Trolls Crafts

This post contains affiliate links. In the movie Trolls, Poppy does a lot of scrap booking.  The background of the story is told using felt and paper artwork. I used that as an inspiration for some Trolls crafts. The first thing I made was Poppy's headband. I used fold over…

Coco Headband

This post contains affiliate links. I am so excited for Pixar's latest film! It is premiering in Mexico today. The reviews sound really positive so far. This story is about Dia de los Muertos (the day of the dead). This is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st, and it…

Crocheted Necklace

This post contains affiliate links. Last year I was at a museum and I saw some really cool crocheted necklaces. I made my own version below. I don't have a pattern. I think they are more interesting if you make each one different. I have the pictures below for the…

Pokemon Party

This post contains affiliate links. This is my second post from this joint party. I've already written about the DC Superhero Girls elements of this party. You can also find the explanation of the game we played that was based on superheros and Pokemon on that post. Crafts I didn't…

Earth’s Changes

This is the last topic in our unit on heat.  I'm going to do a review game that covers topics based on forces from last term and heat from this term in two weeks. I've already covered seasons in a previous post. This class was about long term changes in…

Eid al-Adha Sheep

Eid al-Adha is a Muslim holiday based on the story of Ibrahim (Abraham in the Bible and the Torah) having a dream that God wants him to sacrifice his son, but God replaces his son with a lamb. This holiday comes after a one day fast. It is a very…

DC Superhero Girls Party

This post contains affiliate links. This party was part of a joint Superhero - Pokemon party. I'm going to do this post in two parts, with this post being mostly about the superhero stuff. First, the food. Food I've made this jelly (Jell-o) before for a Batman party, but this…

Cells and the Food Chain

This article contains affiliate links. In this class I went through how energy from the sun is involved in the food chain. I needed to go over what cells are since I hadn't done that yet. I had the kids make plant cells at the end of class because we…