I have been busy with canning, kids, cooking, classroom organizing, and planning, planning, planning.

I thought I’d share a few pics of things I’ve been making in the last week!

My first Made It are my Number Posters. I created these lovelies to hang up in our classroom. They are available two versions: color (see previous link) and black-and-white.

Since I took these pictures a few days ago, I have decided I am going to move them. I just taped these up to see how I liked the location. I have *finally* decided how I want to organize the 3rd grade peeps desk/shelves this year … SO the Number Posters are going to move slightly.

While they will move, I have no doubt they will be equally loved! They are definitely not needed per se, but I do have one student who still asks how to spell certain numbers and Li’l Bit loves to look upon them too.

My next Made It project is one that I work on every day whether in the garden or in the kitchen. I shared more about the blackberry jam I’ve been making, but for this Monday Made It I will recap a few photos of the yummy blackberry jam!

I will snap a picture this morning of it spread on my toast! It is so yummy!

Lastly, I made something this weekend along with the help of our littles. I don’t know if it will work out like I’m thinking, but if their excitement is any indication I’m on the right track! These are basically math manipulative boxes. I feel like we aren’t accessing tools we have on hand enough, so I took out manipulative we already have and made boxes from $3 plastic storage I found in the sewing aisle of a local big box chain.

I put one together for 4-year-old Li’l Bit too. Some of her items are different. For our 3rd graders, I included a complete fraction bar set that goes up to 10ths. It was given to me by a retiring teacher. I also included 100 counters, wikki stix, magnetic numbers and operation symbols, pattern blocks, number die, unifix cubes, a hundred chart we already had taped inside the lid, and a blank spot for hopefully something else I have in mind!

On the back, I put a half-page of write-erase paper that is self-sticking. I had it in a pile of stuff that quite frankly I need to go through and either put up or give away. Love it when I find a gem in a pile of junk! I just need some more since Li’l Bit wants some of her own! I had just one sheet left in my pile of {mostly} junk. 🙂

I’m linking up with 4th Grade Frolics for her Monday Made It Linky. What have you been making this summer?