Happy Birthday, America!

Well, as a birthday tribute to our great nation...I have assembled a Birthday Balloon Decor Pack--free for you to download through the 4th only--so don't wait!  Last year I went with the Birthday Balloons from http://onceuponafirstgradeadventure.blogspot.com/.  You can see them in one of my earlier posts HERE.  And I loved them.  I made them up before school started, and never had to think about it again!  Who doesn't like simple?!

Well, I wanted to make new ones this year to match my decor...so I started designing a bunch of different ones...hence this pack!  My plan for this year...is to find a place in my classroom to do the gift bags I've been seeing on Pinterest...like these:

or smaller bags like this: 

Then I will put the smaller labels that I made for this pack on each bag.  I will use the large label on a cup/can/container that I will place all the Birthday Balloons in.  THEN...at our Open House, I will have each student choose the Birthday Balloon they want, and they will place it in the proper gift bag--so it is all ready for them when their birthday rolls around!  Birthdays made simple! 

Here are some pics of the Birthday Balloon sets included in this pack:

This pack will only be free through the end of July 4th--so don't wait to download it!  Click any of the preview pics above to download!  Please share the love and drop me a comment at TPT when you download--we teachers need to support each other!  :)  Happy Fourth Everyone!

Another Frenzy Friday Freebie

The week is nearly done...and I am in some serious need of some quality family time!  Summer is so BUSY and so unscheduled that I feel like my entire family is never in the same room at the same time!  I was feeling mopey this morning and I'm always panicking about how big my three kiddos are getting...I'm not going to lie...I actually asked them if we could sit down and watch Barney together (like we did when they were younger)...sad, but true story.

While Barney rolled, I threw together this Friday Frenzy Freebie...Owl Punch Cards!  I really want to move to a punch card system this year...as I'm bored with sticker charts and tickets.  I'm not exactly sure how I will use them yet--that's why I made them pretty basic:

This is one punch card...the entire sheet looks "busy" all together, but awesome cut apart (I know because I already cut a sheet apart for my 3 kids to play with--I LOVE having live-in kid-testers!)

Whole sheet with 9 different styles...wait--strike that--8 different styles, one repeats!  :)

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Does anyone have any words of wisdom on how they use punch cards in their classroom?  I'd love to hear!

Friday Frenzy Freebie

Well, my friends, it has been one LONG frustrating day at my computer.  Long story short, I finally got a new printer, because mine...died...and when I went to print all my Black & White & Bright collection...I was NOT pleased...it printed way too dark to see any contrast between colors...I really don't think it was just my new printer, as I often misjudge the intensity of printer ink from that reflected on the screen...SOO...I started the long journey of recoloring it ALL...big, big, big SCREAM SIGH...

But, on a happy note, I took a much needed break from that to whip together my Friday Freebie--an owl themed All About Me poster.  I remember when I first started teaching and I paid big bucks to order these types of posters from Scholastic for my first day...it never occurred to me that I could MAKE my own!  TPT has given us all the mindset that we can self-create...or buy what another teacher self-creates when we are too lazy busy!  Either way, enjoy!  Click on the picture to download from my TPT store!  Don't forget to share the love with a little feedback!  :)

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Frenzy Freebie

I was playing around this morning making flag banner clip art, and thought I would share!  Here are five patriotic flag banners that can be downloaded for personal or commercial use.  Please credit me with a link to my TeachersPayTeachers store!  Enjoy!

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