Monday Made It!

In this new journey of becoming a teacher blogger, I decided that one of the best ways to get into it would be by participating in linky parties!

Today I am linking up with Tara at 4th Grade Frolics for Monday Made It!

This summer I have been doing my best to lay low and enjoy my very first summer break as a teacher. For me this means I have been trying not to do much thinking about the upcoming school year. [I still have been Pinning like crazy, though!] I thought now that July is almost coming to a close, that it's finally time to get cracking on my classroom for next year.

So for Monday Made It, I made a READ sign that I'll be hanging in my classroom. I was inspired by this post last week, and I absolutely had to make my own version! 

This is what it ended up looking like:

I bought the wood letters at Michael's for $1.49 each. The frame was a mosaic frame for $1.99. I bought the scrapbook paper in the background for 19 cents! Altogether it only cost me about 8 bucks. I painted the letters and the frame with acrylic paint, modpodged the paper onto the background, and then glued the letters on top! This project took me about 30 minutes and I definitely think it was time well spent!

Another craft I'd seen floating around Pinterest that I had to do is this one. Cutesy pens!

Basically, all you need to do is find some clear barreled pens [I used Pentel R.S.V.P], cute scrapbook paper, and a pair of scissors.

Cut the paper to the length of the barrel, and about double the width. Remove the black lid at the top and the ink inside. Roll the paper tightly and slide it into the barrel. Replace the ink and the lid and you're done!

This took me all of 5 minutes to do and I will absolutely be making some more in the near future!

So that wraps up my first blog post where I actually feel like I accomplished something :)

But that's not all! Tomorrow, I'll be posting a step by step on how I made file crate seats for my classroom library!