Monday Made It

I've been working hard on some things for my classroom-so picture overload warning ahead! :)

For my first made-it this week....


I customized my Target sign!

Since I like to set the rules with the kiddos, I wasn't a big fan of the follow the rules heading-but I liked the rest of it!

I thought I could make it better-and I did!

The first thing I did was to gather all of my tools.

Not pictured: The paint pens I used

Then I cut all the string off, so I could work with it easier.

and flipped over the arrow

and did a coat (or three!) of paint!

The paint is Martha Stewart's Craft Paint Pearl in Putting Green

Since I was changing what the arrow said, I also had to turn your into our for it to make more sense. I painted over that as well, and added an 's' with my paint pen.

 I was originally only going to do a few of the sayings in silver-but then I remember I had other colors {from years and years ago}, and thought it would look much cooler with other colors!

I did do 2-3 coats with the paint pens.

While the paint was drying, I went to my computer to type up what I wanted to put on the arrow-and brought it over so I could make sure that it would fit!

Now, I don't have a Silhouette or a Cameo or anything fancy like that-so I went old school.

Using a pencil!

I turned the paper over and rubbed my pencil of the back of the letters.

Then I flipped in over and 'centered' in on the arrow.

Then I took one of my smaller crochet hooks, flipped it over, and started 'tracing' the letters.

Since the back was covered in graphite, it left a faint impression-just enough for me to cover with my paint pen!

I slowly started tracing it with my paint pen, not wanting any paint explosions

But you know, accidents happen

Fortunately, it was an easy fix-just paint over it!

All better!

Once everything was dry, I started putting it back together.

I changed the top a little-I wanted a little bow on the top!

The best part-the follow the classroom rules is still there on the other side!

If I ever want to change it, I just have to cut the twine and fix it.

I love how it turned it!

Total cost for the project-$3-the cost of the sign-I had everything else!

I also completed my lesson planner for the next year! I had some hours to fill while waiting for my car to be fixed...

I changed how I did the calendars this year-which made it take longer!

Instead of doing a table and splitting the cells-I decided to do each date in circles!

It looks so cute! Since the days were so wonky with the dates as I had originally had them (I had a lot more Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesdays than I did Thursday, Friday, Saturdays), it was really throwing off the formatting.

Since I didn't really fill in the boxes the previous two years, I thought I could go with something smaller.

It also allowed me to add some extra clipart to each month-all fitting in with that month's theme of course!

I kept the format for the rest of the plans the same (I like to handwrite mine, and since things can change, I don't like having it typed out-I'm anal that way! ;)

I also added in the no school and PD days-helps me remember them {although, really, who forgets those days?!}

I've also started setting up my planning guide for the year. It will include curriculum maps, standards and helpful things for planning :)

Covers-I need to laminate them!

This is from the book Making Thinking Visible- a great read!

I also did two paintings! One was at the studio I normally go to, and the other was a surprise! My friend had tickets to do a paint nite with her daughter (the traveling one that goes to different restaurants), but her daughter had something to do at the last minute, so I got to go instead!

Studio Painting

Paint Nite Painting

I had fun with my friend (and we went out to dinner after), but I definitely prefer the studio painting experience-you get more colors and better instruction, as well as help if you need it.

Have a wonderful week!

Smiles and Sunshine,
Kaitlyn