Thank You Pinterest!

UPDATE:  I've had a lot of questions about how I assembled these projects.  So, here's how I did it, in case you were curious. : ) My kids wrote their imaginary writing piece and I glued it to the bottom of large construction paper.  I explained the concept to my kids and took their picture. I explained that they may want to act like they want out of the snow globe or like they are enjoying the snow. They cut themselves out after I printed the pictures on photo paper. Then I traced a faint circle in pencil that the was same size at the clear, plastic bowls that I bought for the project.  I modeled how to draw a snowy scene. They glued themselves into the circle and drew a wintery scene inside the circle I drew around their picture. I laminated the paper after they drew the scene and glued themselves into the circle.  Next, I put a handful of epsom salt in the middle of the circle.  Then, I drew a medium-sized line of hot glue all the way around the edge of the plastic bowl and stuck it to the laminated paper.  I turned the paper right side up to make sure no salt came out and ta-da!  The project was complete!  I hope that helps clear up any assembly confusion.  This was one of my kiddos FAVORITE writing projects and they talked about it the rest of the year! Good Luck and Happy Crafting!

I have found the cutest writing activities thanks to Pinterest, well I guess I should say thank you to the awesome teachers who came up with the idea and THEN posted them to Pinterest for me to find! This first snowy activity was found by one of my second grade teammates on Tori's Teacher Tips through Pinterest. They came out SO CUTE!!!  I used bowls instead of plates because the plates were twice as much and I used Epsom salt for the fake snow. I highly recommend them, they were easy and my kids loved it. Plus, their writing was really cute too! I explained that they had to pose like they were cold or really stuck in a snow globe when we took their pictures and this is what they came up with...

Let's zoom in on one of my favorite poses....

Ahhh, they are just so cute! Here is my current hallway set-up.  We don't really change bulletin boards like other schools, instead I use my wall outside the hallway.  

And in case you were curious, my fix for the epic fail of these 2013 resolutions from the Lesson Plan Diva that I wrote about before break was to brush off the glitter which really just fell off and have them color over the numbers with crayon.  Not quite as cute as the glitter but they are still cuter than what I did last year!

I am now on the look out for our next adorable writing craftivity!