With the 150th Birthday for Kansas coming at the end of the month, I wanted to do birthday cakes. A few months ago my friend Katie, who I had classes with in college, and I were talking and she had this great idea, so I put it into action.
My K-2 students and I drew them together using 3 rectangle layers and candles. They were able to decorate and color them however they wanted.
I allowed my 3-6th grade students to have more freedom with the shape and size of their cakes. We talked about TV shows like Cake Boss, Ace of Cakes, etc. Many of them had seen the shows and were excited for the freedom.
I displayed all of the birthday cakes outside of the cafeteria in one large birthday cake. There are 204 birthday cakes total, one for each of my K-6 students who were in class the first week back from break.
I have received SO many compliments on how cool this looks so far! And the kids think it is fun! :)
I realized yesterday that I forgot all about Kansas Day! EEK, I haven't heard anyone at school say anything either. I can't believe I forgot. I may have to steal your idea next week if we aren't snowed in!
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Haha, I was scrolling through my blog list and before I saw it was you, I was like "Wow! Someone else had the same idea as me!" I saw a few Kansas birthday cakes when I visited last week and I can't wait to look through the rest to see what they did with the sub! :)
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