Category Archives: Creative Teaching Lessons

Haunted House Art Activity-Build a Miniature Haunted House Replica

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Haunted House Art Activity-Build a Miniature Haunted House Replica

This item contains the graphics and visual instructions you need to make your very own haunted house replica!

This activity allows you to make a haunted house and all the decor you would find in the yard of a haunted house.
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MATERIALS NEEDED FOR THIS PROJECT:Cardboard box (sides no longer than 18”) or a shoebox, scissors, glue (stick and liquid), scotch tape, paperclips, crayons or colored pencils, file folder (optional),construction paper or poster board for base, wire, and any extras you may want to add.
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These sets of graphics are black and white and are ready to be colored with crayons or colored pencils.

This product does not come with colored graphics.

Graphic designs include:
Wood Siding
Roofing
Spooky Animals (Spiders,owls, bats, and cats)
Haunted Trees
Skeletons
Haunted House Decor (Doors, porch stairs,windows, shutters, fencing, pumpkins, and tombstones)

These graphics include one set proportioned for a shoebox size box and one set for a regular cardboard box with sides no longer than 18”.

This item also comes with visual step-by-step instructions of one way to construct your haunted house. There is also a sheet of useful tips.

These graphics are intended to be used on the exterior of the box. No specific interior graphics or interior instructions included.
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This activity is perfect for individuals, small groups, or as a class activity.

Duration of project: 3-4 hours depending on age of child.

Perfect for book reports, class themed activities, home activity…or just for fun!
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If you have any questions about this item, please ask in the “Question Section” of my store! I’ll be glad to answer them!

Like this item? Watch for the following model activities coming out in 2013:

Gingerbread house
Log cabin
Alphabet house
Castle

Invasion of the Fractions!-A Halloween Fractions Card Game

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Invasion of the Fractions!-A Halloween Fractions Card Game

Need a fun fraction game?

Two players draw the Halloween themed cards and form fractions. The person with the larger fraction wins a point. First player to get to ten points wins!

This game is for two players.

Fraction skills include:
Writing simple fractions
Comparing simple fractions
Finding common denominators
Identifying and correctly using fractions up to twelfths
Writing mixed fractions
Comparing mixed fractions
Identifying equivalent fractions

This game can also be played as a review activity with one person. Simply have the student draw 4 cards and arrange them into two fractions. They write down the fractions, find the common denominator, and decide which one is bigger.

Owl – 3-D Art Activity

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Owl – 3-D Art Activity

This owl 3-D art project is simple and looks great when finished!

Materials needed: Crayons/colored pencils, glue, scissors, and a small piece of thick cardboard

Simple directions with photos included.

Measures 10″ x 4″ when completed.

Perfect for Halloween, nature studies…or fun!

Gingerbread Man Wristband Craft Activity

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Gingerbread Man Wristband Craft Activity

Love reading “The Gingerbread Man” with your students?

Here’s a cute and easy craft to go along with that story!

Students color and cut out the candy (peppermints and gumdrops) and gingerbread man pictures and glue them onto a “frosting” wristband.

Perfect for the holidays!

**Please note*** The “frosting” graphic is in grayscale. Be sure your printer can print in grayscale before purchasing.

Barn Art Activity-Build a Miniature Barn and Farmyard Replica

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Barn Art Activity-Build a Miniature Barn and Farmyard Replica

This item contains the graphics and visual instructions you need to make your very own farmyard replica!

This activity allows you to make a barn, silo, farm animals, farm decor, and a garden.
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MATERIALS NEEDED FOR THIS PROJECT:Cardboard box (sides no longer than 18”) or a shoebox, scissors, glue (stick and liquid), scotch tape, paperclips, crayons or colored pencils, file folder (optional),construction paper or poster board for base, cylinder shaped container(s) for silo (chip can, coffee can, oatmeal container, etc), and any extras you may want to add.
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These sets of graphics are black and white and are ready to be colored with crayons or colored pencils.

This product does not come with colored graphics.

Graphic designs include:
Wood Siding
Roofing
Farm Animals (Horse, sheep, pig, chicken, dog, and cow)
Trees
Farm Decor (Barn doors, windows, basket, pail, chicken hutch, haystack, firewood stack, and wheelbarrow)
Garden plants (corn, cabbage, and pumpkins)

These graphics include one set proportioned for a shoebox size box and one set for a regular cardboard box with sides no longer than 18”.

This item also comes with visual step-by-step instructions of one way to construct your farm. There is also a sheet of useful tips.

These graphics are intended to be used on the exterior of the box. No specific interior graphics or interior instructions included.
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This activity is perfect for individual, small group, or class.

Duration of project: 3-4 hours depending on age of child.

Perfect for book reports, class themed activities, home activity…or just for fun!
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If you have any questions about this item, please ask in the “Question Section” of my store! I’ll be glad to answer them!

If your students like projects like this, they might also like:

Create Your Own Mini Haunted HouseMake a 3-D Bald Eagle Picture

Like this item? Watch for the following model activities coming out in 2013:

Gingerbread house
Log cabin
Alphabet house
Castle

Bat Bands-Nature and Halloween Craft Activity

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Bat bands, a nature and halloween craft activity.

Bat Bands-Nature and Halloween Craft Activity

Do your students love bats?

Have them make a “Bat Band”!

Perfect for Halloween, science units on bats, or fictional books on bats!

Students color, cut, and glue the band around their wrist.

There are two different bands and both are just one, long piece to cut out. One is a little easier (the full moon pattern) for students who may have difficulty cutting around small objects.

Activity duration: 20-30 minutes

“I Need a Silly Answer!” Language Arts Card Game for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Grade

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Language arts card game "I Need a Silly Answer".

“I Need a Silly Answer!” Language Arts Card Game for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Grade

Now you can tell your class….”I Need a Silly Answer!”

This fun card game has the players asking silly questions and figuring out which silly answer can answer it. The player who gets rid of all of their silly answer cards first wins!

Because of the humor, the students have to slow down to read and choose the best answer card. This helps them pick out the elements that are needed in choosing a correct answer like subject-verb agreement and verb tense. They also get practice answering “Who,What, Where, How, and Why?” questions correctly.

This is a great way to reinforce test question skills.

Sample Question #1: What do you have on your head?
ONE of the answers that could work: It is pudding.

Sample Question #2: Where are my new crayons?
ONE of the answers that could work: They are in the refrigerator.

Sample Question #3: How did you win the new television?
ONE of the answers that could work: I ate it.

Game includes:
40 Silly Question Cards
40 Silly Answer Cards
Directions
Teacher Instructions

Question and answer cards can be printed on white paper or colored paper to differentiate the two stacks.

Perfect for centers, small groups, or rainy days!

2-4 players
Game duration:Approximately 30 minutes.

If your students like silly games, they might also like: