
2. Make a little tag so people know what it’s for.
3. Cut out circles. I saw this done before and liked that they looked like little balloons once they were finished. I used cardstock paper from Michaels and also my Martha Stewart Circle Cutter (love this tool!)
4. Then, I glued on the note and then taped the straw to the back. I tried hole punching and tried to put the straw through the circle, but it just looked bad and squished the paper, which I didn’t like. So….tape it is!
5. Then, I made the little container to hold them. I love the plastic paint containers/buckets (not sure what these are really called) from Michaels. I cut scrapbook paper and taped it inside. I love the colors on this paper and love the polka dots.
And voila – here it is!
Since these containers only hold so much without falling over I decided to have 2 – 12 straws in each…. I thought about getting the big container but also didn’t want them falling all over if it was too big. So, I decided to stick with the smaller size and have two.
Hope everyone has a good Monday!
Also, be sure to check out the TPT Blast Off Back to School Sale – my whole store is 20% off and technically 28% off with the TPT code “BTS2014”
4 Comments
Ana María
August 4, 2014 at 12:19 pmHi, I'm Ana from Spain. I like your blog. I have been teacher for 23 years. I am always looking for new ideas, and young teachers like you have lots of them. I'll do my best to write a bit in English in my blog of teacher "Una maestra al borde de un ataque de nervios" (http://anahannah.lacoctelera.net/), because I have another about patchwork. I repeat: your blog is very interesting. Thanks for it.
kisses from Madrid.
Kim
August 4, 2014 at 4:34 pmI love the birthday crazy straws. I think that will be my project for this week. I was getting bored with birthday pencils. So creative. Thanks for sharing!
Kim
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Jordan
September 2, 2014 at 3:03 amThanks Kim! I used to do pencils too, but it's fun to change it up every once in awhile.
Jordan
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Jordan
September 2, 2014 at 3:03 amHi Ana!
Thanks for the sweet comments all the way from Spain! Glad you're finding the blog useful! Hope you're having a good school year!
Jordan
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