Well, I finally did it! I posted some products on TpT! It wasn't easy, between the learning curve of the technical aspects, the challenge of remembering how to make a PowerPoint and all that goes with it ... group / ungroup / import / re-size..., but I FINALLY MADE IT HAPPEN! I know - I have an uppercase overload, but I am actually proud of myself! Who knew I would have to learn how to 'flatten' images in files (or even that that was possible)! Of course, now I have a whole list of things I want to do better, faster etc., but this is progress! Speaking of which, I'm writing this on my own blog. Which, I can freely admit, I had NO IDEA how to set up a few weeks ago, and which has taken me a while to even get to this point. Oh happy days!
Give it away for free?? Really??
I have always loved the fact that there are free products on TpT, and in fact, you have to upload a free product as your first product on their site. When it comes to it though, it's hard to post something for free when you've spent time making it! That said, I did happily note that a handful of people have downloaded it already, only an hour or two after I put it there, so that makes me warm and fuzzy inside! Does that count as success? Not the monetary kind, no... but hey, I'll take it!
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ten-Frame-Spin-2053549
So, every time I make something for my classroom, my son's classroom, or my little one's pre-school, I'm often told that I should put the finished product on pinterest. Oh boy, but finding the time to give back a little is hard, hard, hard! One step at a time though! Today I am going to make a start to hit the rewind button and put up a couple of pictures of older projects I have completed (often with the help of a very good friend or two!). Here are a couple of felt projects we did:
The first one was a Goodnight Moon feltboard request from a pre-school teacher, where the students add the individual elements to the background as the story progresses. The second picture is a collection of Brown Bear, Brown Bear hand puppets we made for the same class, after the teacher said she wished for a more interactive way of sharing the book with the little ones. (This class is for ages 2.5 - 3.5, and they loved the finished hand puppets!) I used a basic shape for the hand puppet template in each color, and then added the individual details - ears, feathers, frog eyes etc. By far the most challenging? That goldfish... I really tried to come up with a design which had it facing forward like the rest, but nothing seemed to work well, so this is what they got!
