Unwrap your Freebie #3 and NEW Christmas Set!

Hi everyone! I hope you have been checking my TpT store for the Unwrap your Freebie series because I haven't been as quick about posting on here when I get them up. Unwrap your Freebie #3 is now posted in my store and I have to say- I think it is the best one yet! I hope you enjoy it!

Click the link to go to the surprise freebie and please leave feedback! The feedback has been so fun for me to read and I think some of the clues people are coming up with for the "mystery gift" are so creative!

{UNWRAP YOUR FREEBIE HERE}

Also, I wanted to let you know I JUST POSTED A NEW SET THAT I LOVE! It is called Merry Christmas Eve and it is all about Santa's busy night delivering presents! I have been dying to get a santa and reindeer set posted, but a little thing called "teaching full-time" is really keeping me busy ;) haha

Here is my new set! {Click here to see more details}

Alrighty folks, you know it's Sunday and that's a teacher's busiest day of the week, it seems. I'm off to figure out materials for my 20 kiddos to make salt dough maps of China haha Is it Thanksgiving break yet? :)

Stay tuned on Wednesday for the newest Unwrap your Freebie and check back for more Christmas and holiday sets that I have in the works!

Unwrap Your Freebie #2!!!

Hi friends! Oh my gosh, I have to admit, I think I am having the most fun out of everyone with my Unwrap Your Freebie series! I get so excited to read your reactions and clues!! Thank you, thank you for leaving feedback! My first Unwrap your freebie has over 370 feedbacks! That means a lot that people commented on a freebie of mine!

So.....as I am doing report cards, grading, etc. I MAY have jumped the gun on posting my next freebie....

UNWRAP YOUR FREEBIE #2 unveiled!

I figured it was ALMOST Wednesday (the day that I will post a new one each week) and I was anxious to share it (and by the way I have the next two done and I am DYING to share them- I hate waiting to give gifts, I get antsy!). So, as I finish up my work, I am excitedly checking your feedback and clues! Thanks for making my night of paperwork more interesting! Again, thank you so much for leaving feedback!

Please feel free to share about my Unwrap Your Freebie! Series on your blog or facebook page! I would love to surprise more people and get them excited during a busy, sometimes stressful season :)

Alright, now I have to figure out how I'm going to wait a WHOLE WEEK to post my next one. 

I hope you like this one as much as the first one! Enjoy!

Unwrap your FREEBIE!

Whoa. This poor little blog has been neglected for a WHILE. In my defense, I have been working extra hard on clipart and teaching my little second graders this year. However, it's been pretty much 2 months since my last post. Sooo if you don't remember me, I won't take it personally :)

Welp- I'm back with a lot of news to share and I want to start off with a fun freebie series that I am starting for the holidays. First of all, everyday I am more and more blown away by the sweet feedback and support that people give me and my clipart. Your kind comments about my art can turn my day around in the same way that a Dairy Queen cookie dough blizzard can....and that is saying a lot :)

So, I thought it would be fun to kick off the holiday season with a little thank you. I know that the holidays get crazy for all of us and sometimes a little freebie (or a series of freebies) can help lessen the blow of holiday stress, christmas expenses and the large amount of money you might be spending on Starbuck's seasonal drink choices ;) or maybe that is just me.

I give you my "Unwrap your Freebie" holiday freebie series...

Kids aren't the only ones that get excited as they unwrap a present and wait to find out what's inside. Although I still kind of consider myself a kid (even though I turned 26 last week....whoa), I figure other people probably feel the same way.

Some of the freebies will be holiday-related, others will be clipart that you can use year round. Who knows, I might even bust out an entire FREE clipart set just to keep you guys guessing :)

Bottom line, I hope you all know how much your support with my clipart means to me and I hope I can give you a few smiles back in return as you "unwrap" your presents this season. No joke, I'm super excited to see what you all think of the freebies than I can express. Giving presents is fun too!

Cheers to kickin' off the holiday season with something that won't cost you a dime! :) 

Free Smile Sketchies Clipart set with $12.00 purchase- today, Friday and Saturday!!!

Hi friends!!! I am excited to announce my second FREE gift with purchase set! I just finished these little cuties:

You can snatch these little smileys up for FREE if you make a $12.00 purchase from my store today, September 12th - Saturday September 14th. 

Here is how the offer works:

1. For the rest of today, Friday, or Saturday, purchase $12.00 of clipart in my TpT store. 

2. Email me at thecreativechalkboard@gmail.com with the subject FREE SMILE SKETCHIES. In your email, please include your user name on TpT (the one that would show up on my transaction sheet- I think it is usually your user name) and list the clipart sets you purchased totaling $12.00 or more. 

3. You will have your FREE SMILE SKETCHIES emailed to you by Sunday night, September 15th.

That's it! So if there is stuff you have wishlisted, might as well get a freebie out of your purchase! As always, thanks for being the best supporters a doodler could ask for :) Hope your week ends well and your weekend is even better :)

Limited Edition UPDATED with 28 more images!

Hi everyone! Quick post- I just added 28 additional images to my Limited Edition BRIGHT Kids, Scribbles and Elements set. That brings the total to 136 images for $5.00!

Because I just added the additional images, the set will be available until the end of Tuesday 9/10. After that, it will be retired until next summer. Don't miss it!

If you have already purchased and downloaded this set, please download the revised copy and there will be an additional folder of "add-on images" in the download. Thanks for all your support during my first Limited Edition endeavor!

Check out the whole set and the 9-page pdf preview of all 136 images {HERE}! Hurry before it goes away!

A Peek at Our First Week

I'm going to make it through at least one week of frequent blog posts before the year carries me away! Here is a quick peek out our first week in Rm 124!

First of all, my kiddos were great! That being said, I am still exhausted at the end of ever day and repeated my directions more times than I can count. Oi vey! Can it be October already?! However, for it being the first four days of school, these kids were troopers!

We did a lot of "back to school" activities and not surprisingly, I over-planned- hoping to fit in all the fun back to school lessons, games, and books that I found. I still think we got through quite a bit though!

In no specific order, here's a few Peeks at Last Week :)

We read some of my favorite back to school books including First Day Jitters and My Mouth is a Volcano. No first day would be complete without making Jitter Juice from Abby Mullins Super in Second  pack!

We didn't waste any time getting started on writing! The kiddos worked hard on some hot air balloon writing craftivities (which I will post pictures of when we finish them up next week!) that focused on goal setting in second grade. We also did a quick writing piece on Thursday called "Full of Smiles after my First Week." We talked about synonyms for "great" and the kiddos came up with a TON to describe their first week. Okay, it's confession time. I had planned on doing a balloon launch at the end of the week to tie into our hot air balloon writing, but environmental concerns got in my way! So, I had already set my heart on having 19 balloons in my classroom on Friday, so I had to get creative quick. Hence, the quick writing piece at the end of the week to justify me getting the kids THESE:

It actually worked out great because the kids did MORE writing than I planned. Here's two of them!

If you want the writing paper that I used, you can grab it {HERE}

This is the first year that I am planning on doing Bucket Fillers with my kiddos. We read the book and did a BUNCH of activities from Ashley Reed's Bucker Filler Brigade Pack. 

We did this little group sort from Ashley's pack to compare the actions of Bucket Fillers and Bucket Dippers. There were so many great activities in this pack that really helped my kiddos get an understanding of bucket fillers. I think it is also going to help them explain how they are feeling. I already had some kiddos talking about what "empties their bucket" and how their bucket was "overflowing" after their first week in second grade! How cute are they!?

We were up to all sorts of other things from gummi bear math to review some first grade concepts, to exploring math tools with Amy Lemons "Let's Get Started" Beginning of the Year Math Activities.  I need to be better about taking pictures of what we do! I'm out of practice!

If you have started school, I hope your first week was great! Thank goodness for a four-day weekend to help me recover. I even had some time to work on clipart- I didn't realize how much I had missed being able to doodle since the crazy start of school!

Don't forget to snatch up my Limited Edition Clipart Set: Bright KIDS, Scribbles and Elements- available for 1 week only!

LIMITED EDTION CLIPART SET RELEASED! Bright KIDS, Scribbles and Elements!

I am SO excited to announce the release of my very first LIMITED EDITION CLIPART SET! It is called Bright KIDS, Scribbles and Elements!

This set is HUGE! It includes 108 images that include images of kids (in color and b&w), design elements, scribble frames, colorful buntings, scribble dividers/borders and more! These vibrant images really "pop" on black, chalkboard backgrounds, but also look great on white backgrounds, too!

Here's the catch- this set will only be posted and available in my TpT store until 9/7/13, next Saturday. After that, it will be retired until next summer. The best part....this set of 108 images is only $5.00. When I re-release it next summer, this set will be priced at $10.00. So snatch it up now!

Check it out! Everything you see below for $5.00!

CLICK {HERE} to grab it before it goes in the vault for almost a year!