End of the Year Party Favor Ideas

My niece, Abby, had her 6th grade graduation party last week. She is the school's Queen for the year and wanted to make something fun to give out to her classmates during their end of the year celebration. Abby and her mom (my sister) came up with the idea of making party favors out of ring pops and caramel popcorn. All they needed was a cute saying and the tags to attach to the party favor baggies. My sister called me up for a little help and this is what I came up with... I LOVE how they turned out :)

Freebie:

You can find the party favor tags for class rings here.

Cute Bugs, Sea Creatures, Farm Animals, and Sneakers

My latest clip art for teachers. 

Cute Bugs Bundle

This set includes: butterfly, housefly, dragonfly, ladybug, ant, praying mantis, bee, mosquito, caterpillar, firefly, spider, grasshopper, and 4 bug letters.

cute bugs clip art

Sea Creatures Bundle

This set includes: whale, dolphin, seahorse, jellyfish, starfish, crab, 2 fish, sea turtle, viperfish, shark, 2 types of seashells, bubbles, and 3 types of seagrass.

sea creatures clip art

Farm Animals Bundle

This set includes: red barn, cow, bull, rabbit, hen, pig, horse, dog, sheep, chick, rooster, cat, fish, duck, turkey, and a goat.

farm animals clip art

Colorful Sneakers Bundle:

This set includes fun and colorful sneakers. Left and right sneakers are individual images so that you may move them around however you want.

colorful sneakers clip art

A FUN Teacher T-Shirt Giveaway

We, at Freebielicious are so excited to announce that we are teaming up with A+ Teacher Images (the greatest t-shirt company for teachers and more, in case you haven't heard of them!). We all received the fanciest custom designed t-shirt we've ever owned. AND now, we can give a t-shirt of the winner's choice for each of our individual blogs.

I just love my t-shirt because it is so much more than just a shirt.  It represents friendships, fun, and business relations (oh wait and STYLE, of course!) all in one "blinging" design.  Where else could you get all that from one t-shirt?  By the way, I never wear t-shirts,  but this one is sooooo soft and comfortable. I do not mind wearing it at all. It has truly become one of my favorite shirts! 

A  special thanks goes out to Doug from A+ Images.  He worked with us to make just the right shirt to represent our company. A+ Images will also like to give a FREE t-shirt to one lucky winner from EACH of our blogs!

We have made this giveaway super easy for you to have almost 50 chances to win one of 23 t-shirts.  It is a blog hop, so you can enter as many or as few giveaways you would like!  The contest begins Saturday, May 18th, at 8:00 a.m. EST and ends on Sunday, May 19th, at 12:00 a.m. EST.  Winners will be announced on the following Monday.  Easy peasy, lemon-squeezy!  Start by entering my giveaway here:
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End of the Year Ideas plus Free Poems and Diplomas

The end of the school year is near. I have some graduation/end of the year ideas to share with you so that you can start preparing for the big day.  These are ideas and resources that I have used in the past. I hope that you are able to use them too.

Caps and Gowns

I like to order our graduation caps and gowns from Capsngowns4less.com.  If you order 50 or more units, you usually get a really good discount. I think that it's about 12.95 per unit. In the past, this price has included the cap, gown, tassel and diploma! Not a bad deal at all.  Here is the link to their Pdf price list if you are looking for ideas: http://www.capsngowns4less.com/kindergowns.pdf  Make sure not to wait until the last minute. Rush deliveries always include an extra fee.

Songs and Poem for graduation program:

I have included some videos that I found on youtube just to give you an idea.

I am a promise


The world is a rainbow: This is a beautiful song, especially when you use the hand   motions that go along with it.

Parent letter and more:

At the end of our graduation ceremony, I read a Good-Bye Letter to the parents. This is a poem that I found a long time ago on a teacher site. (If you know the author of this poem, please let me know so that I can credit them:)  Parents love, love, love this poem. I also print it and place a copy in their graduation gift bags.

Here is that poem and other end of the year poems and songs that I have compiled for you. I have an old version of the Good-Bye Letter on TPT, this one is much better.

Download this FREE collection of end of the year poems and songs HERE.

Celebration time

After the ceremony, we have a big celebration in our classrooms. Parents go all out. We have a prent meeting early in May to organize the party. They all pitch in to bring appetizers, food, dessert, drinks, piñata, and much more:)

Teacher gift for students

We usually buy scholastic books in advance. We give our students about two to three picture books inside a colorful party bag. It also includes their diploma with a student picture, the good-bye letter, report card and a memory book.

FREE Diplomas

I have some free diplomas that I made last year for Pre-K and Kinder. They still have my old blog name (Kids Reading Activities).
Free in English.
Free in Spanish.

Editable Diplomas

I just made some editable diplomas. Just add your information on the lines to personalize them. Remember to print on card stock and laminate for durability. The packet includes Preschool, Pre-Kinder and Kindergarten in two versions (one with two graduating kids and another with multicultural kids). Find the English diplomas here.
Find the Spanish diplomas here.

Memory Book

In English:

In Spanish:

Hall Passes Giveaway!

Hall Passes are so useful in our classrooms. I like to place mine next to the door as a visual. For example, if the restroom pass is missing, students know that they need to wait their turn until the hall pass is back in place. This is a procedure that students will become familiar with very quickly. It works great to maintain a good classroom management system.  Your Subs will love it!

Would you like a FREE set of Hall Passes?

Giveaway

My friend Jennifer (from Simply Kinder) and I are giving away a set of Vista Print passes to TWO lucky winners. They are made out of durable plastic luggage tags. Each set includes 4 passes. These are the most commonly used passes in any classroom. You will get the Nurse Pass, Boys Restroom pass, Hall Pass and a Girls Restroom pass delivered to your home.

Luggage tag hall passes!  

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FREEBIE

If you would like to order your own vista print passes, you are in luck!  We have the images for the tags as a freebie in our stores. Once you download the images, you can visit Vista Print to order your own set.

Click here for directions on how to upload your downloaded images to Vistaprint.

You can find the FREE Nurse Pass and Boys Restroom pass images in the Simply Kinder TpT store.

You can find the FREE Hall Pass and Girls Bathroom pass in Clip Art store.