My "Create" Board

I found this idea on Clutter-Free Classroom's blog here http://clutterfreeclassroom.blogspot.com/2012/07/my-create-board-to-showcase-student.html.

Mine is a little different. I only used red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, & violet. I used six boxes of crayons. 50 cents at Target & Walmart! :) The canvas was about $10 at Michaels. Walmart has two packs for $11...so if you want to make two or had a need for another canvas that would be your better buy.

First line up your crayons to get them where you want them. MAKE SURE YOU ARE LOOKING AT THEM FROM THE TOP OR THEY WON'T BE STRAIGHT! I LEARNED THIS THE HARD WAY. Fortunately they peeled off fairly easy so I could reposition them. Then using hot glue- glue them on one at a time. Then use a hair dryer on low heat. High heat blows toohard & makes the melting crayon splatter. It melts VERY QUICKLY so pay attention lol. :)

This top picture was right after melting- looks neat!

I used wooden letters painted white & then zebra striped (of course) to spell Create. I want this to inspire my kiddos. I am debating leaving it as is or trimming with ribbon...What do you think? This was a fun project that didn't take much time. I love the colors!

Target

$1 Pocket Charts??? YES PLEASE!!! I have sooo many ideas for these. I was thrilled to see them in four colors! Yeah! I am revamping my hands on calendar this year. I learned about many manipulatives I could add to go along with my smartboard calendar at workshop our school hosted this summer. I think the kids will love it & will be so much more engaged. :)

I love flash cards! $1 Wipe Clean cards will be awesome for beginning of the year Work on Writing. :)

Crayons were 50 cents! Yes I know Walmart & other stores have them cheaper but this was where I was when I remembered I needed a lot of them for an upcoming project. Keep an eye out!

How cute are these $1 chair covers? I am considering using these on their chairs maybe for birthdays??? Idk.

More $1 wipe clean writing practice- letters & the one on the bottom is letters & numbers.

I LOVE these little $1 boxes! I think these will go great with attribute sorting. Check it out here: Attribute Sorting

$1.45 for two pairs of scissors! Yes!! It is amazing how little hands can break these! :)

$1 stickers! You can NEVER have too many stickers in kindergarten!

DOES ANYONE ELSE LOVE THE TARGET $ SPOT AS MUCH AS ME??? :)