Snowy Snowman~

Since it has been so cold out lately (in the - negatives) we just had to make our own snowmen to hang in the hallway. 

Snowy Centers!~

With a lot of inside recess last week because of cold temps I thought it was appropriate to have all kinds of snowy centers!  I made snow-doh!  Sparkly white play-doh that looks like snow!

 

Sparkly Snow Playdough

Ingredients:

1 cup salt

2 cups flour

2 Tablespoons cream of tartar

2 cups water

2 Tablespoons vegetable oil

one small container sparkly white glitter

 

Directions:

In medium saucepan, and with burner OFF, combine dry ingredients and stir.

Add liquid ingredients and stir again.

With burner on LOW, stir until the mixture is VERY thick, about two minutes.

Remove from heat and allow to cool a bit.

Add glitter and then knead dough until smooth.

Store in ziploc bag or plastic dish with lid.

I let the students use our play-doh cutters and I set out buttons in case they wanted to make their own snowman.

Milk Jug Igloo~

Here is the start to our milk jug igloo.  We have already collected

74 milk jugs.  We watched a video of an eskimo making a real igloo in Alaska on youtube.  The students were very excited to see how they make a real one and why they  make them. 

 

How many more milk jugs will we need?

Letter P Penguin Art~

We have been learning all about penguins, why not make penguin art!  My students kept thinking the penguins were wearing ear phones, ear muffs must have been from my era as a kid. :)

Pajamas, Pizza, and Popcorn~

Today was our last day before Christmas Break!  We had a very exciting and fun day.  We had a pajama day, ordered pizza for lunch, watched "Happy Feet" and then had popcorn to celebrate getting a bingo on our class behavior chart!  

Popcorn Party! The kids said it was pretty much like being at a movie theater!

Door Decorations~

For the past 2 years our elementary school decided that all the teachers should decorate their doors for Christmas.  Last year I did a gingerbread house, but this year I decided on an Igloo.  I figured if it is winter related I could leave it up through January.  Plus we make an igloo out of milk jugs after Christmas, so I wanted this to be my theme.  I'm not completely finished yet, but these are some of the pictures so far.