There's a Wocket in my Pocket

I found this idea on Pinterest from another blogger. (Original post ) On here you can get the funky text with a templet.  

I changed mine a little, I only had the large blue paper and I didn't want to cut it down to fit in the copy machine.  My kids wrote their own words from a list off the board, then cut and glued it to their pocket.  The kids also cut their pocket out from the stencil I traced.  I also put on the black 'stich' marks around the edges.  The next day I cut out some white butcher paper and the kids made a class 'Zocket' that I drew.  This showed them all of the ways they can be creative to make their creature.  They were really into this idea and it took most of them up to 45 minutes the complete theirs and they could have went longer but we had to get the bus.  When they left I cut them all out leaving a little white around the edge.  I stapled it to another piece of white butcher paper and left an opening to stuff it with.  Using the scraps I cut off I stuffer their creation and finished stapling it closed.  I opted not to put the dowels in because with the amount of students I have I probably would have spent my paycheck on dowels.  Also, I don't really see the need for it.  I stapled it onto different color paper and stapled there creation into the pocket.

Sorry that the photos are crooked, I put their name on the bottom and didn't want to included in a picture online. 

To finish this activity, from cutting out to putting it on the board took about 2 1/2 hours.  This again will depend on the amount of students you have.