Theme Thursday {Spiders & Bats)

So I'm trying to prepare for next week and as always I'm looking for new ideas. My theme is spiders and bats and this is always LOVED by all the kiddos. I have a few fantastic ideas up my sleeve, but there is room for more so here is what I've found from pintrest and I'm hoping you will add yours as well. 

Ok so this is totally fab! Spiders with missing numbers that the children can fill in. CUTENESS! 

Click the picture to download.

I did these last year and plan on doing them again--they were SO MUCH FUN! 

L.O.V.E. doing these----along with the rolling the marble inside a box on black paper with white paint spider webs of course--

From the talented Mrs. Jump---

So, please share my friends....what activities do you like to do when you study spiders and bats at school? Please share!

Surprise Freebie & Scarecrows For Sale

I know we usually wait until Friday to give freebies, but I'm sure no one will mind if we give away an extra one on a Tuesday, right? :)  


Since we are all gearing up for October and fall-ifying (is that a word...if not, I just made it up) our classrooms, I wanted to give you my new October calendar set.  It includes both blank and numbered calendar pieces, an October month header, and special days pieces.   Enjoy! :) 

October Calendar

Also, for 5 days only, we have SCARECROWS FOR SALE!!!  I finally finished my Scarecrows Literacy & Math Activities and it is 15% off until this coming Saturday (Oct. 1) for $3.40.  It is 22 pages of scarecrow fun perfect to do with your kiddos at the start of my fave season, FALL!  Yipee! :)  

My little one is stuck on one the book, The Scarecrow's Hat right now!  It is an awesome story to do sequencing with, so I wanted to make an activity for it.  I simply COULD NOT find clipart that I liked to match the story, soooooo I made my own.  It took forever & a day to get done, but I enjoy it so much that it really doesn't seem like work to me.  I hope you like it!  

**The Scarecrow's Hat student book is included in color and black & white in the packet, so you can choose which one to do with your munchkins.  

Click the crow to purchase...

Made Monday #3

Hello, my darlings!  Let's get right to the features from last week's party because they are AMAZING...

dry erase sheets from Ladybug's teacher Files

story stones from 4th Grade Frolics

muffin tin magnets from Pre-K Pages

Okie dokie, time to link up all your fun stuff!  Ready...set...go!   

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Here's the directions...

All you have to do is link up to your specific post (not your blog address please), and we would be tickled pink if you would add our little linky party button to your post or somewhere on your blog (you can find the code above).  If you join the party, please visit at least 2 of the other links and leave them some sweet comments! 

Soiree Saturday {Let's Go Racing}

A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of helping my neighbor, DeeDee, design her son, Cody's 9th birthday party with a racing theme!  Cody already races go-karts, and is becoming quite the little race car driver!  DeeDee decided on a black and orange color scheme and wanted there to be graphics of racing flags and cars in the design.  Here are some of the photos I took at the party!  

Pizza, Chips, Candy, & Cupcakes ~ could there BE a better menu?  (Did anyone else just think of Chandler from "Friends" when you read that? Maybe it's just me!)

I love that their family all dress for the theme...DeeDee asked me to design Motorsports t-shirts for them!

A family friend hand-made these awesome racing uniforms for the boys (& is now making one for the youngest daughter)!  They are all going to wear them for Halloween!

The bounce house is always a fun attraction!

The party ended with sparklers...

and a fireworks show that thrilled even the youngest of guests (including MY boy~thank the Lord he's not scared of fireworks anymore)!

The RAD RACER Party Collection is now available in my etsy shop (if any of you happen to have a race-theme party in your future).  ;) 

The collection includes these 8 PDF files.

Enjoy this short video I made for the birthday boy and his family...

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Happy Saturday, friends! :)

Made Monday #2 {On Tuesday}

Yeah, yeah, we know it's tuesday, but we're just a day late doing our linky party this week!  So, just pretend it's Monday, m-k?  On second thought, who would want it to be Monday?  Scratch that!  Anyway, I digress...on to some features from last week's party...

 Vocabulators from 4th Grade Frolics

Taco Fiesta Chicken Lasagna from It's a Crafty Life 

Fabric Matching Game from Getting Messy With Miss Jessi

Now, it's your turn for this week!  What have you been up to?  

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Here's the directions...

All you have to do is link up to your specific post (not your blog address please), and we would be tickled pink if you would add our little linky party button to your post or somewhere on your blog (you can find the code above).  If you join the party, please visit at least 2 of the other links and leave them some sweet comments! 

Soiree Saturday {Fall Parties}

I absolutely love everything about fall---the colors, the smells, the weather and not to mention....

THE PARTIES! 

I could look at ideas on pintrest for hours, but I wanted to show you some of the ideas:

I couldn't go without showing you my fall party invitation that I just introduced in my shop!

Click the picture to check out my shop!

Caramel-Nut Cinnamon Bun Cupcakes YUM! What part of this doesn't sound yummy? 

Fall just wouldn't be the same without caramel apples.

That's all the time I have for today my friends! Enjoy!

Theme Thursday {Scarecrows}

Hey Peeps!  Next week, in our Flight Preschool, Noah & I will be learning all about scarecrows, or as Noah says, "scarce-crows")!  So, to get myself motivated to plan next week, here is some inspiration!   Hope it helps you as you start to plan your fall themes.  

My fave song from one of my fave movies...

Build a Scarecrow from Counting Coconuts

Scarecrow Cupcakes from The Party Animal

Crow Cup from Crafts By Amanda

Scarecrow Crunch from Just Make Stuff

Chocolate Nugget Scarecrows from Katherine Marie Photography

 Shape Scarecrows from No Time for Flash Cards 

A Scarecrow's Heart from Little Wonders' Days

Oh, and I hope to have my Scarecrow theme printables in the shop ASAP! :)

So, stay away from fire, and have a "scare'fully fun time with these projects!    

What I Love Wednesdays

Here's what I'm loving on this oh so beautiful hump day (Wednesday)

They just came out with a new Nalgene bottle and I cannot wait to get me one!

Ok seriously ya'll....I usually try to set my alarm clock for 5:45 so I can get up and run, shower and get my stuff ready to go, but I'm not kidding--for the past few days (like 2 weeks) I have not been able to get up before 6:30! I seriously am envious of my cats who get to stay at home and sleep all day and look like this:

Ok friends-- My name is Jennifer and yes I am addicted to noodles. Yes. Noodles. Any shape. Any size. Any sauce. LOVE LOVE LOVE em! I especially love a dish at Johnny Carinos called  Chicken Bowtie Festival (not to mention the bread is just FABTASTIC)---oh it's absolutely heavenly but not so good for ya ;) 

I actually just recently found someone who made a copycat recipe and I cannot wait to try it!! The Jenna Juice 

The hubster and I cannot wait for our favorite shows to start up

Here are few of my guilty pleasures that I'm excited about:

I'm excited that my family from Ohio is coming up this weekend to spend some time with us. I haven't seen them all since the middle of July so I'm missing them. 

Happy Wednesday!