New year, new job!

So I have been searching all over the web for different Eric Carle themed ideas for my new speech room come January. I love his artistic style and the ideas behind so many of his stories.

There are tons of images of Eric Carle book illustrations and then really expensive items for sale on the Eric Carle official site, but those really don't help out too much for those of us on a budget.

My idea here is just to throw out a few more ideas for y'all trying to decorate with the same theme. :)

One of the best resources I've found is from Amy Mich Designs - they're REALLY affordable templates you can download and print on your own printer (from Teacherspayteachers - see her page of designs here.) The possibilities with these are endless and it's really worth the couple of bucks to not have to cut and paste from all the Eric Carle images yourself.

I tried to find an Eric Carle inspired calendar online, but couldn't find one, so I used Amy Mich's stuff and painted a white piece of posterboard and made my own!

 I also plan on hanging a Very Hungry Caterpillar from the ceiling using round paper lanterns. I saw one on another blog and tried to find it on Pottery Barn Kids, but it's not there anymore. Also, I looked at Party City for the paper lanterns and they were $8 for three... I wasn't about to spend $24 on paper lanterns. So, I took to the internet and found Luna Bazaar where I got 12 items (lanterns and big pom poms) for $16... Much better. I'll post pictures of how the caterpillar turns out :)

More to come later