Porthole Craft Activity and oh so close!

I have finally got some pictures of the cute porthole craft I did with the kiddos last week (the week of the spray paint incident). I found the idea somewhere on Pinterest - if you know where it is from, let me know and Ill give credit. 


 First of all, take a paper plate. You could paint it or colour it blue, but I found some blue paper circles so we glued these on. 

 I then gave the kids lots of different coloured paper, some green felt and some tinfoil and let them go nuts! They were cutting out fish, sharks, jellyfish, treasure chests and making treasure with the foil. It was great to see their creativity. 

  We then took another plate and cut out the middle so only the bumpy bit around the edge was left. This is what was going to frame the underwater scene. 

Then I spray painted it CAREFULLY (see here for information on how NOT to open a spray can hehehe)

 A bit glue on the back of the cut out plate and stick it on top of the sea scene and VIOLA! Port hole window craft

Hope you enjoyed it. My kiddos had a blast.


And as for the "oh so close" comment, I am at 96 followers! I honestly can't believe it and thank you all for following me and having the courage to read my ranting :) When I hit 100, I'm planning something special. Once again, thank you for the support

So I exploded a can of spray paint....

Oh wow. I had to share my disaster of a Friday morning with you.


We have been studying transport this term. This week we were talking about water transport and wrote a story about travelling on a submarine. So I thought I would do this super cool 'submarine porthole' craft I found on the net (and yes I know that not many subs would have a porthole haha). There will be pics to follow next week because they turned out super cute


But anyways...


The final step was the spray the 'frame' of the porthole gold or silver to give it that window-type effect. So I went and bought my spray paint (one gold and one silver) last night and intended to spray the craft this morning so it would dry before we put them together.


So there I was in my classroom. Have you ever tried to get a lid off a spray can? Its really much harder than it looks. My can said to pry the lid off with a screw driver. Well I didnt have one handy but I thought I could achieve the job with a pair of scissors. It was just jimmying the top off right?


Next thing I knew there was gold exploding EVERYWHERE! Spraying all over my kids desks, the carpet, their homework, my clothes. It even got on the blinds! But worst of all, it got on my brand new, less than a week old smartboard I blogged about last week.All I can say is thank god I hadnt got the lid off yet.


My heart sank.


Quick call to the other half to find out how to remove paint. Turpentine he says. OMG!!!


Quick trip to find some turps and there I was, sucking in fumes of spray paint and turps, vigorously scrubbing down my classroom before the bell rang and my kids came in.


The smell - WOO! I think we were all a little bit high this morning.


But the good news was I got the paint off my furniture and smart board. Now to work on my clothes.


And yes, I did spray the windows, just silver :)

Transport Literacy Freebie!

I have been working on and off (more off than on) on a pack of transport focussed literacy activities and the first part is finally FINISHED!

To celebrate, I would love to give this away to the first 5 people to comment with their email address. I hope you can find this useful in the dying days of your school year or store it away for next school year. 


If you miss out on the free ones, click the picture to go to my TPT store where I have it listed at HALF PRICE for the next 2 days only.


Hopefully the maths part won't take me as long.....here's hoping :)

Transport Freebie

The unit we are studying this term is Transport. I had been looking for some cute clip art to make something for my kiddies and hadn't quite found what I was looking for.

But then....

I saw that Lettering Delights was having a sale so I bought a bunch of very cute, very very cheap alphabets, clip art and backgrounds. And then because I was pleased, I left a message on their Facebook page.
Lo and Behold...my comment won me a $5 voucher - WOOHOO and with it I bought some cute transport clip art.

I would like to share with you a FREEBIE label it mat to do with the airplane (if you aren't happy with this spelling, just email me at b_beynon@hotmail.com and I'll fix it up for you). There are 2 versions - colour and B&W for you to choose from. Just click on the plane to get there.

The labels I was thinking were window, wing, tail and engine but if you think of a better or more suitable word, go for it (better yet, let me know too!)

Would love to hear your feedback :)