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Ms. Mead from Philadelphia PA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Weavy Wonder

My students need beads, looms, and lacing materials to have the experience of weaving!

  • $271 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Remember what it was like to weave your first potholder at camp or in school? My students never get the chance to experience these basic joys outside of school.

My students do not have the same childhood experiences that many of us have had.

They usually do not get to great experiences like making something with their hands and the satisfaction of completing a simple craft project. What a great feeling it is to carry away something you made yourself!

My Project

My students need beads, looms, and lacing materials to have the experience of weaving! With these weaving materials, my students will have the chance to learn to weave fabric, make potholders and understand how to craft a hand made basket. This is a skill they can carry with them into the future. Weaving is a skill that they may pass on to their children. Weaving is a craft that has been employed by many cultures for many centuries.

Weaving is a relaxing, stress relieving, creative and expressive art.

My students are so talented!! They have so much to say and they love to produce useful items that they can take away with pride. Here's a great opportunity to help my kids now and in future years learn to work material on a loom!!

Ms. Mead
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
WOODEN BARREL BEAD/100/PK BEAD • Blick Art Materials $4.15 4 $16.60
PONY BEADS/MLTI CLR OPAQ 1000PC • Blick Art Materials $4.50 1 $4.50
REXLACE BRITELACE/BLU HOLO 50YD • Blick Art Materials $2.24 1 $2.24
REXLACE BRITELACE/PRPL HOLO 50YD • Blick Art Materials $2.24 1 $2.24
REXLACE BRITELACE/RED HOLO 50YD • Blick Art Materials $2.24 1 $2.24
ROYLCO WEAVNG BASKTS/CLASSPK 12 • Blick Art Materials $10.45 4 $41.80
CARDBOARD LOOMS/3.25X13 12/PKG • Blick Art Materials $2.82 3 $8.46
WIDE NOTCHED LOOMS/3-1/4X13 12/PK • Blick Art Materials $5.95 3 $17.85
JERSEY LOOPERS/7X7 HOLDER • Blick Art Materials $2.00 24 $48.00
LOOPERS/JUMBO 16OZ BAG • Blick Art Materials $4.41 12 $52.92

Materials cost

$196.85

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$229.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.55

Total project goal

$270.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $270.35

4 Donors

-$245.50

Donations toward project cost

-$221.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.20

match offer

-$10.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$8.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.85

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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