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This kit includes everything you need to implement the magical shrinking hat project in your classroom or home during the St. Patrick's Day holiday. The directions for this project can be located at my blog:
http://kindergartenmonkeybusiness.blogspot.com/2012/03/legend-of-shrinking-leprechaun-hats.html, but are also included within this kit for you to readily have forever.
It is an amazing project that students NEVER forget. The legend of the shrinking hats(made up and written by me with 2 versions- one for teachers and one for parents) , a letter from Lucky, a scavenger hunt type secret message left by Lucky, as well as some writing activities. Your students will be mesmerized by this activity and it will product some amazing creative writing because of it.
http://kindergartenmonkeybusiness.blogspot.com/2012/03/legend-of-shrinking-leprechaun-hats.html, but are also included within this kit for you to readily have forever.
It is an amazing project that students NEVER forget. The legend of the shrinking hats(made up and written by me with 2 versions- one for teachers and one for parents) , a letter from Lucky, a scavenger hunt type secret message left by Lucky, as well as some writing activities. Your students will be mesmerized by this activity and it will product some amazing creative writing because of it.
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ckovacich
My kids loved this! I will do this again next year.
June 6, 2013 
SpanishTeacherPM
Loved it
June 2, 2013
Bonnie3
Thank you!
May 19, 2013
kmozak
My littles loved this!
May 16, 2013
Jennifer Schultz (TpT Seller)
Exactly what I was looking for!!! The kids LOVED this project!!!
May 13, 2013
Sheila Mabry
My students loved this!
May 12, 2013
jmgehrer
Our school just got an oven this year... I know what I'm doing with it!! Awesome!
May 9, 2013
jbedra
This was so much fun for my class and me. I had so much fun watching them guess how the leprechaun shrank their hats.
May 7, 2013
staycher
Lots of fun activities. Thanks
May 7, 2013
Rachel Gusso
This was so much fun to do with my Kindergarten class! Must do every year!!
May 6, 2013
KCteachet2
Fabulous!
May 6, 2013
thadama
KIds Loved it!
May 6, 2013
mmyers222
This was so fun to do!
May 3, 2013
kielsmom
My class LOVED this activity! The hats turned out great and the fact that not one of them looked like another just added to the mystery! Thank you so much for sharing.
April 21, 2013
Sweetz9422
Such a cute activity...my kids were amazed and convinced that leprachauns had to be real.
I found that shrinking 1 or 2 at a time had much better results than trying to a bunch at once. And watch CLOSELY. Some shrunk quicker than others???
I found that shrinking 1 or 2 at a time had much better results than trying to a bunch at once. And watch CLOSELY. Some shrunk quicker than others???
April 21, 2013
kalmquist
My kinders loved this!
April 19, 2013
nicolemgiven
One of my favorite TPT purchases EVER! :o)
April 11, 2013
Ann Danella
This was a great activity and it sure beats having to clean up after those pesky leprechauns. I'm not sure if it was the oven I used but shrinking them was difficult many of them turned out lopsided. The kids didn't mind at all. It was hard to keep the kids out of my classroom the morning. I had to pretend I was too busy dancing with the leprechauns and the were afraid of my giant kindergarteners. :-)
April 10, 2013
melissaf21
My students and I LOVED this! Thanks so much!
April 10, 2013
kquick07
My kids loved the hats!
April 8, 2013
karen20
I am so lucky you created this!
April 7, 2013
wareagle85
So much fun!
April 6, 2013
als38
Love this activity!
April 5, 2013
Jaime Pepson (TpT Seller)
My students were talking about this for the entire week after St. patrick's Day! Will become a tradition in my room :)
April 4, 2013
Renee Herin (TpT Seller)
My kids LOVED the shrinking hats! It was so great to see their faces light up! Thanks :)
April 3, 2013
Nicole Smith
Getting ready for next year :)
April 1, 2013
carolynkoble
Great idea! The kids loved it.
March 31, 2013
nemsherman
Awesome!
March 31, 2013
dword
My students thought this was the greatest!!
March 30, 2013
Jennifer Davis
This was so much fun!!
March 30, 2013
jlvan
These are all great!
March 28, 2013
porschea
Loved this!!!v My students were amazed that their hat was tiny!!!!
March 27, 2013
wadragmen
Awesome! My first graders loved this!!!
March 24, 2013
Spedteacher23
We had so much fun with the shrinking hats.
March 23, 2013
maegan
My students love this!
March 23, 2013
jenniferlee1
My students loved this! It'd be great if the poems were modified for school too!
March 22, 2013
Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business (TpT Seller)
I provided both versions of the legend and letters, one for home and one for school. Did you just miss it? Or are you talking about something else? Let me know!
March 22, 2013
jjfitzwater
So much fun!
March 21, 2013
mrsgfowler
I just did this in my classroom - it was such a hit! They loved deciphering Lucky's code, and seeing their shrunken hats!
March 19, 2013
cmclisacarter
I did the shrinking hat last year, but having the secret message and additional activities from this pack made it even more fun for my class this year.
March 19, 2013
Mary Anne Hazelwood (TpT Seller)
I only had one hat out of 21 turn out cute and I followed the directions. I also started worrying that toxic fumes were coming from oven. Your work is cute but Ill never try this again.
March 19, 2013
jrhorvath
I loved this idea!
March 18, 2013
michelle ott
This was so much better than traps!
March 18, 2013
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orr217
I fixed my printing problem. I drug/dragged? the file into google docs and it printed right away. Hope this helps everyone.
March 15, 2013
kanen
I can't get the pages to print. :(
March 15, 2013
Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business (TpT Seller)
Oh my word! I have no idea why this happens to some...there is a tutorial on my blog under FAQ that has helped many (http://mrsminersmonkeybusiness.com), otherwise we are told to direct you to tech crew at tpt! I am sure you wanted this for today and the only other thing you can do is to send me your email address and I can send you the file from my computer at lunchtime as I am in grad class all day. I am crossing my fingers for you, I really hope this problem gets figured out at TpT, I understand how frustrating it is. I'll ck back at lunchtime. So sorry! Krissy
March 15, 2013
jeeper8915
I can't get the pages to print.
March 10, 2013
Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business (TpT Seller)
I am really hoping you figured out what to do to get this to print because I never got notified of your question that's been sitting here and only saw it when I got another one today...sooooo sorry. This won't help you now, but you can always email me directly with questions too! krissyldavis@hotmail.com
here are some directions that may help or send me your email address and i will ck for it at lunchtime and send it via email (not sure if that will work either though-it has something to do with versions of different programs and usually on macs)
Dear Customer, You can find a tutorial on my blog (http://mrsminersmonkeybusiness.com ) under the FAQ tab that has helped many people with this same issue. If that doesn't help, TpT sellers are asked to direct customers with any technical problems to them. So, if the tutorial doesn't help, you can email them. Thank you and I am sorry for your inconvenience. Krissy Miner
here are some directions that may help or send me your email address and i will ck for it at lunchtime and send it via email (not sure if that will work either though-it has something to do with versions of different programs and usually on macs)
Dear Customer, You can find a tutorial on my blog (http://mrsminersmonkeybusiness.com ) under the FAQ tab that has helped many people with this same issue. If that doesn't help, TpT sellers are asked to direct customers with any technical problems to them. So, if the tutorial doesn't help, you can email them. Thank you and I am sorry for your inconvenience. Krissy Miner
March 15, 2013
knit2s
I too can not get your leprechaun unit to print. Please check on this.
March 10, 2013
Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business (TpT Seller)
Dear Customer, You can find a tutorial on my blog (http://mrsminersmonkeybusiness.com ) under the FAQ tab that has helped many people with this same issue. If that doesn't help, TpT sellers are asked to direct customers with any technical problems to them. So, if the tutorial doesn't help, you can email them. Thank you and I am sorry for your inconvenience. Krissy Miner
March 10, 2013
Becky Frazier
I can't get this to print. It says no pages selected. Never had this problem before. Would you please e-mail it to me @becky.frazier@russellvilleschools.net
March 7, 2013
Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business (TpT Seller)
Dear Customer, You can find a tutorial on my blog (http://mrsminersmonkeybusiness.com ) under the FAQ tab that has helped many people with this same issue. If that doesn't help, TpT sellers are asked to direct customers with any technical problems to them. So, if the tutorial doesn't help, you can email them. Thank you and I am sorry for your inconvenience. Krissy Miner
March 10, 2013
beewise67
I often have problems with the items you create not wanting to print for me. I get a message from Adobe saying no pages have been selected etc. You are the only seller I ever run in to this problem with. I usually tinker around with Print Preview etc and can get it to print but then the margins are messed up. Any ideas?
March 6, 2013
Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business (TpT Seller)
Dear Customer, I am really sorry about this problem...I really don't know why this happens. You can find a tutorial on my blog (http://mrsminersmonkeybusiness.com ) under the FAQ tab that has helped many people with this same issue. If that doesn't help, TpT sellers are asked to direct customers with any technical problems to them. So, if the tutorial doesn't help, you can email them. Thank you and I am sorry for your inconvenience. Krissy Miner
March 10, 2013
lferron1
I sent you my email to the email address you provided. Thanks!
March 18, 2012
lferron1
I absolutely loved this unit and my kids had soooo much fun doing it!! My cups, however, did not look anything like hats coming out! haha I'm wondering if it's because I had to keep opening the oven door, as I don't have a window. I've decided that I am just going to blame it on Thing One and Thing Two messing with the leprechauns magic! lol They will love it all the more! I would love to be able to add it to the letter that the leprechaun leaves. Do you have an editable copy of the letter or do you want us to use it only as is? Thank you!!
March 18, 2012
Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business (TpT Seller)
Hello, Having so many people do this activity, I've learned a couple of things: the ridged styrofoam cups work best, the large cups work, but not as well, and it could take up to 20 minutes for the cups to shrink right! I couldn't believe it! I guess there are a lot of variables and possibly having to open the oven would be one?? Not sure about that though! Shoot me your email and I'll share the letter so you can edit it! In fact, I am thinking of adding that kind of letter to the kit when I have time so that people whose projects fail have something to turn to! krissyldavis@hotmail.com
March 18, 2012
Amy Moore
Help...my cups didn't shrink in the oven...they just collapsed. I am not sure what I did wrong. Any ideas/tips.
Thank you!
Thank you!
March 16, 2012
Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business (TpT Seller)
What I am starting to wonder is if you need to have the styrofoam cups with the ridges. Did you use those? If you did, then I am not sure what the problem was. I have done this for years with various brands of cups and never had a problem. ??? Let me know because I would love to be able to give people more info in regards to what works and what doesn't, etc...I've just never had any problems doing it! Sorry!
March 16, 2012
Crystal Carranco (TpT Seller)
Already bought the unit but after at least 60 cups-2 different kinds-I have had 2 turn out like the image on the activity. I'm not sure what to attribute it to because I've tried changing temps, cups, baking sheets, and markers. Now I'm writing a letter from Lucky explaining how he got too busy and left Lucky Charms cereal bars as a peace offering! Maybe next year I'll figure it out :-P
March 15, 2012
Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business (TpT Seller)
I can't even imagine why!!?? I have bought different kinds of cups every year (just getting the cheapest, wherever I am at) and have never had a problem. Did they shrink at all? Did you leave them in for a long period of time? Iknow someone had to leave them in for 10 minutes, but they did eventually shrink. That is so disappointing! I wish I had more answers for you??!!
March 16, 2012
starrs99
I found the post about the hats on your blog. I wanted to practice with a few hats before I purchased your unit with the letter, etc. I tried with 2 different brand cups, but neither seemed to work all that well for me. One did shrink to a great size, but got pretty bent up. The other stopped shrinking and never got small enough. I was using a dark cookie sheet at 250 degrees. I am extremely interested in purshasing this unit and completing this activity tomorrow, but was hoping you could tell me the brand of cups you used and possibly even the size of cup in case that makes a difference. Thanks!
March 15, 2012
Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business (TpT Seller)
Hello! I use the small styrofoam cups (6 ounces maybe??)and I have used all kinds of brands--usually the cheapest, store brand that I can find. You might have to play with your oven a bit to figure out what works well. You might have to turn it up to 300. I did some last night at 300 for 2 minutes and it worked fine. They will eventually shrink...if it is taking that long, I would turn up the oven. Good luck!
March 15, 2012
Cindy Lebsack (TpT Seller)
Hi! For some reason it will not print for me. It says "Not able to print". Could it be emailed to me? I would really like to use this tomorrow so they can get their shrunken hats on Friday. Thanks so much!
March 14, 2012
Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business (TpT Seller)
Send your email address to krissyldavis@hotmail.com and I can send you it!
March 15, 2012
hpulley
My school and I only own Macs. I have tried several different ways to print and nothing is printing. I don't know what to do. I loved you ideas so much when I found it that I bought your unit right away. I have tried everything to get it to print. Do you have any suggestions. I am planning to do this activity on Friday. Please, let me know. I don't have a PC and none of my family or friends own a PC.
March 14, 2012
Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business (TpT Seller)
Hello! Send me your address and I will send you the PDF format! I can't believe this has happened??!! I don't get it at all. krissyldavis@hotmail.com
Sorry for the inconvenience, but I will make sure you can open it soon enough! :)
Sorry for the inconvenience, but I will make sure you can open it soon enough! :)
March 14, 2012
Lynne Kistler
I must not be very good at being a sneaky leprechaun - I tried shrinking some sample styrofoam cups but after 10 minutes at 250 degrees barely anything happened. I noticed you mentioned using a dark pan and I was using a silver baking sheet - I wonder if that had anything to do with it. Just wondering if you have any advice for getting the trick to work. Thanks!
March 13, 2012
Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business (TpT Seller)
Yes, definitely use a dark pan! Hopefully the leprechauns will be in your corner this time! Good thing you tried it before doing it with the kiddos! Good luck!!
March 13, 2012
riddzie
Didn't mean to hit the inappropriate flag on myself! Sorry!
March 3, 2012
riddzie
Hello there! When I saw the shrinking hat activity I was beyond excited! I just had to share your unit with my team of 4 grade one teachers. Instead of being excited they were all incredibly concerned! They explained that styrofoam cannot be heated as it emits dangerous toxins and can spontaneously catch fire! So here is my question, do you use a special kind of cup or just use plain old styrofoam cups? I would really love to try your activity but I am really nervous now. Thank you for all that you do!
March 2, 2012
Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business (TpT Seller)
You know, I looked all over the internet for info about this. It is all about the toxins getting into your food when styrofoam melts. I am thinking with the small scale of melting going on that it will be okay. I've never had one catch fire, I can say that. I guess people just need to use their best judgement, do it with caution, and watch carefully. thanks for the concern.
March 3, 2012
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