October, November, December Holiday Crafts & Decorations

October:

October Bulletin Board

I try to decorate something above their coat hangers to help distinguish the Big 3's class from other surrounding classrooms.

Egg carton spiders

This idea I got from Pinterest. It's a Jack-O-Lantern bean bag toss. I used it for their Halloween party and they enjoyed it. Next time if I make it I'll make sure to color in the Jack-O-Lantern's eyes and nose and really distinguish the different sizes of each pumpkin from small to big.

Here is the Pinterest version.

November:

Simple teepees. Brown construction paper and drinking straws.

These took some time. I had each child bring an empty Kleenex box and I covered it with brown construction paper. Then helped them put the covered part on. They put the wheels and cactus on. I made sure to explain why we made covered wagons and why they were used.

December:

Foam snowflakes with added glitter above their coat hangers. Another decoration that can stay up through the months of December and January.

They are suppose to be Christmas lights hanging by clothes hangers and red ribbon though they have been mistaken for Christmas ornaments. Each light as their name written in glitter. The kids like to find their own.

Our own little Christmas tree for the classroom. I got the small ornaments at Target in the dollar section so couldn't pass it up.

The picture is not facing right but it's suppose to be a train engine made from a Styrofoam plate. A craft stick is glued on the wheels. The kids and I were learning about trains for a couple days.

 This one we made a railway track and it's just made out of drinking straws.

We just made these holiday bells today. The kids really liked them because they made noise of course. After we finished making them I had them walk down the hallway and back singing to Jingle Bells with their bells. It's made from a plastic dixie cup and I poked a hole through the bottom. The green part is a pipe cleaner that I hooked the bell on. Then just gave them stickers to decorate it. 

This isn't the greatest picture but I'm trying to show how the bell is hooked on the pipe cleaner. It's kind of nice that it's made from a dixie cup because the bell isn't very loud but it's loud enough to make a sound. You are welcome parents. :)