I meant for this blog to be about teaching. Well, mostly about recording some of the activities that are taking place in my classroom. But, it's summer time, and I am home with my three children. I am spending some time connecting (following) other teachers on twitter and researching ideas to use in my own classroom. But, I am also thoroughly enjoying some quality time with my children. Yesterday morning I surprised them with a fun activity. Being fans of Harry Potter, I told them we were going to make wands! You would think these were real wands if you were listening to their reaction of whooping and hollering.
We made a quick trip to the local Hobby Lobby store to purchase some more acrylic paints and a replacement glue gun. It was a fairly easy task that didn't involve too many supplies and I had some pretty happy kids! The end result yielded us some pretty cool wands, some realistic looking ones, and a couple of nontraditional (colorful) ones.
If you would also like to make some Harry Potter wands, watch this
video or
read these instructions. Good luck!
