Made It Monday!!

It is Made It Monday!!! I love getting to this day (wait, who likes Mondays????) because I get to reflect on crafts/projects that I have completed! I also get to take a breath of fresh air to start the week on a HAPPY, POSITIVE, note :)

I have created a Summer Bucket List with different projects to create for this coming school year! Each week I focus on 2-3 projects to tackle. I like working on only a few at a time because I am able to focus soley on them and doing them the RIGHT way, not the fast way!! 

This past week, I finished quite a few projects that I am SO excited for!! My Made It Monday project is an attendance board! This board will be placed in the doorway of our class and will be used for specials teachers/subs/etc to know who is there that day. I think it will be very effective to be able to look at with one glance be able to tell!

Here are the supplies: 

1 Cookie Sheet

Glue gun

Crystal Gems (dollar store)

Magnets (however many students you have!)

Mod Podge

Paintbrush

Number Stickers

Ribbon or Washi Tape

The first thing I did was glue my ribbon about 3/4 of the down on the cookie sheet. I figure more students will be at school than absent ;)

Next I used a silhouette to print all my numbers out. You could easily buy number stickers from the Dollar Store or Walmart in the scrapbook section! I used cardstock for the numbers and after a few trials found the brighter the paper, the better!! For the words on the cookie sheet, I used vinyl! 

After the numbers were printed, I painted Mod Podge on the flat side of the gem. Then I placed the numbers on the flat side of the gems and put another coat of Mod Podge over the numbers! Once they  were dried, I hot glued the magnets to the back side (flat side!) of the gem.

To label each section, I decided on three sections: 'Ready to Learn' (at school), 'Absent', and 'Other'. I am using Other for students who leave the room for ESL services, speech, PT/OT, etc. That way the teacher knows they are at school, but needed to be pulled for something! I used vinyl on the silhouette to make these labels and placed them on their section! 

 

Overall, I am so pleased with how it turned out!!! Next project is to use the gems to make alphabet magnets :)

Let me know what you think!!