There is only one challenge activity for the next two weeks.
Throughout the year, there are many celebrations held around the world.
Your challenge over the next two weeks is to design your blog to show one celebration you take part in throughout the year.
Places to find celebrations you could choose from
- Fact monsters have some holidays around the world
- Topics online magazine lists many different celebrations sorted by country
- Kid World Citizen has a diversity calendar showing celebrations around the world for each month
Your celebration might be a festival or event that is held in your country, state or town. It doesn’t have to be a world celebration.
Here is an example of a Halloween themed blog – check out the Thinglink in the header, the scrolling words in the sidebar
What could you do to your blog?
- You could add a header or background representing your celebration
- Change to a more appropriate theme
- Maybe write some poetry or stories about the celebration
- Find some widgets relating to the celebration
- Include some images you have taken or you have found using creative commons
- Write a post about the history of that celebration
- Write a post explaining where you found all the headers, images, widgets information used in your post
- Use lots of different tools to be creative such as powtoon, thinglink, padlet, glogster, soundcloud, poll daddy – classes maybe have students work in groups each using a different tool
If you use Kidblog and can’t decorate your blog very easily, you might want to create a paper blog instead and take a picture of that and put the image in a post.
Check out some of these resources I have found:
Halloween:
Home School Towers – Ms Mara has written a post about how she has decorated her blog to celebrate Halloween. She includes how to make backgrounds and headers and where to find them on the web.
Warrior Kat has written some posts related to Halloween as well as decorating her blog.
Sue Waters from Edublogs has found some resources to use in your classroom
Headers:
Check out the holidays section – remember to link back to them – attribution as the header belongs to them
Link to five websites for free headers
How to create a header image using picmonkey
If using Edublogs check out these posts about headers, customizing your theme, design and decorate your blog – many of these are also mentioned in Ms Mara’s blog post
Other blogs
Larry Ferlazzo has lots of links for activities, games, infographics, slideshows about Christmas, Hannukah and Kwanzaa
Remember, I would like to see your creative blogs once you have finished designing it. Come back here and leave a comment so I can visit your blog. I can only visit if you include the URL of your blog.
Hi Miss W,
I just put up a Christmas count down widget.I know it’s not much but I as a bit late completing the challenge so I guess it will have to do. You can see it at http://iltsatb.global2.vic.edu.au/.
From Zara
Hi Miss W.
I wanted to let you know that I changed my blog background and header for Thanksgiving. I also posted a ThanksGiving MadLib that I made. Enjoy!
Bye!
Kat 😎
Hello Mrs. W! I am here to say that I have finished the “Let’s Celebrate” challenge. (I figure I’m probably a bit late.) It would be appreciated if you could come and leave a comment on my blog @ cgp2020.edublogs.org.
Hi,
I’ve finished this challenge (a long time ago), I just forgot to reply. Please visit my blog at:
http://www.hannahsreadingblog.edublogs.org.
Thanks!
Hannah
Hey Mrs.W Im just here to say i finished the lets celebrate challenge. You should come leave a comment on my page @2019sts.edublogs.org
Hi Miss W.,
Wanted to let you know that I have updated my blog header and background with a Thanksgiving theme. I am really loving the idea of being able to change the look of your blog to go with the holidays and seasons. So much fun!
Also, I added a Thanksgiving post: Thanksgiving: Food, Fun, Lesson Ideas and More. I also added a Thinglink to my blog header with lots of links to more cool Thanksgiving activity ideas.
Loving the challenge!
Ms. Mara
Dear Miss W,
I’ve just completed the “Let’s Celebrate Challenge.” Please visit my blog @2019kac.edublog.org.
Dear Miss W
I’ve just done the “Lets Celebrate Challenge.” Come and visit my blog @2020ck.edublogs.org
Hi, I finished Blog 6 and I would love to hear your opinion on my blog. Be sure to visit at 2020SAW.edublogs.org
Hi, mt name is Peytan. It would be great to hear your opinion on my blog. Visit me @2020prg.edublogs.org
Hi my name is Abby and I just finished the blog number six so please if you will go to my blog @2020aht.edublogs.org and check it out. Thank you!
Hi! My name is Kacie. I finished blog 6! Please visit my blog at 2020kaf.edublogs.org
Hi my name is Austin. I really liked your post. I have completed the assignment. I picked Christmas for my celebration. Go leave a comment acg2020.edublogs.org
Hello, my name is Aaron. I like the post you made. I also did the blog about the holidays. If you want to see it come visit me at 2020acl.edublogs.org
Hello Mrs. W,
My name is Matt, and I think it would be really cool if you came over and checked out my blog @ http://mrp2020.edublogs.org/.
Thanks,
Matt
Hi my name is Kurt. I really liked your post. Please comment at my blog at 2020kmd.edublogs.org.
Hello! My name is Chloe, and I just finished the Let’s Celebrate blog! It was really fun! Comment on 2020csa.edublogs.org please!
I finished the challenge! Please visit my blog http://2020erb.edublogs.org.
Hi my name is Alex I really liked your post. I just did a blog. I want you to come to my blog @2020ach.edublogs.com
Hi Mrs. S! I completed the Lets Celebrate challenge! Come check out my blog to see the holiday that I wrote about! Hope you like it! http://2020hew.edublogs.org/
Hi! My name is Meghan and your post is awesome! I also just finished that blog. Can you come check it out? Visit my blog, 2020mkw.edublogs.com
Hey, I finished the assignment. Please come and visit my blog at 2020atd.edublogs.org
Hi my name is Abigail. I completed Let’s Celebrate Christmas! You can visit my blog at 2020alh.edublogs.org.
Hi my name is Devin i really like your post. I just did that blog also. I hope you come to my blog and leave a comment @2020dm.edublogs.com
Hey Ms W,
I just wanted to say what a great task we had this time.
If you you want to check out my blog, that’s fine.
Cheers,
Hayley
http://fsmbamdaa.global2.vic.edu.au/
Hello Mrs. W. My name is Cheyenne and I have finished the Lets Celebrate… challenge. Please visit my blog and leave a comment at http://2019ch.edublogs.org/2014/11/10/lets-celebrate-halloween/
Cheyenne,
I tried to leave a comment on your blog, but your clustrmap was overlapping the comment area and I couldn’t click on the submit button.
Hi Mrs. W! My name is Isaiah and I have just finished the Lets Celebrate… challenge! Come check it out, and please leave me a comment at http://iwb2019.edublogs.org/2014/11/10/lets-celebrate-christmas/ !
Please visit our Remembrance Day Page and leave us your THREE WORDS …..
http://tracymuller.edublogs.org/2014/11/10/remembrance-day-november-11th/
Hi Miss W! I completed the “Let’s Celebrate” challenge, and I would love if you came to my site to check it out! Thank you! http://erc2019.edublogs.org/
Russian students are on holidays this week but some of them are trying to keep pace with the other participants. Here’s Ivan’s story about International Women’s Day (kidblog.org/MrsFlowersNewClass/77adb86d-7629-4f77-a5d8-be37693df2c0/international-womens-day/), Tatyana’s story about the Day of National Unity (kidblog.org/MrsFlowersNewClass/tatyana595170/the-day-of-national-unity-2/). We’ve also made some experiments with photos using the Befunky tool: Tatyana (kidblog.org/MrsFlowersNewClass/tatyana595170/my-photos-2/), Xenya (kidblog.org/MrsFlowersNewClass/80fd270d-5026-4932-918d-fd610ab7ecb3/my-photos/) and Kate (kidblog.org/MrsFlowersGroupofStudents/9bdb6903-0bfc-4e57-ab22-5bc72fa378f7/photos/). And I’m sorry if we’re a bit late with the activity but here is our post related to number 13: kidblog.org/MrsFlowersNewClass/olgak/13-7/. We sincerely congratulate Student Blogging Challenge on its 13th anniversary and want to say that we are really happy to participate.
I will be glad to describe some of the most exciting celebrations in Uganda. However, it would be cool if i posted some animated pics for you. it may not be posible now but in the near future.
Hello! My name is Abbey and I just finished the “Let’s Celebrate…Christmas!” blog. I hope you come check it out sometime. Come visit my blog @2020ar.edublogs.org
Thank You. 🙂
Hi Mrs. W! I’ve completed the “Let’s Celebrate” challenge, so if you could check it out, that’d be great! Thank you! http://www.2019ey.edublogs.org
Hello, Mrs. W. I’ve completed the celebration challenge. I will provide the link below. Thank you.
http://www.2019jjp.edublogs.org
My class have completed the week 6 challenge and have changed their blog to celebrate bonfire night.
Please have a look:
http://p567.edublogs.org
G’day Miss Robertson and students,
I really enjoyed reading and listening to your work about bonfire night. I think the boys did a great job with their video. I haven’t made one yet with me actually doing the talking in it.
Your images and artwork in your scrolling header were fantastic. Were they photos of your own bonfire in your town?
I noticed you have a Glenorchy kirk near your town. One of the suburbs of Hobart, which is the capital city of Tasmania, is Glenorchy. It was given its name by Governor Lachlan Macquarie and named after his wife’s home town in Scotland.
PS I am putting the comment in here, as it kept giving me an error message when I tried to leave it on your blog.
Hi Miss W,
I have completed a poem on my blog about Christmas.
Here is my blog URL: http://mnitila.global2.vic.edu.au
Kind regards.
Tori.
Ms. W I finished my “celebration thing” and can you check it out? Here’s my blog http://ramlog.aisgz.org/11vallesh/
Sorry Miss W I acidently deleted Your comment to me I didn’t mean to do it I’m soooo sorry Miss W can you please wright the comment back but I’m still sorry
Hi. Ms.W.
I did my new blog theme.
My new blog theme is Halloween.
It looks very good.
Please visit my blog!
(ramlog.aisgz.org/11kimj)
From Jiyoon
Hello, Ms W. My name is Anthony, I have finished my week six’s blogging challenge”Let’s Celebrate”. Please visit my blog at ramlog.aisgz.org/11wena
Hi Miss W I changed my blog for Halloween. Can you visit it at ramlog.aisgz.org/11rusieh
Hello,ms.W
Our class has chosen a theme for our blogs. I decorated mine like Halloween. Feel free to cheek out my blog!
See you soon,
Vivian
Hi,
I have finished this weeks challenge. I changed my blog theme into a Christmas theme! I hope you enjoy it!
http://ramlog.aisgz.org/11blackmorel/
Hi Ms.W, last week I did my blog theme and the header. Please visit my blog to see my theme: ramlog.aisgz.org/11niei
My name is Mandy. For this week’s challenge, I changed my blog theme. I changed my blog theme into Christmas. I used keynote to make my new header. I found my Halloween/Christmas images in Creative Commons search. All of my images came from Pixabay. First, I saved my images, then I added them to keynote presentation. At last, I uploaded it on my blog.
Here are the links to my images.
* Thierry * via Compfight cc
WernerLangen via Compfight cc
Colliefan via Compfight cc
MrClean1982 via Compfight cc
steamboatwillie33 via Compfight cc
Tony Borrach via Compfight cc
Andrew Louie Photography via Compfight cc
Go check out my blog( http://ramlog.aisgz.org/11chenm/)!
I’ve changed my theme in my blog! It’s Halloweeny, and my header is up too!
Go and see my blog: http://ramlog.aisgz.org/11shinb
Hi, Ms.W! I just finished the week 6 challenge. Please check it out on my blog. Here is the address:
ramlog.aisgz.org/11narayananp
Thanks!
Hi I completed the blogging challenge for week 6 I changed my blog to an Easter blog I hope you enjoy it ! Here is my blog http://ramlog.aisgz.org/11frodshame/
Hello Ms. W, for week 6 I did a Halloween themed header. Please visit my blog at http://ramlog.aisgz.org/11savagea/
Hi ms.W,
I completed this weeks task I made a Halloween theme for my blog! http://ramlog.aisgz.org/11pihowichs/
Hi,
Miss W I have competed the challenge for this week I changed my theme into an Halloween one,
Hope you like it. Here is the link to my blog http://ramlog.aisgz.org/11zhangr/
Hi,
I have completed this week’s challenge. I changed my belong theme to a Halloween theme! I hope you enjoy it.
http://ramlog.aisgz.org/11wonge/
Hi Ms.W!
I’m so sorry but I didnt get to do the challenge this week because I was sick and I missed out on how to do it😥
I really hope I will get to do the rest of the challenges!
By the way the other challenges where super fun!
http://ramlog.aisgz.org/11pans/
Hi Ms. W,
I have finished the week 6 challenge. I have made a Halloween themed blog!
http://ramlog.aisgz.org/11huangj/
Hello Ms. W I did the challenge my theme was Christmas and it looks awesome here are the links I used but you might get to a blank page so go to my blog
Links I used: http://Photo%20Credit:%20%3Ca%20href=%22https://www.flickr.com/photos/18703622@N06/5236017016/%22%3Ekatherinemuchadoo%3C/a%3E%20via%20%3Ca%20href=%22http://compfight.com%22%3ECompfight%3C/a%3E%20%3Ca%20href=%22https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/%22%3Ecc%3C/a%3E
http://Photo%20Credit:%20%3Ca%20href=%22https://www.flickr.com/photos/95572727@N00/332446838/%22%3EStuck%20in%20Customs%3C/a%3E%20via%20%3Ca%20href=%22http://compfight.com%22%3ECompfight%3C/a%3E%20%3Ca%20href=%22https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/%22%3Ecc%3C/a%3E
And please check out my blog at ramlog.aisgz.org/11guow
Hi,I completed this weeks challenge,I changed my theme to a Halloween theme wish you like it.http://ramlog.aisgz.org/11chens//wp-admin/
Hi Miss W, I finished the challenge for this week and I changed it to a Diwali theme. You can visit my blog here:
http://ramlog.aisgz.org/11vohraa/
Hey Miss C,
I have put lots of effort into my blog and i have changed the background and added some glitter text. I have been keeping up with the challenges, to visit my blog use this URL… http://ilfac.global2.vic.edu.au/. Tell me what you think about my blog in a blog comment on my blog.
From Hunter
Hi Mrs.W,
I spiced up my blog and made it look really cool. You can see it @ http://fernando04.edublogs.org/. Hope you like it!
Your blogger,
Fernando
Hi Mrs. W, can you come check out my blog? I think my blog is ready to be put up to test.
Hello just made my new blog and hope you come check it out at 2019BK.edublogs.org
I just finished the “Let’s Celebrate Challenge” please check out my blog @ http://2019cc.edublogs.org/
Hi Miss W,
Thank you for this weeks post, I have enjoyed participating in it.
Here is a link to my blog: http://bloggingwithsophie.edublogs.org/2014/11/05/merry-christmas/
Thanks,
Sophie
Wonderful post, i like it!
Hi Miss W,
I have finished week 6 “Lets Celebrate.” I would really loike it if you could visit my blog here it is:
http://blpsholly.global2.vic.edu.au
Thankyou Holly.
Hi Miss W.
I would like to tell you that I have finished week 6 challenge “Lets Celebrate” I would like it if you could visit my blog:
http://blpsemi.global2.vic.edu.au
Thankyou Emily.
Hi Miss W! I am commenting to let you know that I have finished my “Let’s Celebrate” activity. Please visit my blog at http://blpsfreyja.global2.vic.edu.au
Hi Miss W! My name is Ethan and I want to say that I liked this short video. It really helped me figure out what holiday I wanted to do. So again thank you. Please come and visit my blog @2020EFR.edublogs.org
are we allowed to do Christmas?
Hi KittyCat,
You can do any celebration you like taking part in throughout the year.
Hi Miss W,
I have completed the student challenge for this week. BTW I have chosen to celebrate Halloween and changed my theme to Monster. Grace
Please check out our 6th and 7th grades Halloween blogs – http://shirleys6th.edublogs.org/ http://7thgraders.edublogs.org/
How exciting! I cannot believe our luck with this weeks challenge. We have just started our term 4 theme and can you believe it is – Lets celebrate!
We have been researching all week on all the different celebrations around the world and have begun to decorate our classes. Stay tuned and we will post it onto our blog!
Good minds think alike!
Jodie Mackrell
G’day Jodie,
You actually have two weeks to complete this challenge. Make sure you visit Ms Mara’s blog to see what she did with Halloween.
Hi Miss W., this is how our class celebrated Halloween: http://madamepratt.edublogs.org/2014/11/01/skyping-lisle-illinois/
(well, this, and also redesigning our blog pages to a new theme!).
This past week so much fun, thanks so much!
Hi Miss W,
I just finished the “Lets Celebrate” Challenge. My blog looks fantastic just for you to know, if you don’t believe me, have a look yourself: http://vgatbtitw.global2.vic.edu.au/
From:Tim.
Come to my blog I have changed it up and it has some things for halloween. Also make sure that you play and look at my pets, and you can read my posts. http://savannahems14.edublogs.org/
come visit my blog i’ve been changing up my blog for Halloween http://meganems14.edublogs.org/
http://rachelems14.edublogs.org/ Please visit my blog, I would greatly appreciate it 🙂
Dear Miss w,
I fixed up my blog and made it look cool. You can see it athttp://fernando04.edublogs.org/ Happy Halloween!
Your blogger,
Fernando
Hey i just edited my blog i think its really cool come check it out http://hadenems14.edublogs.org/wp-admin/index.php?page=msreader.php
I have decorated my blog for Halloween!! Visit my blog @ http://katieems14.edublogs.org/
Dear Miss W,
I would like to tell you that I have finished challenge 6. I hope you like it.
From,
Isabella
Hi Miss W I have done challenge 6 and I have allready sent you this but I forgot to send my blog address so hear it is blpsjordy.global2.vic.edu.au
hope you enjoy.
do in my spare time (a friend hit enter.) ^ http://jarrettems14.edublogs.org/ \
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Week 6 from Mrs Colberts room the student blooging challenge is fun and it gives me something to
Hi i just finished the week six challenge!come check it out.
http://emilyems14.edublogs.org/
http://maraeaems14.edublogs.org/ come vist my spooky blog!
Come to see a blog with the spirit of Halloween. http://jordanems14.edublogs.org/
Week 6 Challenge from Ms. Seitz’s Class!
http://digitalvoices.edublogs.org/2014/10/29/halloween/
Hello Mrs W,
I have just finished week six challenge Celebrations. I am loving doing the blogging challenge.
I really enjoyed challenge 6 and I did Australia Day because I love it!
Happy Halloween I like this video
Hi Ms. W,
I have made a poem that I have posted on my blog about Halloween! 🙂
http://2014sofia.edublogs.org/
Thanks!
Hi,Miss W I have finished activity 5 and 6 here is the email to my blog:
http://blpslucas.global2.vic.edu.au/wp-admin/post.php?post=38&action=edit
I have finished the lets celebrate challenge, my blog URL for this challenge is http://cameronpanda.weebly.com/halloween.html
Hey Miss W,
I absolutely loved this task. I can’t wait to see what next weeks task is going to be!
Dear Miss W
I’ve just done the “Lets Celebrate Challenge.” Thank you for leaving me a comment my blog.
Kind regards Natalia
hello can i please join in because i have just made my new blog and your activities seem so much fun. please reply back
G’day Discodino,
Feel free to try the activities. Whenever you finish one, come back to the post the activity was on and leave me a comment. Remember to include the URL of your blog so I can visit and leave you a comment.