Happy Thanksgiving {one last freebie}

Ok, so between baking, spending precious time with family, and shopping for Black Friday deals, we haven't had much time to finish our blog make-over, but we promise to get it done asap-ish!


So, I know this is kind of late, but if you are hosting Thanksgiving dinner at your house and are planning to have a kids' table, here is a FREE printable set to welcome all those lil' gobblers to your home!  How much fun would they have with personalized spots at the table, fancy napkin rings, and water bottle wraps?  


You can even dress up your serving table and display your delish menu with this collection too!  Can I get a gobble gobble???   he he! 


I designed this collection last year for my party designs blog and thought I would offer it to all of you this year as well!  The collection includes...


-2" circle tags
-napkin rings
-2 5x7 prints {one blank menu & one welcome sign}
-water bottle wraps (or cut down to fit juice boxes)
-tent tags

Click the pic below to download!  

Happy Thanksgiving, my friends!  May your day be spent with the ones you love counting your blessings and enjoying way too much yumminess...turkey and cranberry sauce, here I come!  Don't forget to wear your Thanksgiving pants!  {Anybody know where that comes from?}  

Free Thanksgiving Clip Cards

Happy Sunday, Sweeties!  Here's another Thanksgiving freebie to let you all know how THANKFUL we are to all our lovely readers!  These are clip cards that can be used in a center or as a station for your Thanksgiving celebrations.  All you have to do is print and laminate the cards and set out a basket of clothespins or paper clips for clipping!  Easy, peasy!  

Thanksgiving Clip Cards

P.S. Stay tuned for some awesome changes happening around here!  Frogs, Bees, & Under the Seas is having a total make-over (with a new name & everything)!  We are super excited!  :)

Five Fat Turkeys Freebie

Inspired by one of our favorite Halloween poems, "Five Little Pumpkins," I made a little adaptation for Thanksgiving, "Five Fat Turkeys".  You can use this activity in a pocket chart, as a center, or on a magnet board.  I hope your lil' turkeys love it! :)

5 Fat Turkeys

Also, we are still waiting on our Jo Toes winner, TASHA, to get in touch with us with your email address!  You can leave a comment here if you like.  We're going to wait until Friday for our winner to claim her prize, & if we still have no word, we will choose another winner!  

Trips & Ships

Well....hello friends!  Long time, no post!  I'm back from my family vacay to Hawaii (otherwise known as paradise)!  My hubby had a business conference in Honolulu and we tagged along for fun!  So, for the past 10 days, I got to look at beauties like this...

Last Friday, we made the LONG trip (4 planes & 19 hours total) home from 84 degrees and sunny in Maui to 50 degrees and cloudy in good ol' Tennessee...ugh!  However, I feel so blessed to have had the chance to see such a beautiful place and do so many once-in-a-lifetime things.  Anyway, I promise to show more pictures when I get them all off our cameras. 

So, on our many flights (in between keeping Noah busy and happy), I took my computer and worked on a new Thanksgiving activity that I think will be a blast for your "Little Pilgrims"!  I call it the MAYFLOWER VOYAGE and it's basically an activity kit for a real-life Mayflower trip simulation.  It includes fun stuff like boarding passes, pilgrim costume templates, food ideas, and much more.  It is 14 pages and can be used in a preschool, kindergarten, or first grade classroom.  

Click the picture below to see some sample pages from the kit.  As usual, for the introductory sale into the shop, it will be discounted 15% for 5 days (until Nov. 19).  So if you want to brave the open seas with your kiddos as they learn about life aboard the Mayflower, this is the kit for you!!! :)

Thanksgivings Past

As most of you prepare for that traditional classroom Thanksgiving Feast, my thoughts turn to my 7 years of feasting, which led me to take a trip back in time through my old classroom pictures.  I thought I would share some of those pictures with all of you (embarrassing as they may be)!

We start our journey in 2001, when I was a young Student Teacher! 

My apologies for the bad picture quality (before my days of digital photography)

Then, on to my very first Kindergarten class in 2002 (pay no attention to the bare classroom)!

My first feast experience (60 Pilgrims & Indians together - WOW)

My 2003 Crew ~ getting a little better with the outfit design!

My 2004 Table Design (notice the cute little pilgrim hat napkin rings) :)

2005 ~ I finally got the Pilgrim Costume down!  Yay!

3 Little Pilgrims

2006 Feast

My last class before having my own Lil' Pilgrim!

Me as a Pregnant Pilgrim with our own Queen Bee!

Don't shoot me for posting this picture, Mrs. Huskey, we look pretty cute!  :)

So, I wish all of you out there the best of luck as you prepare for your classroom Thanksgiving Feasts!  Even though I'm not teaching right now, I fully intend on making a Pilgrim or Indian costume for my Little Man this Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving FREE Printable Unit

Do you teach toddlers, Pre-K, or Kindergarten?  If so, this unit is for you!  I compiled lots of ideas from around the web & from when I taught Kindergarten to bring you this 32-page Thanksgiving unit including crafts, math, books, snacks, & more!

To learn more about this unit, and download your FREE copy, click the picture below!

Enjoy!!!

Wonderful Wednesday Crafts {Under Cover Turkeys}

Hello, all!  I'm sure that everyone is starting their Thanksgiving lesson plans, so here is an activity that you may want to do with your "Little Turkeys" this year!


For several years, I did a Family Turkey Project with my kiddos around Thanksgiving.  The families had to work together to decorate a turkey & then I displayed them in the hallway!  So, why not make it into an UNDER COVER TURKEY Family Project!  It could be like an FBI project where the kids have to design a disguise for their turkey so that it doesn't become Thanksgiving Dinner!

Thank you to Miss Renee's Kindergarten Pond for the "Turkeys in Disguise" idea!  

I made an UNDER COVER TURKEY activity including the turkey template and the parent letter!  

It can be yours today for only $1.00!  Get yours today & start disguising those turkeys!!

Click HERE to purchase this activity!!!