Valentine's Day Creative Writing Template

Red and Pink is the color of the month,

Love and Friendship is the theme of the month.

February is here and the valentine's day is just a week away, teachers are busy in decorating the classroom, kids are geared up for the party. Have some heart inspired craft to keep up the valentine mood.

Here are three adorable crafts to celebrate the day of love and friendship! Use these for creative writing prompts and decorate your bulletin boards. You may also send these home to give it to a friend or family.

3 Valentine's Day Projects: Owl, Butterfly and Chicken

This Valentine's Day creative writing template pack includes:

1. Template for printing onto colored paper or use it as traceable templates for construction paper. 
2. Printing instructions.
3. Pictures to help in assembly.
4. Prompt template with wide rule lines to go with the craft.

You can give the appropriate prompts based on student’s level. I have included 10 sample prompt ideas. You can grab this pack from HERE.

Happy Craftivity!

Shimps
This post was originally published on February 6, 2017

Spring Craft and Writing Templates

A small green frog on a big brown log;

A black and yellow bee in a little green tree;

A red and yellow snake by a blue-green lake,

All sat and listened to red bird sing,

"Wake up, everybody,  It's Spring! It's Spring!"

We are enjoying the beautiful Texas spring with the sunshiny days that feels so good. The Bluebonnets have already begun to bloom and Spring is in full swing.

Get in the mood for spring with these cute 3D crafts. Use these for the spring creative writing or bulletin board decoration.

This Spring creative writing template pack includes:

1. Traceable templates for construction paper (2 versions).  
• Smaller version for creative writing
• Larger version for bulletin board 
2. Building instructions.
3. Prompt template with wide rule lines to go with the craft.

You may give the appropriate prompts based on student’s level. I have included 11 sample prompt ideas. You can grab this pack from HERE.

Enjoy the Spring!

Shimps

Telling Time Craft

Make a Paper Plate Clock

Include this fun craft into your telling time unit. Kids will enjoy making this paper plate clock with movable hands. Once complete, tell kids the current time and ask them to show on their clock.

A great activity to get familiarized with an analog clock!

Material
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• Paper Plate
• Brad Pin
• Multi colored construction papers
• Sharpie markers
• Pencil
• Ruler
• Glue
• Scissors

Steps

1. Cut 12 small strips out of a construction paper. Fold them in the middle to make a square flap.
2. Stick the flaps on the back of paper plate. Make sure they are on the correct places. For guidance, draw a small dot where each flap goes.
3. Write the numbers (for hours) from 1 to 12 on top of the flaps.
4. Label inside the flap with the minute counts, using a marker. For example, under the 1, write :05, under the 2, write :10, and so on.
5. Cut out the clock hands from the contrasting construction papers to make the hour and minute hands. Make sure that minute hand is longer than the hour hand.
6. In the minute and hour hand cutouts, make a small hole towards the end.
7. Make a small hole in the center of paper plate.
8. Secure the clock hands to the center of plate using a brad pin.

Read my related post on Telling Time to the Hour and Half Hour.

Happy Crafting!

Shimps

Craft Stick Ornaments

Here are two great ideas to do with craft sticks and make some cute Christmas Ornaments. These are simple to make and looks adorable too! Kids will have fun making these.

Craft Stick Reindeer Ornament

Material 

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• Craft sticks/Popsicle Sticks
• Brown paint
• Red Pompom
• Brown pipe cleaners
• Wiggle googly eyes
• String
• Glue

Steps

1. Paint the craft stick brown. Allow paint to dry completely
2. Arrange the craft sticks into a triangle as pictured. Secure their shape with glue. Allow the glue to dry completely
3. Attach googly eyes and the pompom nose to the reindeer. Let it dry completely.
4. Cut the pipe cleaner in half. Wrap each half around the craft stick to form the antlers for reindeer
5. Finally glue the string loop to the top of the stick or alternatively tie it on the top stick.

The Reindeer Ornament is ready to hang and brighten a Christmas tree!

Craft Stick Snowman

Christmas Card

Add this handmade card to your Christmas celebration. A baby Jesus holiday-card is a perfect way to celebrate His birth!

Kids will enjoy making this card and would love to gift it to the parents or grandparents.

Baby Jesus Christmas Card