This weekend, the weather report is calling for mixed snow and rain. I'm all about the winter, as many of you know, remember this collage post here? But, mixed snow and rain? That is not my favorite combo from Mama Nature herself. Good thing, my mama is visiting from TN and brings sunshine with her by just being....her.
Now, it's time to lighten things up myself....I think some paint swatch garland will do the trick.
Join me? Free paint swatches + punched out shapes + holes + string + an industrious six-year-old who likes to faux sew = happiness and a whole lot of color!
If you are looking for more paint swatch ideas that are classroom specific, do check out this one:
Smiling,
Jen
PS - Welcome new college students who are just reading Upcycled Education for the first time. Thanks for joining! Remember when we spoke about "Think Pair Share?" You can read that short post here.
Loving this blog post and your entire blog, too! Happy to find you and pass your link along!
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All the best,
Jen
My wonderful sister in law brought me LOTS of paint chips from WalMart. I'm going to use them for vocabulary development and getting the kids to use better words.
ReplyDeleteThey will start with a basic word, such as 'happy', and then come up with a better word for each color block. Same word, different shades. The paint names are great for sensory details as well.
Shannon - That's a clever idea for paint swatches. I love that your sister-in-law brought you so many. I need to have my family members do the same.
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I think Paint Swatch Garland's could be a fun new way to make connections in the classroom similarly to paper chain links. Each flower can have a step to a process for example the first flower can say plant seeds and the next flower can say water seeds and so on.
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Seriously, I didn't know you could do this much with paint swatches! This means I need to go to my local Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart, etc. and ask them to save all of the swatches for discontinued colors! I know they will end up just throwing them away, so I would be doing the environment a favor too! (Last paint swatch comment I swear!)
ReplyDeleteM - Keep the paint swatch enthusiasm coming!
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