Tomorrow I am starting my Pumpkin/Halloween Unit with my class! I'm super excited! :) There are so many lessons and activities that I have planned to make learning about pumpkins fun! As always, I continuously am looking for ways to save money or create lessons on a budget. Here is a simple idea for the mini-story/chant: The 5 Little Pumpkins!
How do you make them?! ---> These are a product of a cut up, orange pool noodle! (creative, huh?!) Add googly eyes and stick on a piece of a green pipe cleaner for the stem and TADA - an instant pumpkin! She added a magnet on the back so that we could use these on our magnet board. PERFECT! To make these even more usable for my classroom, I printed out other photo's that relate to the story of the 5 Little Pumpkins (witches, being late, running, etc.) and laminated them and added magnets - now we can visualize the entire story. Essentially I am using this as a modern day felt board.
So... The total cost you ask?! FREE!!! Since this was a gift from a fellow (very creative) co-worker, I obtained this awesome teaching tool for absolutely nothing. However, if you were to make this yourself you would only need a few bucks! First of all - look around this summer or in the clearance section for an orange pool noodle! (Usually they're pretty cheap!) I'm sure that you have some extra googly eyes laying around somewhere in your classroom but if you don't - check out the Dollar Tree (in the craft section they are $1) and you can get a bag of 20 "Halloween" colored pipe cleaners in the Target Dollar Section for $1 or a pack of just plain green at Pat Catan's for $1.19 - I'm sure any craft store will have them cheap as well! :) If you plan on adding a magnet you can get a roll of "sticky" craft magnets for about $5 and it lasts forever!! Either way, this is a cheap, cheap project that can enhance your entire Pumpkin/Halloween Unit! SO many possibilities! :) :)
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