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Happy 4th of July! I hope you and your family have a wonderful and safe holiday today!

Notice anything different here at I {heart} Recess? :)

Rachel from Rachel BV Designs did an amazing job on my blog makeover! Working with her was SUPER easy, fun, and AMAZING! She had my new design up in three days!

I'm excited to share with you my Target Dollar Banner today for #MondayMadeIt!

Each year our school chooses a school wide theme. This year Dr. Seuss won! I'm pretty excited about this theme because this was my classroom for four years, and I've carried over to my office now.

I found this banner, along with many other items, in Target's Dollar Spot last week. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it until a few days ago.

We are a Leader In Me school and I thought about labeling each piece with one of the 7 Habits and then decided to add Dr. Seuss quotes. I can use the banner this year on a bulletin board, in my office, and in my classroom in the future if I ever decide to leave Instructional Coaching. I planned my designs on my computer.

I cut out the quotes in vinyl, of course :), and then placed them on the banner. Half way through this project I asked myself why I choose such fancy fonts...it took forever to remove the unwanted vinyl before applying the quote to the banner.

I LOVE how the final project turned out!!! I added the Cat in the Hat hat in the middle to show who the author was for each quote since I failed to leave room for Seuss' name...oops.

A friend and I are heading to a different Target tomorrow, I can't wait to see what I find there!

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I'm SUPER excited to share this week's #MondayMadeIt! This was a week long project that turned out amazing! We have lived on our house for six years now and as my boys are getting older I am taking my house back! If you have little kids you know what I mean, you too are tired of the toys all over the place, the kiddie decor, and their "masterpieces" (aka writing on the walls) on every surface.

We purchased our house brand new and still have the builder grade flat paint in several rooms. This paint is not kid friendly! It shows every dirty hand print, smudge, and food. Did I mention I have THREE BOYS! :)

I've been busy pinning bathroom ideas for the boys' bathroom for awhile now and finally found a design my hubby also liked. I LOVE the fresh look of wainscotting! I know your wondering why I went with white with three boys. :) In our half bath we did a white beadboard wainscotting with dark brown, it is actually easier to take a Clorox wipe or Magic Eraser and clean up than the flat paint.

We choose a light gray paint to go with the white because this is a small bathroom with no natural light. One day we hope to add a small window above the shower. My hubby did an amazing job with the paneling! He did get a new nail gun out of this project, so he was pretty excited about that too.

I purchased the shower curtain and hooks first for this project, which is where we got the idea to go with a light gray since the shower curtain has silver stripes.

Last week Hobby Lobby had all their metals, pictures, and almost everything else on sale for 50% off. We picked up the boat wall hanging, anchor towel bar (not sure what it's actual purpose is, but perfect for the hand towel), and the small blue boat.

We also purchased the frames, oar, and red hooks from Hobby Lobby. I LOVE red and have to have it in every room. Thanks to the boat wall hanging and hooks I was able to throw in some pops of red.

I picked up navy blue towels at Target and personalized them with some heat transfer vinyl...I'm addicted to that stuff!

A lesson we learned during this project was, don't forget that adding molding will make take up space. Last night we finally finished and starting putting up the finishing touches. Went to hang they mirror back up and discovered the the molding on the small wall cuts into the space needed for the mirror...oops! Thankfully my hubby was able to trim down the molding above the toilet to get the mirror to fit.

While at Target I picked up these bathroom accessories. The white trim and gray center were a perfect match for the bathroom. Since I add vinyl to anything that doesn't move I had to use them as an opportunity to add a little more red. :)

Voila! I used the same anchor on the towels to help tie all the pieces together.

I LOVE how the boys' bathroom turned out! During this project my hubby said to me, "How did I know that you weren't going to just relax this summer, and that you were going to start some project?'. He knows me too well. Now to pin how to remove carpet from the stairs and how to replace the treads.

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I can not believe that I am FINALLY on summer break! After Spring Break I felt like the end of the school year was never going to come. Friday was my last day and I am looking forward to completing all of my summer projects, well at least most of them. :)

Last Monday I had the privelage of giving away 3,000 books! Our school district provides a FREE Book Fair for all K-5 students. With the help of Scholastic our students get to take home FIVE brand new books! It's a lot of work, but worth it all when I get to see how happy the kids are when they own books that they enjoy!

Like most of my project ideas I decided I needed a shirt for my favorite day as an Instructional Coach at the last minute. I pulled out my Cricut, found the following clip art and attempted to make myself a shirt. I am LOVING heat transfer vinyl and will warn you now that you will most likely see LOTS of #MondayMadeIt projects with it!

Due to the detail in the original image, this shirt took forever and didn't turn out how I had planned. Either way I love the end result and received lots of compliments on it from students and teachers.

I made these t-shirts for my boys teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week. They loved them!

My friend wanted to add a decal to her husband's Yeti like cup for Father's Day. He is a huge NC State fan so I made him the NC wolf logo. I can't wait to hear about his reaction once he receives his gift!

My friend also wanted some add personalization to her dad's cups for Father's Day and requested these images. I LOVE layering vinyl, even though it can be tricky at times. :)

My final craft vinyl project are these wine tumblers I made for my boys teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week. They say, "Keep your Apple, I'd rather have WINE". I included a gift card in each cup to help them fill their cups up.

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I'm linking up with my friend Holly for her Tried it Tuesday linky! This weekend I started decorating for fall. Fall is my FAVORITE season! I love the cooler weather and the beautiful colors. It also reminds me of home. (Holly will have to post pictures so you know what I am talking about.) I miss seeing all the hills full of color! Here in NC I am surrounded by Pine trees.

I started with my front door and new I wanted to attempt a mesh wreath. I'm not sure why, but that mesh stuff really intimidates me. I think I am a pretty good crafter, but that is one medium I have stayed away from until now.

I found this really simple Mesh Pumpkin door decor in a book my mom bought me last Spring. Of course I couldn't find the book (thank you boys) so I went to the next best thing...Pinterest!

You can get the step by step directions HERE.

This was the perfect project to get over my fear of the mesh. It seriously took me maybe 10-15 minutes to make!

And because I personalize EVERYTHING I found a way to add an "S" to my wreath. :) I've also done a pretty good job at training my little guy there...as soon as I hung it up he said, "It's perfect!". Yes, yes it is son! :)

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I am so excited to share with you what I have made for this week's Monday Made It linky! I have been contemplating what color scheme or theme to use in my new office this year, and I finally have decided! Last year one of my dear friends gave me a beautiful Dr. Seuss wreath for my classroom door. I am unable to hang it on the door at my new school, but I have been planning to hang it on the wall in my office....and my color scheme is decided...red, aqua, and yellow!

I picked up the above items from Walmart and found this tutorial on how to create flowers using the burlap ribbon. I fell in love with ribbon before I knew what I was going to do with it. Before I even paid for the items I did a quick "burlap ribbon craft" search on my phone and found the tutorial. I knew exactly what I was going to do!

The red burlap ribbon was larger than the other ribbon and didn't look right with the size of buttons I had purchased. So, I played around a bit and decided to create a layered flower. I burned my fingertips off by this point :)

I had spray painted a basic bulletin board from Walmart and hot glued on my flowers. I LOVE IT! I like how the red flower looks like a poppy!

I haven't decided which direction I plan to hang my new board, I love it either way.

{Note: I didn't cover my board very well during painting and some paint got onto the cork. At least it will be covered up eventually!}

I also created these frames using wooden frames from Michaels, Washi tape, spray paint, and my ribbon flowers. I'm not sure if I will put pictures or quotes in these yet.

Have you shopped the TpT Back to School Sale yet!?!

My entire store is 20% off {Bundles 10% off} today and tomorrow!

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I am linking up with Tara for this week's Monday Made It. Last week my boys and I worked on some projects for the up coming 4th of July holiday. I LOVE the 4th of July, being a military family makes this holiday a little extra special for us.

Every year I like to update my front door. I new use the same wreath or decoration, only because there are SO MANY cute ideas out there! This year I found a large "S" at Hobby Lobby and decided to dress it up for the 4th.

I forgot to take pictures as I was making it, but can tell you how I made it :)

1. Spray paint the letter white.

2. I used my Cricut to cut out chevron stripes and stars. I wanted my lines clean and the same, but most of all it made the project go much faster.

3. I painted the top part blue.

4. I applied my vinyl stripes and stars.

5. Finally, I cut my burlap ribbon and hot glued it to the letter where the two designs met.

My second project was for my boys. Each year for the 4th I try to make shirts for them, this year I found an idea on Pinterest for them to make their shirts. I started with plain white T-shirts from Hobby Lobby.

1. I painted their hands blue and had them place them on the shirt.

2. Once the hand print was dried I had my middle son and oldest son paint their red stripes. I painted the baby's for my own sanity.

3. I used Crayola fabric markers to write their names and the year under each flag.

This captures his personality!

Congrats to Crystal for WINNING my 4th Grade NBT Bundle! Thank you to all who entered and keep checking back for the 3rd and 5th grade set in the next several weeks!

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We all know teachers are magic, but it seems that this time of year, our magical powers need a little extra umph and a maybe even an ABRACADABRA to get us to that last day of school! So, I teamed up with some amazing intermediate bloggers to create some magic of our own! You may recall that a couple of weeks ago, we joined forces to swap some of our favorite resources, armed with the goal of putting a little extra magic in our lessons and keeping our students engaged during these final weeks of the school year.

Credit goes to these talented graphic & font artists: Krista Wallden, KG Fonts & CC Fonts.

As promised, we’re all back today with Part 2 of our blog hop giveaway – the big reveal – viola!

Nonfiction Book Report Project (Aligned to CCSS)

If you remember from my previous post I chose Kathleen's Nonfiction Informational Book Project to keep my students engaged this time of year....I am happy to report it was a hit with my students!

We collected cereal boxes for a week so we could have them ready to use. The first day I attempted to teach my kiddos how to wrap a cereal box like a present using bulletin board paper. Now, do you ever have those moments when your realize you are in too deep to abandon ship? I had that moment about two steps into this process! After repeating myself, hearing my named called over and over, and running out of glue we ended up with 23 boxes successfully wrapped.

On the second day I passed out the rubric, yes I saved my copies by shrinking it down, and showed examples of completed projects from Kathleen's blog. Students then read their nonfiction text and started taking notes and working on the assignment requirements.

On the third day my students started working on their boxes. I broke up the requirements by day, day 1 the front, day 2 the sides, day 3 the back, and day 4 was for those who needed extra time.

Here is an example of a completed front. I hate that I don't have more pictures today, I was out Friday and didn't get pictures of the completed boxes. If you check back Tuesday I will have more completed pictures.

I am so glad I chose this product! My students absolutely LOVED working on their projects and asked every day when they would get a chance to work on them. Normally, I would of assigned this project as a homework assignment, but at this time in the year I wanted to provide my kiddos an opportunity to be creative in class. While they worked I was able to pull students for their end of the year DIBELS assessments. I highly recommend Kathleen's product for a fun end of the year project! It's a fun way for students to demonstrate what they have learned about informational text.

Now to our second round of magic giveaway! We decided to switch things up a bit by having several winners this time around! In fact, 14 classrooms will receive a little magic for their own classrooms! Each of the blogs featured below will be giving their prize to a different winner!

So, perhaps you want to know what MY winner will collect! Whoever is drawn as the winner from my blog will receive

"Winner's Choice" That's right, the winner will receive one item from my store (excluding bundles)!

Good luck!

Here’s what you need to do for this giveaway:

Stop by each blog to read about all the magic that has been spread around classrooms near and far!

Enter to win each blogger’s resource using the raffle below. Each blog is showcasing the same Rafflecopter, so you can just add entries as you go!

While you are at each blog, if you’re not a blog follower already, sign on to follow! (You can earn bonus entries for following all blogs once you unlock the additional entries.)

Again, a total of 14 winners will be named! Each blog will award a winner. That individual will receive the prize listed at that blog!

Here’s the list of blogs to visit:

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