Monday, July 7, 2014

Monday Made It- July 7


I am so excited for my first Monday Made It, I have been reading everyones Monday Made Its since I started in this blogging world.  I made 2 items to link up with Tara, from 4th Grade Frolics! Scroll down to the bottom for my Birthday Giveaway!


I have been seeing these teacher toolboxes on Instagram and Pinterest, I thought they were cool but didn't think I needed one.  Well my grade partner Emily (from Munchkins Inc.) had one this year, I loved it in the classroom and decided this summer I was going to make one!


I went to Home Depot and bought a toolbox for $16, plus I asked for a teacher discount, which they don't give, but they gave it to me! I also purchased some spray paint.  I tried to paint it on the newspaper in the driveway.  That was a disaster, the wind blew and I ended out with bits of grass in it and when I cleaned up I noticed I painted the driveway.  So I sanded and tried again, this time I hung it in the garage and it worked so much better!

To make the letters I used my Silhouette Portrait to cut out the letters. I then peeled all of the background, and used painters tape to transfer it to the drawers.  I thought this would be quick and easy, but it took forever! I finally put my name on top to finish it off. I love how it turned out!




I love how this word work center came out.  I saw on Pinterest to use the 2 x1 Legos and to write the letter on the side, to build the words.  When I went to the Lego store to get my Legos I saw these flat pieces.  I picked 2 colors and filled my bucket for $9 I think. A word of caution, they don't have all the colors in the fill the bucket, they had 3 colors of the flats, they said the colors change when the bucket empties.

I put all the tiles on a big blue Lego sheet.  I used the purple for the vowels and I wrote with silver sharpie.  I used the lime green with black sharpie. I also had the gray long pieces for them to build their words on.


I don't care if they want to build their words on the grey Legos like in the first picture or just on the table like the second picture.  I love that they have a choice and I think this will be a very popular word work choice.  I was originally going to let them build multiple words on the big blue plate that I wrote them all on, but they were a pain to get off of the big blue sheet.

I can't wait to go out and make something else to post next week!

Also, there is one day left to my giveaway. I so make sure you enter to win the $50 worth of products!


Today I would like to thank Heather, from The Busy Busy Hive who has donated her August Desk Buddies writing, and a winners choice from her Teachers Pay Teachers store.



I would also like to thank Melissa, from A Teaspoon of Teaching who has donated her My Summer Vacation Scrapbook from her Teachers Pay Teachers store.

I am honored to have them donate to my giveaway, please take a minute to visit their websites and stores. You won't be disappointed!  To see what everyone donated to the giveaway click here.  


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2 comments:

  1. What a great way to use legos! I love that idea!
    Jenny
    Livin’ the Third Grade Dream

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  2. Love this idea! Something that my own boys would love to do to practice their spelling words at home. Thanks for sharing!

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