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DIY Project For Kids: Easy To Make Stress Balloons
Are you looking for a fun diy project for kids to make? Try these flour diy stress balloons. They are easy to make and kids love them.
These stress balloons are really easy to make and kids have fun making them. It is a project that they can do by themselves. It was such a success at our spring fundraiser, that we had to take orders to make more.
Equipment needed:
- large balloons (small ones don't work well) - a funnel - flour - bowl to hold the flour - scoop for the flour - pencil
If you are looking for some more fun to make diy projects check out the ones we made for our spring fundraiser.
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We worked hard this week preparing for Mom's special day. Here are some of the highlights of what we did.
We began by using some of the ideas from Tracey's Mahalo, Mothers! Check out The Teacher's Chair to find out more about this.
We also made cards for Mom and we added a bit of writing inside of them. We used the information we had gathered from the interview and similes activities.
These forms are available as part of a package in myTpT store.
Here's wishing all those mothers out there and those special ladies, a very happy Mothers Day. You are truly special.
DIY Project For Kids: I Spy Jar
If you are looking for a fun diy project for kids, check this one out. This I Spy Jar will engage kids and keep them looking as it is different each time they try it.
These I Spy Jars are easy to make and they can be adapted to fit most small objects that can be found around the home. Here are the step by step instructions for making you own I Spy Jar.
These little bottles are a great gift and they are easy to make. All you need is a few small items that can be found when turning the jar around and around so that the seed moves and the items peek out.
Click on the image to get a free copy of these labels.
There you have it. Some cute I Spy jars. Have fun making them.
If you are looking for some more fun to make diy projects check out the ones we made for our spring fundraiser.
Fun DIY Project For KidsAre you looking for a quick, fun diy project for your students? Try these diy fancy bell pencils. They are easy to make and a big hit with the kids.  A few years ago, we created many different diy projects for a spring fundraiser. This one of the projects we made. I made my students each one of these for Christmas and they liked them so much they were excited to be able to make them for the sale.  Here are the materials needed. fancy pencils pipe cleaners bells
These pencils are a great hit, but be prepared for some musical sounds when they are being used. It is a fair trade-off though because it shows that they are writing. Enjoy the happy sounds of these creations.  
If your school is like mine, money is in short supply and so are resources. Teachers are constantly supplementing classrooms from their own pockets so that the children can have creative resources and hands on materials. Now, even the cost of buses to go on field trips is becoming very high.
I really wanted to do something different and special with my class before the end of the year, so I decided that it would be fun to travel to another place where many students may not have been before. During Spring Break, I had the good fortune to spend a day and a half in an elementary school in Port Hardy, a town at the northern tip of Vancouver Island. I met some wonderful teachers and students and I also got to see a student of mine who moved up there at Christmastime. I thought it would be fun for my class to get to know her new class and the class next door. What better way than to actually go there. We are studying about our country, so I wanted to start with the island we live on. Most children have been down island to Nanaimo or Victoria, but not many have been up to the north end of the island. I have lived in Campbell River for many years, and last month was the first time I had visited this town. I checked into getting a bus and discovered that it would be very expensive. I didn't want to ask parents to pay out large amounts of money, so I had to get creative. Then I had a lightbulb moment. We had just finished working on our money unit. Instead of doing a mock sale in my class with the school play money, why not do a real sale and earn money. Last year, the older students in the school did a Young Entrepreneurs sale. When I saw the items they were selling, I started to think about how this could be modified and used in a smaller dose with my Grade threes. I promptly forgot about it until about 2 weeks ago. So, this is how our Spring Sale Fundraiser event began. Check out our 9 products that we made for sale!
We raised $325.00 and we even had to take orders for our stress balloons because they were so popular that we ran out of them.
If you need to raise money and you want it to be child driven, this is a fantastic way of doing it. The kids were so motivated, and they also learned first hand how to earn money in the real world. Check out the DIY blog posts for directions on how to create some of these projects.
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About Me Charlene Sequeira
I am a wife, mother of 4, grandmother of 9, and a retired primary and music teacher. I love working with kids and continue to volunteer at school and teach ukulele. 
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