This website may contain affiliate links. If you purchase something from one of these, I may receive a small commission.

100th Day of School Celebration-Glue Buttons on a shirt for a Gumball Machine

Share this!

It looks like next Monday will be the 100th school day for 2018! Where has the time gone?!?!

100 Buttons on a Tshirt with Felt Gumball Machine-To Celebrate Math and Counting and passing 100 days of school, Teachers often give an assignment to bring 100 of something from home.

Once a year the school has a nice way to spice up a dreary February by celebrating the 100th day of school. Its a great excuse for extra math too as they find all sorts of ways to come up with the number 100. Teachers from Kindergarten to Grade 2 seem to get into it the most with assignments for parents to help their children glue 100 cheerios to a page or 100 googly eyes to a t-shirt. What we did for the girls a few years ago was put 100 buttons on a t-shirt looking like gum balls in a gumball machine.

Simply take a piece of in-expensive white felt and cut a circle (trace a plate). Take a piece of red felt and cut out the bottom and top of the gum ball machines. We didn’t realize the date had snuck up and with one night to do this I hot glued everything in place. I could have sewed on the felt and buttons but that would have taken some time but made them more wearable. We put it on plain purple t-shirts from the craft store….purple is always a great choice and the bright colours pop! Their teachers were really delighted by the effort we put into making t-shirts for the theme.

COST

The cost to make this…$5 t-shirts….$2 felt…..$4 for buttons in 4 colors from the dollarstore which was enough for both girls tops. So less than $20 for both girls. You could cut the cost in half if you use t-shirts that you already have. Use one that they are just about to outgrow anyway! The photo was taken by the teachers and emailed to me-how sweet!

 

Celebrate the 100th day of school by decorating a shirt with buttons and felt to look like a gumball machine! mybrightideasblog.com
Follow me on Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Copyright@2018 My Bright Ideas Blog

This looks like the beginning of a wonderful friendship!

Want to be the first one to receive the new project ideas?

I'm just starting to roll out my DIY Crafting Website-I'm so touched you came by to see what's happening here. Enter your email address below and I'll send you update straight to your inbox.

Thank You For Subscribing

This means the world to us!

Spamming is not included! Pinky promise.