After baking my double chocolate zucchini cake, I still have one big zucchini left Wanted to grill it, which I love, but when I saw THIS, I changed my mind This snack is so Asian, except for the cheese used. It's real tasty! I love it! No dip needed, I can just eat it plain :) What you need: 1 whole large zucchini 1 tbsp minced garlic (I used 3 cloves) 3/4 cup breadcrumbs (I used panko) 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese 2 eggs (I used 3 - probably due to the size of zucchini I used) salt, black pepper olive oil (I used canola) - for frying Method: Wash and cut the end off of one large zucchini. Shred it using the large holes of a cheese grater. Squeeze the shredded zucchini inside of a clean towel until you’ve removed as much liquid as possible Place shredded zucchini into a medium sized bowl. Add minced garlic, breadcrumbs, cheese, eggs, salt and pepper to taste. Stir with a fork until well mixed Heat oil (about ¼ inch deep in bottom of skillet) to a medium heat. When the oil is hot enough drop a glob of zucchini batter into the skillet and flatten it a bit. After about two minutes, turn the cakes over ( they should be nice golden-brown) and cook on the other side until done (about 2-3 minutes) Arrange over a kitchen towel to drain excess oil. Serve warm This post is also linked to Cook like a Star, organised by Zoe from Bake for Happy Kids, Yen from Eat your heart out and Mich from Piece of Cake
Here is a fun camping puzzle for your little ones to practice number skills and number order. Print and use as a busy bag or quiet time activity!
A fantastic collection of camping themed gross motor activities and fine motor activities. My kids adore the camping games and yoga!
We have 26 Cousin Camp themes to get you started with your plans - one for each letter of the alphabet.
Grab our FREE printable and see our snack idea to use with the book, A Camping Spree With Mr. Magee. A great Literacy Snack Camping Read Aloud!
Here are 25 great camping crafts for kids that are perfect for young kids and older kids alike. Great for encouraging imaginative play these craft projects
I love this free printable explorer journal! It's perfect for a kids'outdoor activity and an easy DIY to assemble.
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6 Australian Animal Craft Ideas | Easy Paper Bag Platypus. Not only do I have a craft for you, but I also have 6 more Australian Animal craft ideas to add to your unit studies.
We adore Eric Carle books in our house. One favorite that we have been loving for quite a few years now is From Head to Toe. There are a few things that I love about this
We love 3D paper art at our house and this 3D paper lizard is a fun and artsy craft for kids. The easy lizard template is included and with some brightly colored card stock paper, you’ll have an adorable paper reptile that can be used as a fun gift tag. If you like working with…
Looking for the best campgrounds in Idaho? These are our favorite RV resorts, State Park campgrounds, and free camping spots in Idaho.
Camping in a tent doesn't have to mean roughing it if that's not your style. These tent hacks will make your tent super comfy!
This is such a fun craft. The kids love walking around with their new Kaleidoscopes. I love how simple it was to make! Come on in and I’ll show you how to make this Easy Kaleidoscope Craft, today: This is a great craft for a sunny day. It might require a trip to the birthday …
I’ve visited the Wicklow Mountains many times but not as much as I should have, given that I lived only about 30 mins away for much of my life! So I was delighted get the chance to visit recently o…
So much Twitter love from my post about my walls this year. Y’all know how to make a girl feel good! I don’t have my lesson plans ready, and am not entirely sure what I’m doing on…
Learn how to make this homemade Jacob's ladder toy with your kids. It's made with simple supplies you likely already have!
Beach Printables Pack with 75 beach activities focused on shapes, sizes, colors, puzzles, mazes, fine motor, math, and literacy. Great for ages 2-7!
TUTORIAL FOR LIZARD HEAD HERE http://www.elementaryartfun.blogspot.com/2013/05/catching-up-lots-of-fun-stuff.html I have been so busy lately and have hardly had time to blog. Thank you so much for the Versatile blogger awards. I will eventually get some time to reciprocate! I appologise! I really appreciate all my readers and your sweet sweet comments. I have two high maintenence toddlers at home that keep me on my toes! We have been doing so many things in here and I need to catch up and bring my camera this week to update the latest. Here are some things from a few weeks ago… These cubes are so easy to make and you can be so creative with what they put inside. Some kids put an alien inside, some made flowers, animals, tvs, and some made it into a giant robot head Ok this made my day. Today I had a parent tell me that they were on their way to the zoo and saw a painting of Van Gogh outside the art museum and the child said, “Look mommy, it’s Vincent Van Gogh!” It made the two weeks of yellow paint stains on my pants completely worth it!! Shout out to Artolazzi! Jenny Bartolazzi, you are a genius! Your ideas impress me and your posts never disappoint. I am so glad you blog so I can copy you! My kids are so happy with their chameleons because of you. I love the candid picture I caught of a student snuzzling up to her chameleons as though they were made out of velvet and purred like kittens!! You can find step by step instructions for these chameleons on her blog here: http://artolazzi.blogspot.com/2011/04/3-d-lizard-directions.html My kids used the same steps as we used on the bunny head to make the chameleon head They LOVED them. We watched these videos first, some of the other classes gave theirs sun glasses Some kids even made a cube cage for their Chameleons and I gave a prize to the one who could spell chameleon first! AND I will conclude with a random photo from one of my recent newborn photoshoots that has nothing to do with elementary art! This also keeps me busy! Is she not the cutest thing God ever breathed life into! www.shelbyjunephotography.com She makes my ovaries hurt!
26 Coolest Cardboard Houses for kids! Find amazing yet creative ideas how to make cardboard houses for kids. Low cost, easy to make and kids approved ideas.
We wrapped up Friendship Week today. We did a lot of discussing what it means to do a friend and what are some fun/safe things you can do with your friend. I created this fun matching game to use in our sensory bin. I dyed some rice for the first time and it turned out perfect! It also reminded me of grass, so I found pictures of kids on the playground. On the cards I wrote words that describe what a good friend does, like share, help, kind, etc. Then, we picked a card, read the word, and discussed the word more. I added these fun "Buddy Builders" from Amazon and they were perfect "friends" for our park. This book is a great way to talk about the nice things our hands can do. Especially, if you have any kiddos who like to use their hands in an unsafe way ;) I also dyed noodles for the first time, too! We used those noodles to make friendship necklaces! We also used a bead kit for friendship bracelets :) Click on image to grab this bead kit! These peanut butter and jelly color matching cards were a huge hit! We played restaurant and worked together to serve the correct colors. I got these from The Homestead Teacher! Grab them HERE! We like to think of words that start with each letter. When we are out, we will see a letter and I always have to think of something that starts with that letter. It totally helps connect learning, so I made these "F is for friends!" page and we decorated the 'f' different supplies. For our play dough invitation, I printed off this cute friendship clip art set from Creative Clips! We put the friends in our play dough and pretended we were playing at the park! The last game we did was this fun math activity! We had to help the boy get to his friends by rolling our dice and counting each circle. It was a great way to practice some counting, number identification, and taking turns! Grab these activities HERE! *NOTE: the play dough friends are not included in this due to terms of use, but they are free for you to download HERE!
Corn dogs are the all-time favorite finger food, and recently, I discovered that you could make them by using Jiffy cornbread mix.
This is a really adorable raccoon project that I knew would be perfect for my Grade 3's. I found the lesson HERE on the ARTventurou...
I love finding games to play in our Sunday School class that are engaging and help kids remember the Bible story. The story of Ruth and Boaz is perfect
I'm in love with this Overnight Easy Sausage Breakfast Casserole! It is everything you love about breakfast wrapped up in one dish: cheesy eggs, sausage, hash browns, peppers and onions! You can make ahead or last minute. It's a great overnight option for Christmas Eve!
Are you planning any end of year theme days for your classroom? Today, I am sharing a FREE end of year math activity perfect for a CAMPING theme day!
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Thankful: [adj] feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative I love this definition. It sums up a recent tugging on my heart. I am so grateful and honored by all that God has given me, and I am moved toward an expression of gratitude! One of the biggest blessings is this funny-faced family of mine! We are definitely a cast of characters, especially the NUT on the bottom. I am grateful to be in this family. I am grateful I chose a good man, and I am so thankful he is crazy about us. I want to express my gratitude for these sweet men by loving them well this Christmastime. I won’t let myself become a “Winter Whiner” as I shop and wrap piles of gifts. I promise myself that I won’t be grinchy with the ones I love the most. In an effort to be blessed and not stressed this Christmas, I scoured Pinterest and blogs and created these cards to encourage fun family time. I want to pour myself into this family and our time together. Special thanks to Cara for the inspiration for many of these ideas. Grinch Bars= Rice Crispy Treats with green food coloring Red and Green Tubby inspiration {here} Nativity Canvas Art inspiration {here} Handprint Canvas inspiration {here} Christmas Light Scavenger Hunt click {here to download} I love the blogging community. They have enriched my life and supported me in ways that are just unreal. Do you guys remember when I was robbed in my own classroom? My blogging community came to the rescue! They banded together and they surprised me with a new iPad and cover. Can you believe that? I did not ask, I did not complain, I simply told my blogging friends, “I was robbed today.” They were irate for me. They were brokenhearted. They sent me private messages, and then they did what seemed unthinkable. They collected money and gave me what had been taken and more. These women did not just give me an iPad. They gave me support. They made me feel important. They met me in a place of sorrow and they lifted me up. They showed me something that I have not seen in a long time… women supporting each other. It was an act of kindness. One blogging friend told me, “So many people reached out Katie. They love you. “ And I felt it. I still do feel it. AND it still causes tears to well up in my eyes. They wanted me to be “blessed and not stressed”. It was pure kindness. They all blew a kiss in my direction and I was overwhelmed by their love. They reached out. They expressed love. They gave. I am going to reach out too. I am going to serve others in this month of December. My family and I are going to stop and give back just for a few moments each day. We are going to use some of these cards and we are going to express our grateful hearts and serve others. We won’t be doing all of these, but I tried to give you a variety to choose from. Some of these ideas are as simple as compliment 5 people today. Another favorite is hand out candy canes to people in line at the post office. If you are looking for a great way to display your family fun and RACK cards then you can use my vacation calendar. I posted about it {here}. It’s a free download and has directions on the post. Each clip can hold your plans for the day. I am going to have each clip hold one family fun card and one RACK card. Enjoy! This blog has changed my life. I am so thankful for this little spot in cyber space. I have met amazing bloggers and I have met you. Your comments have taught me, encouraged me, and made me a better teacher. I have loved inviting you to take a peak into my classroom and it gives me “throw confetti in the air” kind of joy to share my creations with you. I want to express my gratitude to you by offering you 1 of 20 quality freebies. The blogging team of Primary Chalkboard presents a “Summer in December” Freebie Hop. I appreciate you. I am grateful for my readers, and I am humbled that you spend your valuable time here with me. Thank you my Friends! Are you ready to be given the gift of summer sunshine in December??? Click here to hop. 11/29-11/3 Most importantly I am thankful for Jesus. What amazing love He showed us to be born, live, and die among us. What redeeming power He showed to rise from the grave and pave the way to heaven for us! I am in awe. I hope that my light can shine a little brighter this season as I give and serve. I want every RACK to honor Him!
From his perseverance and overcoming physical obstacles to his range as an artist and innovative spirit, student also, I love teaching young artists about the life and art of Henri Matisse. This ye…
This moon craft is great for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, or older kids. It's a great art extension during a space theme in the classroom.
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As lifelong vegetarians and avid campers, this is our favorite vegetarian camping food that's delicious, but won't take too much time from camp activities.
Oops!!! That should say: Pete The BLUE Cat Awesome Adjectives Pack!!! Can't use the name anymore due to a Cease and Desist notification from the author. He no longer allows anyone to use the actual name on any products (free or paid). So, I have revised my Awesome Adjectives Pack from last year and have it available again on Teachers Pay Teachers!!! I like it even BETTER now! Best of all, it's only $1.00!!! Woo-Hoo! Everything you need to make a class book of awesome adjectives! The Cover Inside Pages - Print one page per student. Have them write an adjective and color to describe the shoes, then color the shoes to match. (A list of adjectives and colors is included or you can have your class brainstorm together and generate a list of your own!) The Last Page of the book:) Here are a few examples: This pack also includes extra shoe patterns: I cut them out (just quickly cut them out in squares/straight lines) and gave each student a shoe to color and had them cut out around the edges. We used them as a border for a poster we made - you could make a bulletin board out of these pages and use extra shoes as a bulletin board border. Also included - A Cat Craft! Templates, printables and instructions are included to make a cat like this: Check it out! Also, if you like this kit, make sure to check out my "Blue Cat" Daily Five Posters: Just click here or on the photo to see them on Teachers Pay Teachers!
