Here’s a quick and easy way to get the students involved in decorating the classroom for holidays and special occasions. Find a simple outline of a character or object that goes along with the current holiday or celebration (i.e. hearts for Valentine’s Day, Christmas trees and ornaments for Christmas, and four leaf clovers for St. Patrick’s Day) and copy it onto construction paper. Most school copy machines can copy onto construction paper with a few simple adjustments. Have the children use crayons, markers, glitter sticks, etc. to make each shape unique. Then, simply staple the shapes on a piece of yarn about 3-5 inches apart and hang it from the ceiling, in the window, or across the wall. The students love knowing they had part in decorating for the holidays–and it looks great too!