A valentine craft or random acts of kindness craft and a give away

I love children’s literature! I love kwikstix paint sticks and I love making things with my kiddos! So for Valentine’s Day, I combined all of these and also have a giveaway for you!!!!

I saw this cute book online and had to buy it! I love the pictures and the story line! Click here to purchase on amazonClick here to purchase on amazon!!

This is a story about two friends who love each other so much that they create lists telling each other what they love about each other! 

My kids loved it! So since it is Valentine’s Day, I thought what an awesome book to use to introduce our parent gift! This can also be done for random acts of kindness week which is in February as well! 

We read the book and then went back to our seats to write a list of ten things they love about their mom and/or dad!!!

I found white cardstock hearts at michaels and I had them decorate one side using the Kwik Stix paint sticks! I love how vibrant these are! They are amazing and dry within 90 seconds! Painting without the mess!!! What can be better in a first grade classroom?! These can be purchased at michaels  and target! They are also found in amazon! 

After they decorated their heart, they glued it to the front of a larger red heart! 

Then they glued their list of ten things they live about their mom and dad on the back.

Finally, I had taken their pictures and made them into silhouettes. I glued them to the front of their heart!

To make the silhouettes:

1. Take their picture in front of a white background. I used white bulletin board paper.

2. Upload it to google drive and then save to your desktop.

3. Open PowerPoint.

4. Insert photo into a PowerPoint slide.

5. Crop photo and format to remove background.

6. Click on picture. Go to format then color. 

7. Choose black.

8. Print and cut!

There are your silhouettes!! 

I am excited to share this book, activity and product with you! I am even more excited to share that I have a set of paint sticks to give away to one of you!! 

Please enter the rafflecopter below!!

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Good luck!!!!!!

Kwik Stix- An Amazing Tool

I love Kwik Stix. They come in all varieties now. They come in glitter colors, primary colors, neon colors, thick sticks and now thin sticks.

Kwik Stix are amazing! They are paint in a stick. They dry within 90 seconds. They are bright and colorful. They last for a long time and kids love them!!!! Teachers love them! No clean up! No spilled water! No mess!!!

When we first used Kwik Stix in the classroom, all they had were regular and neon colors. When it is time to do our special projects or indoor recess when the weather is bad, my kids get so excited because they know that they will be using the paint sticks!

Look how bright the neon ones are!!!!!!

These are amazing!!!!

Then came the Metallix! These are amazing because they have glitter in them. The kids went crazy creating with these!

Then we got the privilege of trying out the thin paint stix. OH MY! These are amazing! My kids loved them! I love them!!!!!

easy to hold!

The thin paint sticks are so beneficial to my kids who have fine motor problems. I began using them to help them make shapes and pictures.  I use these with them to strengthen their hands.

These students can not have their picture taken so I will just post their art work before we began to use the thin Kwik Stix and after! You will notice a difference! The kids love using the paint stix!!!

Now, I let all of my kids use them and they love the thin ones because they can add detail to their pictures.

 I love them because I can write positive notes to my kiddos and they love receiving these randomly. 

Here are some of my Positive notes I have made for my kids!

Now for even better news!!!! Yes, you can find these amazing artistic, must have tools on Amazon. They are available 6, 12 and 24 packs.

If you click on the pictures of the paint stix above, they bring you to the Amazon link! 

So add these to your  Must Have list! You won't be disappointed!!!!!

A Winner and A Discount!!!

Hello, Everyone!!!

Well, it is time to announce the winner of the Kid Stixx Paint Stix!!!!!!   Drum Roll..............


And the winner is..........

But don't worry! Thanks to the awesome people at The Pencil grip, all of you are winners!!! 

Have an awesome day!!!