Thursday, July 3, 2014

July 4th Blog Hop



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Happy 4th of July!  I don't know if it is the fireworks, the time with family, or the fact that it summertime, but the Fourth of July has always been one of my favorite holidays!  My daughter has been busy with her firework art projects!  




For the first one, she used chalk on dark, thick paper to design fun fireworks.  She used the chalk to draw a border as well.  




For the second one, she used straws dipped in paint to create what looks like fireworks when added to white paper.  She decided to use a hair tie to keep the straws together because they were too difficult to keep together otherwise!  








It is SOOO fun to see her in her element (and to join in and help too!).  I am far from artistic, so I love that she is!



This is what I have been up to:


There are so many fun summer terms:  flip flops, swimming, shorts, and sand castles to name a few.  So, I thought I would add them as vocabulary words for my newest WILD card game! 
Your kids (at school AND at home) will enjoy playing a summer version of this Uno-type game.  Instead of matching numbers, kids will match the picture clue to the word that describes it.  For example:














The words "beach ball" matches with the picture of the beach ball and the words "ice cream" match with the picture of the ice cream cone. 


You can grab this new version for FREE right now by clicking here.  If you enjoy this game, make sure to head on over to Educents where you can grab my addition card edition for FREE as well.  And, for this week only, my bundles are on sale for only $6.99 each (they each contain 6 games, so this is a BIG discount!).  Make sure you head over to check it out yourself!  


My entire store is 20% off too, so it is a great time to grab some SPARKLING deals!!  
And as an added bonus, all of the participating bloggers have 'pooled their cash' to purchase 4 $25 TpT gift certificates and 1 $10 Target gift card!
The first four selected will receive the TpT gift certificates and the 5th winner will receive the Target gift card!

I hope you have a fun, safe holiday with your friends and family!  Make sure to enter the Rafflecopter below AND to check out all of the rest of the fun ideas and FREEBIES with the links below!



I'm also linking up with Cara from Creative Playground for Share the Love Sunday!



Enter here, or on any of the participating blogs:
a Rafflecopter giveaway

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13 comments:

  1. UnknownJuly 4, 2014 at 4:49 AM

    We are having two family BBQs and tons of fireworks! Happy 4th of July!

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  2. John KocsisJuly 4, 2014 at 8:05 AM

    Thanks for providing us the opportunity to win some of your work. Being a new teacher I am trying to obtain as many activities as I can to assist me in my career. Today I am cooking on the grill with my family and at the same time trying to get some educational freebies :) john.kocsis@verizon.net

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  3. UnknownJuly 4, 2014 at 9:00 PM

    Thanks for the chance to win. I would love the $10. I could really use it because I've already spent too much since school has been out. Love the freebies. We had a great 4th of July. Time with family at the pool, had food on the grill and shot fireworks. Hope you had a great 4th too.

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  4. Differentiation Station CreationsJuly 5, 2014 at 3:46 AM

    Love the fireworks art!! Thanks so much for a wonderful summery game!
    Laura

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  5. UnknownJuly 5, 2014 at 5:38 PM

    Love the summer game and the artwork!
    Sebrina
    Burke's Special Kids

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  6. UnknownJuly 6, 2014 at 8:21 AM

    The firework art looks so fun! I can't wait to try with my boys! LOVE the WILD game too! Thanks for a great post filled with learning and fun!

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  7. Sommer’s Lion PrideJuly 6, 2014 at 10:44 AM

    Hope you had a great 4th! Love the simple firework crafts!

    Kay

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  8. Katie July 6, 2014 at 11:28 AM

    I took my daughter to go see the fireworks in the same spot that we do every year. I hope you all enjoyed your 4th. This is an awesome giveaway. I have so many things in my TPT cart and a gift card would be AWESOME to win!!

    Katie
    kryan428@gmail.com

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  9. SOL Train LearningJuly 6, 2014 at 12:46 PM

    Thanks for a fun game! I love your daughter's art work!

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  10. The Literacy NestJuly 6, 2014 at 3:44 PM

    I love your UNO games! Thank you!

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  11. Jennifer ReynoldsJuly 6, 2014 at 6:17 PM

    Yay for your UNO games! I love the straw fireworks paintings! Beautiful!
    ~Jennifer

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  12. Sweet IntegrationsJuly 6, 2014 at 7:52 PM

    I love your UNO games.

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  13. UnknownJuly 7, 2014 at 8:37 AM

    Your UNO games are just to die for! Thanks so, so much for making them and linking up with Share the Love Sunday!
    ~Cara
    www.carascreativeplayground.blogspot.com

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