Snowglobe bulletin board

Snow globe winter writing prompt and bulletin board display.

I posted these ornaments that I made to a on Facebook. I had no idea they would be such a hit! I wanted to share how we made them. They are pretty easy to make

Snow globe bulletin board for Christmas with admin staff as elves!

Have you read the book The Snow Globe Family? It's such a neat story and it really got my students writing today. The family that lives inside the snow globe is just like the family who owns the snow globe. The little family keeps wondering when will it snow. They long for a snowstorm. We used the prompt -If I lived in a snow globe.... My students were using some great adjectives and really trying to pull in their five senses. I was so impressed. I think the original idea was Deanna Jump's…

Makeover the door to your house or classroom with these awesome DIY Christmas door decorations! I have over 40 that will surely inspire you!

This writing lesson and craft revolving around snow globes helps bring winter to the classroom, even if live in a place without snow!

Because of winter break and other holiday-time activities, my week with my 1st graders was cut down into only 2 days, so instead of trying to do the alligator weaving project, I opted to change it up and we made snowglobes instead! I had students use tracers to create the shape for their snowglobes on blue paper, brown paper, and a sheet of transparency paper for the "glass" on the snowglobe. The first day students cut out all the parts and used white tempera paint to create their snowy…