Every Halloween party needs a little bit of spook, and this pack is overflowing with just that! This pack includes NINE activities for the perfect party at home or at school. Use it anytime in October for an easy, frightful bash! PACK INCLUDES blind box sensory activity pin the spider on the web monster face mix-and-match boo bag toss Halloween "Guess How Many" Halloween "Memory" Halloween Bingo Halloween Don't Eat Pete printable ghost craft FILE DELIVERY Almost immediately after purchase you will receive an email with a download link. If you do not see this email, check your spam folder. If you still don’t see it, contact us and let us know! Because this is a digital product, no refunds are available. For personal use only.
I'm dying over this Kids Halloween Bash by Elizabeth Molina-Rodriguez of Plated Picnic, out of Coral Springs, FL, USA! Featuring bold colors, trick-worthy treats and awesome Halloween decor, this event is for all to haunt over! So scroll on and creep away over these details, certain to make your day: Halloween Drip CakeTrick Or Treat Popcorn WallPumpkin Plate Table SettingsHalloween Balloon WallTombstone CakeHalloween Charcuterie
Halloween night means it's time for everyone to dress up in spooktacular costumes. But don't forget all the awesome Halloween crafts you can make for decorating your home!
Yesterday's GIVEAWAY winners were... Suzy Q, Rosy Patel, and Molly Wiard! Email me with your GALORE choice. CONTINUES! Here's my latest Slides & Ladders games... Click the pics above to grab your own copies. For TODAY ONLY, all of my GALORE sets are on SALE in my Teachers Pay Teachers store for 50% off! If you are missing a set or are interested in trying them out in your own classroom, this is the time to get them. For today's... I am giving 3 winners my Slides & LADDERS collection... Slides and Ladders--Vowel Games Slides and Ladders--Blends and Digraphs Games Slides and Ladders--Long Vowel Games Slides and Ladders--Short Vowel Games Slides and Ladders--Fry Words 1-100 Games Slides and Ladders--Fry Words 101-200 Games Slides and Ladders -- Dolch Words Slides and Ladders--Addition & Subtraction Facts to 20 All you need to do to enter for your chance to win something for Back to School, is to leave a comment! Comment about anything? Yes, it's that EASY! You can also get additional chances to enter... a Rafflecopter giveaway Winners will be randomly selected. GIVEAWAY ends at midnight on Tuesday, July 30th! *This is my first try at Rafflecopter...let's see how it goes.
Ahoy there, birthday mateys! Is your little buccaneer ready to set sail on a high-seas adventure for their next birthday bash? Forget tired treasure hunts and pirate-booty piñatas – we're diving deep into the coolest party theme ever: Puffin Rock and the New Friends!
Swooning for fall?! If so, take a look at this darling Oktoberfest Inspired 1st Birthday Party! Styled by Krysten Klemesrud of The HouseMade Home, out of Snoqualmie, WA, this fabulous first birthday bash is packed with awesome details you are sure to go crazy for! Some of which, include: Silhouette Party Invite Rustic Barrel Party Tables Watercolor Cakes Copper Piping + Signage/Shelving Laser Cut Wood Pretzel Place Cards Bottle + Grain Table Centerpieces Blue Balloon Garlands Diamond Banners Rustic Pretzel Bar Pretzel + Silhouette Cookies
Moana Party Favor Ideas: Moana Coconut Cups with Free Printable Moana Kokamora Face and Hei Hei Party Favor Tags. Moana Birthday Party Ideas.
Hi there, I am thrilled to be joining my #kinderfriends for another great blog hop! We are sharing some of our favorite books for the classroom. The books I'm sharing today are all about bugs. I always end my school year with a big unit on insects and these are some of my must have books on the topic. I also have a great FREEBIE for you, so keep reading to go grab it. Bugs for Lunch is written by Margery Facklam and illustrated by Sylvia Long. I love this book because it introduces the concept of predators who eat insects. It has wonderfully written rhyming text just right for young children. The detailed illustrations are realistic and easy to understand for the little learners who will be looking at each page. It has a section in the back of the book with more information about each of the predators including humans with some of the countries and cultures where people eat bugs. You can go grab this book at Amazon by clicking on the image above. If you purchase this book through my link, I will recieve a tiny commission for sending you there. Thanks! (This is true for any of the links to Amazon on this post or anywhere on my blog.) All the book images on this post should take you to Amazon so you can get the book. The Backyard Books series by Judy Allen and Tudor Humphries are MUST HAVES for a unit on insects. I alternate the focus of my unit each year between butterflies, ladybugs, and honeybees. I have one of these books for each of those insects. You can also find these books for ants, dragonflies, snails, and spiders. This book, Are you a Butterfly? takes your class through the journey of a butterfly's life cycle in a fun and conversational way. It is loaded with information including food, molting, growth, and also has a section at the end with more interesting facts. The illustrations are incredible and depict many important concepts you will be teaching your students if you do a unit on insects. You can grab this over at Amazon by clicking on the image above. Beetle Bop is by Caldecott Honor winning author and illustrator, Denise Fleming. This book is so much fun! Her colorful, vibrant illustrations and energetic, rhyming text will keep your little students engaged as you enjoy a variety of examples from the largest group of insects - beetles. My kiddos were interested to learn that ladybugs are part of the beetle family and we discussed that they are actually named ladybird beetles. This book is perfect for pre-k and kindergarten students! There are lots of language lessons you could connect with this book. It also makes a great five minute filler when you just need something quick. Do you know these books written by Dianna Hutts Aston and illustrated by Sylvia Long? I absolutely adore them. I own every single one they have created and my kiddos love them too! A Butterfly Is Patient is a non-fiction introduction into the world of butterflies that covers a variety of interesting concepts. The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous and they will delight your little entomologist's minds. I consider this book a treasure and I can't recommend it enough. If you teach a unit on insects or butterflies, you need this book in your collection. It touches on life cycle, pollination, protection from predators, food, size (smallest and largest), wing scales, comparison to moths, and migration. You may also want to check out some of the other titles by this dynamic duo. My other favorites include A Seed is Sleepy and An Egg is Quiet. After reading an awesome non-fiction book, I like to record some of the information my students remember or find interesting. This year we used a tree map to do that. We recorded information after reading A Butterfly is Patient and Are You a Butterfly. The check marks on the chart show when a second or third child contributes an idea that has already been recorded. The tree map becomes a handy reference in the classroom during our unit. This chart is blank and laminated so I can use it for any topic we are studying. I use Vis-a-vis wet erase markers to record our ideas. Then when we are done with our topic, I just wipe it down and tuck it away until we need it again. That's a little time saver for charts you know you will use over and over. I also want to share a fun art project you can do with your students to make the butterfly life cycle come to life for them. We made caterpillars using egg cartons cut down to four sections. First my students painted them and then we decorated them another day. The caterpillars were up on our flower garden bulletin board for several days. Then, when our live classroom caterpillars went into chrysalises, each of my little students wrapped their egg carton caterpillar into a butcher paper chrysalis. Then we hung those back on our bulletin board. Meanwhile, I also had my students paint a set of wings that were perfectly sized for the egg cartons. I framed this painting activity as a lesson on symmetry and didn't mention that the wings were for our caterpillars. The kiddos only painted one side of the wings and folded them in half to paint the other side. If you do that with your students, make sure they use LOTS of paint. This is the bulletin board with the chrysalises hanging in the garden: Then... this is the sneaky part... on the Friday afternoon before our open house, I take the caterpillars out of the paper chrysalises and glue the wings onto the caterpillars. I come back in on Sunday, when they are dry, and gently fold the wings around each body as I tuck it back inside the chrysalis and tape it back together. They go back on the bulletin board so that my little learners don't suspect a thing. Each student gets to open up his or her chrysalis during open house and discover that the caterpillar grew wings inside! This project is a bit of a time investment for the teacher, but the payback in joy for children is so worth it. ( It makes parents really happy too.) Here is another one up close: Her rainbow striped wings match her rainbow caterpillar perfectly! I think she knew what the wings were for... I usually put the butterflies back up on the bulletin board for another week before I send them home. Here it is: OK, this is my last book recommendation for you about bugs. I Wish I Were a Butterfly by James Howe and Ed Young is a fictional story about the littlest cricket at Swampswallow Pond. The cricket is desperately unhappy because he has taken a criticism to heart and believes he is ugly. He whines "I wish I were a butterfly" on just about every page of this classic tale. After lots of great advice from other bugs at the pond, it finally takes a long talk with a dear old spider friend to make him realize that being special is about much more than outside beauty. The story ends with a fantastic realization as a butterfly hears the cricket's beautiful music and declares "I wish I were a cricket" leaving young readers to infer how that made the littlest cricket feel and what he might have said next. The almost abstract illustrations by Ed Young are truly extraordinary and create a pond environment from a bug's perspective that will inspire a young child's imagination. I adore this book and read it to my class every year. I would read it even if I didn't do an insect unit. It's a great story with a good message. And finally... here is your freebie! This story map page can be used in many ways. Here you can see we used it as a way to record the setting, characters, and plot from the story above. I have my students do this as a small group activity with an adult to do the labeling and dictation. It is a great way to check comprehension and extend learning about any piece of fiction. Students can also use it as a map for their own story writing. Here is another by one of my little students: And here is what the blank looks like. The section in the upper right hand corner is blank so that you can write in the title and author/illustrator of the book you are using before you make copies. I hope this is helpful to you and your students! You can go grab this in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. Just click on the link below the story map to go get it. Story Map FREEBIE by Katie Byrd There are lots more great books and ideas from the #kinderfriends. Keep hopping along and go visit my friend Robin over at Class of Kinders. Just click on the link below her picture. Class of Kinders - Book Bash Blog Hop Thanks for stopping by! Happy teaching!
**WARNING: Heavy link and picture post*** As I already shared last week, we had Bean's party at Gymboree. Which was a blessing and a wee bit stressful. The stressful part for me was remembering everything, packing it all up, lugging over there, and only having 45 mins to setup, EEK, I get the shivers thinking about it again. But honestly it turned out perfectly. I also mentioned last week about 90% of his party was DIY, why? because I love to. Bean is WAY into dinosaurs, so choosing the theme was a no brainer. And another no brainer for me was where to go to get the paper good made. As you know from this party and this party Kori, Paper and Pigtails, is my go to girlie for all things party. First things first the backdrop for the little dessert table. I was lucky to find large square plates at Ikea summer clearance section, $1 for 10. Then with my Joanns coupon I purchased a bifold foam board, the kind for science projects, then hot glued the plates to the board. Then to add a little extra something I added a fabric garland across the top. Honestly it took all of maybe 20 mins and cost maybe $10 bucks. One thing I did buy and not make were dinosaur masks from Oriental Trading. I loved the variety and price. :) When planning this party it became clear right away that Pinterest was going to be a BIG tool for me. So I created a "Little Dude is Turning 2" board. And one of the first things I pinned were these dinosaur tails, and knew I was going to make them as favors. The first one was not the greatest but after, oh maybe, number 5 I was on a groove and it took two days to complete 12 of them. To make the ones for the girls a little more girlie I added a felt bow to them. To say they were a hit would be a HUGE understatement. Honestly I think they made the party. Another one of those not made things was dinosaurs on the tables, which I bought one for each kiddie to take home. $1 store came through on this one, $12 bucks = PERFECT! Now back to the table. Using Kori's snack cups, which are my favorite things in her lines, I put some goldfish and homemade lemon buddies {check the back of the Rice Chex box for the recipe}, so yummy. Now I was going to make cupcakes, and when I woke up on the morning of the party and realized that would NOT be happening, a quick call to our grocery store solved that problem quick and easy. The cupcake "stand" was made with a $1 pizza pan from the dollar store, a large can from making tomato sauce for dinner one night, then taking the striped paper Kori had made for the set and gluing it all together. WHAM BAM, thank you MA'AM. Cost maybe $3. I also made Oreo Pops, cause no party is complete without them, TRUTH. Another thing I had pinned were these Cheerio Snacks and right away I knew they had to be our volcanos. So after making them and letting them cool, I took some red wiltons melting candy, heated it per the bag instructions, added it to a ziploc baggie, snipped the tip off, and squeezed on took to make the lava. They were super cute! And tasted yummo. When I pinned these dino fossils, I know I was going to make them into cookies. So after making the BEST sugar cookie recipe, rolling it out and cutting it into circles, I took a {washed} dino and made foot prints, then took a little cinnamon sugar concoction, and sprinkled in the foot prints. Baked and done. Lastly, came the dino claws. When I saw this pin, I was like "HOLY DINO CLAWS!". After making them, which I am not going to lie was NOT fun, the taste of these salty sweet goodies made up for it! For favor bags, I took just regular old brown paper lunch bags, filled them up, took one of the circles from the dino paper set and sewed the bag. I love sewing paper, its kinda of weird how much I love it. And the bags were filled with a book of dinosaur stickers, $1 bin at Target, stamps from Oriental Trading, and no spill bubbles with dinosaurs on the bottle {regular $2.49 I scored on clearance at target for .50!!} My last project was to make the birthday boy a special shirt. I purchased the shirt from American Apparel, Kori made the Dinosaur and his name and a 2 for the back. After printing onto some iron paper, he was all set to party! So there it is Bean's Dino-mite 2nd birthday party. It was super fun to plan and execute. And this little face made it all worth it! So I warned you, there was a BOAT LOAD of links and pictures in this post. If you have any questions feel free to ask away.
With a bit of creativity and planning, these kids Halloween party ideas are sure to be a spooktacular time!
This two-step creepy, crawly Halloween costume is perfect for a night of sweets and scares.
Hi there, I am thrilled to be joining my #kinderfriends for another great blog hop! We are sharing some of our favorite books for the classroom. The books I'm sharing today are all about bugs. I always end my school year with a big unit on insects and these are some of my must have books on the topic. I also have a great FREEBIE for you, so keep reading to go grab it. Bugs for Lunch is written by Margery Facklam and illustrated by Sylvia Long. I love this book because it introduces the concept of predators who eat insects. It has wonderfully written rhyming text just right for young children. The detailed illustrations are realistic and easy to understand for the little learners who will be looking at each page. It has a section in the back of the book with more information about each of the predators including humans with some of the countries and cultures where people eat bugs. You can go grab this book at Amazon by clicking on the image above. If you purchase this book through my link, I will recieve a tiny commission for sending you there. Thanks! (This is true for any of the links to Amazon on this post or anywhere on my blog.) All the book images on this post should take you to Amazon so you can get the book. The Backyard Books series by Judy Allen and Tudor Humphries are MUST HAVES for a unit on insects. I alternate the focus of my unit each year between butterflies, ladybugs, and honeybees. I have one of these books for each of those insects. You can also find these books for ants, dragonflies, snails, and spiders. This book, Are you a Butterfly? takes your class through the journey of a butterfly's life cycle in a fun and conversational way. It is loaded with information including food, molting, growth, and also has a section at the end with more interesting facts. The illustrations are incredible and depict many important concepts you will be teaching your students if you do a unit on insects. You can grab this over at Amazon by clicking on the image above. Beetle Bop is by Caldecott Honor winning author and illustrator, Denise Fleming. This book is so much fun! Her colorful, vibrant illustrations and energetic, rhyming text will keep your little students engaged as you enjoy a variety of examples from the largest group of insects - beetles. My kiddos were interested to learn that ladybugs are part of the beetle family and we discussed that they are actually named ladybird beetles. This book is perfect for pre-k and kindergarten students! There are lots of language lessons you could connect with this book. It also makes a great five minute filler when you just need something quick. Do you know these books written by Dianna Hutts Aston and illustrated by Sylvia Long? I absolutely adore them. I own every single one they have created and my kiddos love them too! A Butterfly Is Patient is a non-fiction introduction into the world of butterflies that covers a variety of interesting concepts. The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous and they will delight your little entomologist's minds. I consider this book a treasure and I can't recommend it enough. If you teach a unit on insects or butterflies, you need this book in your collection. It touches on life cycle, pollination, protection from predators, food, size (smallest and largest), wing scales, comparison to moths, and migration. You may also want to check out some of the other titles by this dynamic duo. My other favorites include A Seed is Sleepy and An Egg is Quiet. After reading an awesome non-fiction book, I like to record some of the information my students remember or find interesting. This year we used a tree map to do that. We recorded information after reading A Butterfly is Patient and Are You a Butterfly. The check marks on the chart show when a second or third child contributes an idea that has already been recorded. The tree map becomes a handy reference in the classroom during our unit. This chart is blank and laminated so I can use it for any topic we are studying. I use Vis-a-vis wet erase markers to record our ideas. Then when we are done with our topic, I just wipe it down and tuck it away until we need it again. That's a little time saver for charts you know you will use over and over. I also want to share a fun art project you can do with your students to make the butterfly life cycle come to life for them. We made caterpillars using egg cartons cut down to four sections. First my students painted them and then we decorated them another day. The caterpillars were up on our flower garden bulletin board for several days. Then, when our live classroom caterpillars went into chrysalises, each of my little students wrapped their egg carton caterpillar into a butcher paper chrysalis. Then we hung those back on our bulletin board. Meanwhile, I also had my students paint a set of wings that were perfectly sized for the egg cartons. I framed this painting activity as a lesson on symmetry and didn't mention that the wings were for our caterpillars. The kiddos only painted one side of the wings and folded them in half to paint the other side. If you do that with your students, make sure they use LOTS of paint. This is the bulletin board with the chrysalises hanging in the garden: Then... this is the sneaky part... on the Friday afternoon before our open house, I take the caterpillars out of the paper chrysalises and glue the wings onto the caterpillars. I come back in on Sunday, when they are dry, and gently fold the wings around each body as I tuck it back inside the chrysalis and tape it back together. They go back on the bulletin board so that my little learners don't suspect a thing. Each student gets to open up his or her chrysalis during open house and discover that the caterpillar grew wings inside! This project is a bit of a time investment for the teacher, but the payback in joy for children is so worth it. ( It makes parents really happy too.) Here is another one up close: Her rainbow striped wings match her rainbow caterpillar perfectly! I think she knew what the wings were for... I usually put the butterflies back up on the bulletin board for another week before I send them home. Here it is: OK, this is my last book recommendation for you about bugs. I Wish I Were a Butterfly by James Howe and Ed Young is a fictional story about the littlest cricket at Swampswallow Pond. The cricket is desperately unhappy because he has taken a criticism to heart and believes he is ugly. He whines "I wish I were a butterfly" on just about every page of this classic tale. After lots of great advice from other bugs at the pond, it finally takes a long talk with a dear old spider friend to make him realize that being special is about much more than outside beauty. The story ends with a fantastic realization as a butterfly hears the cricket's beautiful music and declares "I wish I were a cricket" leaving young readers to infer how that made the littlest cricket feel and what he might have said next. The almost abstract illustrations by Ed Young are truly extraordinary and create a pond environment from a bug's perspective that will inspire a young child's imagination. I adore this book and read it to my class every year. I would read it even if I didn't do an insect unit. It's a great story with a good message. And finally... here is your freebie! This story map page can be used in many ways. Here you can see we used it as a way to record the setting, characters, and plot from the story above. I have my students do this as a small group activity with an adult to do the labeling and dictation. It is a great way to check comprehension and extend learning about any piece of fiction. Students can also use it as a map for their own story writing. Here is another by one of my little students: And here is what the blank looks like. The section in the upper right hand corner is blank so that you can write in the title and author/illustrator of the book you are using before you make copies. I hope this is helpful to you and your students! You can go grab this in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. Just click on the link below the story map to go get it. Story Map FREEBIE by Katie Byrd There are lots more great books and ideas from the #kinderfriends. Keep hopping along and go visit my friend Robin over at Class of Kinders. Just click on the link below her picture. Class of Kinders - Book Bash Blog Hop Thanks for stopping by! Happy teaching!
Easy instructions for how to make an fun Halloween Pumpkin Archway! An inexpensive way to add a fun feature to the front of your house.
First birthdays are a thing to be celebrated and so to is pizza. Combining the best ever food group with an Italian themed birthday, But First, Party! crafted the best shindig to celebrate numero u...
I love to make Halloween a cute and fun time for my kids, I think all of us moms try and do that! Last week I put together a fun little Halloween party for them to enjoy, and I will get all this out again before we got trick-or-treating on Halloween. I had a couple of fun activities for them to do... Our favorite homemade sugar cookies sugar to frost and eat. (Recipe here) Pin the Spider on the Web and Pumpkin Tic Tac Toe (templates linked here). I took to a local print shop and had them printed out on 2'x3' cardstock poster paper. Easy costumes to dress up. And some simple but darling decor!! I’ve linked everything below!! Turn on your JavaScript to view content Tables and Chairs: IKEA | Bats: Hester and Cook | Skull Placemats: Hester and Cook | Plates: Meri Meri | Napkins: Meri Meri | Balloons: Zurchers | Flatware: Target | Cups: Amazon | Cobweb: Amazon | Spiders: Amazon | Washie Tape: Michael's Craft Store | Cookie Plate: McKenzie Childs | Boy's Skeleton Pants: H&M | Boy's Skeleton Top: H&M | Witch Hat: Target (sold out, similar style here) Turn on your JavaScript to view content Tic Tac Toe and Pin the Spider on the Web PDFs here! ...
Make this paper flower lei using the provided template and have a great Moana party or Moana movie night!
Halloween is my favorite time of year. I just can't get enough of the decorations and the games. We have a party every year! ...
Well, Susan and I are trying to modify, make better :). some of our earlier products.....so here is one of our best sellers, COMPLETELY UPDATED and FREE for a limited time!!! :) It is our Back to School Bash. Pack includes: All About Me Posters (in color and black and white), Find Someone Who (10 different boards), Student Goal Setting, pencil toppers (several different ones that state: You're Just "Write" for our Class!), Back to School Book List with coordinating activities (books included in pack: David Goes to School, First Day Jitters, The Recess Queen, Stand in my Shoes, Chrysanthemum, and Wemberly Worried), Facts about Me, My Buddy (an introduction of a new friend), and Summertime Blues (all about your wonderful summer), Great for the k-3 classroom! Helps develop a positive classroom environment and sets students up for the remainder of the year! Aligned to Common Core! Go and get this while it is FREE and PLEASE leave some feedback! We are trying to grow our store!!! :) As always, you can get your copy RIGHT HERE!
Celebrate your baby's first birthday with a Busytown Birthday Bash! Includes decorating and menu ideas.
Print a free homework pass template for your classroom. Three homework passes to a page. These passes are a nice reward for hardworking students.
