President's Day

We made liberty bells!!

Need:

- Toilet Paper Roll

- Plastic Cup

- Rectangle of Tin Foil, enough to cover cup

- Bell

-Pipe Cleaner

- Marker

Directions:

1. Wrap Plastic cup with Tin Foil.

2. Have teacher make a hole in the bottom of the cup and the middle of the toilet paper roll.

3. Fold pipe cleaner in half and attach pipe cleaner to the bell, push up through the top of cup and into toilet paper roll and fold extra over.

4. Write FREEDOM on toilet paper roll and draw crack on cup.

*** We hot glued the toilet paper roll onto the cup to make sure they wouldn't fall off!

The kids loved to ring these all day!

Thanks to A Cupcake for the Teacher:

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/presidents-day-craftivities-Washington-Lincoln

Our class chose which one they wanted to make. They look great!

Here is our bulletin board, the kids all had facts about either president and as we read a book about each they had to guess which went to each.

Thanks to First Grade Fever by Christie

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Presidents-Day-Fun-A-Patriotic-Mini-Unit