MONDAY MADE IT

I'm so excited to link up with Monday Made It today at 4th Grade Frolics and show you what I've been making this week!! Many of you may have seen the mirror I made last Monday, but it was kinda plain Jane and I wasn't super excited about it....but I needed a mirror for over my classroom sink and it would have worked. BUT THEN......I happened to be at Good Will and saw this mirror for only 4 bucks and had an idea so I bought it! Here is the before picture. A little blurry, but you can see it's just a plain green mirror.

I bought some wooden ABC's from Walmart and painted them with spray paint. 

And Here is my finished mirror!!! Once the letters dried, I used a hot glue gun to glue them on !! I am much happier with this one than my last one! My room is done in primary colors, so this is going to match perfectly above my sink and I can also use it as a learning tool, by having the students sing their ABC's when they are at the sink!

Monday Made It #2
Next, I made four pocket folders! I like having everything in one place and organized. In my last Monday Made It, I organized my assessment binder so that all of my assessments and assessment materials will be in one place this year and easy to retrieve. Now I thought if I could just find four pocket folders, I could organize my students work samples, and their state, district, and benchmark assessments in one place for easy retrieving. So I decided to try and make my own and they turned out fabulous! Here is what you will need if you choose to make these! It is very simple. 

You'll need hole puncher, glue stick, sharpie, scissors, and two folders for each child, or for each 4-pocket you will be making. You need the folders with prongs. 

Fold one of your folders backwards and cut off the prongs. There is a fold there to cut along. If you have a paper cutter, it would be easier, but mine is at school so I had to use scissors. 

This is how it will look!

Then put them together back to back and slide both pieces underneath the prongs in your second folder!

Use a sharpie to make a small dot. 

Then, with your hole puncher, punch each dot you made. This does not work with a 3-hole punch as it does not line up properly. 

Lift the flap up before punching the bottom hole or you will punch the flap. 

Then insert it into the prongs as you would do with a sheet of paper. 

Last, glue the two sides of the center folder you inserted together, so they do not flap and stay together. 

And there's your 4-pocket folder!!!

This is how I will use mine! But you could use it many ways!!! I also plan to make some fancier labels for mine, but did this with business cards just so you could get the jist! 

Oh.....one last thing! You'll need to tuck the prong strip underneath the flap so that it lays nicely and will hold your papers. 

Monday Made It #3
I made business cards with my contact info to give out to parents on Back To School Night!!! The picture is a little blurry.....I'm a horrible picture taker, but they are actually super clear! I love the way they turned. The clipart is from "Just So Scrappy". I finally found the clipart package that was used to design my blog page. So excited to find this! 

Monday Made It #4
And last, I made these bags of peppermints to give to parents on Back To School Night! I used the soft peppermints....love those! I purchased the labels from Ashley at Cupcake Express from her Etsy shop and then added my own text! I thought the colors blended so well with the mints that I had to have them. I believe I paid $3.50 for them and there are six designs! 

And there's my Monday Made Its!!! I actually made two other things too, but I don't want to show those until I get them displayed in my room. I still have until Monday off and haven't been in my room all summer!!! Yikes this is my last week of vacation!! I know many of you are already back!

I also have a question for you! I just finished my second Master's, so now I have a M.Ed and a M.S. My husband thinks that I should put these titles beside my name on my contact business card above. What do you think??? I always feel like I am being boastful when I put my Masters titles by my name and I worry about people thinking this.....whereas my husband says I should be proud to display it!!! Let me know what you think!!!!