Long time---NO see!!!

Sorry for the delay in posting. Changing schools and grade levels has overtaken me and proven that I really needed the change more than I ever knew. Isn't it amazing that the Lord knows what we need before we even know it?? HE truly is AMAZING! I praise him daily for allowing my husband and I the opportunity to grow and learn in this new environment.

We are busily working on decorating our halls for Christmas. We will be having a Polar Express ride in a few weeks. I will attempt to post pics of the activities as we do them. I am not going to promise anything.

I wanted to post some of the Christmas ideas I've used in the past.

 We made the grinch face. On the mouth I attached a saying that said, "To make the Grinch smile I would.....". I got this idea from my mom (who also teaches K). I am not sure of where she got the original idea.

 This santa was a Pinterest find. I gave my 3rd graders (last year) the paper and allowed them to cute the body and legs. I already had precut the head and feet. Super cute and super easy. This craft took some time, even for 3rd graders. I haven't decided if I will attempt this with K though! :)

 We read the story The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy and did this cute craftivity to accompany it. I got this idea from Amy Lemons-Christmas Craze! Unit. It is great to review the beginning, middle and end of books.

 We created a Techy Santa. We wrote on our make believe iPads what we wanted for Christmas. This came from Reagan Tunstall's Techy Santa unit. I love her stuff. It is creative and cute but has tons of meaning behind it. I love crafts that have meaning behind it.

 This was my door last year at my previous school for deck the halls. Super easy!! I gave each child an ornament printed on cardstock and allowed them to use magazine clippings, scrapbook paper, etc to decorate their ornament however they wanted. Turned out to be very unique! Got the ornament idea from First Grade Blue Skies.

This was created by the 2nd and 3rd grade students last year. We painted handprints green and made them into a Christmas tree.

I just thought I would share some things I have done in the past, to try to help me get into the Christmas spirit in my classroom. I have my tree up at home. SCORE!!!! I am working on getting everything in place to post pics. I LOVE Christmas and decorating but I HATE taking it down. Can I get an AMEN? Hope you have a fantabulous week! Of course I have to add a huge ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!! Sorry not sorry!