Hey everyone! I am Ahnalise Bruns and I am on my way to become an Elementary Teacher. Teaching is about life-long learning, and children need to remember certain things all their life. This starts in elementary, because that is when kids learn the best and most. Correct?? What better way to do that than to make it fun?! My role as a teacher is to inspire my students, and my goal then is to be positive and to make ends meet for each students. Meaning - I will develop lessons to suit my class type, have individual help when needed, incoporate smiles in all that we do, and to be there for my students. Also, I know that not all my students will be my favorite and I will not be their favorite teacher! I want to make a positive lasting impression, and they taking knowing they had a great, positives learning environment.
I plan on using crafts in the classroom to help children express their artistic side, let loose, but also use them for learning activites. I want kids to really remember lessons, and I feel that having an activity, or an item of rememberance, is the best way to accomplish that. I hope to inspire other teachers, who maybe are not as crafty, to help them with activities and suggestions I can provide them with. Were all in this together!
This blog is a craft for the teacher to do outside of school, or on their own time, for gifts to the kids.
Here is a cute way to give your students a little Holiday treat before they leave. If you are crafty like me, this
website will give you plenty of ideas, however if you think "No way. I can't do that!", I have a step by step on how to make Reindeer Wrappers. Start saving toilet paper rolls now, if you have a big class, you will need plenty!I do not have step by step pictures however, because I have not made them for my class, but this is my plan! Let me know how this goes for everyone that tries, even if your tweeked it a bit!
As always, Have Fun! :)
Items Needed:
Toilet paper Rolls
Dark Brown Construction Paper
Light Brown Construction Paper
Red Construction Paper
White Construction Paper
Tape or glue (which ever preferred)
Candy Bars (test the size with your toilet paper rolls)
Step 1: Measure, cut, and attach brown construction paper to a toilet paper roll. You are going to want to skwish or fold (tape would be easiest here)
Step 2: Now is the cutting part, which might take up the most time. I know this might be inconvienient, but look at the picture if you need help.
- Light Brown - You'll need to cut a big circle for the nose and hair (the half cloud shaped thing)
- Dark Brown - Cut half circles for the eyelid
- White - Cut full circles for the eye
- Black - Cut littler circles for the pupil *make sure you measure this with the eyelid and center of the eye
- Red - Cut a slightly smaller circle for the nose *hint- compare the one you already cut with the light brown paper
Step 3: Now it is glue time! Set everything on the toilet paper roll, to make sure everything is there, the right size, etc. Don't get too messy ;)
Step 4: Give the poor reindeer some antlers! You are going to want to measure just how long of antlers you want. I would think around 2-3 inches is plenty. Cut two pipes for each reindeer. To add the effect of the antler, cut 2 2-inches of pipe cleaner per antler to wrap around.
Step 5: Tape your single pipe to the front of your reindeer, or on the back of the face, in the position you want. But make sure it is taped on the inside of the roll....to keep it from looking too tacky.
Step 6: After you the start of the antlers are set on the reindeer, grab the 2 inches you cut earlier and twist them on the already applied pipe cleaners. You'll want to twist one towards the top and one towards the bottom, for the same as the picture.
Step 7: Slip the candy in the center of the reindeer
Step 8: Additional - write a message on the back. Make it personalized!! :)
Ahnalise Bruns :)
