Creative Materials

Directions: Color the following words above according to the Zone they belong: Blue- sad, sick, tired, bored, moving slowly Green- happy, calm, feeling okay, focused, ready to learn Yellow- frustrated, worried, silly, wiggly, excited, loss of some control Red- mad, angry, terrified, yelling, hitting, elated, out of control

You can use the basket for a mini Easter basket or a paper flower basket. My class will be coloring plaster eggs and placing their egg inside. The basket is perfect for one normal size egg.

Have your students color each pendant. Once each pendant is colored cut out the shape. Then fold the tab hanging off the pendant in half. Take a ribbon or string between the fold and staple. It works best if you put two staples on the sides and one staple in the middle. These pendants are great to decorate a classroom or dance or home. My students are in 6-12 grade in my class, we did it with our Unified PE class as a Unified Art Project and they loved it!

This Thanksgiving activity takes being thankful to a new level. We all have done the turkey with the things we are thankful for which is fun way to make a turkey. I decided that to really show others what you are thankful for you shouldn't just do something for yourself. Actions speak louder than words! Gobble, gobble! Help everyone stuff their Thanksgiving turkey with more than just food this year stuff it with love! Stuff everyone's turkey with compliments!

A 3-D dimensional egg design that is able to be used as just a fun paper egg in a basket or an ornament. You decide! My kids decided to put them in their baskets we made, see Spring Weaved Basket for my basket design.

Build a model mailbox with students. Then help students decorate their mailbox template. Make sure they use the box on the side template and door template to write their name. They will fold the tabs and glue the mailbox together. You may prefer printing this in card stock to make the mailbox more sturdy.

A nice decoration for having a Friendsgiving Party.

During graduation season, your class may want a quick coloring break. Here is a great way to help send off your students who are graduating by congratulating them with this fun graduation banner. I use this banner with my students who are aging out as well to help make them feel like their peers as they exit their time attending high school.

Just in time for Thanksgiving I have created a Serious Turkey and Silly Turkey. They can be used as a coloring page, story prompts, visuals of good or off task behavior, and so forth. I created these as visuals for my students Expected Unexpected board.

During the end of the year not all our students can afford to purchase a Yearbook and some schools don't have Yearbooks. To help your students create a keepsake that will be meaningful I have created a board game themed signing pages.