This is day 1, 2, 3, 4 of my classroom preparation and organization series.If you’re here for the food, you’re in luck, I’ve even tossed in a tasty link today!
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Today we welcomed the new students and families to our school. I have one student who is new to the school this year. She is absolutely adorable. As soon as the Head introduced me, the little girl hopped up from her parents, grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the hall because she was so excited to see the classroom.
A good start to a new year!
I still have one project to finish before I show you the big reveal, but here’s a sneak peak of how the classroom looked when I left school today.
Tomorrow is our first day of school. In preparation for the athletic event, I ate a carb-loaded dinner of pasta with avocado cream sauce. It might look strange but it is so creamy and delicious!
With all the excitement for tomorrow, I’m sure I won’t be able to sleep tonight, but one can wish.
Alright, on to the project of the day!
You know paper mâché, but have you heard of yarn mâché?
I hadn’t either until it exploded all over pinboards on pinterest.
I was instantly hooked on this photo and the simple how-to instructions.
Since I knew these {please read in a British accent} simply wouldn’t go with my home decor, my mind instantly visualized these lovely hanging yarn balls over my classroom desks.
I prepped my table, blew up differently sized balloons (in retrospect these were much too large), snapped a metal clip to the bottoms of the balloons for a bit of extra weight and got to work.
I made a mixture of equal amounts school glue and water then dropped my yarn in.
This was a messy project that the kids would love! I on the other hand got bored after two balloons so called in quits for the day only to return to the project a day later.
Just for fun, I sprinkled a bit of glitter over the sticky yarn.
I hung the balloons to dry for a week while I was in Budapest. When I returned, some of the balloons had slightly deflated which made for better balloon removal.
A few other yarn balls clung to the deflated balloons for dear life. I even left some balloons inside- these are my favorite.
All in all, my project didn’t turn out as perfectly as the inspirational photo, but I still love the look of the slightly deformed yarn balls.
Once the yarn balls were hung to hang and streamers were added, the whole look really came together!
If you’re looking for more pinterest-inspired classroom projects, head over to Jen’s website. She’s sharing her pinterest projects all week this week.
Wish me luck tomorrow! I’m bubbling with excitement and nerves.
Be sure to come back tomorrow to hear about my first day back. I’ll also be sharing (fingers crossed) all of my new school year classroom displays.
Eating Abroad
I like the idea of these ‘yarn balls’. Maybe I’ll give them a go later in the year. Thanks for the tip Kendel.
It looks awesome!