Monday Made Its....The End is Near!

Congratulations to Amber from Synonym Rolls & Antonym Moments for winning my HearALL Assessment Recorder Giveaway!!  I've sent you an email, Amber!  CONGRATS!!

I'm thinking I might be able to squeeze in ONE more Monday Made-It before school starts back up!  There are still so many projects on my to-do list, but at least I'm getting some crossed off!

This week I made...

1. Monster Rug

After searching all summer for a monster-themed rug or bathmat with no luck, I decided to just create my own.  I purchased the round green rug from the bath section at Target for $9.99, cut the facial features from felt and used fabric glue to apply them.  I'm going to put it in front of my classroom sink.

2.  Dice Shakers
I was inspired by this picture from Pinterest last year...

I bought these little containers and tried it.  It worked, but the shaking noise bothered me.  Not bad when only a couple were going, but when a DOZEN were shaking...annoying!  Well, my sweet friend and co-worker, Kristen at Bless Your Heart found the neatest containers to use for this.  They were so cute that I really wanted to give it another try.  So, I went to Target and grabbed some of the containers she used (from the Dollar Bin - holla!)...they're PERFECT with the clear top, don't you think?

But the noise would still be a problem...hmmm....a little felt and hot glue and problem solved! 

I think they might be the most perfect little dice shakers ever.

You know why?  I haven't even told you the best part yet!  They're magnetic!! The entire bottom of the container is a magnet!  So, now I don't even have to pass out the dice EVERY.TIME we play a math game.  I took a cookie sheet, used Elmer's spray adhesive to attach fabric to it, mod podged it, and voila!

I'll just hang it in the classroom and the kids can walk by and grab a shaker whenever they need dice!

**Update** If you use FOAM dice, you wouldn't even need to line these with felt! How easy would THAT be?  Dollar Tree has packs of foam blocks (50) right now that you could draw dots on to create dice!


3.  Magnetic Note Board

I had another pan that I had already purchased (these were from a project-gone-wrong), so I created a magnetic note board to put behind my desk.  It's just fabric mod-podged to the pan!  Plus, I wanted to practice using my new Cameo and needed to put letters somewhere! :)  The note on it is from my husband...actually he said to "Run!"

4. Eraser Machine

Don't judge on this one!  This was the VERY FIRST thing I did with my new Silhouette Cameo.  Why in the world did I not practice first? Why did I start with something ROUND?  And, why did I not wait for my bright, fun colored vinyl to arrive?  Live and learn.  I still think the kiddos will like the idea of this and I had to cover up the "Jelly Belly" label on the machine.

5.  Monster Trash Can

I know, I know...you saw this one already, but LOOK!  I added polka dots with my Cameo!  Since my bright vinyl hasn't arrived, I used a SHEET of duct tape.  Did you know they sell duct tape by the sheet??

6. WBT Scoreboard

And, this was an easy one, but since I'm going to implement Whole-Brain Teaching, I picked up a whiteboard to use as my Scoreboard.  I used duct tape and my Cameo to give it some red and turquoise touches to match the rest of my classroom!  I like that it's small and has a pen attached so I can carry it all around the room with me.

Headed up to my classroom for a bit now...I hope to have the big reveal this week!