The Quietest Pencil Sharpener Review & Giveaway

Hi everyone! I've been in search for a new pencil sharpener, yup that's right the Bostitch Quiet Sharp 6 that I got in October was already starting to sharpen my pencil pretty dull.  

That means that in less than a year it didn't do what it was made for...to sharpen pencils!  I'll be quite honest, I was pretty disappointed...why is it so hard to find a really good pencil sharpener, like seriously!?  So, I began to search for a new pencil sharpener in August.  I remember reading a few blog posts about the Classroom Friendly Supplies 'Quietest Pencil Sharpener.'  After going thru 3 electric pencil sharpeners...I wondered if it really did sharpen pencils better than an electric sharpener.  Plus, I was looking for a pencil sharpener that sharpen the big primary pencils.  I use a lot these in kindergarten.  

As I browsed I saw one that caught my eye and it said *New* Large Hole Sharpener.  It turned out that it was made just for the larger pencils!!  I couldn't believe it, I was just thrilled to know that they made one just for big pencils. I received the Quietest Classroom Pencil Sharpener a few days before school started and I never felt so excited to sharpen pencils, lol.  I feel so lucky to be here right now doing a review for the 'Large Hold Sharpener.'  

I quickly opened the box to find the sharpener in a cute clear box.  

It was actually pretty simple and easy to use!  I decided to skip the clamping part and just held the pencil sharpener with my hand as I sharpened the pencils.

I was able to sharpen 30 pencils in less than a few minutes.

I was really impressed at how sharp the tips were for each pencil and none of them broke while I sharpened them.  

All I can say is 'WOW!'  This is truly a great pencil sharpener and if you're looking into getting one...I have some great news!  Classroom Friendly Supplies will be giving one of the *New* Large Hole Sharpener away to one lucky winner.  Can you say, 'AWESOME!!'  

Here are some simple rules for the giveaway:

• This giveaway is not open to international residents, US residents only (so sorry).
• You must 'Like' Classroom Friendly Supplies on Facebook

Make sure to enter using the rafflecopter and leave a comment with an email address so that I may contact the winner.   Good luck!:)
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Our Kindergarten Memory Books and Freebie

It's always fun to make memory books and then look back at all the things we did for the whole school year.  This year we used binders and clear sheet protectors to make all 28 memory books.  We didn't get to do the handprints this year, since we did the fingerprint calendars as a parent gift for Christmas.  You can click here to go to my previous post about our memory books if you'd like to see how the handprints look.  

We shared and wrote about what we enjoyed for each month on the writing template that I quickly made for our memory books (I made these at the last minute...so I have fix them up again for next year).  I also added a few crafts that we made each month to their memory books. 

The binder was packed with just about everything that we did that year, and for a minute I was worried that we put too much.  Yet I think that no matter how a memory book is made, it will always come out looking good...or so my kiddos and their parents thought they did.  At the end of each memory book, I added their kinder diploma and certificates that they received in kindergarten.  If you would like your own copy of the memory book (portfolio), you can find it at my TpT store.  

Thank you for stopping by, click on the image to download the kinder and first grade memory book cover.  

Happy Sunday!:)   

Parent Volunteer and Student Gifts

To end the end the school year we had an ice cream celebration.  Yet before we made the ice cream sundaes, I passed out bubbles, color leis, and certificates to my students.

Incase you'd like to get the 'You Blew Me Away' bubble tags, I found them at Stephanie Stewart's TpT store and the end of the year certificates were made by Mel D-Seusstastic.

I always give my parent volunteers a certificate of appreciate (the small yellow thank you card template came from The Teacher Gene)...but I also wanted to give them a small gift.   When I went to the dollar tree, I so happened to have browsed at the right aisle and found these small containers and adhesive tape.  

When I saw them, I thought, 'OMG...this would make a cute parent volunteer gift.'  I bought bags of starburst and added this cute label which I found at the Nothing but Country Blog.  

And this is how they turned out...aren't they cute!;)

I had promised my kiddos a rainbow crayon, since we had soooo many broken crayons at the end of the school year.  Now, I've never made these before...this was my first time melting the crayons in a few molds that I bought awhile back just for this project.  

I had so much fun melting the crayons...a little too much fun, says my hubby...he had to open the windows to let some fresh air in, lol.  I guess, he wasnt 't a big fan of the melting wax smell.;)  We used these on the last day of school.