We also cooked gingerbread men on Friday. I was late to school because took me forever to get there..dang icy roads! Anyway, we whipped them up in twenty minutes. I buy the rolls of pre-made gingerbread cookie dough (I never said I was teacher of the year). I give each child three small balls of dough. They flatten one to make the head and snake (like play dough) the other two to make the arms and legs. It's super easy and the cookies turn out great! I also wore my gingerbread school bus shirt from my store. You can find it here.
Obviously, our theme this week was Gingerbread Man. Haha! We read all kinds of gingerbread books. I struggled with the one from Hawaii. Hard words. Haha! I felt like I didn't know how to read. I started substituting. ๐ We also made these cute gingerbread boys and girls. I had poster board patterns. The kids traced and cut out their own gingerbread person and clothes. Their faces crack me up.
I had two parent volunteers come on Wednesday and we made our reindeer shirts. We will wear them next Wednesday when we go carol at a local nursing home. We paint their foot (but not toes) brown and hands black with fabric paint. After they dry, I add a bow to the girls and eyes to everyone's shirts with fabric glue. I bought eyes with cute lashes for the girls. Love them.
Vonda Bearden says
Thanks for sharing. I love your Gingerbread House.Thanks for your tips for baking the gingerbread men. We are doing that this week. ๐
Lydia says
My students, with the help of parent volunteers have been making the reindeer t-shirts for years. I still have my son's from his kindergarten year, 24 years ago. We use red paint for the hand print instead of black and write the child's name and year under the reindeer. Not only is it fun and the kids wear them for our class photo (another project), party, but many save it as a keep sake. Enjoy!
Melissa says
My sister and I are obsessed with Hallmark movies too. It doesn't help that there are 2 new ones every weekend.
Jennifer Tice says
Thank you for the freebie!!! Our elf is coming tomorrow too! Can't wait to surprise the kiddos!
Jeannie says
Thank you!! LOVE! I'm also a sucker for Hallmark movies….
~jeannie~
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