I found the most adorable material that is Cat in the Hat and Dr. Seuss theme material. I bought a yard of each of the fabrics. Love it. So far, I have made a student chair cover for my classroom. I took a pillowcase and sewed one of the panel cuts on it. The star helper for the day sits in the chair. It is so cute - yesterday's helper carries the chair to today's helper. It looks like a little presentation ceremony.
The best thing that I have made so far is this:
It is my Cat in the Hat skirt made with 9" inch squares, 4 tiers. The blue and red are Moda Marbles. My kiddos loved it. I had showed them samples of the fabric. We talked about the skirt for a couple of weeks. Then, on Monday I wore it to school. Woo hoo. When I walked out to get them, they started jumping up and down and screaming. The were so excited. I got lots of thank you's from the kids. Just because of a skirt. The best money I have ever spent. A couple of the girls were walking behind me holding the back of it like it was a wedding train (good thing it is really long)
So, if I wear my Cat in the Hat skirt to school - the kids read a different Dr. Seuss book and do activities based on that book. The first book was, of course, "Cat in the Hat". They made hats, wordsearch, rhyming hats, math addition page, a little reading rhyme book. It was such a fun day.
Since, I am off the month of November - we will be doing "the Grinch" in December. I am hoping to get a quilt done when I am on break. This much fun and joy, just from fabric. I can't wait.
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I just surfed in from Jaybird quilts. You must be a real inspiration to your students. That skirt rocks.
Posted by: riel | October 14, 2010 at 08:54 AM
Love, love, love! I am a children's librarian, and I think I need some of this fabric now!! :) Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Carly | October 14, 2010 at 09:42 AM
Thank you so much for the compliment. It is much appreciated
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Posted by: Terri Paulson-Sasaki | October 14, 2010 at 09:43 AM
Lucky kids. Your classroom must be a fun, creative place. Think I need to make a Dr. Seuss skirt for book character day.
Posted by: Joanna | October 16, 2010 at 05:43 AM