Your Kindergarten and 1st grade students are going to love making these Christmas Crafts. These Cut and Paste Christmas crafts are fun and creative. Just photocopy the templates onto colored paper and let your students enjoy.
What is included in this Cut and Paste activity:
2 Crafts: Santa Claus is Coming (But He is Stuck in the Chimney) AND Santa Claus is Coming (Down The Chimney)
** There are simple writing activities provided for the back of each of the crafts.
Both of the crafts contain the following:
Color version (for reference)
B&W version - use as a base OR use as a coloring activity
Visual directions for putting the craft together
Craft pieces organized by COLOR for easy photocopying
The last 2 pages of each craft contain all the pieces in the craft. The color is listed on the shape. You can use these pages as templates. Just photocopy on white cardstock and cut out the pieces and let your students trace those pieces onto colored cardstock.
What you need:
paper, scissors, glue and coloring pencils (if you want to put a wreath on the chimney as it is color and cut only)
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don’t print properly!
Hope you love this Christmas Craft. I have many other Christmas Crafts available on my site.
POP-UP Mother’s Day Book!
This is a great craft for students to complete for Mother’s Day! They create their own Mother’s Day Book - a POP-UP Book!
The easiest way to make this book … just watch the video,
The Mother’s Day Book begins with 4 pieces of paper, each 8" x 8". These pieces of paper are folded and then glued together to create a 3D POP-UP Book that sits flat or when expanded, is 8" x 8" x 4" (height).
Includes step-by-step instructions (or just watch the video), graphics and templates needed to create this POP-UP Mother’s Day Book.
Requires: Paper (I used regular photocopy paper but light cardstock is recommended), glue, coloring pencils and scissors, a single hole punch and a piece of ribbon.
The POP-UP Mother’s Day Book folds flat for students to easily transport home or expands so that Mom / Mum can display it on a shelf at home or on her desk at work. It is a lot of fun to create.
Mothers will cherish this POP-UP Book for years! Although many of the templates contain the word mom / mum, there are templates that students could use for Grandma, Sister, Aunt, etc.
I have other POP-UP books:
End of Year Activities:
- End of Year Activities: POP-UP Memory Book (Grades 4-7)
- End of Year Activities - POP UP Yearbook for Grade 7 & 8
Father’s Day:
- Father’s Day Craft - POP-UP Father’s Day Book
Enjoy and Happy Mother’s Day
These is an INTERACTIVE Guessing Game.
Why interactive? - the door moves to reveal Who Is In The Barn? and there is a space on each task card for students to type their guess
Watch the preview - Interactive Farm Animals Guessing Game
Includes: 17 Interactive Task Cards
all are set up the same way:
There is an animal hiding behind the barn door. Students are given 3 clues to guess who is in the barn. There is a box for students to guess their answer - then they remove the barn door to reveal what farm animal it is.
Fun and engaging - great way for students to learn about animals on the farm.
17 Interactive Task Cards include:
An initial Instructions card and 16 animal guessing cards
The animals hiding behind the barn door include – bull, cow, cat, dog, owl, spiders, donkey, rooster, chick, horse, pig, sheep, ram, wolf, goat and a duck.
Why it is great:
Great for distance learning!
No prep for the teacher - just download and send to students
No photocopying! It’s a great digital resource!
Fun and engaging.
Note: I have provided a teacher handout to assist you with:
how to download the google slide and how to share with your students
These is an INTERACTIVE Guessing Game.
Why interactive? - the box moves and there is a space on each task card for students to type their answers
Watch the preview - Interactive Guessing Game
Includes: 25 Interactive Task Cards
This guessing game is called What Pet Did They Get?
Use this guessing game with the Dr. Seuss book, What Pet Should I Get?
At the end of the story, the children leave the store with a box. All we can see are two eyes. We are left to wonder What Pet Did They Get?
This guessing game is set up to answer that question. It does so as follows:
Students are given 3 clues to guess What Pet Did They Get?
There is a pet hiding under the box.
Once the students read the 3 clues, they guess. There is a textbox set up on the bottom of each task card. Students guess and then remove the box to see what pet is hiding behind it.
The next task card has the students answer 3 questions about the pet (see below)
Fun and engaging - great way for students to learn about pets.
25 Interactive Task Cards include:
An initial Instructions Task Card
12 pet guessing cards where the following pets are hiding behind the box: snake, frog, dog, bird, pig, hamster, hedgehog, turtle, fish, mouse, rabbit and a cat.
12 corresponding activity cards - where students answer 3 questions - what the pet likes to eat, why it would be a great pet and ow they would care for the pet
Why it is great:
Great for distance learning!
No prep for the teacher - just download and send to students
No photocopying! It’s a great digital resource!
Fun and engaging.
Note: I have provided a teacher handout to assist you with:
how to download the google slide and how to share with your students
These are INTERACTIVE Occupations / Community Helpers Guessing Game Task Cards
Why interactive? - the door moves to reveal the secret guest, there is a space on each task card for students to type their guess
Watch the preview - Interactive Occupations Guessing Game
Includes: 24 Interactive Task Cards
all are set up the same way:
There is a person hiding behind the door. Students are given 3 clues to guess who is at the door. There is a box for students to guess their answer - then they remove the door to reveal who is hiding there!
Fun and engaging - great way for students to learn about occupations / community helpers.
24 Occupations / Community Helpers include:
Astronaut, Baker, Coach, Construction Worker, Crossing Guard, Dentist, Detective, Doctor, Farmer, Fire Fighter, Gardener, Janitor, Librarian, Life Guard, Mail Carrier, Military, Nurse, Painter, Plumber, Police Officer, Reporter, Teacher, Trash Collector, Vet
Why it is great:
Great for distance learning!
No prep for the teacher - just download and send to students
No photocopying! It’s a great digital resource!
Fun and engaging.
Note: I have provided a teacher handout to assist you with:
how to download the google slide and how to share with your students
These amazingly creative art activities worksheets are ideal for Pet Units or What Pet Should I Get? Students are going to love these Art Activities. They can use the templates provided, add suggested details and then color. Or, they can use the blank templates and design their own pictures. Show them the finished designs that I have included and they will be designing and creating on their own!
What is included:
Scenes made with 4 pets - Dog, Cat, Fish, Bird.
Look at the scenes - there are different design options with varying degrees of difficulty. Why not start with the easier designs like the cat or fish and then try one of the more challenging ones.
These art activities are creative and fun and your students are going to love these. Use with What Pet Should I Get? or any pet unit.
POP-UP Remembrance Day Craftivity for Canadians
This is a great craft for students to complete for Remembrance Day in Canada - some of the templates mention Canada, Flanders Fields, etc.
This craft has two main components:
- A base (made out of one piece of paper, 8 1/2 x 14) There are 2 base templates to choose from.
- POP-UPs - 9 options to choose from, including male and female representation, graphics for Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force. On the back of each POP-UP is a simple writing activity.
(Note: some of the graphics may not exactly represent Canadian uniforms so take a good look at the preview copy to make sure you are ok with the uniforms!)
Includes step-by-step instructions, graphics and templates needed to create this POP-UP Remembrance Day craftivity..
Requires: Paper (I used regular photocopy paper but light cardstock is recommended), glue, coloring pencils and scissors.
The POP-UP Craft folds flat for students to easily transport home or expands so that it can be displayed in the classroom.
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don't print properly! Print on 8 1/2 x 14" paper.
Note: A slightly different version of this craft is listed under Memorial Day and Veterans Day ... so don't buy those as they are quite similar to this version ... but they do not have the Canadian references.
POP-UP Father's Day Card
This is a great craft for students to complete for Father's Day! They create their own Father's Day POP-UP card.
This card has two main components:
- a base (made out of one piece of paper, 8 1/2 x 14)
- POP-UPs - 7 options to choose from
Includes step-by-step instructions, graphics and templates needed to create this POP-UP Father's Day Card.
Requires: Paper (I used regular photocopy paper but light cardstock is recommended), glue, coloring pencils and scissors.
The POP-UP Father's Day Card folds flat for students to easily transport home or expands so that DAD can display it on a shelf at home or on his desk at work. It is a lot of fun to create.
Dads will cherish this POP-UP card for years! Although many of the templates contain the word DAD, there are templates that students could use for Grandpa or Uncle, etc.
Enjoy and Happy Father's Day
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on their preview of a download and things don't print properly! Don't forget to print on 81/2 x 14 (legal size) paper.
This is a great Mother's Day Craft!
Includes step-by-step instructions and templates needed to create a Mother's Day POP-UP Box Card.
I have included:
- card base template
- templates for panels and inserts
Requires: Paper, glue, coloring pencils and scissors.
The card folds flat for students to easily transport home. I made sure it can be used for Mom, Mum, Grandma, Aunt. As well, there are designs for boys and for girls.
The card is the perfect size for Mom / Mum to keep on her desk all year long. Moms / Mums love this item!!!
Enjoy and Happy Mother's Day!
Create a unique Mother's Day craft with your students for Mom / Mum / Grandman / Sister / Aunt, etc.
Begin with the base template (6 options to choose from)
Color, decorate, complete the writing activity ... then ...
add 4 Tea Cups (8 options to choose from)
The surprise comes when you lift the 4 Tea Cups to reveal the hidden Mother's Day message below! So cute and so much fun!
Requires: Paper, coloring pencils, scissors and glue (recommend glue stick).
Always save the file onto your desktop and then print from that file.
Let the students design their own Gingerbread House
What is included:
- roof (with separate graphic of dripping icing)
- 1 door and 3 windows
- picket fence
- gingerbread man, gingerbread woman
- fox
- signs
- candy
All the students have to do is color, cut and glue and the Gingerbread House is created. The fun part will be to see how many variations will be created within your class!
- please look at the preview
What you need:
- paper, scissors, glue
- brown paper bags (I bought mine in Michigan USA at a dollar store. They come 40 in a bag for $1.)
Size listed on bag: 5 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches or
13 x 7.9 x 27 cm
If your bag is a different size then just adjust your photocopying.
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don't print properly!
So easy and yet so creative! Looks amazing when finished!
Students create a Love POP-UP Card for Mom / Mum, grandma, sister or aunt! Graphics for boys and for girls.
** 10 templates to choose from
** Space for students to write a message to their loved one.
Watch the video to see how it is made ...
Note: It is so much easier to watch the video than to try and follow written instructions so that is how you will learn to make this product.
What you need:
Just photocopy on 1 piece of regular photocopy paper. Students will need coloring pencils and scissors. POP-UP Card stands or will fold for easy transport home!
Mothers will cherish this Love POP-UP Card because it really is unique and lovely! Check out the video and have a look before you purchase to make sure you love it and that it is right for your students!
Students create a Waterfall Craftivity that they can give to Mom / Mum, Sister, Aunt, Grandma, etc. The waterfall makes up the front page - writing activities are included on the 2 inside pages and the back cover. This craft includes graphics for boys and girls.
Watch the video to see how it is made ...
What is included:
A total of 11 templates for students to choose from:
- 3 base templates (with writing activities)
- 3 waterfall templates
- 4 sets of pictures for waterfall templates (flowers, butterflies, bees, etc.)
- 1 glue template
Students create the Waterfall Craftivity using 1 base, 1 waterfall, 1 set of pics and the glue bar. So, there are lots of options for everyone. The Waterfall Craftivity closes for easy transport home.
Note: It is so much easier to watch the video than to try and follow written instructions so that is how you will learn to make this product.
What you need:
Just photocopy on regular photocopy paper. Students will need coloring pencils, scissors and glue.
Students will be proud to present this to their loved one because it really is unique and lovely. Check out the video and have a look before you purchase to make sure you love it and that it is right for your students!