Create a Successful Learning Environment at School with Cricut

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Before I get started I have to say for the record, I LOVE my new Cricut Explore Air 2.  I am a new user and in being completely transparent….have made nine trips to the crafts store in five days.  I have been playing with my machine and making things for hours and hours every day.  I really love how it brings my ideas out of my head and practically to life.  It is fun to create successful learning environment at school with Cricut.  The director of the Wake County Bridges (Elementary School) Program and I worked together to create a wall of inspiration at the end of their main hallway.  It was a challenging first Cricut project but I feel like we nailed it!  After that I started making things for her office and staff.  I made things for my son’s friend Anne-Catherine, a first year teacher starting in her classroom TODAY!  I am certain that making #allthethings is awesome but it is even more awesome when they are received by overjoyed teachers.  I usually share HOW TO posts but this one is really a WHY kind of read.  I will be sharing how to use the machine and projects moving forward but the purpose of this one is to inspire YOU to be a difference maker using the Cricut.  I hope you will want to create a successful learning environment at school or your workplace using some of these ideas.  This post is sponsored by Cricut but the ideas and opinions are my own.

Create a Succesful School Learning Environment

The Inspirational Wall at The Bridges Program

The Bridges program is very special.  It is a part of Wake Country Public Schools.  With 159,549 students enrolled in 187 schools as of the 2018-19 School year, it is the largest public school district in North Carolina and the 15th largest district in the United States.  The Bridges Program Bridges Program provides a caring, safe, structured, and creative environment that inspires, supports, and empowers students to believe in themselves, achieve personal goals, and succeed socially, emotionally, and academically.  It is a program designed for students in grades 1-5 experiencing academic, emotional and behavioral difficulties that are interfering with school success.  The goal is to determine an appropriate educational setting for each student. BRIDGES supports a student’s transition by working directly with students and by supporting the student once he is placed in a less restrictive educational setting.  Students come from ALL OVER the district with a large variety of needs.  One thing all students need is a positive and inspiring place to learn.  Our goal was to create a piece of that in the wall using my new Cricut Explore Air 2.


To create the wall, we used the Cricut Explore Air 2 to cut out a variety of words meant to empower students and staff alike.

As we were arranging and constructing the wall, staff jumped in to support.  They were all so genuinely excited about this project!

There was a worry about getting the vinyl to adhere to a cinder block wall.  With a little creative thinking, we decided heat would probably be helpful so we used a hairdryer on it when it was all up.  It worked!

We plan to fill in some of the spaces with smaller words in the days to come.  I am so grateful to have such an awesome place to volunteer.

We also added positive messages to windows, other walls and water fountains.

I created some things for teachers too.  Creating an uplifting and successful environment for school learning goes beyond the hallways and into the classrooms.

Drawers and Containers of Inspiration

While words that label what things are is good, labeling with words that can change a mood or lift a spirit could be even better.  Think about the difference of these two statements.

  • “Please go get 20 sheets of white paper from the Happy Drawer.”
  • “Go get 20 sheets of paper from the paper drawer.”

Gratitude Board

Gratitude is a powerful tool for shifting a mood, a tone and an entire environment.  This gratitude board is a place to add things for which we are thankful.  Whether it is a drawing of the sunshine, a photo of our kids or a note from a friend; collected together they create a powerful tool.  Kids can bring in things that remind them of what makes them grateful.  If they don’t have anything to bring in, provide paper and crayons so they can create something.  What a perfect classroom it would be if there were boards filled with grateful messages from students.  Did you know that practicing gratitude has been proven to reduce bullying?

Power Thoughts Notebook

Turn a regular notebook into a book of power thoughts with two words.  This can be cut out of any color vinyl and added to almost all notebook surfaces.  All of sudden the plain old writing for day is magically turned into a powerful messaging center.  It just feels good to open a book that says POWER THOUGHTS.  It suggests that the writer is powerful in their thinking before they ever turn those thoughts into words.

Back to School Teacher Goody Box

Teachers tend to spend their extra (and sometimes not even so much extra) money on classroom supplies for the students and not themselves.  By creating a personalized tub filled with goodies, you might just kick the year off for a teacher in a brighter light.  This box is for Anne-Catherine on her first day as a first year teacher.  It includes candy, note paper, stickies, stickers, patches, Excederin, snack bars, facial peels, and more…

MY Cricut Explore Air 2

I personalized my machine with my logo and I LOVE IT SO SO MUCH!

Cricut Explore Air 2 and Materials Bundle GIVEAWAY

I shared about it on WRAL if you want to watch the segment!

YAY!  Cheers to Creating a Place for Kids to Grow, Learn and Be Inspired!

XO,

Laura

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364 thoughts on “Create a Successful Learning Environment at School with Cricut”

  1. I personally would love to win because I am my daughter’s Junior Girl Scout leader and I think this would be perfect for our projects, service unit crafts, and t-shirts! Thanks for the chance!

  2. I’ve spent my life as a teacher and elementary school librarian. I would love to have this collection to use creatively.

  7. I have been admiring the Cricut from afar! I would love to use one in my classroom! I love the PBIS wall you added to your school! It is awesome!

  8. One of the 2nd grade teachers at kennedy Elementary would definitely do amazing, inspirational projects with this!

  9. I would love to win! I have wanted one of these for a long time! I also work with preschoolers and in the school nurses office. Thank you for the chance!

  13. I help out with my son’s class weekly. I would love to win this to help decorate the classroom for holidays and more!

  14. I would love to win this! I feel it would add just the right home-y touch to any classroom or school!

  17. I’d love to get this for my amazing girl scout troop! i consider myself lucky to have such a great group of girls, and also would use this for my fantastic service unit that supports us so well. 🙂

  18. Thank you for the opportunity, Laura!! I know my school could REALLY benefit from a tool like this!!

  20. I am a Girl Scout leader and volunteer at my children’s school.I would like to win to help the teachers out and my troops

  21. I would give this to my step daughter. She is president of the PTA for my grandsons school, and would get great use out of it.

  22. I’m a teacher at a preschool in Carrollton, GA and I’m always there to help other teachers in the school. I’m a first year teacher and would love to have a Cricut for my classroom!

  23. I can think of so many uses for a Cricut! I add them to my amazon cart and daydream, but I always take them back out.

  24. I would love to win this. There are so many great projects I would love to make for my students and help create a positive atmosphere.

  25. Awesome projects. I would love to do something like this with my Girl Scout Troop. Inspiration is what so many children need. Love this!!!

  27. I would love to win this for my daughter who teaches at a preschool. She has 1 year left and will have her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education.

  30. My Girl Scout troop would love to have this! We do lots of community service projects that would benefit from some sparkle 🙂

  32. Would love to win this! I am a girl scout leader of a multi level troop as well as an assistant who works with special needs kids. This machine would be awesome!

  33. I am a Sunday School, Bible School teacher so this would be wonderful. It would make so many parts of my life easier. I have 2 teacher moms that I know would love to use it during the week.

  36. Thank you for all that you do. As a leader if a multi lvl troop this would be useful. This blog gave me ideas about our school and doing a positive wall also. So many great ideas.

  37. I’m a Girl Scout leader of TWO troops and also a home day care provider. I would love to have this because I could save so much time making projects and personalizing everything we use.

  40. I am a Girl Scout leader of 2 troops and I also work in a school. This would help us make some awesome projects!

  41. I teach young Fives at Burns Park in Ann Arbor and I would love this to brighten up my room and inspire my students.

  42. I would absolutely be thrilled to win this for not just myself but for everyone at my center to use. We opened a year ago and I truly believe this will help us Jazz the center up! Thank you so much for the opportunity to win!!

  43. I would LOVE to win this!! It’s something I have been wanting but won’t spend the money on for myself. I would definitely get a ton of use out of it at school and as a new Girl Scout co-leader!!

  45. I would love to win this to create #allthethings in my classroom and to create a love of crafting with the students I mentor.

  47. What an awesome tool to create such inspiration for your local school. I’ve heard of the Cricut before, but have never used it for my classroom. I can only imagine the things I could do with it to help organize and decorate my art room! I will definitely be entering the contest! Thank you for being so kind to the local teachers! I know they are appreciative!

  48. My colleague got a Cricut this summer. She’s been so busy with it she hasn’t shared yet. I really want one now!

  49. I would love to win this for my Girls Scout Troop and Service Unit! There is so much we could do with this to help the girls grow and learn! GSWNY troop 70166.

  50. I teach TK in Missouri and I would absolutely love to have a Cricut. I could make so many things for my students, other teachers, and class. Thank you for offering this giveaway!

  51. I would love to win one of these. It would be so useful both in and out of my classroom 😀

  56. OMG! I’d be heaven with this. I homeschool my daughter and she also helps teach a dance class at the studio she takes lessons at. We could do so many cool things for our homeschool groups we are involved with as well as the dance studio!

    Thanks for such an amazing prize and lucky recipient ??

  60. I would love to win this to create awesome things at my school. I teach at a Title 1 school in Michigan. Nah Tah Wahsh/Hannahville Indian School would put the machine to good use. Thanks so much and very generous of you do give one away.

  62. I’m a a first grade teacher at a Title One school in Maine. I would love this so much! I’d love to use it to beautify my school and make shirts for my amazing grade level team.

  63. I am a teaching assistant hoping to be full time teacher very soon. The Cricut and all its bells and whistles would be great to personalize my first classroom community as all my own.

  65. I would love to have this in my classroom, but would share with all the teachers in my school! I know everyone would make great use of it.

  67. I would love to win this. I’ve been wanting to get one but always talk myself out of it and go home and start cutting out things by hand. It would be a great addition to our program.

  68. This would make such a huge impact on my classroom AND my Girl Scout Troop! I’m the leader of troop 4884 Girl Scouts in Texas where I also volunteer on the service unit for our county. I am a teacher at Couts Christian Academy in Weatherford, Texas! What a huge blessing!

  69. I’m a Girl Scout leader and VP of the PTO. I have soooo many ideas ?!
    I could use this everyday!
    Thanks for the opportunity.

  70. I lead two Girl Scout troops and am the Service Unit Manager for 42 Troops that include over 500 girls. I would love to win the Cricut to use for my troops and service unit!

  72. Wow! That is such a generous giveaway! I have taught preschool for several years, but I do not have a budget that will allow me to be as creative as I would like. I see so many adorable items in stores, but as mentioned before, I cannot afford to buy them. I would love to be the winner of this cricut! I would certainly share the wealth with my teacher friends!

  74. I would love to win this to use at my preschool and share with my fellow teachers there. We are underpaid but always creating new and exciting things to enhance our lessons and classrooms. This would be such a great addition!

  75. I would love this for my classroom and preschool program. There are so many ways we could brighten up our school with this!

  76. Yeah for school giveaways! Am a GS leader, SU volunteer & preK sub & volunteer at daughter’s school.

  77. I am a Girl Scout Leader of Cadettes (6th-8th graders). This bundle would be amazing to let the girls learn how to create things themselves. They can use it to make things both for themselves and for younger girls/troops. Thank you!

  78. I would love to win this to use in my preschool classroom. If I didn’t win it I would like my co-worker and friend, Annie, to win to help make things easier for her.

  79. Hi! I’m a pre-k teacher at a private preschool in Wendell, NC. (So, hi neighbor! ??). I would love to have a cricut to use for my classroom to make our classroom a more organized and fun place to be. Thank you for the consideration! Brittany

  80. I am an early childhood educator providing high quality education to poverty level families. I would love to have this for my classroom

  83. You did wonderful for your first time with the cricut. I had a mini but they stopped supporting it and I haven’t been able to get a new one yet.

  84. I educate my special needs son at home. A cricut has been on our wish list for sometime now. It would be so nice for projects and labeling. Our school name is The Wild Desk. Thank you for a great giveaway!

  85. I love all the very neat projects and positivity you have added to your school for your staff and students using your cricut Explore Air 2 products. I am a kindergarten teacher of 14 years and am looking to re-energize and excite myself and continue to engage my students. I also have two daughters (age 6 and 9) and we are always doing projects for soccer, softball, karate, church, girl scouts, and science fair/pta. This would be such a great outlet for us all to express and create! This is awesome to start off someone’s year, and if it’s not mine, I hope it makes a big difference for whoever it goes to. Thanks for such a great idea!

  88. Would love this to not only help out in my classroom but our entire school! I would love to beautify everything! 🙂

  89. I am currently in my 25th year of teaching. I have an older model Silhouette and would love to win this Cricut. I love using these machines for my classroom and to just be creative.

  90. I would love this for
    My classroom and my school. I love the ways you addd positivity everywhere! My goal would be to do the same , maybe even s little bit in my home !

  91. I think it’s time to update my cricut! I love seeing all the cool new things people are doing but I have an older model that can’t do much comparatively. I’m a Girl Scout leader times 20 years and we make our cookie booth signs with it every year plus other things throughout the year. This year we will be doing a craft day where the girls will learn how to use it and make some cool things for themselves.

  92. My husband and I are BOTH teachers. Last year he was a floater at Huntington HS, meaning, he each hour, his classroom was in a different location. This year, he gets to stay in one place all day. Now that he has his own classroom at a school he loves, it’s time to jazz the place up! Of course, while we’re working on his room. We might as well give mine a little pizazz as well (JP Ryon ES).

  93. I am the teacher/leader of my son and daughters 4H Cloverbuds (little kids ages 5-7) club. There are tons of fun projects that this would be useful for!

  94. I have heard so many great things about Cricuts and winning one would be an awesome way to explore and get creative like I’ve seen everyone else do!! I am a kindergarten teacher at a very small school. This would be something all the teachers there could use to organize, send positive messages to students, and more! Thanks for the opportunity!

  95. I would have had 2 people to choose from for this but one has retired, and the other just bought one for herself and her classroom. So, I would so love to have this because I am on a fixed income but I craft for several charities, including nursing home residents, our military hereos, kindness project for everyone and suicide prevention. I can only imagine all the different projects I could co plete with this wonderful machine! Here’s hoping it comes my way!!

  96. I have always dreamed of owning a Cricut, but due to other obligations was never able ro afford one. I would love to learn to make decals for T shirts.

  98. I would love this! I am a first year teacher of 3 and 4 year olds! I am back to work after 10 years as a SAHM and I’m working with the teachers that taught my daughter!!! This would help us soo much!!!

  99. This would be awesome for use with our girl scout troops (we have 3 currently- 1 cadette/sr troop, 1 jr troop and 1 troop of foster care kids) this would be great with our community service projects.

  100. I would love to win this for use in my classroom! I’m entering my 21st year in the elementary world. This year is 2nd grade. I love all you’ve created with your Cricut

  101. Creativity is my middle name and I love crafting and creating a lot of stuff! I’m preparing to open my own daycare in my house, but with twins on the way, I feel that my creativity time will soon be limited hihi I could use such a fantastic tool 🙂

  102. I’d love to get this for my daughters- they are all about spreading kindness and encouragement. i had a rough childhood with bullies all around because I am deaf, so I got to give them my firsthand experience about treating others good- be friends with those who may not have friends, and just encouraging people to do good. My 13 year old wants to make encouragement stickers to hand out so that the kids will feel like they belong, that they always have a friend in her. I love her heart.

  103. I lead my daughter’s Girl Scout troop, substitute teach, plan our school’s book fair, and volunteer in our school’s media center. Would love this for all kinds of projects! Thanks!

  104. I am a Girl Scout leader, Preschool teacher and I am a substitute teacher on my days off! I could put this Cricut to good uae!!

  105. I would love the opportunity to win this for my Girl Scout Troop. We have so many crafty women in our troop and this would be the perfect prize to be able to share amongst our multi-level troop! We could use this to showcase our creativity as well as teaching the girls something new!

  106. This would be amazing! I’m both a PreK teacher and a Girl Scout leader and I can think of so many wonderful things I could do with this

  108. I would love this for myself as I have a sewing room that needs labels and decorating to make it easier to work in! There are so many ideas here that I could use….would love, love, LOVE this!

  110. I would love this! 5th year teaching preschool and we do so many crafts! Would also love to be able to create more decorations and such for my room!

  111. I would love to win a cricket. I currently teach in an autism classroom and have wanted to make some things out of vinyl to stick onto the floor to help my kiddos to get their wiggles out. It would be a blessing to win a cricket for my classroom.

  112. I would love this! 5th year teaching preschool and we do so many crafts! Would also love to be able to create more decorations and such for my room!

  113. I would love to add this to my Girl Scout Troop. We pay to have this done. I have a troop of 26 girls ranging between Daisies and Cadettes.

  114. I am a Girl Scout Leader, I do a lot of work with my troop, our Service Unit and counsel. This would allow me to help in so many more ways.

    In addition, I do a lot of volunteering and helping with our local school district. I could really use these supplies to help so many teachers and students. This would be a dream come true!

  115. This would mean the world to me and my girl scout troop. I’m a brand new Junior leader starting from scratch. I also teach English as a 2nd language to 4 to 7 year olds.

  117. I would love this so that I could make custom items for my classroom for my students. Also I would use them for my Girl Scout troop and FFA chapter. This would be such a great time saver and it will allow us for more creativity in my classroom and my Girl Scout troop.

  118. I would love to win this for my school, Edison Elementary. This would be awesome to help us decorate our school with inspirational quotes and to create motivational bulletin boards.

  119. I would donate this to my son’s school – he is the principal at a small Lutheran high school in Illinois, and I know all the teachers there would love to have access to a Cricut!

  120. What an inspiring post! Love all the creative use of the cricut…I would love to win one for my school ❤️

  121. I would want it for myself to use for my classroom and the other teachers at the preschool. I have a Silhouette but it died as I was making decals for another teachers door. ?? We teach SPED preschool and are always needing to label things.

  124. I would love to win this for my daughter’s 5th grade teacher from last year. Mrs. Brown is a wonderfully creative, innovative, and FUN teacher who could make things like her “Cafe du Brown” book event just that much more epic!

  125. I love all of the positive words! I never would have thought the vinyl would stick to the cinder blocks—I’ll have to try that in my classroom!

  126. I’d like this for myself! The possibilities that you can create are endless and so inspiring! Plus I’d help out to create pieces for my other teacher friends too!

  127. I have been dreaming fo getting a Cricut Explore Air 2 for a long time, however, on a limited budget, it has been difficult to make the purchase. I a Speech-Language Pathologist and work with students with special needs. This would be a great way to develop visual supports for them to aid their communication. There are so many other things I would use it for as well. Thanks so much for this great opportunity.

  128. Thank you so much for this article and giveaway. You have given me sooo many ideas! I look forward to the next emails about your future projects. Even though my daughter’s elementary school would love this, I think it would be a great tool in high school. To brighten up the dreary decor. The little saying would remind the kids that they are appreciated and not alone!

  129. I’d love to win this for Miss Lacy at Limestone Walters Elementary School in Illinois. She’s the 4th grade teacher and her room is always inspiring and beautiful, and winning this would put it over the top! I probably should mention that she’s my daughter ??. So I’m hoping she would let me play with the Cricut if she wins it.

  130. Laura, I would love to win this Cricut machine! I could add so many cute designs to my high school classroom!

  134. I teach at Tendercare Preschool. This would be an amazing additional resource to share with my fellow teachers.

  135. I would use the Cricut to make decor, organize supplies, and to add color. I would share it with my co-workers, and also my husband who teaches elementary art. The possibilities are endless and exciting!

  136. I teach PreK in a very new childcare center, Creative Minds, and am working to build up inventory of everything! Having my very own cricut would be so amazing to truly shape the space into something special for my amazing kiddos. Thank you so much for hosting such a cool giveaway!

  137. Wow, what incredible work!! It’s beautiful, and you’ve gone a long way towards making your school a kinder, more inclusive place. Love it!

  138. I would love to win for my preschool class! I’d love to update some of our wall decals and other things around our preschool!

  140. Hi… it would be so awesome to win! I’m a Girl Scout leader and run both cookies & nuts fundraisers. We hold cookie rally for the younger girls. This would add so much to our designing of signs and projects.
    I’m also a homeschool Teacher. This would be tremendous to use at the coop we just joined.
    Thanks 🙂
    I could enter on the blog part of the entry.

  141. I would love to have this for my kindergarten classroom and to share with the school. I love all the positive ideas you posted and would love to add some if those at school. I also would live to see how my students would share their creativity with it. There are so many possibilities of how this could be used by myself, co-workers, and the children.

  144. I’m nominating myself for this ? I’m a preschool special needs teacher in WV. Can you imagine how many things I can do with this in a preschool setting? My head is full of ideas!!

  146. I think it would be awesome to decorate Baucom with encouraging words and to help decorate my classroom. Thanks for all the fun ideas.

  147. I would love to have this. I the Cadette leader for my troop and I am the afternoon lead teacher at ECDP. There is so many ways this would be beneficial and helpful in both areas.

  150. I am a large multi-level girl scout troop leader and have been wanting to do cricut for years! We do so many service projects that the cricut would help with tremendously! Thank you for offering!

  151. I would love to have this for my K classroom! I have been wanting to try the Cricut system; and we are focusing on social & emotional support for our students this year in our school system. This would help to make some really cute positive creations for our students!

  153. So many possibilities with this! I love what you did around your school. We have a Girl Scout Troop (I am one of their leaders) with 26 Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors and they would love doing this for their elementary. Thank you for offering this giveaway!

  154. I am a retired teacher after 32 years of teaching Special Education and 4th grade .I retired in 2011, and yes I miss it. I have some health problems(2 back surgeries and now heart issues ) that keeps me from subbing but I like to stay in touch with the teachers and students. I have offered my services to cut, paste, laminate, whatever a teacher needs. There is never enough time in the day to get everything done. Having a Cricut Explore Air 2 would be a teacher’s dream. I would love to put it to good use helping our already busy teachers. I have to admit that I would love to get my hands on it, myself. If I win I would take it to our elementary, West Plains R-7 Elementary and take orders. This is something I could do at home which also keeps me busy.. If I would have to pick a specific teacher, I would honor, Mrs. Bonham, my granddaughter’s 1st grade teacher. at West Plains Elementary, 1136 Allen Street. West Plains, MO 65775 Thanks so much for such a wonderful giveaway Kathy

  155. I am a preschool teacher and this would help me so much!! I love all the ways you can be creative and decorate.

  156. When I was a room parent at my sons school I had a cricut the one with the cartridges and we made really pretty signs for the door and I miss doing things that a cricut can do because mine broke and I would love to make my own cards and ornaments and t shirts and so much more especially since Christmas is coming up.

  157. Girl Scout volunteer for 40 years. Started with my first daughter, and kept going even with my sons boy scouts. Now have granddaughter and still volunteering in troop, county, area, and state level. This will be very much appreciated because I can use it to decorate troop meeting area and the girls can learn all about using cricut. Thank you.

  158. The possibilities are endless! As a Speech Pathologist in a public K-5 school I would the amazing Cricuit to spruce up and organize spaces and materials where I, and others, work with students of all abilities. We as a staff are constantly creating ways to make students, teachers and parents feel welcome and inspired! Winning this would be amazing!

  160. This would be wonderful! I have seen so many neat things that this machine can do. I would love to use this for my kids and my class. Thank you for the wonderful opportunity!

  161. I love this idea! I love the circuit, but don’t own one. I’ve never thought to use it to add inspiring words to my classroom. Love it!

  162. My sister, Emma McCaffrey, is a 5th grade teacher at Bulverde Creek Elem in San Antonio, Texas. I would love to win this for her class projects! Thanks for the fabulous giveaway!!!

  164. I could use this circuit at my homeschool. I love teaching kids how to be creative and stay organized. We do lots of art and craft projects where we can use Circuit. I also volunteer at school projects. This would be wonderful to win.

  166. My mom is preschool teacher and I would love to win this for her class projects! Thanks for the fabulous giveaway!!!

  167. I love these ideas!! Being able to bring a smile to a child is so important in today’s world. These ideas are some I’m going to share with my teacher friends, and offer to help make them if I win! 🙂

  168. Starting at a new preschool, I would love to donate this to them. Having access to this would be invaluable to the children in our program.

  170. I work in the children’s department at a library, this would be awesome for decorations and passive programs.

  172. I would love to win the Cricut Air 2. I am an administrative support for California State University, Fresno (aka Fresno State) and I often like to make things for our bulletin boards.

  173. I would love to win the Cricut Air 2. I am an administrative support for California State University, Fresno (aka Fresno State) and I often like to make things for our bulletin boards.

  174. I am a Girl Scout leader and would love to win a Cricut!! It has been on my want list for quite some time. It would help so much with troop projects and organization. Thank you for the opportunity to win!

  175. I would like to enter for my mom who is a 5th grade teacher, she is constantly going above and beyond for her students. She definitely deserves to win 🙂

  176. I would love to win this for my multi-level girl scout troop!! We’ve been looking for one to buy cheap for the troop to help with crafts, activities, fundraisers, etc but it’s hard when they’re expensive and you don’t want to use troop funds but give to them!!

  177. Thank you for this great giveaway! I am in love with the inspirational sayings and various ways you have found to brighten up your school. It looks like it would be an amazing place to learn. I am entering the contest for myself as a Senior Girl Scout leader. I am constantly making things for the troop as well as for my kids’ schools. I would love to teach my scouts how to use, design and decorate their own creations. There ate even a few badges we could use this for! Thanks for the opportunity!

  178. Hi, I am a mother of two, a registered nurse, and a girl/boy scout leader. I would love to own a cricut <3

  180. Thank you for all the great ideas! I especially love the word wall and the power thoughts notebook! Also, thank you for ther opportunity to win ther cricut kindle! It’s very generous!

  181. It would be absolutely amazing for me to use as a girl scout leader. I think what you’re doing is awesome and I appreciate you sharing your world with us. Stay blessed. And thank you for the opportunity.

  183. I would love to win, we have a mutli-level group of girls and I would love them to use it for their imagination. This could also be used for their awards they are earning in various things they do.

  185. I would love this!!!! I am a special education High School teacher as well as a troop leader to two troops. Right now I have to send my id as to a friend to cut for me. It would be wonderful to be able to do it in my own home and classroom.

  188. This will be my 12th year as a Girl Scout leader. I love how creative and imaginative the girls are. This machine would be used a lot. Just imagine the cookie booths and gold award stands!!!

  189. I have been a girl scout leader for six years. I am also starting my first year as a school based mental health counselor, so this will help with both of my passions.

  192. I would love to personalize things for my students, and I love the positive messages you have created around your school. I would do the same! What an inviting place to want to come each and every day!

  193. Love this giveaway. But I really loved the font you used for your name on the Machine! What is it? And what material did you use that is clear? Have not done any of that sticker thing yet!!!

    So much work you all did! Looks terrific and know the kids will enjoy it and appreciate it! Living a kind life! Good for you!

  194. So I just went back to post that I made a comment and then read what we were to do. Duh!!

    Anyway, the answer is easy. My daughter, Kim Battistessa, is a fifth grade teacher at Orangevale Open Elementary in Fair Oaks, CA . I would really like her to have her own machine and then she wouldn’t have to ask me to do it for her! Her team could really use this! Fingers crossed.

  195. I am a first grade teacher in urban title 1 school, Girl Scout leader, service unit coordinator, encampment runner, and host 3-4 service unit events a year! This machine would save me tons of money and time!!

  197. I would love to win this to not only make shirts for my daughters team, but to help raise money for them with things that I could make!

  198. Hi, I would love to win this cricut to use both for my classroom and with my Junior Girl Scout Troop. Thank you for this amazing opportunity,

  200. I would love to win a Cricut Air 2!! I have been a Girl Scout leader for over 14 years and this would not only help my troop but my whole Service Unit.

  201. I would love to win this for my team that I work with. We could use something this amazing to help us be creative around our school and even in the classroom. We are always looking for new and creative ways to make visually appealing bulletin boards as well as classroom doors.

  202. You have some amazing ideas. Thanks for sharing them with us. It’s amazing what you can do with a little machine.
    I could do a lot in my preschool classroom and maybe my big sister’s preschool classroom. ?
    After I learn have to use it and make my 9 trips to the store.
    Thanks for the chance to win the amazing giveaway.

  203. Having a cricut would be so amazing! As both a preschool teacher and girl scout leader I could find so many uses for creations! You are so awesome!

  204. I would love to win this for the girls in my girl scout troop. They just bridged to Cadettes and will be leading the way. This can give them great ideas and inspiration to create wonderful new things. Our troop is from Bolingbrook, IL. We are always looking for ways to give back to the community and this could be an amazing tool for them to use.

  207. I would love to win the cricit for myself! I’ve homeschooled both of my kiddos in the past and this will be the 1st year they will both be attending school away from home. Getting a taste of what teachers go through, and how much work it is to teach children gave me renewed appreciation for teachers. I’d love to do some fun projects and make some gifts for both of the new teachers in our lives this year!!

  208. This would be so amazing to win. I take my cricut machines in for students to use for projects and it would be really nice to have one that I could leave at school for the students to use without needing to haul all of my personal ones and their supplies back and forth. Thank you for this opportunity!

  209. Thank you so much for the chance to win! I have two bi level troops that this would be great for! I’m also one of our service unit leads. I have been wanting one for a long time, but didn’t have the money to purchase one. This would be awesome. Not to mention to make stuff for my kids soccer teams, coaches, teachers, church Sunday school, etc. So many opportunities! Again, thank you for the chance to win!

  210. I have a really large girl scout troop of high school girls who are working in their Gold Award. I also help with a large group of middle school girl scouts who are working on their silver award. This would be a huge help to both groups of girls and could be passed down to a younger girl leader after both of the troops I work with graduate. This could be the gift that keeps on giving to help girls in girl scouts as they try to make the world a better place.

  211. I’m a (Lifetime) Girl Scout and Leader to a Multi-Level Troop from Kindergarten to 8th Grade. I would LOVE a Cricut to help with the crafts and badges for our Troop and our Community Service projects. We meet at an elementary school and would LOVE to be able to use a Cricut to decorate their walls, windows and classrooms. It would also be an asset to us for my daughter’s 2 soccer teams and my other daughter for her volunteering at college!

  212. This would be amazing for our Girl Scout troop, ways of leaving positive messages everywhere we can.

  214. Well I would love this for myself just because it would be so fun to create things for both my kids teachers! Plus I would love to be able to create things for our church. The possibilities are endless!

  217. I personally would love to own a cricut machine! I would make so many people gifts, as well as personalize everything I own.

  218. I’m entering my 24th year of teaching and would absolutely love this to use in my classroom to spruce up the decor in my room (we’ve spent the last year in construction while still having school open as usual). I’d love to decorate the teachers room too as it is so bland (blank putty colored walls everywhere). My colleagues definitely deserve a beautiful space!

  219. I am a Girl Scout Leader and my co-leader is also a teacher. We work with all age level girls helping new leaders as they come into the program. Our direct focus is with our Junior, Cadette, and Senior age girls. I was just looking at some activity projects a couple nights ago that would be carried through using a cricut machine, something I do not own. Winning a cricut machine would open up tons of ideas and projects for our girls.
    I noticed down below it requests a website which I do not personally have and our troops do not have a website. Our service unit has a website but that is a regional website.
    One of the first projects we would tackle is the girls making the 5 gallon buckets they decorate to pack their things in for overnights. They then also decorate the lids. These buckets can also be used as their sit upons or just for seating.

  220. I would love to win a cricut. I have been wanting to get one. I teach 3k at a daycare center in SC and love to use this in my classroom to help inspire my students and to bring more life into my classroom.

  221. I would love to use the Cricuit to decorate my school library, create makerspace projects with the students and decorate the halls. The kindness draw labels and water fountain words are inspirational.

  222. I would love to use one to decorate my school library, create makerspace activities with the students and decorate the halls.

  223. Omg the possibilities for my classroom I never even thought of making the word wall like that!!!!!! I would love to be able to spruce up my pre-K classroom! Even if I didn’t win I would love the time to pick your brain for some different ideas!

  224. Thanks for the opportunity to win an amazing prize! My high school and middle school Girl Scout troops would love to learn some unique new skills to create items that would help them with their money-earning for travel activities for the next few years!

  225. I am a girl scout leader and I would love to win this!! I have wanted a cricut for so long! I have so many ideas on how to make the year better for my girls with one! The possibilities are endless!!

  226. I’ve always wanted one since I’m a total craftaholic and I would be intrigued to try it and see all of the wonderful things I could create with it but I would donate it to my boys’ wonderful elementary school where I was a playground mom for ten years. They could do so much with it and it would get great use and create wonderful memories for years. As a single mom, I put both of my boys through private schools and would love to pay back the great education they got in their learning years at that school.

  227. Thank you for such an amazing giveaway! I’ve been wanting a circuit so that I can make my classroom extra cute! ❤️

  228. My mother in law is a math teacher in a Houston lower income school. Would love to gift this for her classroom and to share.

  229. I’m so not creative but you have posted so many things that my classroom and school could use. Thanks for being overly creative to compensate for my lack of it

  231. I would love to win this for myself to help the sports teams and dance teams at my daughters school make shirts and things for the clubs as well as fundraiser things.

  232. I would love to win this! I love making crafts and shirts! This would be easier than the “other” machine I have that is harder to use. BUT if I had to pick a teacher I would pick Ms. Schinke from my children’s school. She was the best, so patience, great communication and loves those kids.

  233. This Cricut would be a wonderful addition to my Girl Scout Troop and also my homeschool area for my daughter. Thanks for the opportunity!

  237. This would be an amazing win for our girl scout troop. We are based in a small town in PA and can definitely see some of the socio economical struggles of our families. This would be a blessing to be able to do activities, decorating, and even service projects with our troop!

  238. Thank you for sharing! I would love to spread joy in this way among my Girl Scouts and our homeschooling community.

  242. I am a troop leader for a multi level troop, I would love this to help the girls get more out of their journey. It also would be very helpful when making posters and signs for cookie season or making decorations for bridging

  243. I have always wanted a Cricut. Between my work as a troop leader for a multi age troop and leading the children’s ministry at my church, this would really come in handy!

  244. As a Girl Scout Leader and a daycare provider…. I would love to win this. There is so much I could do with it <3 From shirts, to wall decorations to gifts to fundraisers…. Thank you for an opportunity to win

  245. This would really help my large troop keep costs down. They are working spreading kindness and being ambassadors of healthy friendships at school and in their community. Having a CriCut would really elevate their efforts.

  246. Oh wow! What great ideas that create such a fun learning environments for kids! Would love to win this for my kid’s teacher!

  247. These are so great!!! What an awesome idea to make school feel more positive. This would be awesome to use at our homeschool co-op and for many other great projects.

  249. This would be so awesome! I work and volunteer at an Elementary school and a Middle school. I’m also a Daisy GS Leader. We have 6 leaders in our troop, which means we have Daisies all the way to Seniors in our big troop.

  250. You are the stinkin cutest thing ever! You’re ideas for this school are amazing and I hope they brighten every students day! The gratitude board is my favorite thing you posted. Gosh it overflows my heart and gives me an amazing idea for my small Girl Scout troop. This March we branched off of a bigger troop and formed our own. We wanted to be involved in our community and do service unit projects within our community and our previous troop didn’t. We are a group of Daisy’s and brownies who all have huge hearts for helping others and being involved. We plan to make baskets for those in need for thanksgiving and Christmas and this would be amazing to make the baskets over the top full of love. ❤️
    Thank you for being a huge inspiration to me ❤️

  252. I have a friend with a circuit and she loves it. I’m pretty sure it would be a wonderful tool for any teacher that’s why I’m thinking my brother Barry would love one. He teaches math science and makes lots of art. This would be a perfect tool.

  253. I have an amazing Girl Scout Troop of 62 girls that would love to experiment making new things with this Cricut.

  255. I would love to win this! My juniors bronze award is to put inspirational messages on the bathroom stalls at their new school that is being built! Having this would help inmensely!

  256. HOW EXCITING!!! I WOULD LOVE TO WIN this for my troop! I did not see how to enter.
    I am a troop leader of a large multi level troop, I am service unit manager and a plan and run large themed camps.

  258. I am a creative mother of three beautiful kids. We do lots of art and craft projects. I also volunteer at school and handle crafting projects. I could use Circuit to create more unique and innovative projects and decorations for school classroom and also for my homeschool classroom. Winning would be HUGE blessing!

  259. I love that the wall incorporates the word important. It is so important for a child to know that they are important. Good luck to everyone!

  260. I’m an educator, GS troop leader, soccer coach, nurse, and mom, and doing all these jobs would be easier and more fun if I had one of the new Cricut Explore Air 2. Thank you for this chance to win! Keep up the good work!

  261. This would be amazing to have for my Girl Scout Troop, my son’s Boy Scout Troop, and for doing crafts with my three children and nieces/nephew. Thank you for the chance!

  263. I am entering myself to win! I am a multilevel Girl Scout leader with 20 girls(Daisies-Seniors). I could use this with almost every craft we do and any events we plan for the girls like our mother daughter tea party. I am also a board member on PTO at my daughter’s school. We plan a lot of fun events and parties that the cricut would be amazing for! I really want to do inspirational quotes on all the mirrors and down hallways for teachers, staff and kids. Or creating a “Shout Out” wall for all the teachers would be amazing!! The possibilities are endless,there is so much good that can come from winning this!

  266. It’s been so long since I have won anything that I just had to try for this. I am a Mom, Scout leader and Coach and I really could use it. Thank you for doing this.

  267. Hi there!

    I’m a Girl Scout troop leader and day camp volunteer and would love a chance at one of these machines.

    Thank you for sharing!

  270. I would love to win this for my daughter 4th grade teacher at Hillview Elem in grove city pa. She is a super teacher. Firm but loving. I have had a chance to go to her room a couple of times to help out and realize she has a God given talent to work with her kiddos

  271. I would love to be able to gift this great Cricut to my daughter who teaches at TCU. She could really use it in making posters for events and rallies!

  272. I’d give to my next door neighbor they are both teachers at Cherry Hill East in Cherryhill Katie & Eric Radbill and they are both special education teachers so I would gift this to them for there school. They coach sports as well they are so into sports and a great family.

  273. I would love to win this! I have been looking at them for a while now and am just not comfortable with the cost coming out of the Girls profits. I would buy one myself but my budget doesn’t currently allow that. This year my troop grew from 12 girls to 34 girls(!!) because another leader was not able to continue with scouts and I wanted to ensure her girls had some place to go. Our Juniors will be working on their Bronze award this year and I know this would come in very handy!

  275. I am a multi- level girl scout troop leader and a Special Education Assistant at an elementary school. This would be such an amazing tool to have for both!

  276. I’m a Digital Teacher Librarian. I’d love to have this for our school for teachers to use but also for our kids to use to make a positive impact on their community. This would make a great STEAM Club project!

  278. I would love this for myself. As a girl scout leader and a dance leader I could and would LOVE to use this for our uniforms, badges, decorations, parties, class, and more !

  279. I own two child care centers and am a Girl Scout Leader. This would get so much use!! Thanks for the opportunity!

  280. I would really like to win this. I am a leader for two Girl Scout troops and I also work as a Special Education Paraprofessional. I would love to be able to make and customize things for the girls in my troops and also for the student I work with.

  281. I’m back in the Kindergarten classroom, after a 4 year break, this is an overflow class that has nothing. So winning a Cricut Air I could cut out names for practice and visual examples, label closets for concept practice for read the room and use words to just decorate and inspire like you did

  282. I would love to win! I am my daughter’s Girl Scout multi level troop leader and have always wanted one of my own. I can only imagine all the amazing projects we could do!

  286. I would love to win this for our Girl Scout Troop. I am also a PTO board member. I have so many ideas running thru my head about how I can inspire both scouts and school members.

  288. These pics are inspirational! I’m a GS leader in Maui, and our resources are limited, so I would love to win this! I’m also planning to return back to the classroom as a teacher after 8 years as a stay at home mom.

  289. Wow! What an awesome giveaway! I teach preschool in a private school that goes all the way to 12th grade! We could make so many encouraging messages with a cricut!

  290. I would love to enter this contest but the link doesn’t appear to be working when I click it just leads to details about purchasing the circuit.

  292. I have so many ideas for my classroom and school, and a Cricut would be amazing to make all these ideas come to life! I would also use this at the dance studio my daughter attends for wall art, organization, banners, and more! So many uses for a Cricut!

  293. I would like to enter my daughter Elise Pepe. She is a 2nd grade school teacher in an underserved community. She could do so much with this. Love the posting and thank you for being so generous.

  294. I would live to win this for myself. I am a PreK teacher in a low income area charter school. I would like to be crafty, and this would help. I’m always buying supplies for my students and this would be nice for me to spruce up my classroom.

    Thank you for the opportunity to win this.

  295. I would love to win this for my sister in law who is an elementary school teacher and loves to be creative in her classroom!

  297. I am entering for my friend, Leslie. She loves her students and is so inspiriting and creative. She would definitely use this in her room.

    Thank you very much!!!!

  298. I am the children’s Christian Education Coordinator at my church and this would come in handy to decorate throughout the year to inspire my kids!

  299. This would be a wonderful item for my granddaughter who is in her first year as a special need children grades for K-2. What she could create for her children would be wonderous (as she has an imagination still after growing into a beautiful young lady).

  300. I’m an early childhood educator in a kindergarten classroom – a Cricut would give me the ability to easily add interest to ‘story time’ by creating materials I could use while reading a book and for the children to use after to recreate the story or make up their own. Creating and making centre materials more appealing to the children would be a breeze with a Cricut.
    The Cricut could be incorporated into classroom activities and the children could be directly involved in creating what they need for their projects/inquiries….they would be so much more willing and interested in making their learning visible and creating the documentation to support that!!

  301. Hi Laura. First let me say thank you for sharing your talents with us. You inspire me and help me be a better wife, mother and teacher. I absolutely see myself using your ideas in this blog. The hallway idea blew me away! I would love own a Cricut Explore Air 2 machine to help others to be creative be it at school, church or home. Please know that you are appreciated and we are so blessed to have you as our creative example. Keep up the great work you do. I give you an A+.

  302. Oooh, this leader of multiple Girl Scout troops would love to use this Cricut Explore Air 2 to make my life a little easier. Endless possibilities! Thanks for the opportunity!

  305. Would love to try this. It looks like you can do so much with it. So many projects on the to do list this would help out with

  309. I would love to receive a cricut for the PTO and teachers at Gardiner Elementary in Wichita, Kansas. Gardiner is a Title 1 schools with a high transient population. I retired from teaching this past year and I know first hand, how much having a cricut on sight would be used and loved. The building is old and it could use a facelift along with being able to create a colorful learning environment. One example of need is putting together a sensory walk down on the floors in the halls that the kids could go hop, skip, jump, and walk on to calm, refocus and improve their self regulation of behaviors. These teachers work hard, spending a lot of their own money to meet students needs. This would be such a blessing for them, plus putting a little fun and spark in their days!

  310. This is a great resourceful blog! I love the best practice of using a hair dryer on the brick as my walls are 99% brick!

  311. I would give this fabulous prize to my neighbor who has been a teacher for 25 years at the same school teaching 4/5 students. This year she has moved to a different school and will be teaching 3/4 math and science, She has always wanted a Cricut so this would make what has started out as a rough year just a little more bearable! As her best friend I see what she does outside of school hours and out of her own pocket to make sure the students have what they need to succeed!

  313. I would love this to make all sorts of craft items with my friends and family. It would really help me fill up the hours of the day.

  314. I am a preschool teacher & would love to win this. I could make so many cute things for the kids, with this.

  315. I would give this to my friend Kara who is a special education teacher at the Sterling School in Illinois!

  316. I am a Girl Scout Leader who also works with several other troops at the Service Unit level. I work with my 3 grandsons’ Biy Scout troop.
    A cricut would be perfect for us to use for their projects.

  318. This looks like an awesome way to post things in your classroom without much effort! The effort is going to the craft store….lol

  321. This would be an amazing resource for my Kindergarten classroom. My kinder squad(5 teachers)
    Would be able to create so many great items. My mind
    Is already thinking of the endless possibilities! Thanks
    For hosting a great giveaway!

  322. My daughter, Mrs. Fister, at Chenowith Elementary would love to win this. We make all of her classroom decorations, organization items, art projects, and gifts.

  323. I would love to share this with my daughter in law who works with Girl Scouts and with her girls school, Rineyville school,’

  325. As a special ed teacher I label ALL THE THINGS…. but actually my incredible partner teacher does it for me on her Cricut! Maybe it’s time for me to take the plunge!! ?

  328. Fantastic giveaway! Both my husband and I are teachers so you can be sure that we would put this to good use! Between the two of us, we could be organizing and decorating for years.

  330. I would love to win this! I’m a new school librarian and I’m still learning too! This would be so helpful with encouraging our middle school students to read!

  331. I would love to win for myself and my daughter’s so that we could do projects together and my youngest is often home from school due to a medical condition and we could do projects together

  332. I would love to win this for myself as a homeschool teacher, but also to do all the projects the elementary school needs that my grandson attends. Middle Valley Elementary in Tennessee, where I volunteer. Thank you so much for the chance to win and help this school out!

  335. I would like this for my son. He teaches Special Education in elementary school. He could really use this to fix up and organize his room.

  337. I’m currently a SAHM taking “time off” from teaching full time to be with my daughter. I volunteer at the elementary school helping in the library and the classroom. My 7yo is starting her 2nd year of being a Daisy scout. I would get soooooooo much use out of this, and it would benefit many girls (and boys), their troop leader, teachers and school staff members.

  341. I would love to have this instrument of wonderful ness! I have nine grandchildren-8 of them girls! I have taught Sunday School, Young Women’s classes, Activity Days for girls 8-11, and always have something crafty going on! This would be well-loved and put to good use in my life, and for others, as well.

  342. I would like to win this for myself so I can assist the daycare teachers and home schooling parents I know with many projects. Wow- what bright, attractive, POSITIVE messages to encourage children AND adults. Way to keep energy and emotions high!

  344. I would love to win this for my friend and our elementary school Special Education Teacher, Elizabeth. She is amazingly talented and creative and gives so much of her love, patience, and knowledge to the students at Lamar Elementary.

  345. I would love to win this for my sister. She teaches 1st grade and would put it to great use! Maybe I could twist her arm to make a few things for my girl scout troop, too. =)

  346. I would love to win this for my Girl Scout Troop in St. Louis, MO. So many project ideas come to mind!

  347. Love this! You have done such cute projects around your school! I work with a Girl Scout troop serving Kindergarten through 6th graders… we meet in a local church’s Children’s Ministry and I think I could use this in both places! I have a super old Cricut model and I would LOVE to upgrade to make the girls troop shirts, hats, and water bottles, as well as a kaper chart (/chore chart) and so much more! I think it would be great to do some similar empowering messaging around the church campus in the kids’ areas as well! Maybe the girls in my troop could do it as a service project.

  348. I would love to use this cricut for church projects as well as for our school decorations. I know that the teachers would enjoy using it to make projects that would go along with their theme for the year.

  353. I would want for me. I have always been crafty and am the family go to person for anything needed. I also love do a multitude of crafts with the kids and grandkids. I also make backdrops and set up picture areas for holidays and milestones.

  354. As a former educator that has moved into Life Coaching. This is wonderful.
    I love the wall with all the special words. That gave me so many great ideas.

  357. I would want this for myself. I homeschool my children and volunteer in our church Sunday school, and I can think of so many ways to use this! I also have a friend who teaches kindergarten in a small school who could do many great things with it too. So many wonderful project ideas for so many people!

  358. I’d love to win this so I could make things for several teachers in two different schools. I used to have a different brand, but it broke. I’d love to win/try a Cricut and see what I can create for everyone with it!! Thanks for the opportunity!

  359. I love ways to easily add creativity and positivity to learning environments. Thanks for sharing your experience with this machine.

  360. My daughter goes to a very small school in the country. Her teacher Mrs. Sell would do great things with this if she won.

  361. I would love to win! I have wanted to buy one for years, but get scared that it would be too hard to use. You could come to Iowa and teach me!

  362. I would like to give the prize to Margene Harrison at Spring Creek Elementary School! She is an awesome teacher that loves her job.

  363. This is such a wonderful giveaway! Thank you for offering this. What a wonderful and creative way to change the world with positive words. I love all your tips and especially that wall. Many thanks.

  364. I have looked at the Cricut’s for awhile now and is on my wish list. I am a crafter making pillows with sayings, quilts with names and would share this with my daughter who teaches 3rd grade and is tracing letters all the time. I would be in seventh heaven with a win.

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