Oh my, it is nearly two years later and I am FINALLY posting pictures! I have seriously got to get a handle on that! We have SO much fun putting together our Epic vacation bible school every year and I wanted to share with you what we have been up to! With it nearing VBS season again I thought I would take a trip down memory lane and share with you some great ideas that you can use for your own VBS! This year (2014) the theme was Wilderness Survival. The vision was to decorate the church with both desert and jungle themes! This was my first time in the role of "lead decor" and I had NO idea what I was doing (picture having to keep this all in fire code, yikes!) but luckily it all came together in the end! I will try to explain my technique for making things as I go... Here we covered the wall in kraft paper (Lowes or Home Depot in the painting section). Using tan wall paint and a large rectangle sponge, we "stamped" the wall to create bricks then went back and outlined sections in dark brown to make them stand out. It goes really fast if you stick to groupings of stone instead of every single one. The "sand" is just tan fabric by the yard from Joann's. I believe we ordered a few bolts online. The camel prop was ordered from the VBS catalog (we have since created out own VBS curriculum). The rocks are painted pieces of styrofoam. Keep going to see how we did the palm trees and vines. This large hallway I wanted to look like a cave! We used brown paper bags (amazingly cheap on dollartree.com) and crinkled them up and stapled them to the wall. WARNING: this took forever so I would suggest you stretch them as your staple to cover way more wall with less bag. And MUCH less staples! The effect in here was amazing! Here are our palm trees! We used pool noodles to create these. Cut a hole in a box a tad smaller than the noodle (so it stands up), cut the bottom off brown paper bags, and string them onto the noodle! I put a large paper plate on top to tape the leaves to. The leaves are just traces and cut from a roll of non-fade green paper. Drape the base in burlap or tan fabric to look like sand. That last picture is of our class photo area! The vines were my favorite craft! We used plastic table cloths from the Dollar Tree in a couple of different shades of green. These were really easy and each table cloth yeilds a ton of vines. Fold your tablecloth the long way a few times will it is about 5" wide. Trim the sides so you end up with long strips. Cut diagonal lines to the middle. TIP: make sure you stagger them so you dont ever cut all the way through! And even if you do you can always use short vines too! We used these EVERYWHERE! They were great fillers and really tied the theme together! As you will see in the second picture, we also used nets and hula skirts (dollartree.com) everywhere! The monkeys were also ordered online and below I will tell you how we made the rope vines... These rope vines were made using cut, twisted and staples brown paper bags. If I did this again, I would use skinny strips of rolled kraft paper instead. If would have gotten done much faster! We stapled leaves (again cut out of the non-fade paper) when we were done. These also went everywhere and were great for covering large expanses like the ceiling in the cafe. We also wrapped them around the check in area. Also on the ceiling you will see colorful paper lanterns. These are from Oriental Trading Company. This giant tree was my biggest project! The frame is made from PVC. It ended up being 12 feet tall! We used the rolls of brown kraft paper here as well. It is simple... roll it out, wrinkle it up, stretch it out, and tape it on top to bottom! The last picture shows you what it looked like from the inside. The branches were made the same way but left wrinkled and twisted. I wanted to add more but we ran out of time! This hallway is always the kids favorite. The black light hallway! Luckily one wall was already dark, the other we wrapped with a roll of black non-fade paper. The volunteers had fun make fish, octopus, turtles and other sea creatures using white paper and fluorescent paint! These were then stapled onto the wall. The floor was covered in clear balloons that we squirted with the florescent paint on the inside. The jellyfish are paper lanterns lightly painted with fluorescent paint, with streamers and white string hanging from them. The ceiling also had streamers and nets. The openeing to this hallways was made to look like a waterfall. We used clear celo wrap, paper bags (done in the same way as the cave hallway) and the flowers were made using more non-fade paper. And because the nursery kids are important too... we gave them a little decor!
Recipe video above. This is a recipe for how to roast eggplant in the oven so each piece is plump and juicy on the inside, and beautifully caramelised on the outside. As oposed to a mushy mess, or shrivelled up and dismal! The key is: large pieces and high oven temp.Eggplant is actually really bland when raw, but it completely transforms when roasted. You don't need anything more than salt and pepper, but I've added some suggestions!
The 89th Academy Awards ceremony, will honor the best films of 2017 and will take place on February 26, 2017. Here are some fun crafts, recipes and game ideas to keep the family entertained for hours. Crafts Walk of Fame DIY Red Carpet Photoshoot Games Oscar Bingo Printable Oscars Ballot Goodies Microphone Cake Pops Tuxedo Hotdogs Tuxedo Crackers and Cheese Fun Mocktails Caramel Corn
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Make a stained glass heart suncatcher with kids and decorate your windows for Valentine's Day! Free printable template is included.
You can easily help your students get to know each other. Try some of these games about friendship to help your students out.
Blacklight Unit Materials: Fluorescent fixtures ($10 at Wal-Mart suggest getting 2) Blacklight bulbs (4ft ones at WM cost $12 each. For two fixtures, need 4 bulbs) Highlighters White colored Pencils Reams of colored office paper (they end up nonreactive to UV light) Ream of yellow/goldenrod office paper Reams of regular office paper (they are reactive) Fluorescent paints (can now get from many art suppliers like Blick) Pens Day one. Review classroom expectations. Turn on backlights and let the students explore and look at their belongings. Talk about blacklight properties, wavelengths, (science component) etc. Studio- Invisible Drawing Pass out drawing paper that is reactive to the light. Pass out white colored pencils and students draw on the glowing paper. The white colored pencils show up dark on the glowing paper. Turn off the blacklight and on the regular lights. The drawing disappears! Highlighter drawings Have any students who have highlighters bring them out. Trade out the paper for one that does not glow in blacklight…. Draw with highlighters to get a neon sign effect… students really like this one. Before and after drawings Have students brainstorm over different situations that would best be described with two pictures, such as Bruce Wayne turning into Batman, or leaves on then falling off a tree, day vs. night, etc. They should pick one scenario, and on goldenrod office paper, draw the first scene in pen in regular light. Then, when all are finished, turn the black light on, and the second drawing is made directly on top of the first using yellow highlighter. In the regular light the yellow highlighter is hard to see, and in the blacklight, the pen is hard to see. Talk about filling up all the space with loose crosshatching or objects. This masks the highlighter drawing better. Do not completely darken any areas, since the highlighter will not work on that. When all are finished, turn on the lights and pass the paper to a neighbor. Turn on the blacklight and the image will change! Turn on the regular lights again and the blacklight off, and pass papers again... Repeat until everyone has seen everyone else’s drawing. Day four, five Prep day for glow in the dark radial designs. Hand out non-reactive paper and have students create a simple radial design using pencil. By folding the paper it is easy to recreate exact copies by rubbing the back and transferring the image across. When all are done, pass out the fluorescent paint and paint in the designs. Hang in the room for display. Radial design using French Curves: Get a square paper and fold from corners and sides to find center. Use ruler to go over the fold lines. Use a compass to draw a large circle. The grid formed will aid in repeatedly tracing using the French curves. Pick a French curve and a location. Draw the center x or the circle x on the tool. You also need at least one line as reference. Copy section. Move the tool to the next position and realign the marks to the next location. Copy section. If there is overlap or missing section, adjust. Continue until it is repeated 8 times. Repeat the process with different French curves until paper has a completed radial design. Paint. Before and after Project 1. Brainstorm over different situations that would best be described with two pictures, such as Bruce Wayne turning into Batman, or leaves on then falling off a tree, day vs. night, etc. 2. Pick one scenario, and on goldenrod office paper, draw the first scene in pen in regular light. 3. Then, when all are finished, turn the black light on, and the second drawing is made directly on top of the first using yellow highlighter. In the regular light the yellow highlighter is hard to see, and in the blacklight, the pen is hard to see. Fill up all the space with loose crosshatching or objects. This masks the highlighter drawing better. Do not completely darken any areas, since the highlighter will not work on that. 4. When all are finished, turn on the lights and pass the paper to a neighbor. Turn on the blacklight and the image will change! Turn on the regular lights again and the blacklight off, and pass papers again... Repeat until everyone has seen everyone else’s drawing. BEFORE AND AFTER EXAMPLE LIST Riding bike or skateboard/ crash Spiderman swinging/ landing on a building Clark Kent/ superman Bruce Wayne/ Batman Bruce Banner/ Hulk Man turning into Wolfman Dracula turn into bat Cake, cake gone Apple, apple core Woman pregnant/ thinner holding a baby Pizza / bite gone Weakling with dumbbells/ muscular after Calm to angry Happy to sad Peaceful to angry Day to night Summer to fall Fall to winter Winter to spring Snowman/ melted Sitting in a chair/ it breaks and crash Animal crossing road/ road-kill Caterpillar/ butterfly Tadpole/ frog A tree / losing its leaves Blowing bubble with gum/ it pops on face
Recipe video above. Ragu is one of those recipes that really showcases the beauty of Italian cooking - everyday ingredients, fast prep, leave it to cook long and slow and you end up with a luscious dish that tastes like a million bucks. This recipe makes enough sauce to serve 8 and freezes great.
This is a fun activity to get to know your sisters in your ward better, eat a yummy treat, and share a short spiritual message with the theme “The fruit of the Spirit”.
To celebrate Harry Potter’s birthday I have a fun-filled weeked planned for you with a bunch of new printables. To get you ready I wanted to share a quick round-up of all the February printables.
Whipped Feta w/ Roasted Beets & Pistachios This is an incredibly delicious and earthy dish with great flavors and textures. The ingredients are simple yet all work so well together. Easy to make for a snack, appetizer or light lunch. Feel free to change out the Pistachios for a nut you enjo
I love how simple these gluten-free quinoa and beetroot patties are to throw together. They need one bowl to mix everything in and that's it! I usually make a batch and then add to my meals along the week, so delicious and simple!
Remember this project? Well, we have definitely made a lot of progress on our city scapes. The third grade students have used a variety of materials such as magazines, newspaper, fabric, construction paper, and painted paper to create these Bearden inspired city scapes.
You don't want to do a Valentine's Day party, but you want your class to have fun! How about a Valentine's Day Classroom Transformation?!
Learn how to make a rose with paper from this easy DIY tutorial. Here you will learn the technique to make them in any size you want.
Study the human body anatomy with kids by making an anatomy model with these free printable life-size human body organs!
Digital & Printable Options!!! This Product is included in my Sequence Writing Bundle. Please do not purchase this product if you have already purchased the bundle. Get Sequence Writing Prompts Bundle HERE Please download Free Sequence Writing for Beginning Writers to see the free sample. February Sequence Writing contains 30 pages of narrative prompts worksheets. This product is suitable for kindergarten and first grade students. Students will observe the pictures, finish the sentences in sequence and write a story. Students are encouraged to use thinking skills while improving their writing skills. These pages can be used for morning work, literacy centers, and writing centers. This resource is ready for use with Google Slides, Easel, and printable. This is perfect for use in distance learning. You can have more information about how to use this resource digitally with Easel here. You and your students can customize by adding additional annotations within the layer while not editing or removing any of the underlying content. You could also choose which pages you want or remove. You can share this resource through Google Classroom by sharing the access code. Students can access this resource using the link on google classroom, but students' work will remain on TpT. Included in this resource: 15 pages of writing prompts with sentence starter. 15 pages of writing prompts without sentence starter. If you like this product, you may like: August Sequence Writing for Beginning Writers September Sequence Writing for Beginning Writers October Sequence Writing for Beginning Writers November Sequence Writing for Beginning Writers December Sequence Writing for Beginning Writers Writing Picture Prompts Bundle Reading and Writing Growing Bundle Sentence Writing Bundle For more information about my products and freebies, please check out: Miss Faleena Pinterest Miss Faleena Instagram Miss Faleena Facebook Miss Faleena Website Thank you for stopping by! You can contact me at [email protected] with any questions. Kindergarten | Kindergarten Worksheets | First Grade | First Grade Worksheets | Winter Sequence Writing Prompts | Winter Sequence Writing Prompts | Writing Prompts Worksheets | Writing Prompts Literacy Centers | Writing Prompts Printables
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These pork dumplings are filled with fresh veggies and ground pork, then pan fried and steamed to give you the perfectly crisp, yet tender texture.
30 days, 30 pages with writing on them. That's the deal! 21. Get out of your jammies, Get out of your bed, Step out of your mirror, Get out of your head. Get off of your sofa, And open your door, Start packing your suitcase, Get set to explore. Get ready to listen, Get ready to look, Get out of your headphones, And put down your book. Get out of your houses, Get out of your cars, Get into the sunlight, Or under the stars. Get using your arms, And get moving your feet, Get drumming your drum, To your very own beat. Get moving and shaking, Start doing your dance, Get rid of your stockings, And roll up your pants. Get tapping your fingers, And snapping your toes, Get doing your thing, Because anything goes. Get testing and trying, Just giving your best, Get off on your own, Get away from the rest. Get waving your banner, Start shouting your name, Get off of the sidelines, Get into the game. Get out of your closet, And off of your shelf, Get on with the business Of being yourself!
This Thai noodle salad recipe is an easy gluten free and plant based dinner that is ready in less than 30 minutes! It's perfect for an easy weeknight dinner or side dish for a party.
Crack open the chocolate biscuits and dig out the big pants! Renee Zellweger, 40, is set to reprise her role as hapless singleton Bridget Jones for a third instalment of the popular franchise.
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