Halloween Costume Fun

I love a chance to dress up! My girl's feel the same way! They love Halloween because they get a chance to dress up and show their costumes to all of their friends. We received the costumes in exchange for our honest review.

Although they are twins my girls could not be any more different. This year Lexi wanted to be Princess Tiana and Lili wanted to be the Pink Power Ranger. We were in luck because Oriental Trading had both of these costumes. My models were a little sillier than last year! After a dozen or so takes I hope you can tell how adorable these costumes are.

The Pink Ranger  came with a mask and a suit. The mask has been worn non stop and even was brought for show and tell. It has still held up to it all. Its nice to find a costume that is durable. 

Princess Tiana came with a dress, a crown and a slip to make the dress have a little extra pouf. Lexi loves how pretty the costume is and she loves dressing like her favorite princess. 

I recommend Oriental Trading for all of your costume needs.  I know I will be checking back through out the year when I need to dress up.

October Teaching!

I love teaching in October. I think there is so much fun to be have with pumpkins, bats and spiders! I enjoy spreading some of that fun with my students. This year I added some festive fun to my classroom with the help of Oriental Trading.  I received these items in exchange for my honest review.

You can enter my classroom past my Laboratory sign. I thought this sign was perfect for my science classroom.

After the sign I have a creepy spider! He is a class favorite. He shakes, his eyes light ups and he a makes screaming noises.

Last I wanted to hand out something that all of my students can have. With food allergies it is safer to hand out some fun erasers instead of candy. Plus they will get plenty of candy on their own.

I recommend checking out Oriental Trading for your Halloween needs in and out of the classroom.  

Learn 365

Did you know that Oriental Trading has an education site? Learn 365 is a great spot for affordable resources for your classroom! I received the items below in exchange for my honest review.

We started school off with a fun activity cracking geodes. You can find the geode kits on Learn365. Most of our geodes were easy to crack and the students loved them. I used a hammer on a cinder block to crack them open and I did it under my doc cam. I can't wait to do it again!

We looked at the geodes with the class set of magnifying glasses and the microscopes. The class set of magnifying glasses are good quality and durable. They enlarge items 4x. The students loved getting their hands on the microscopes. These are a great kid friendly set of them. I like that you can detach the viewer to look at objects that don't fit under the microscope. They also come with a tray to hold specimens.


Next we used a set of Map Skills Posters to help us better understand how to use a map. I really like this set of posters. It really reinforces what I have been teaching and they are a great visual. I really wish I had them before!

I really recommend checking out Learn 365 for your own classroom needs.