12 Days of Christmas ~ Day 12

On the twelfth day of Christmas, Castles and Crayons gave to me…

a TpT unit to the first 12 to comment!

These ladies were QUICK! :)

Congratulations to:

Allison, Erika, Molli, Christine, Yearn to Learn, Amy, Mrs. Waldrop, Beth Ann, Shannon, Barbara, Mrs. Miller, and Jennifer!

Please leave a comment with your email address AND which TpT unit you would like. I will email them this evening to the first 12 who respond!

Thank you for all of your sweet comments during the 12 Days of Christmas! I had so much fun! For previous post and freebies, check out the side bar to the right {Blast from the Past} and click under December for all 12 days!

For some yummy cookie ideas, check out my Christmas Cookie Pinterest board!

I wish you and your families a very merry Christmas and a blessed 2012!

12 Days of Christmas ~ Day 11

On the eleventh day of Christmas, Castles and Crayons gave to me…

my favorite cookie recipes! :)

I. LOVE. CHRISTMAS. COOKIES! I mean…who doesn’t??? But no, seriously…I love cookies…chocolate ones, minty ones, vanilla ones! I have only met tried VERY FEW (like one, maybe two) kinds of cookies I didn’t like!

Here are a few that made the cut for my sis and I’s Christmas Cookie Bake Off this year:

Brownie Covered Oreos

Did you hear me??????? Brownies. Oreos. Two of my favorite things. Combined…RIDICULOUS! The red centers are just perfect! These are super fun to decorate!

Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies

“If the word “butter” is in the title, you know it’s gonna be good!” Well said, Paula Deen! I ADORE HER! She is the ULTIMATE Southern cook! I know this first hand…she helped me gain 15 pounds the first year I was married because I made so many of her casseroles…I was trying to be a good wifey! :) These cookies are super yum!

Ginger Cookies

Another goodie from Paula! These are my hubby’s fave! I roll them in green or red sugar to make them festive! Your kitchen will smell divine!

If you are out of school, make these now! If you are still in school for the next few days, then make them when you get home…they will make you feel better!

For some more ideas, check out my Christmas Cookie Pinterest board!

Merry Christmas!

12 Days of Christmas ~ Day 10

On the tenth day of Christmas, Castles and Crayons gave to me…

 a Senses of the Season writing printable! :)

This printable is perfect for Wake Up Work, or to put in your Work on Writing station! It is very open ended and can be used with all students, no matter which winter holiday they celebrate! Click {HERE} to download from Scribd.

Please comment or follow if you download! If you can’t use this in your classroom, please forward to someone who can! The more, the merrier! :)

ONE MORE DAY! I am super pumped to sleep in, drink coffee in my pj’s, and bake cookies with my sis who comes in town tomorrow! The last 2 days of Christmas will feature my favorite Christmas recipes, since I will be elbow deep in cookie dough! CAN. NOT. WAIT.

Merry Christmas!

12 Days of Christmas ~ Day 9

On the ninth day of Christmas, Castles and Crayons gave to me…

a making words activity! :)

This printable uses the letters in the word gingerbread to make new words. I included a black and white printable for individual word work {they can cut out letters to use from the bottom of the printable}. I also added a color printable if you want to print a few copies, stick it in a page protector, and put it in a word work station or center.

I hope you are not getting tired of gingerbread activities…because I am slight bit obsessed!!!!  I read on some blogs that some of you can’t celebrate Christmas in your classroom…GASP! So sad! :( I hope it is a safe theme for those of you who celebrate all of the winter holidays! :) 

I am currently gazing at the gingerbread tree in the keeping room in our kitchen.  LOVE!!! {Excuse the iPhone quality pic! :)}

Please comment or follow if you download! If you can’t use this in your classroom, please forward to someone who can! The more, the merrier! :)

Don’t forget…the 20% off sale in my TpT store ends tonight…click HERE to check it out!

Merry Christmas!

12 Days of Christmas ~ Day 8

On the eighth day of Christmas, Castles and Crayons gave to me…

5 giveaway winners and some holiday party ideas! :)

 

Congratulations to…

#12 Miss Atwell

#23 Donna at Kinderglynn

#30 Carey

#31 Mrs. S

#50 Jen at The Teachers’ Cauldron

Check your email, ladies! CONGRATS!

 

I survived my class party today…YAY! It was really fun…I loved all of our activities! We had four stations~

Gingerbread Playdough {I asked a mom to make this - she made a few batches and divided it into 17 balls and put one ball into a baggie – I set out some cookie cutters and let them have at it!}

Gingerbread Sticker Houses  {from Oriental Trading – a GREAT, FANTASTIC, CUTE party craft with NO GLUE…do you hear me???…NO GLUE! So fab! Only $5.00 for a dozen! Cheap and cute…LOVE!

Cookie Decorating {An oldie but goodie…decorating sugar cookies with icing and sprinkles! We also let the kiddos have their snack and drink at this station.}

Book Exchange Station {I had a sweet mom read The Gingerbread Baby (any gingerbread book will do) and every time she read the word gingerbread, the kiddos passed their book to the next person in the circle. Whatever book they had when the story was over was theirs to keep! They loved this!}

I hope all your partays are perfect! :)

Don’t forget…everything in my TpT store is 20% off until Thursday, December 15…click HERE to check it out!

12 Days of Christmas ~ Day 7

On the seventh day of Christmas, Castles and Crayons gave to me…

a sale on TpT! :)

HA – I just HAD to make it rhyme!! Does anyone else have that problem…I try to make everything sound cute???!!! Everything in my TpT store is 20% off until Thursday, December 15…click HERE to check it out!

Only ONE more day to enter the Bama Bloggers giveaway for a chance to win 5 TpT units {1 from each of our TpT stores!} We will announce the winners TOMORROW Wednesday, December 14.

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12 Days of Christmas ~ Day 6

On the sixth day of Christmas, Castles and Crayons gave to me…

a Let’s Make a Prediction printable for FREE! :)

We are focusing on making predictions during reading comprehension this month! This printable can be used for almost any book! We kicked off our making predictions unit with a Laura Numeroff author study {LOVE the new If You Give a Dog a Donut} and have used several holiday books in the past few weeks. We will use this printable with gingerbread books this week!

Click {HERE} to download! Please comment or follow if you grab this! :)

Be sure to enter the Bama Bloggers giveaway for a chance to win 5 TpT units {1 from each of our TpT stores!} We will announce the winners on Wednesday, December 14.

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