It's Garage Sale Day!

All above for $4.25

All for $1 - the Lion roars!

All above $6

So for $16.10 another great haul! :)

Oh and I got 2 little tikes red plastic chairs to use in our new mud garden that we are gonna create for the summer. Clear contact paper and a metalic spice rack with containers that have clear lids - which I will use for science activities. Plus a gym bag to replace a broken one at work - to hold thier parachute and balls. All for about $8

Saturdays garage sale finds!

Only a few sales - 4 to be exact - but hey look what I got!

Loads of FREE books!

Say what?!? -  All for $5

To top it off - more free stuff! 


Recordable CDs and jewel cases.






Construction paper!




Then I also got an office chair for $5 and a Flat screen computer screen for $15.




Did I ever say I love garage sales! ;)

Only one garage sale today!

I am a bit sad - only one garage sale today - but a good find!

Melissa & Doug - Brand new - all pieces - $3

They retail for $19 - $24

Todays Garage sale finds!

In case you didn't know - I LOVE GARAGE SALES! :)

I needed this badly - now my cricut (scrap booking stuff) is organised! $2

$1 - we may need this for seal study - besides he's cute!

50 cents - great for summer fun outside!

I like to have resources to share with parents! 50 cents each.

$1 and it had Easter grass in it which I can use for sensory or creative aactivities!

$1 - I can put it on my desk with jelly beans for reward treats for the tots!

Now I can't wait until next week!

First Garage Sale of 2012

I was soooo happy today that garage sales actually started today - IN MARCH!  In Canada!! LOL
I indeed found a few gems!!

I will paint this  - great for my crafting desk. $1

Who doesn't love books - and I wanted these ones!! :)

Eric Carle collection! :)

I have these but not with CD's - now I do!

Another book with CD

Book with CD and a spare! :)

All books with CD's $3

For my hat collection - 50 cents each!

$1.00 for these and below was free!

.... and this is just the first day of the next 6 or 7 months! hehehehe

Here is the cabinet above refurbished and in use:

Puppet Theatre for under $5

This is my weekend project - a puppet theatre which I created for for under $5!

I found this at the Reuse Centre for $3

I am not sure if it was actually a puppet theatre once upon a time - or a dart board frame. 

I think it's a puppet theatre - 'cause that's where my mind went.

See $3 - yippy!

It needed curtains, so I got a pillow case from the dollar store.

I made 2 curtain panels out of one pillow case.

I didn't want to sew so I hemmed it with Fabric Glue!

Worked great nice and neat!

To hang the curtains I used picture wire and an eye hook.

Inside view.

Front view.

I made a sign on my cricut machine.

I also added some tickets.

So what do you think? I am more than certain the tots will love it!

Next month we are focusing on Music and Drama - this should come in handy!

Not to be Overlooked

When I go into thrift shops - or go to garage sales etc. I go with a list of items in mind to purchase. 99% of the time I find what I am seeking. Today I wanted to get a few more instruments for my music chest. I ventured over to the bagged items and saw some broken castenets inside. Most people would pass them up - but I also love to refurbish and restore things.

They needed new elastic ties - the elastic they use is a thick fabric coated type - Hum where to get that?

Then it came to me - hair elastics are exactly the same!

I cut off the metal centres - strung them through the holes in the castanets and put a bit of glue on the ends so they wouldn't fray. They turned out perfect!

So for $1.99 I have two new sets of perfectly fine castanets.

I also found these cute mini brass cymbals - I will change the ribbon when I find a nice one.

I'm not sure how to play them - I'll have to check that out!

They were $1.99 as well.

These are about 3 inches around.

Update: I did some googling and I found out that these are cymbals used in India for folk music and dance.

How to play Manjeras 

Resources for the classroom - on a dime!

OK I so miss my garage sale Saturdays! I had to go out to the local reuse centre to see what I could find. I have a couple of projects to do so I had a reason to go (like I really need one - LOL). So this is what I got!

I got these rubber coasters for 50 cents - they will come in handy for either math activities or just fun in the dramatic play kitchen ... or my mind is going crazy now - loads of ideas! :)

For playdough fun or making gifts - all kinds of uses - 25cents

I'm using these a lot lately - I grabbed some more - 10 cents each

To make round icecubes which will be good in our winter sensory bin!

I went for these - 35cents each - I want to make pom poms for our Winter concert.

I was inspired by the Christmas fine motor activities found here.

I need more stuff to put on the pole - I'll check another thrift store this week!

About $3 all together.

This basket will be good to keep the above rings in for this activity - 50 cents

I always grab good baskets - storage is always needed - 50 cents

Love this - melt beads to make stain glass projects. $2

The lead for the stain glass!

Included in the $2 price!