This is the day we finished some BEE classroom stuff...for someone else.

My super-creative best friend has been helping me SO MUCH with my own classroom stuff, so it was the VERY LEAST I could do to help her get some things together for her out-of-state boyfriend's first year of teaching, too!  You know, men need help (usually) with the cutesy stuff.  Besides, he had a LOT less notice than I did, and starts sooner, and has NOTHING and NO ONE to help him otherwise.  So I felt for him.  :)

Anywho, his room is bee-themed.  Found some great links on Pinterest but we also wanted to add a few "special touches" that would make it look like he knew about the job waaaaaaay before he did and was totally prepared for it in every way.  :)  PLUS, he's with firsties.  Gotta make the room cute for them.  :)

So, here are some pics of what we've been up to.  When possible, there is a link beneath the picture for a free download via MediaFire.  MUST GIVE CREDIT to Connie Prince for her amazingly perfect "Bee Happy" digiscrap kit that I used for the cutesy stuff (it had a few nice, manly elements that worked well, too...that perfect, not-too-girly bee will pop up everywhere.  :)

BEE magnets out of some leftover Sculpey clay, wire, and magnet buttons. :)

Some random stuff--like that binder--if you find ANYTHING yellow and then put some electrical tape around it, you have instant bee stripes!  (Trash cans, binders, pens/pencils, etc.)  Also, found that "solar daisy with bugs" (bees) at Dollar Tree a while back...glad to have a use for it!  :)

Lindsey made this cute, not-too-girly name plate to hang on the door, in lieu of a wreath.  :)

"BEE-days" board, 11x14, to put in a frame to make dry-erase!

Blank visual schedule cards for the whiteboard--prints 4x6, cuts down to 2x6, laminate, then add in with dry-erase marker the times and subjects/activities!  

A simple lil' border for stationery.  :)

Some "Pringles-sized" bees--cut, laminate, and use for decor, names for attendance/lunch count, labels, or whatever else strikes your fancy.  :)

A Newsletter Template, bee-themed, of course!

For more BEE-themed  ideas, check out my Pinterest Board. :) All sorts of goodies and links to things you can buy from Amazon, Oriental Trading, etc.  I especially recommend investing the $5 in this Teachers Pay Teachers file--it has 85% of EVERYTHING you'd need for your room, bee-themed--labels, calendar numbers, a "how we get home" board, desk nametags, a "where are we?" board, numbers and letters, etc.  We thought we'd have to do a LOT more work, but these are the cutest bee-themed classroom printables we came across in our days of searching and at $5, you just can't beat it. Print, cut, laminate, and you're done.  :)

Sure is easier to find stuff for him than for my LEGO theme! But it'll work out.  Just glad we were able to help him out some so he's not quite SO alone and rushed this time of year!