Classroom Craziness...

So, as I mentioned, I had BIG plans to head back to Hobby Lobby, Michaels, and the Dollar Tree yesterday with my bestie, Jenni.  Both teachers, we had one thing on our minds...CLASSROOM SHOPPING!  It was great fun, and we found TONS of great stuff!

Big tin standing owl--SO cute...Michaels for like $5.40 or something!  Tiny standing owl came from Hobby Lobby...Owl Cutouts from Dollar Tree...Vinyl Wall Clings from Joann's Dollar bins, two more butterfly swatters from Dollar Tree--now I have all 4 of my colors!  Paper packs of cardstock were also on sale at Michaels.

Owl die--hope he is compatible with our cutter...tissue paper fans from the Dollar Tree, only I won't be attatching the flower in the center, but my own Black & White & Bright circle centers.  Mini paper bags for my birthday board, and borders--green one's on clearance at Michaels for $1.99, and the others were $3.99, but buy 2, get 1 free!

He will be hopefully stuck in a big plant for my room!

Ribbon...was 1 dollar at Michaels...not sure where it will go!

So CUTE.

And...my very FIRST washi tape rolls!  YAY!  Not sure what I'll use them for, but I'm sure I'll find something!

I also got some classroom things for my "robot" theme that I am doing NEXT year...so I keep stockpiling it!  Remember how I said I have my daughter, Payton, in my class this year?  Well, next year I have my son, Carter!  So for him I have picked a robot theme...so I grab everything I can for that whenever I see it.  Claire, my youngest, will be the year after him...and she keeps asking me what HER theme will be...and whoosh...that's just way to far ahead, considering I get bored every five minutes.

One last thing before I go...I realize I have been SUPER negligent on throwing the love and freebies around lately...I PROMISE there will be big, wonderful things on the horizon...I just have to find the time!

Shopping Success!

Have I mentioned that I love summer?  I love sleeping in or staying up late...not having to be anywhere at any certain time.  However, I'm not going to lie...I have barely taken a minute off as far as planning for next year! I watch TV--I'm on my laptop working on school stuff...(I may even have taken my laptop with me out to the pool yesterday...)  I go shopping--I'm looking for fun stuff for my classroom.  Oooo...speaking of that, I forget to share a few other fun things I got during the Hobby Lobby excursion!  Here's something I was VERY excited about (though my picture is not the best):

It is a BIG owl wire...THINGY?  FOUR DOLLARS!!  I'm very excited...I am going to hang it up in my classroom and use it to hang student notes/messages on it using these:

I have had these tiny clothespins for YEARS...I bought them because they were tiny and cute, and I FINALLY found an actual purpose for them--GO ME!

And finally, I went to Walmart and stocked up on some cute flyswatters for my classroom.  I know I have come across lots of activities for flyswatters in the classroom, and it is one of those things where I often think to myself...that is SO easy and fun...why aren't I doing it? 

If anyone has any super fun flyswatter activities, please drop me a comment or a link--I would LOVE to hear your ideas!

Okay, folks, that was short and sweet, but the truth is...I got an email that Vistaprint is having a sale...and I have been wanting to order the custom designed stampers that all the teachers in cyberspace are blogging about...so this may be my chance...therefore I must go check it out!