Hoppy Easter

Preface: This is a totally vain post, completely unrelated to teaching.  :)  

So as it turns out, I'm a terrible wife.  My husband fooled me into thinking he didn't get me anything for Easter, so after deliberating about what to get/do all week I ended up getting him NOTHING by default.  Boy did I feel terrible when he surprised me with a shirt, dress, and leggings that I had been wanting.  :( 

So... I set out to try to make it up to him... somehow.  So I made this card, and (obviously) I was pretty proud of myself.  I thought it turned out pretty cute.  Each egg hidden in the grass is a mini card that can be opened and reveals a 'coupon' i.e. "This egg is good for one 1-hour back rub."  Maybe I was a little extra proud because other than a peek to get ideas on how to draw a bunny, the card was 100% my own creative inspiration.  No Pintrest help here.  (Actually I thought of it all in the shower :)  

Anyway, I hope you like it too. 

Anybunny want a carrot?

Earlier this week I posted pictures of our class Fiesta last Friday (sniff, sniff, it's hard to believe my Spring Break is almost over!) including our mini red pepper pinatas. They were so cute.  So I got to thinking... "Carrots are cone-ish shaped... it's Easter... rabbits eat carrots... hey!  You could make a carrot mini-pinata for Easter."  So I did. Just because. If you want to make one (or anything cone shaped for that matter) here's how to do it:

 First cut a toilet paper roll in half.  Then roll it into a cone shape and tape it secure.  Cut off the excess top.

 Fill it with candy - jelly beans, eggs, whatever you want/have!

 Wrap it with green tissue paper, taping the ends in place.  Twist the top, or tie with rafia or ribbon. 

Get orange streamers (crepe paper) - of if you, like me, don't have any, use orange paper.  Cut two paper-length strips about the width of crepe paper (~2inches). Fray the paper.Wrap the pinata, gluing the top edge as you go and viola, you're done!

One mini carrot pinata ready for an Easter bunny.

Also, a reminder, that you can get my paragraph writing unit and the Spelling and Phonogram test forms for FREE (click the links or see details below!)

Also, I wanted to give a little shout out for Heather at http://secondgradeperks.blogspot.com/. She is doing a grammar packet giveaway and I would sure like to win.  You should check it out!