Teachers Catalog 2016-2017

project ideas MAKE AGIFT ®

DECEMBER “Happy Holidays!”

JANUARY “The Science of Snowflakes” Bring the wonder of winter into your classroom with the science of snowflakes! Have your students draw their own unique snowflakes on the Make A Gift ® template which can be Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Three Kings Day? December offers great opportunities for teaching about our multicultural world. Discuss the different holidays with your students and have themdraw something which represents the holiday their family celebrates on their Make AGift ® template, turn this project into a personalized gift for everyone in the family. Scan and submit your Make A Gift ® order on Makit.com December is amonth full of special days and personalized gifts. The Make AGift ® projects can help teach your students howdifferent cultures celebrate the festive period. Do your students celebrate

SEPTEMBER “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” Get your class motivated with an outdoor bug hunting expedition. Make a bug drawing for them to record

their findings using the Make AGift ® template, OR read “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle with

your students. Get them to draw their favorite bugs in their natural habitats or eating their favorite foods on the Make A Gift ® template. Turn this project into a personalized gift to remember this special project. Scan and submit your Make A Gift ® order on Makit.com

downloaded directly from fromMakit.com. Once the snowflakes have been drawn, have students compare

OCTOBER “Five Little Pumpkins” October’s the time for pumpkins! Make A Trick-or-Treat gift while celebrating the ultimate October

their shapes and sizes. How are the snowflakes similar and different? Turn this project into a personalized gift. Scan and submit your Make A Gift ® order on Makit.com

icon . Have a class sing-a-long and teach your students the “Five Little Pumpkins” song! Then have themdraw their own five little pumpkins on their Make A Gift ® template. Turn this project into a personalized gift for Halloween. Scan and submit your Make A Gift ® order on Makit.com

FEBRUARY “The Hidden Heart” Discuss things you could

NOVEMBER “The History of Thanksgiving” November is a great time to explore the history and culture of America’s original inhabitants and help students appreciate themany things they have to be thankful for. Create a Thanksgiving

draw using a heart hidden somewhere within themusing the Make A Gift ® template to draw on. Some possibilities include: flowers with heart-shaped petals and leaves, a butterfly with heart-shaped antennae or wings, heart-shaped clouds or a heart-shaped sun setting behind a hill, a tree with heart- shaped leaves, etc. Turn this project into a personalized gift with hidden hearts as a gift for someone special. Scan and submit your Make A Gift ® order on Makit.com

drawing as a classroomproject using the Make AGift ® template, as you discuss the history of Thanksgiving and the cooperation that occurred between Native Americans and America’s earliest settlers. Turn this project into a personalized gift for Thanksgiving. Scan and submit your Make A Gift ® order on Makit.com

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