Calendar Numbers Freebie

Well have you ever gone to set up the monthly calendar and you don't have all of the numbers?

Where do they go?

I usually use the same set for August and September....they were cute little kid faces that I bought a long time ago....but not this year because somehow I lost two of them, lol. I also 'lost' my camera (but actually I am hoping I left it in my classroom). We set up the 3 main bulletin boards and took pictures but now I cant find the camera. We (my daughter and I) were there a long time and we were pretty 'pooped' when we left so hopefully it is there!
I think I will go there tonight or tomorrow to get it so I can share the pics. Everything looks so bright and fun with new backgrounds and borders!!
So back to the calendar numbers....I gave up searching for the numbers and decided to just make new ones. I used the new digital colored crayons that I drew and they turned out great. There is also a page of blank labels (sorry not editable) that you can use.

I put this one up through my FB page.

https://www.facebook.com/JoyofKindergarten

To grab your free set, click on the Fan Freebie tab. It will take you to the site to download your free set. I will likely make a new set for each month as some of my numbers are REALLY old!!

 

I'm still not counting down, but if I were it would be 10 days....

 

 

Final Four Freebie Colored Pencils

Here are the last of the colored pencils set. If you need any different colors let me know and I will try to add them.

I learned how to make files editable in a quicker way so I was able to make two sets from last summer now have editable labels.

/Bee-Happy-Classroom-Design-Set-EDITABLE

Monster Classroom Set EDITABLE

They are both priced at $4.00 for a few days.  When I make my classroom labels, I use the heavy lamination sheets (is that 5ml??) I write on them with a sharpie and place where needed. At the end of the year I clean them using nail polish remover. They will hold up REALLY well. I have some labels that I am using for the 3rd year this year and they still are in excellent shape....they look new.
If you have any goo from tape just use a little Goo Gone and it will come right off.  I use a personal laminator from my mybindings.com. I bought my lamination pages through Amazon. Oh, one more trick I found is to always run everything through the machine twice...I always do this even if they look ok with just one time.
I will not count down my days of summer until it is 10.....or maybe 7.....or 5, LOL!!

Have a wonderful week!!!

Double the Fun Freebie

Well...I'm not sure what I did wrong with this post yesterday. I wrote it from my ipad but somehow it saved as a draft and never published. It includes 2 more colored pencils. I will add 2 more tomorrow (blue and purple).


I am packing my bags today...no not for vacation, lol...to head back to my classroom to get things set up. I got the 'go-ahead' from the custodians that my floors have been cleaned so now I can go have at it! I am excited for the new year! I am a pre-planner... Much like my students, I don't do well wiith change at the last minute so the more I can get ready ahead of time the better I feel. The last time I left my room it looked liked this....
I threw away A LOT! I also did some rearranging of furniture so that I didn't have my tall cupboards blocking the windows like I did last year.  The classroom windows have blinds between the glass, so I can't get a lot of natural light. Hopefully moving the furniture will allow me a little more sunshine.

I will take pictures and share my progress.
I'm adding two more colored pencil clips today so I can get them all shared in a week. Here is yellow and green.




Have a great day!!

Monday Clip Art Freebie

Come back each day this week to grab your colored pencils.  Tomorrow's color is yellow.  I have a one day sale today on TPT for my birthday.  Have a great week....and if you are back to work already have a wonderful time meeting your new kiddo's!!

Birthday Sale & a Week of Freebies

This will be a quick post...but if you stop back this week you can grab this set of colored pencils. Up tomorrow will be orange. I will also be having a one day "It's My Birthday" sale tomorrow July 29th.

Sunny Day Crafts and TPT Sale

Happy Sunday!!

Aren't these the sunniest little craft? They caught my eye walking past the door and I had to grab my camera for a quick picture to share. They are just two circles of yellow paper with an orange painted sunny smile. The rays of the sun are loops of paper strips....super cute!!!!

Did you hear the news? There is an awesome sale on TPT this week and I am linking up with some other awesome Kinderland sellers to show you what is on sale. I will have nearly my entire store on sale for 20% off PLUS you get an additional amount off from TPT so nearly everything will be available for 28% off.

You HAVE to enter the code TAD13 at the checkout to get your extra discount...don't forget!! This is the last sale of the year and I know there will be a lot of great deals going on!! 

Today I added my Commercial Font License to TPT. You are free to use my fonts for your personal classroom items. However, if you plan to use them in a free or paid item on your blog, TPT, TN, etc then you will need to purchase a one-time license. The fonts included in the download are shown below. I will continue to add more fonts to the file and the price may eventually go up a little, but for now it is only $2.50....that's a pretty good deal, lol.

I also bundled 9 sets of my Winter and Holiday Clip Art. It has over 200 image files all hand drawn by me. It is a great deal!! You can visit my store here Mrs. Messenger on TPT. 

Are you having a sale as well? Please link up below so we can see all the great stores having a sale!! 

Happy Shopping!!!

Free Fonts and Flower Clip Art

My school is having 'Right to Read' week this week and the teachers were all busy changing their bulletin boards and classroom decorations for all of the fun activities that are planned for the children. My camera is all charged for LOTS of pictures I will take tomorrow. I will share them with you later in the week.

Are you all ready for summer? Things sure do get crazy at the end of the year don't they? I have been busy working on my graphics and blog designs. You can check out my newest blog makeovers on my design blog, Uniquely Yours Blog Designs. My daughter and I made some free fonts using the iPad and they are available there as well.

FREE FONTS

I would LOVE for you to follow me there and leave a comment if you grab the free fonts.

I also drew this little cutie for my friend Maggie. Isn't she adorable?

I made this new set of clip art. It includes all 3 sets shown:

Oodles-of-Doodles-Spring-Flowers-Snails-and-Turtles-Clip-Art

I priced it on sale today for $2.50. It includes 27 colorful clips!! Oh, and did I mention? If you follow my Facebook Fan Page you can grab the Flower Clip Art for FREE!!! Yep, it's true!! Click on the 'Fan Freebie' tab I just added to my Facebook page and it will take you to the free clip art link. 

Have a WONDERFUL week!!

Friday Freebie.... a Day Late

So I made a personal goal to post 3 times a week.....and I have made it to 2 this week. To spark my motivation I made this cute sign.....

Well one of the babies ended up in the hospital this week for 3 days so that put a hold on everything. He is out of the hospital for now, but there is a new specialist we need to go see. I did get to make a few freebies this morning. First up is a cute blank newsletter template for the month of March.

The frames and artwork are drawn by me. Sorry, I have no idea how to make editable text boxes so you will have to fill it in my hand.....does it work to try 'insert text box'....not sure but it might.

You can download it for free on TPT here Blank March Newsletter Template.

I also made these....

These are also a freebie!! There are 16 files in the packet: 8 png files and 8 jpeg files. You can grab them here Scribble Frames Freebie. 

If you use these items for anything beyond personal use in your own classroom, please link credit back here to my blog, or to my store. An icon is included in the zip file.

I used the random number generator for my Math Story Problems giveaway and it picked numbers 3, 11 and 20. I will email the file to you today!!

Thanks so much for following my blog and for all your sweet comments!!

March Clip Art Freebie

I was playing around with a different art program today to see if it was any easier to draw with. I made a few pieces of March clip art that you can grab here for free. Just right click and select 'save as'.

Girl with shamrock

Striped shamrock

Dot shamrock

Today I gave my Kindergarten Math Story Problems set a complete makeover. I changed the font, added colored mats for each design, and I added a number line to every page. I really like how it turned out! I think it is even better than the original file. If you previously purchased it from my TPT store be sure to download the new version. 

If you do not have a copy you can leave a comment and your email below. I will give away 3 sets on Friday. Speaking of Friday, I have set a personal goal to make Friday's my Fabulous Freebie day. My goal is to post a new clip every Friday!!

Did I show you what I got for Valentine's Day???

Yes!!! Another new grandbaby...that's 2 new babies in 15 days if you are keeping count!

Have a great week!!!

My Blogiversary Reflections...How I Create Clip Art...and a Freebie

Hi Teacher Friends!!
It has been nearly a year since I decided to begin blogging. Shortly thereafter I began posting free items on Teacher's Pay Teachers. It has been an adventure and big learning experience for me. I have made so many wonderful friends along the way... teachers that I never would have 'met' any other way.
I have learned a lot from this experience and it truly has made me a better teacher for my students. I have two things I am especially proud of. First is a childhood dream that is now a reality. When I was little I LOVED to draw. I actually initially went to college to become an art teacher. I realized after two years that this might not be the right path for me....although I still loved to draw.... and switched majors to early childhood education. Twenty plus years later this childhood love has become a reality for me as I create and sell my clip art, which I call 'Oodles of Doodles'.
How do I make the clip art you might ask?
I began many months ago just drawing in ink and scanning the images into my computer. I then digitally colored the images using an art program. This was fun and exciting for me. I got great advice and support from my friend and artist Michelle from The 3AM Teacher. She is an amazing artist and wonderfully kind friend. She was and has always been a great cheerleader for me! It was such a thrill when people complimented my little doodles and wanted to use them in their teacher products. I continued along this learning process and watched every tutorial online that I could (and there are a lot!!). I took the next step a few months ago and purchased a Wacom board. I can best describe this as a board about the size of a mouse pad that you draw on with a special pen. Silly me thought this would be so easy.... I mean I already knew how to draw right? Oh my goodness..... I was SO wrong. I spent about a month just playing with it, trying to master drawing digitally.  There are a variety of different boards available in different price ranges. If you are a beginner and interested in just trying it you can pick one up for less that $100. I bought mine at Best Buy. The board plugs into your computer via a USB plug. Through trial and error I figured it out...although early on I really wanted to give up and go back to paper, ha! I watched MORE tutorials and figured out how to add different effects. And now, I am selling my doodles pretty frequently. I LOVE opening Pinterest or TPT and seeing a fun teaching activity with MY artwork on it! It is still a slow process for me. Each little doodle might take me an hour or more to create, but I am enjoying the journey.!!

I enjoy creating and sharing activities on Teacher's Pay Teachers as well. This is another slow learning process. My advice to you is to create unique and carefully crafted activities and products for your own students. Don't try to copy the work of others.... find your niche, try it with your students and make it your own. Which leads me to the second thing I am proud of... my Kindergarten Homework Packets. I began creating them for my students as a method for parents to see on a daily basis what their children are working on and learning about in school. These have become very popular. It is amazing to me to think that I am touching so many young learners in classrooms across the US. Each packet takes me a LONG time to make....probably an hour or more per page. I wanted the packets to be fun for the children, and helpful to teachers and parents as we take this common core standards journey. Parents appreciate them as it gives them access to the skills their child is expected to master during the kindergarten year. I have created monthly packets for September thru January. I receive great feedback and so many kind words of thanks! This is my most recent packet....

January Kindergarten Homework Packet

So I will leave you with a little freebie I created with my clip art. It is a roll and cover. You can find it by following the link below the picture. There are a few other freebies in the same google file. If you take a copy I would love for you to leave a comment!! 

Snowman Roll and Cover

Thanks for following me and sharing this blogging journey with me. I feel very blessed for the people I have met the past year!

I Need a Resolution...and New Clip Art

Hello Teacher Friends!!
Do you ever lose time when you are on the internet? I log on to the internet and follow a short list of to do's.
This short list includes reading my favorite blogs. And that is where I get stalled. There are so many great blogs to read, so many ideas to try. I lose all track of time and then poof.... I never get to a new post. So, although I am not a great believer in making New Year Resolution's I really must try! I need to create balance between creating clip art and activities, reading blogs and messaging with my cyber teacher friends, and posting here.... MUST...CREATE.... BALANCE!

I will try.

In the meantime I have been busy drawing two new clip art sets. The first is a big set of snowmen.

All of the above pictures are bundled into one set. I included all of the blackline masters as well. You can find it here Oodles of Doodles Snowman Set. 

The other set is another penguin set. This time a baby penguin wearing scarves in different patterns and colors. It's a cutie!

Here is the link if you want to take a peek: Baby Penguin Clip Art

Thanks so much for following my blog. As a little thank you I have added five of the new penguins to my Google Doc file titles "Freebies".

You can find them by following this link... Baby Penguins Freebies

If you use these in anything you create please include my button and a link to my web page.

 Thanks Again for following me!!

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop

Hello Teacher Friends!!
December is finally here! I am so excited for all of the fun activities I have planned at school, especially the arrival of our Elf and his friend Mouse.

I am also super excited to be a part of the

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop.

I am joining up with some fabulous friends to offer great holiday freebies to wish you a wonderful holiday.

I have a fun sampler pack of my holiday clip art up on TPT, free to download.

Clip Art Sampler

I also finished my December Kindergarten Homework Packet. It is a monthly packet of weekly homework. Since everyone has a short month, this packet is 3 weeks of homework and a Holiday Color Word Emergent Reader. I just loaded it and it will be on sale for 20% off through the 12 days blog hop.

December Kindergarten Homework

Here is a free page from the packet that would be fun for morning work.

You can access it by visiting my google docs.

December Morning Work Freebie

In case you missed day 1 of the 12 Days Blog Hop....scoot on over to Time 4 Kindergarten and Ketchen's Kindergarten, two sweet Kindergarten teachers and friends!!

And of course check out the other Day 2 blogs, Rainbows Within Reach and Sharing Kindergarten. I love those gals!! Isn't it amazing the friends you can meet through blogging?

 I have my camera charging so I can take lots of pictures this week!! Have a WONDERFUL week!!