Monday, February 1, 2016

Do you still feel the love??? Part II Linky Party with Freebies!

As I promised my friends, I am back with some goodies for Valentine's day!! :)

First, I wanted to share a freebie I posted last year. I think Mr. Heart came out really cute! Your students could write a letter to another friend in the classroom, or write about what they like about Valentine's or write about a favorite part of a valentine's story! Your choice, the options are endless!!! PLUS, I think they would look so cute on a bulletin board, don't you think??


Come by my store and get it for FREE!!! Click HERE to download it :)

So after Mr. Heart, I felt pretty cool, but this year I made a HUGE mistake... wait for it, you'll understand what I mean.... 
Everything started with my husband and I reorganizing our home office, it needed A LOT of organization. We had great and new furniture, but we still had so much stuff that needed to be put away and even thrown away... So our goal for this new year and before baby boy comes, was to finish this home office. So we went to Ikea (another huge mistake) and I'm happy to say we are almost done with it! We are so happy we are almost there in less than a month! Sooooo with all these ideas from Ikea and Pinterest, I decided to go to Hobby Lobby (for those that don't have one, this is like a Michael's store or a craft store if you must know), you see now what I meannnnn??? I just went to get some mini jars to storage small erasers and small items that needed to be away from my "Pollita" (did I mention my desk drawers are completely empty because she likes pulling everything out??).
But then I said to myself, "why don't you stop by the scrapbooking papers to see what's new? You are JUST GONNA SEE!" YEAH RIGHT!!!!
I found these AMAZING pattern paper that I HAD to buy!!!! Don't you agree with me???


So after a few hours thinking what cute things I can do with these papers, I thought about a real envelope that kids can do! I'm HORRIBLE with origami, so I hope you are not expecting that! HA!
I looked on Google for EASY ways to make an envelope, and I found soooo many options! Most of them were too hard for this teacher :| 
I found this great website where there are many different templates, but I didn't want to go that far at this time, I just wanted simple steps and not having to make copies of the pattern and cut and so on... HOWEVER, if you would like to check it out, please DO! She really has great ideas different websites for different types of envelopes! Click HERE to take you there :)

I also found this picture with steps on how to do an envelope from a heart shape. So I thought it would be cute for students to write a short note on the back of the heart (the blank side), make the envelope, and just glue it with a foam sticker or something that when you open it, you would open the whole letter at once!
I got this picture from The Crafty Blog Stalker


Here are my pictures and how my envelope came up :) Not so perfect, but I think it would do the trick...

Then, I found this picture, I thought it was pretty simple and the steps were pretty clear, so I gave it a try.. I am NOT good at any of these things, so believe me if I tell you, if I can do it so can you! I got this picture from Making Friends


I personally skipped the pattern and I tried to skip steps that I saw they were not a big deal. Mine didn't come up as perfect as it shows on the picture (of course, that happens when you skip steps on the instructions! Lol). However, I think for students and the purpose of it, it was pretty good! :)
These are my pictures on how my envelope came up :)

So along with this cute envelope, I created a Free letter pattern for kids to write a letter to a friend.... I think the best way to do this (so everyone gets a letter and no one gets more than anyone else), might be for them to choose a partner or you can even choose partners randomly!
This freebie comes in both English and Spanish with two different styles! Hope you like it as much as I do :) Click HERE to download this letter for FREE :)


I hope these ideas are useful to you and your classroom! If you would like to see some of my paid products I have in my store, Click HERE to read my short post with some previews on it :)

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Enjoy Valentine's Day and all that chocolate coming your way! Have an awesome week my friends! Please make sure you visit my other friends and see what they have for you! :)


5 comments:

  1. Wow! Brinca I love this post! Jam-packed with such creative ideas for Valentine's Day! I especially love the heart-shaped envelope. Thank you! I am pinning all your pictures so I don't forget.
    Peggy @ Primary Flourish

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    1. Thank you Peggy! I really appreciate your comment and you pinning my activities!
      Susana

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  2. Thanks for sharing your awesome ideas and for participating in our collaborative linky. :)
    Nicole and Eliceo

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    1. Thank you Nicole for your nice comment! Look forward to the next one! :)
      Mrs. Nicolau

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  3. Friendship is the key for the long relationship. Many friends make different stylish pictures for their friends. It’s important to note that boys and girls make different paper clips. It increase their love with their friends.

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