Pin Trading with All Target Students

Our Target students have been busy creating pins out of Shrinky Dinks. This project was an extension of our "All About Me" assignments at the beginning of the year, and these kids have had so much fun with it! 

We thought this would be a fun hobby the kids can begin. As they grow and join a variety of teams that travel, they will always have an opportunity to gather pins from places they visit. So beginning the love of pin trading now is something we wanted to expose them to.

The Process

To get to this point, they began by thinking of an interesting and original design that represents them in some way. After the design was complete they transferred it to FIVE Shrinky Dink papers; this took some time! Then their Target teacher took home all the Shrinky Dinks and shrank them all! 

You'll be happy to know only one group actually caught fire; all the others came out just fine! :) 

Once all Shrinky Dinks were successfully shrunk, the students chose the pin they created that they wanted to keep themselves. The others were turned back in for the big Pin Trading Event!

...which happens Dec. 9!

Pin Trading is Dec. 9, 11:40-12:00 in Ms. Zentner's room

We've cleared this with the homeroom teachers and will host all our students and allow them a chance to trade pins across the department instead of simply with their own classmates. We think it's more fun this way!

Our students will swap their pins with other students across the grade levels. When they come home they should have 4-5 pins (depending on how many they created...not every student finished with five). We decided to hole punch and hang them from a large safety pin. They will attach them to their bookbag as a reminder of this year's Target fun.