Just a quick Sneak Peek...a bit of a Classroom Reveal

It has been almost a month...I know...no excuse other than I felt I had to cut back on my computer time...so my blog was the one to go.  But I just HAD to share how my classroom is shaping up!  I'm not done...at all. I have a million things I still want to finish...but here's a look at some of the beginning work.  These pictures show it in varying stages of completion!

One of my first jobs--covering my bulletin boards with paper...covered that bookshelf with contact and duck tape...put up vinyl owl clings around the room...and made my deco-mesh wreath.

Next I put up my alphabet line--this is from my TPT store.  I hole punched them and connected them with mini colored brads.

I also covered my cardboard divider with black butcher paper and chevron duck tape.  I use this divider to make the computers NOT visible--otherwise they are too distracting.

I hung up my behavior clip chart, and made tiny clothespins for each student...

I made the magnets for my lunch/milk count boards.

I added the multi-colored background paper to my LONG bulletin board...though I still have not put words on it!

I started (but never finished) my calendar board...

Even though I spent WEEKS making my owl schedule cards...I ended up using my same ones from last year out of pure laziness...My schedule hasn't been made yet, so these are just stuck on here...also notice my owls by my clock!

I started my bulletin boards--I've done my birthday board, job board, and library/prayer board...close ups to come another day!

Notice I put my name tags on the FRONT of my desks--saves on the life of them!

You can't totally see it, but I jazzed up my mailboxes with some neon colored duck tape--my daughter's are in love with it!

And finally...

My door--these little owls took me two whole days--not going to lie.  I used my Tiny Hoots clip art to make an outline template...that printed, cut, and glued all the pars together!  My background paper is a special wrapping paper I found at TJ Maxx...and I am HOOKED!   This will be my door paper until eternity if I can continue to find it!  It was the perfect size--no trimming the edges, and it was paperless paper...made of stone.  It feels, cuts, and lays AMAZINGLY!

When I finish, I will take more detailed shots, these are just my hubby-pics.  Whenever I am at school working, I snap pics of what I worked on so I can show him when I get home!  :)

iRead...therefore I'm CRAZY...

Okay, have you seen this on Pinterest? (btw...I couldn't find the original creator...)

Well...me being me saw this and thought..."Hmmm...there MUST be an easier way then cutting out that pattern by hand"...sooo...I sat down at my computer and made up a full-page iPod template...in 13 different colors, that had a 4x6 inch screen to place a picture.  I also made one in white, so I could always print them off on colored cardstock, if I wanted to conserve ink!  Keep in mind the wheel will also be colored then, but I printed out a sample, and it still looked great!

Then I thought...let's make a skinny template, too, that would work better for maybe...a door dec?  So I made another set with a 4x4 inch window.  

AND...as long as I was doing that...why not turn them all into clip art?  And once I made them all with a white screen I figured...why not gray and transparent?  Soo...78 clip art files later...I decided I had to be done!  I actually abandoned this project this morning...to start a Birthday freebie in honor of the Fourth of July...BUT I forced myself to finish this before I went to bed...so here it is!  My preview sheet simply showcases the colors using the clip art--but the PDF files that are also included are full page images:

You can click on the preview picture above to check out this pack in my TPT store...

ALSO...don't forget to keep checking back the next few days for my birthday Fourth Freebie--it won't be a freebie forever, so you don't want to miss it!