Holiday Projects
NEW YEAR’S
Students strung beads and a paper bell to make New Year necklaces. I used a hot glue gun to attach the jingle bell to the paper bell. Gold glitter can be as a substitute for the bell.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Children colored portraits of famous African-Americans to create a Black History Month quilt.
DAY OF SCHOOL
Starting 10 days before the big day we counted down to the 100th Day of School using a paper chain.
A banner proclaimed we reached our 100th day of school!
The classroom was decorated with balloons that I wrote 100 on using Sharpie markers.
Zero the Hero, wearing a crown for the 100th day of school, was our guest of honor.
After reading 100 Day Worries we shared our
own collections of 100 things. They included 100 goldfish, 100 stickers, 100 pasta noodles, 100 photos, 100 glow in the dark stars and 100 pieces of candy.
Stations were set up around the room. At this station, children decorated glasses that were shaped like the numeral 100.
At this station each child completed a chart by making 100 fingerprints.
VALENTINE’S DAY
Children used paper bags, hearts, and wiggly eyes to create these valentine mailboxes.
Children created mosaic hearts by cutting out
heart patterns, covering them with tissue paper,
and then painting over the entire heart with
glitter glue.
Children created Valentine Buddies by gluing
together hearts and adding facial features
and limbs.
We created a prediction chart whether the groundhog would or wouldn't see his shadow.
Each child colored a groundhog pattern which was
then stapled to black paper. Children then cut
both pieces of paper together. I taped the
patterns on to a popsicle stick, which was then
poked through a styrofoam cup that the child
colored with a green permanent marker. When
the child pushes the groundhog up, his "shadow"
falls behind him.
EARTH DAY
