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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Vinyl Dots!!!!

When I saw Jamie Maya's blog post about how she uses vinyl dots for her kiddos to line up...I thought 'Genius!' 
In my new classroom, I will have both carpet and flooring (can you say bonus)!!! Excuse the bad picture, but during the time I took pictures of the room...it still belonged to another teacher and I didn't want to expose to much of the room.

I don't know why, but whenever I find a great idea...I keep thinking about it constantly until I either buy it or make it!  Yet, I don't have circut or sillouette cameo and thought 'Bummer!'

 But that didn't stop me!!  Are you ready to see how I did it!?  Alright, let's get started!  First I went to Joann's and searched for a circle paper puncher that would be big enough to cut a good sized circle and also vinyl sheets.  Luckily, Joann's always has their items on sale and I was able to get everything for 40 percent off...love it when I find a good sale!  Plus I used my teacher discount on top of that, woohoo!

I bought 6 different colors and cut enough to make 30 circles.  

The good thing about this paper puncher is that it holds the circles in place on the bottom and you can easily take them out without worrying that they will get ruined.

Tadddda...a perfect vinyl circle!

I was able to cut 3 circles in a row and still had enough vinyl left over to make more if I ever need them.

So here is my complete set of vinyl dots that I will be using to help my students line up, I am so proud of myself, lol. (high fives herself);)

As for the numbers, I was able to find some vinyl letters/numbers at Office Depot (they also have them at Office Max and Walmart).
But I thought I'd just use a black sharpie and wrote them by hand instead.

I will post pictures after I put them on our classroom floor.:)

*Update - I found the vinyl letters/numbers at Target for a great price!  They cost $2.99 instead of $5.99!  So I caved in and made my husband buy them for me, heehee.*
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7 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 1, 2014 at 7:55 AM

    Love the idea! How did you affix them to the floor?

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    1. Mrs. SolisAugust 2, 2014 at 10:59 AM

      Hi Marjorie,

      The vinyl sheets have a adhesive on the back so when you peel it off it will stick to the floor. They lasted me the whole school year and they were super easy to remove! I had my students help me peel them off the floor and they were able to take all the dots off very quickly.:)

      Alma

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  2. UnknownAugust 15, 2014 at 1:51 PM

    I love your idea. Does your floor get mopped everyday? The floor in my classroom does so I am worried that the vinyl will not withstand being wet.

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    1. Mrs. SolisAugust 17, 2014 at 7:10 AM

      Hi Ashley,
      I don't think that they mopped everyday but you could give it a try to see if they will last for the whole school year. They stick pretty good to the floor and I don't think that the mopping would make it lift at all.:)

      Alma

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  3. smsu2003July 12, 2015 at 5:54 AM

    Can you post that pic? Love this! Was this a 2 inch punch? Thx!

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    1. Mrs. SolisJuly 20, 2015 at 4:55 PM

      Hi! The one that I bought is called 'Fiskars Lever Punch 4XL (Circle).' I tried to measure it and it's about 3 1/2 in size.:)

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  4. AnonymousAugust 12, 2015 at 7:41 PM

    Did they also sell the vinyl at Joann? Can't wait to make these tomorrow!

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