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Materials: Cricut Expression® Electronic Cutting Machine Cricut Craft Room® design software Cricut Craft Room® Exclusives: Classroom – August & September Cricut® Everyday Cartridge, Something to Celebrate Cardstock: red, brown, yellow, green, cream, light orange, black Paper trimmer Scissors Adhesive Instructions: 1. Create leaf borders. Using Classroom – August and September digital images and yellow cardstock, select Project feature and cut as many 4" <Leaf> as needed to create border around bulletin board. Repeat cuts using brown cardstock and Project Shadow feature. Layer together and set aside. 2. Create September. Using red cardstock, select Phrase feature and cut one 4" <School>. Using green card- stock, select Phrase feature, press Shift, and cut one 4" <School-s>. Layer together. Back with yellow and black cardstock. Set aside. 3.Create Labor Day. Using green cardstock, select Phrase feature and cut one 3" <Crayon>. Set aside. 4.Create apples. Using red cardstock, cut one 3" <Apple> for every day of the week that is not a student’s birthday. Set aside. 5.Create Back to School. Using red cardstock, select Phrase feature and cut one 8 ½" <Pencil>. Using green cardstock, select Phrase feature, press Shift, and cut one 8 ½" <Pencil-s>. Layer together and set aside. 6. Create calendar numbers. Using Something to Celebrate cartridge and black cardstock, select Font 1 feature and cut 2 ¼" numbers for each day of the month. Set aside. 7. Create birthday cakes. Using yellow cardstock, cut 3" <Cake3>. Repeat cuts using cream cardstock and Layer feature. Using green cardstock, press Shift and cut 3" <Cake3-s>. Repeat cuts using light orange card- stock and Layer feature. Layer together. Use black cardstock to cut ¾" letters to spell students’ names. Layer together and set aside. 8. Create days of the week. Using black cardstock, select Font 1 feature. Use the Cricut Craft Room® design software to weld 1 ½" letters together to spell every day of the week. Cut out days of the week and back with yellow cardstock. Set aside. September Classroom Calendar
