A small DIY and recent purchases

Good evening everyone!

I thought I'd share some of my recent school purchases and a fun little DIY!

First, let's look at the DIY. Inspired by A Cupcake for the Teacher (because no, I did not come up with this idea), I decided to make my clothespins look pretty. I had a huge bag left over from when I used this classroom management system and they were just sitting in an ugly bag in my basement. I came across Teri's idea and decided to give it a go! I used some tape I had from a few years ago which therefore cost me nada. Now that's my kind of crafting!

I'm going to use these to hang student work and also glue some magnets on the back of some of them to use on my chalkboard.

Here are my new clothespins! They now look super cute (although they are still in that ugly bag ;)

I'm pretty happy about how these turned out and I can't wait to use them!

Next, I recently found a few goodies in the Dollar Spot at Target. Can I just take a moment to say how happy I am that we finally have Targets in Canada?! Amen.

I got two packs of erasers and some puffy heart stickers that I plan on using for my new reward system.  I also picked up a cute Valentine mailbox which I'm not sure what I will use for just yet. But I'm sure I'll find something! It was just too cute not to get. Plus, for a dollar, you can't go wrong.

Next, I got some classroom goodies for my new theme. I love me a fun classroom theme and I've done one every year. I'm cheesy like that. I've done frogs, birds, owls (twice) and now I'm moving on to Moose and Friends!

At the very top, those are tattoos! I might use them for my reward system or maybe as part of a gift... we'll see! I also purchased (not shown here) a bulletin board set and some borders to complete the theme.

Finally, I bought a bunch of stickers (but for some reason can only find these two sets... I guess the others are already packed in some boxes for my return in a few weeks...) and some library pockets. Last year, I used similar pockets to display my classroom jobs. I don't plan on doing the same with these... I'm not sure what they will be for!

How cute are those zoo stickers! 

This past week has been spent reading many first grade blogs in order to get my creative juices flowing. I must say that I've been particularly smitten with The Inspired Apple though. I've been going through all of her archives and I'm so beyond amazed at all of her ideas! I can not get enough of them! Please, please, please, if you haven't already, do yourself a favor and go through Abby's archives. You will thank me. And so will your kiddos!

That's all for me tonight!

Tomorrow is Friday! I hope you all a great evening and a great last day of the week.

Until next time,