The Teacher-Witch

Remember this fabulous guest post Teri did for Magic Playdoh?!?!?

{click picture to magically head to post}
Well... I did this on my first day and let me tell you the kids ATE IT UP!

Figuratively. Not literally. Ew.

I, of course, was a horrible teacher blogger and didn't take pictures of the event. Probably because I was too busy laughing at with my kids!

So... I am from Salem, MA.

The Witch City.

{cackle, cackle, cackle}

And before we did this activity I explained to my children that since I am from the witch city I was able to get this *magic* recipe from an old, old witch.
No offense, Teri ;)

Naturally, whenever I would say "Salem" or "The Witch City" I would say it in my spookiest voice.

There eyes were glued to me. 

Little hands shot up asking:

-Did you get it from a friendly witch?!

-Are you lying?!

-Are you a witch?!

-Are you sure you're not lying?!

Once I had 'em convinced that my story was true, they were ready to try their best and chant the spell to make their magic play-doh work. As I was walking around watching their eyes twinkle at the sign of any color, I overheard a few whispers in the back.

I got a little closer and while being discreet I overheard the most adorable conversation.

Student A: Do you think she is really a witch??

Student B:  I don't know, she seems too nice to be a witch.

Student A: Maybe she's a friendly witch??

Student B: Yeah, yeah!! I think she's a friendly-teacher witch!!

Both students then share this with their table and all 5 students look up at me in awe. I gave them my biggest grin and let them believe this little tidbit of information.

It can only help right?!?

One week later, I pulled out these bad boys... and ooohhh how the whispers started again!

 

This time I was hearing how I possibly chopped off the fingers myself from some older, meaner witches.... oy!

I had to put those rumors to rest and admit that these little finger trackers were fake! Darn!

I have to find whatever work for this years' class so if they just happen to believe that I am a teacher-witch who could turn them into a frog at any moment, then so be it!

Here I am... the *friendly* teacher-witch!

P.S. Major shout-out to Kelley Dolling, who sent me those creepy tracking fingers in a giveaway I won from her blog agessss ago!

Much love dear!

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Start the year off *WRITE* freebie!

It was Meet the Teacher day today and I must say I am soooo excited to get those little cuties on Monday! They were so precious!

I made them a little treat to take home with them that I wanted to share with you guys:

I found these adorable little candy pencils on Pinterest last week and I knew I HAD to make them for my kiddos! It has a package of Rolos as the base of the pencil and a Hershey's Kiss for the tip! Add some construction paper, some tape, a glue dot, and a cute little saying and VOILA!

Adorable-ness!

{Here} is my "pinspiration" so you can see the original post.

I made the tags, so I turned 'em into a googledoc to share with everyone for today's freebie. These little gifts can be given out anytime at the beginning of the year and they were a big hit!

[click image to download]

Here are a few other pics:

{My *kiss your brain* jar}

 

{My Kickin' off a Great Year board}

This is going to go perfectly with Hadar's Kickin' Goals we will be making soon!

I will be in and out of my classroom all weekend preparing for my official first week with my kids, but I am soooo close to finishing a packet for ya'll that I am SUPER excited about! The goal is it will be ready and posted by Monday. I will try my hardest to post it!

Don't forget to head on over to Blog Hoppin' to see everyone's freebies!

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A Cupcake for ME!

Ladies & Gents I very excited to present my FAVE craftivtity creator of all time, TERI!!
Enjoy her post while I'm away!

Hi everyone!

I'm Teri from A Cupcake for the Teacher,

and I'm excited to be here today! :)

I have a fun first day freebie to share with you!

Have you heard of Magic Playdoh??

I first discovered Magic Playdoh before school started last year.

I thought it was the cutest idea, so I made a batch for my little ones.

Let me tell you.  They. LOVED. It.

I will definitely be doing it again this year with my firsties!!

If you haven't heard of it, the idea behind Magic Playdoh is that it starts off white, and if it *just so happens to change color* when you squeeze it, then you're going to have a great year!  Genius, right?!

Toward the end of the first day of school, I hand out Ziploc baggies of Magic Playdoh.

I display a little poster and read a poem with my class:

{I didn't write the poem-- I found it at Fun in First Grade-- but no one knows where it originated!!}

Then I have my kiddos squish up the playdoh... INSIDE the Ziplocs first, to prevent the food coloring from staining their little fingers!  It's so fun to listen to them as they realize that their playdoh is changing colors!!  Once it's all smooshed up, the playdoh can be taken out and played with, without fear of blue or red hands.  

I made these cute matching labels to put on the playdoh baggies:

 {Download them for free HERE}

To make Magic Playdoh, you'll need:

*1 cup flour

*1 cup water

*1/4 cup salt

*2 tsp. cream of tartar

*1 Tbls. vegetable oil

*food coloring

Then, just follow these steps:

1. Put all of your ingredients {EXCEPT the food coloring} into a pot and turn the stove on medium heat.

2. Stir, stir, stir!  It's going to take a few minutes to form.

3. Once your mixture forms a ball, remove from heat {I put it on a paper plate}.

4. Give it a second to cool, then separate the playdoh and form balls.

5. Poke a hole in each ball and put 3-4 drops of food coloring in them.  Carefully close the ball without squeezing it, so the food coloring stays in the middle.

When you're all done, put one "doh" ball in each baggie and seal the bag.

You're all ready to take it to school!  Your class will love it!!

*Note: I cut the recipe in half for this tutorial.

The full recipe will make about 8 decent size pieces!*

I hope that you enjoyed this little tutorial and that you can use it in your classroom!  For more fun ideas, freebies, and more, stop by my blog!

Thank you Susan, for asking me to guest post today!! :)

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