I am a Superhero!

At the open house the boys made these batman name tags to wear on their first day to class. These were so simple to make and a huge hit with the boys.

How to make these necklaces:

Cut a yellow oval and a simple bat shape out of black craft foam. Glue the bat onto the oval and let it dry (I let the kids glue them on). Then punch two holes in the top and use yarn to tie around their neck.
These were sooo inexpensive to make. The foam works much better than cardstock or construction paper because it holds up a lot better. These would be super fun to have for a Batman themed birthday party. Or you could make them using a million other shapes!

For the girly girlys class we made crown necklace/nametags. I cut simple crown shapes out of pink craft foam and let them decorate them with jewels. Just make sure to allow enough time for the jewels to dry. I learned that the hard way! Anyway, also a fun & easy idea for a princess birthday party!

KAPOW!

The first boys class was called I am a Superhero...we talked about what makes someone a hero. I used this to help establish some rules for our class...superheroes help each other, superheroes share, superheroes follow the rules, etc. Since they all want to be superheroes it was easy to help them learn how they should behave in class-like superheroes! Anyway, for a craft that day we decorated these masks. These are super cheap from Oriental Trading...I so love their stuff!

For the first Girly Girls class we followed a similar idea...it was called I'm a Princess and we talked about how princesses act. Then used these ideas to establish rules in a similar way as the boys class. Princesses always speak nicely to each other, princesses share their toys, etc. Of course I don't expect them to be perfect, but it seems to work pretty well when I say, now is that how a princess acts? What do you think a princess would do? The girls decorated crowns also from Oriental Trading. Fun times!