With doing more learning activities with K, and doing “Toddler School” with S and her friends, I had been debating on buying a laminator. I had a few projects in mind, but wasn’t sure it would be worth the cost. So, when the Amazon Deal of the Day was a Scotch Thermal Laminator, I had some thinking to do. I went back and forth on it, then finally decided to go ahead and buy it. Since it only comes with 2 laminating pouches and I had a few things in mind to do, I also ordered a 100 count package of pouches. I was a little nervous about buying that many pouches without knowing how it all would go, but it was the best value, so I went for it.
Thank goodness for my Amazon Prime so I didn’t have to wait long to get it! It came 2 days after I ordered, but of course, my UPS deliveries don’t come until after dinner, so I had to wait until the next morning to give it a try.
First thing I did was laminate construction paper for the color matching activity we’ve done with Toddler School. Turned out pretty well. I don’t think the pouches I got work perfect, but for what I’m using it for, it’s great. Next, I made a handwriting practice sheet for K. I had gotten a tablet of lined paper at the dollar store, so I put her name on the first line, then uppercase A, lowercase a, uppercase B, and lowercase b on the remaining lines. We have dry erase markers, so I had her write with that to practice the motions of writing the letters for now. The markers just wipe right off. Since I used a permanent marker to write her name and the first letters on each line, it is visible on the back since the paper is so thin. And of course, I thought about doing it double-sided after I made this one. For the rest of the letters, I will use 2 sheets of the paper to make it double-sided so I only have to use up 1 laminating pouch.
Next, I laminated some sheets I made for a shape activity for toddler school. I left 1 uncolored and then colored the other one before laminating. I colored with crayons to save on color ink, which is so expensive! I’ll give a preview of it now, but will explain the activity in a post later this week.
This was only using the pouches from the 100 pack, I have not used the 2 pouches that came with it. I had read that the Scotch pouches are a higher quality, but that comparison will have to wait for another time when I decide what will be good to laminate for comparison. For now, I’m please with the pouches I got and the laminator as well!
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