Rochellejacobs

Thank you very much!

Thanks. I love colorful things, too. These take a while to make, but it's really worth it. Every time I make more, I find new ways to put them together.

I would love to see a picture of that!

Yes, the kids really like "making them their own." Not sure if this is helpful, but here's a video I made for my students in May, so they could do a revised version at home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRglXw-2RrQ&t=40s

Thank you for sharing these pictures! I love the different shapes. And glitter makes everything better!

I'm so glad. I've been really inspired by the generosity of everyone sharing their resources. I've made some videos of projects that my students should be able to do with materials at home, if you want some other ideas. I'm finding the hardest part of this distant learning is trying to figure out activities that only use things that most people have at home. Good luck with your online teaching; I know it isn't easy!https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5fDrPA0P_4QzPNbdTDTYYA/videos

Thanks. The kids really liked making them; especially the messy part. Nothing like time at home to be able to share stuff like this!

When I inserted the pictures to my instructable draft, some of them were sideways or upside-down. Is there a way to rotate the pictures, once you have uploaded them? Or should I try uploading them again? I thought I had them correctly oriented in my folder, but they seemed to get wacky once I put them in my "library." Any ideas? Thanks, Rochelle

Let me know if you try a chocolate filling and I will join you on that diet!

You are so welcome. I'm glad this post brought memories of your grandmother.

Thanks. They are a great cookie and a really sweet memory of my mom.

I just googled Kiffels and got all kinds of new ideas for fillings! Thank you for this comment!

I know! It's so tempting to want to fill them with more jam than they can handle. We are both lucky to have memories of our mom's baking cookies for special occaisons.

Hi, I thought this might make you smile. When I do a project in my classroom, whenever possible, I write a "mini" Instructable on the board, in case after explaining the project, kids want to review steps. I never really thought about it before. But today one of my first graders, made a playdough monster and he said, "Ms. Jacobs, I wrote out the plan in case you want to make this someday." I don't know if you are fluent in first grade writing, but it says," 1 piece of playdough. Step One, Roll it out. Put it on the table." He had another page, but I forgot to take a picture of it. A future Instructables writer?!!!