Tuesday, August 16, 2011
A Little Doh for a Little Dough
Like many of you, I do a "Meet & Greet" before the first day of school. It's a great chance to meet the families, ease some anxieties and stir up some excitement for the year to come. I like to give the kids a little goody to take with them and I usually do the "Lucky Charms" goody bags because they're so cute (and inexpensive). Because of the severe food allergies of a couple of students, I needed to come up with a new idea. Aiming again for cute and inexpensive, I headed to - anyone care to venture a guess here- yup, the Dollar Tree and picked up a few 8-packs of Wonder Dough (Dollar Tree's version of Play-Doh.)
I came up with a little quote, created some cute clipart and printed up some "kindergarten-y" labels and voila! Goodies for the whole class for the grand total of $3.00. Can't beat that!
The tubs were not quite the right size to use standard self-stick labels with, so I just printed the labels on paper and glued them on. If you'd like to make your own, click below the picture to grab a copy of the labels. Enjoy!
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Thanks for the great idea! Are these tubs full size or the mini tubs?
ReplyDeleteOh my, I read that as "a total of $300!" I was wondering what you were thinking in calling that inexpensive!!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea. Very simple and the children will love it!
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Love this idea! I am including this in my welcome to school gift bag! Thank you! :)
ReplyDeleteCheryl
Crayons and Curls
Weety - I got the mini-tubs that came eight to a pack. They also have bigger ones that come 4 to a pack.
ReplyDeleteBaggy Trousers - It sure feels like I've spent $300 getting ready for back to school!
Could you change it to Young Fives instead of Kindergaretn for me? Please? Thanks a bunch!
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I will go out in search of the play-doh today!
Leanne,
ReplyDeleteI'd be happy to. Do you want it to read, "Young Fives Kids are..." or just "Young Fives are..."
Donna
I just found your cute blog! I'm now a follower!
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I love this idea! I'm definitely using it next year! Much easier than assembling all the goodie bags at the last minute this year. :) Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDelete✿Marlana
Lil' Country Kindergarten
Donna, I would love to use this for my first grade meet and greet night. I see I cannot edit the doc. Is there any way you can do this and send it to me? It would be such a blessing. My email is lisaroark@live.com
ReplyDeleteHi, love this idea but would like to use it for my preschool class. Can you change "kindergarten" to "preschool" for me? Thanks so much for this wonderful idea! My email is debhopkins81@gmail.com.
ReplyDeleteLove! Love! Love this idea! I'm definitely using it on our meet and greet night. Thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThis is the greatest idea that i have seen in years! Is it available for "preschool"?
ReplyDeletePam,
ReplyDeletePreschool and First Grade versions are available in the post found at
http://peacelovelearning.blogspot.com/2012/06/pjs-thunderstorms-freebies.html
Enjoy!
Donna
Cute idea....thanks for sharing
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Can you make play doh labels that say preschool?
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if you could change these labels to say TK kids instead of Kindergarten Kids? I would be so grateful if you could. Thank you so much!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is perfect for meet the teacher! Thank you for also including the preschool label. I love this!
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