I am so thrilled to share “A Year of Laura Kelly dies for Ellison Education”. As this year comes to an end, people everywhere are looking ahead and planning what comes next. Teachers, artists, moms and makers are all getting out their calendars and dreaming up ideas and ways to make the next year the best ever. When I originally designed the twelve dies that make up a “calendar set” …
I am rounding up and sharing ten great projects with Ellison Education! I hope that these inspire you to create and make lots of things. These dies are super awesome because while they are designed with purposes to be used in education and classrooms, they also come in really hand for crafting and making! To kick it off, I made these darling holiday tags with the bookmark die and my …
This post is extra special. Not only did I create this game with the die I designed for Ellison Education (Me and My Peeps Girl) BUT I also used my new paper line from AdornIt. It is my FIRST real project using both and I LOVE it so much. Of course, add a little washi tape to the mix and …. YES! I used my Ellison Superstar Machine to cut …
Clay in the Classroom There are so many ways to use clay in the classroom. I love creating ways to connect with children that work and these work. My favorite clay in the classroom idea is a diversity craft that opens up possibilities for meaningful and necessary conversations about racism – a tough topic but one that must be addressed. Story Starters made from clay are great because the kids …
The Laura Kelly Design Team’s Back to School with Ellison series makes me so crazy happy. For starters, I LOVE these members of my team so much. They are so super creative and fill my life with such love, inspiration and fun. I created a fun little bunch of decor using the items from the Dollar Spot in Target with vinyl and my Lemonade Alphabet along with the Badges dies. …
Yesterday was the day that our kiddos went back to school. My bestie (Housewife Hellraiser Laura Neiman) and I threw a celebration in the Starbucks at King Soopers with full support from the King Soopers marketing team. It was fantastic! One of the things that we gave the moms was homework emergency kits…for those times when a kid can’t find what he needs! Check them out! We included the necessities… …
We have sooooo many supplies for school in this house. We have things for studying, for projects and for crafting. Here are a few ideas for back to school organization with recycled containers! I used some of my favorite dies that I created for Ellison Education to create the tags. Then I used packing tape to apply them to the containers that we randomly found around our house. We …
This bulletin board was destined to be in the dump. The wooden sides were gone and the front was all marred. It was in the pile. It was in THAT pile of stuff to be broken down and put in the big trash can. I saw it. I saved it! I am so glad! I got these darling wooden letters at Target to spell C-R-E-A-T-E. I painted them in solid …
Harriet Tubman Printable Activities I created these Harriet Tubman Printable Activities because she is on my list of top then heroes of all times. So many of her lessons should be a lesson to all of us. While I don’t think black history should ever be limited to teaching and learning about in February (Black History Month) – I know that this is a time that gets that focus. I …
Spring is coming fast. It is time to get “hoppy” and create a buzz … like math fun with bugs and frogs. I designed these dies for Ellison because not only are they incredibly cute, they are also practical and useful. This die from the Pet Shop collection makes the cutest things. The jar has two slits in it which were created to fit the dragonfly and frog. This combination …