Monday Made-It- August 4


I'm linking up with Tara at 4th Grade Frolics for another Monday Made-It.


This week I made my new bday student gift. My kids loved the crazy straws last year so I decided to do those again.  Here's how I made it...
 
1. Buy Crazy Straw from the Dollar Store - 6 came in a pack...


2. Make a little tag so people know what it's for. 




3. Cut out circles. I saw this done before and liked that they looked like little balloons once they were finished. I used cardstock paper from Michaels and also my Martha Stewart Circle Cutter (love this tool!)




4. Then, I glued on the note and then taped the straw to the back. I tried hole punching and tried to put the straw through the circle, but it just looked bad and squished the paper, which I didn't like. So....tape it is!




5. Then, I made the little container to hold them. I love the plastic paint containers/buckets (not sure what these are really called) from Michaels. I cut scrapbook paper and taped it inside. I love the colors on this paper and love the polka dots.



And voila - here it is!





Since these containers only hold so much without falling over I decided to have 2 - 12 straws in each.... I thought about getting the big container but also didn't want them falling all over if it was too big. So, I decided to stick with the smaller size and have two.




Hope everyone has a good Monday!


Also, be sure to check out the TPT Blast Off Back to School Sale - my whole store is 20% off and technically 28% off with the TPT code "BTS2014"




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4 comments:

  1. Ana MaríaAugust 4, 2014 at 5:19 AM

    Hi, I'm Ana from Spain. I like your blog. I have been teacher for 23 years. I am always looking for new ideas, and young teachers like you have lots of them. I'll do my best to write a bit in English in my blog of teacher "Una maestra al borde de un ataque de nervios" (http://anahannah.lacoctelera.net/), because I have another about patchwork. I repeat: your blog is very interesting. Thanks for it.
    kisses from Madrid.

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    1. JordanSeptember 1, 2014 at 8:03 PM

      Hi Ana!

      Thanks for the sweet comments all the way from Spain! Glad you're finding the blog useful! Hope you're having a good school year!

      Jordan
      Team V's Second Grade Fun

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  2. UnknownAugust 4, 2014 at 9:34 AM

    I love the birthday crazy straws. I think that will be my project for this week. I was getting bored with birthday pencils. So creative. Thanks for sharing!

    Kim
    Quinnessential Lessons

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    1. JordanSeptember 1, 2014 at 8:03 PM

      Thanks Kim! I used to do pencils too, but it's fun to change it up every once in awhile.

      Jordan
      Team V's Second Grade Fun

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