Spreading Some Christmas Cheer

I already knew K&R were AH-MAZING

BUT today really proved it!!!

BYH sponsored a Christmas Themed Door Decorating Contest

at their Elementary Alma Mater!!!

It was SPECTACULAR to say the least!!!

Ed Franz Elementary

doors were dripping in Christmas Cheer!!!

The contest was announced last week and the rules were simple....

1- had to be themed after the teacher's favorite holiday song

2- must be at least 50% made

3- sparkle

EASY right....

well here are the doors

I'll tell you the grade and song and then at the end

YOU see if you can guess who the winners were!!!

Door 1- library (decorated by 4th graders)

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

even the ceiling was dripping in

sparkled snowflakes

 door #2 - 5th grade

Rudolph

his nose even lights up

 door #3 - 5th grade

Frosty the Snowman

comes with an Ed Franz teaching badge too!!!

 door #4 - decorated by Mrs. Christi's class (range from 2nd to 5th graders)

I think it was We Wish You a Merry Christmas

99% kid made :)

 door #5 - 5th grade

Frosty the Snowman

not sure if you can tell BUT this one is 3D

big puffy FROSTY!!!

 door #6 - Cafeteria - decorated by all grades pre-k through 5th

12 Days of Christmas

really pretty and the drawings are SUPER adorable

 door #7 - kinder decorated the custodians' closet

song is Thistle Hair the Christmas Bear

look that song up

was told it was by Alabama

the bear's nose is 3d and is super CUTE

 door #8 - pre -k

Rudolph

this one stole my heart because it is made from their hand prints and footprints

OH MY GOSH

 door #9 - kinder

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

this one was really sparkly

and the trees were made out of hands

and the kiddos had drawn themselves

walking IN a winter wonderland

 Door #10 - Pre k

Silver Bells

each little pre kinder

decorated a bell

 door # 11 - first grade

Frosty the Snowman

look at all of those

snowmen!!!

I would say this is WAY over 50% KID MADE!!!

 door 12 - first grade

All I Want For Christmas is My 2 Front Teeth

half of the kids in this class are missing their front teeth

and so they were on the bottom asking for their 2 front teeth

and the other half of the class were the elves on the top and

they were packing Santa's bag with teeth!!!

 door #13 - first grade

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

this door was pop-n'

the kids made these cute houses out of scrapbook paper

and it was BEE U TEE FULL

on the black background

 door #14 - nurses' door (decorated by various kids)

Holy Night

get it HOLE-eee night

they had tons of holes punched in the background

 door 15 - 2nd grade

Grinch

I am super sad this is BLUrrrrry

the snowflake border was a great accent

 door #16 - 2nd grade

O Christmas Tree

ahhhhhhh- look at those stockings

toooooo cute

 door #17 - 2nd graders

Hark the Herald Angel Sing

so ADORABLE

the kids made 3D singing angels

(shhhh... this was one of my faves)

 door #18 - 4th grade

The 12 Days of a Texas Christmas

the 12 days are Texas themed

with most of the Texas symbols represented

they even added Aggies for the girls

 door 19 - 4th grade

Chipmunk Christmas Song

ok this was way detailed

right down to the Hula Hoop

and a popcorn trim on the hand print tree

makes you smile for sure

 door #20 - 3rd grade

Dreidle

great sparkling dreidles

were swirling all over this door

and the Star of Davids were shining too

door 22 - 3rd grade

Feliz Navidad

this was the sparkliest by far

and it came COMPLETE with MUSIC

do you see the snowflakes hanging from the ceiling

what about the little kids with their ponchos and sombreros

glitterific 

 door 23 - 4th grade

Grinch

Made completely out of torn pieces of paper

this Grinch was a GIANT mosaic!!!

the kids wanted him popping out of a box

so he is coming out of a Christmas Decorations box and

got tangled in the lights

 SO any guesses on which doors won???

can you place the top 3???

well it was a VERY CLOSE RACE!!!

really just one point between 1st and 3rd place

OK did you get your top ten???

so here they are the winners!!!

3rd place was Miss Heather and her

FESTIVE FELIZ NAVIDAD DOOR!!!

2nd place went to....

Miss Rachel Kelley

who happens to be R's former kinder teacher

(what was this rigged????)

NO NO NO

the girls had a very detailed rubric to fill out

and to tell you the truth there had to be a tie breaker for 1st

and 3rd

and so do you know who the winner is

OH MY THE SUSPENSE!!!

drum roll please

(enter little drummer boy)

and the WINNER IS.....

Miss Shelley's

2 Front Teeth themed door

really this door is so

so

so so

so so so

so so so so

so so so so so

so so so so so so

so so

so

FUN FUN FUN

I wish I could blow up the pic so you could see it SUPER close

but you will just have to take my word for it!!!

YAY SHELLEY!!!

the BYH girls were so so so

AH-MAZING and they brought

CHRISTMAS CHEER

to the halls

of

ED FRANZ

thanks so much girls

and if you want

GO BACK TO THE FB page and put what your top 3 choices were

PEACE * LOVE & JOY

make your own t-scarf

Hey chicas...

thought I would bring you a cool

HOW TO

that you can use to make some really neat gifts

 for ALL of your FRIENDS

FIRST find a t-shirt that is 100 % cotton

and SOFT

and try to get a color that you like or

your friend would like...

needs to be L, XL, or XXL

I found this grey and black striped #

at my second favorite store...

in order to make a scarf for each of your buds

be sure to get your shirts on sale :)

start by cutting right under the armpits...

never thought I would use that word on this blog

just the word is gross but the thought of the word is

YUCKY YUCK YUCK...

armpit....

anywho... cut under the armpits and then put the armpitty portion to the side
you don't need that part anymore

next cut the bottom hem off

and put it to the side

you do need this at the end

start cutting strips

they need to be no bigger than an inch

NO NEED TO MEASURE

I just used my thumb as a benchmark...

I never used a ruler

just my thumb and knuckle :)
keep-n it EASY!!!

the stripes on this shirt made it easy to cut

make sure you pick a GOOD pair of scissors too!!!

try not to make your cuts look like a kindergartner cut it

after you have all of your strips cut out...

try to have at least 12

you need to line them up using the seam as your guide

see?

 lay the seams one on top of another

keep stacking the seams

when  you get all of them stacked

STREEEEEEEEEEETCH

you need to pull from both sides to get the strips to stretch out!!

now don't pull like you are the HULK

BUT pull hard enough on the strips so that the edges curl up

keep pulling and stretching

the strips will become much longer

lay them out and match up the seams again

if you think you would like the strips longer you can stretch the strip

one by one

when you are done stretching

be sure to line up the seams again!!!

grab the hem piece you cut off earlier

and cut off both seams so you

get 2 strips

stretch those two pieces

you will pop the hem and that is FINE!!!

stretch stretch stretch

take one hem piece and tie it around ALL of the strips right next to where

the seams are lined up

you will tie it into a VERY TIGHT knot

start wrapping  the strip around the loops...

wrap it tight...

keep wrapping and try to keep it even

stop after you have covered the seams...

I usually have one that is about 1 1/2 inches long

when you decide you have wrapped it enough

you tie it off with one of the strips

again tie a tight knot

trim the extra off

you will do this for the other end of seams too

try to make them the same length!!!

and now you are done!!!

to wear it you double it around your neck!!!

with the seam wrappers in the back

SUPER CUTE

 HUH???

I am making these for all of my best buds

I have bought tees in all of their favorite colors

OR their college colors...

see???

uh oh ... longhorn colors on the blog...

watch out...

K&R can pretty much assume this orange t-scarf is not theirs!!!

one thing I want you to notice is

the gray striped tee was a size large

and the orange one was a double X

it doesn't really show in the pics but the orange one

is much longer

alrighty that is my HOW TO

I hope you liked it and I hope you go and make one of these!!!

I get TONS of compliments on mine!!!

PEACE * LOVE & T-SCARVES