Silhouette Cameo in the Classroom
My all-time favorite feature of the Silhouette Cameo is the ability to cut out printed objects. Simply create your image on PowerPoint, upload the image onto Silhouette’s software, print the image with Silhouette’s registration print marks, and you’re all set to go! It will easily cut out your image! Before owning my Silhouette Cameo, I would spend hours just cutting out our Kindergarten popcorn words (sight words). This machine saves me so much time and energy!
It’s Dr. Boender here! Last year I turned my room into an operating room, and my students became doctors. We weren’t just any doctors, we were contraction doctors. However, before my students could complete contraction surgery, they needed to look the part first! I created these stickers using my Silhouette Cameo. My students thoroughly enjoyed being surgeons and looking the part too!
My students loved these personalizable doctor badges! Each student had safety glasses, a doctor badge, a surgical cap, and a surgical-mas>. It is amazing how engaged students can be when the setting/environment of the classroom changes slightly!
I recently used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out my Male Kindergarten Teacher button from vinyl! Originally, I used vinylcuttingmachineguide.com to compare other vinyl machines until I found out I could use this machine to cut vinyl. Pretty nifty. I am so excited to use this decal to personalize my notebooks, mugs, storage bins, and much more!
This past Halloween I took part in a Halloween Popcorn Box Party By Laura Kelly! To create these popcorn boxes, I purchased a number of designs from Silhouette’s Design Store. Their design stores has thousands of inexpensive designs that are absolutely amazing! Simply search what you’re looking for, choose your design, checkout, upload your purchased design into the Silhouette software, and cut – It’s really that easy! Check out my blog post here!
Giveaway Time!
Stay tuned to some amazing bundle deals brought to you by Silhouette America. If you have been wanting a machine, then you will definitely want take advantage of some of their amazing offers coming this week!
amberjo226
November 23, 2015 at 1:22 amThis would be so amazing to win! I'm a first year teacher and this would save me so much time and money!!
Kristin Moritz
November 23, 2015 at 1:29 amThis would be a great asset to my classrom! Thank you! Great early Christmas present too!
LisaGlos
November 23, 2015 at 1:32 amI have been looking at purchasing one of these! I would love to be able to create more materials for my PreKinders.
Jennifer O'Brien
November 23, 2015 at 1:34 amThis would be a wonderful resource to use in my classroom. I am a first year teacher, teaching kindergarten, and am always looking to spice up my room! Love it!!! (Iteachk92)
Jamie Jones
November 23, 2015 at 1:35 amThis would be awesome to use in my classroom!
Christina Marie
November 23, 2015 at 1:37 amThis would be awesome for my team to use to create stuff for our classrooms!
Christina Marie 🙂
Lauren Mena
November 23, 2015 at 1:41 amAs a first year teacher, this would save me so much time! Thank you for the opportunity!
Lauren
Nicole Leger
November 23, 2015 at 1:42 amI could totally use one of these! I teach kids with autism and we have to make all of our own teaching materials…buying them would cost sooooo much! Thanks for the opportunity! And I love your blog!
justhave2teach
November 23, 2015 at 1:46 amI would LOVE a cameo! I have a "mommy wish list" on the side of my fridge, hoping that someday my husband will notice it….cameo is at the top of the list! I would LOVE to use this for bulletin board letters in fonts other than what we have in our ellison dies. I would also love to label lots of stuff in my room with vinyl.
Dora
November 23, 2015 at 1:47 amIve wanted this for years! Would love it!
Dora
November 23, 2015 at 1:47 amIve wanted this for years! Would love it!
Christopher DeConno
November 23, 2015 at 2:00 amA cameo would enhance all of the teacher created materials made in my classroom each year. Having 6 students with a range of developmental abilities mean many individualized learn groups and materials.
Kathy Fidler
November 23, 2015 at 2:04 amI would love to have this to create more activities for my students!
Ashley
November 23, 2015 at 2:05 amI love your idea of using it to cut out centers! That would save so much time, and the centers would look so nice!
Karyn
November 23, 2015 at 2:46 amThe Silhouette is AMAZING! I would use it to cut out tons of things for my classroom, from decor to game pieces, centers, making tshirts for my class….endless things!
Kristin Cappelli
November 23, 2015 at 2:51 amI would love to use this to create file folder activities for my TK/K special needs students!
Renee' Morris-Dezember
November 23, 2015 at 3:47 pmI've been wanting one for a long time! Your classroom posts are awesome! I bet your kiddos and families LOVE you so much! It's always so great to see teachers loving what they do and making a difference!
Shea Ehlert
November 23, 2015 at 4:26 pmI have been drooling over the cameo for over a year!! I would LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE to win! It would be such a great resource for my classroom 🙂
Breanne Simons
November 23, 2015 at 8:01 pmI would LOVE to make those cute popcorn words you made!! There are so many endless options with one of these awesome machines!
Bianca Young
November 23, 2015 at 10:48 pmI would use the Silhouette Cameo to great classroom displays and bulletin boards. Also I will use it to make personalized gifts.
Bianca Young
November 23, 2015 at 10:49 pmI would use the Silhouette Cameo to great classroom displays and bulletin boards. Also I will use it to make personalized gifts.
Tonya Lambert
November 23, 2015 at 11:17 pmOoooh, so many ideas for things to make for my classroom! Pick me so that I can get started!
Amanda Pauley
November 24, 2015 at 12:53 amI would use this for my classroom for sure! The ideas are just flowing already. I can see making signs for bulletin boards, trying to make shirts for my students…..the possibilities are endless.
Stephanie Metcalf
November 24, 2015 at 1:13 amI would use it for my classroom! All those cute centers with pieces that take forever on it out 🙂
Kenna Moceri
November 24, 2015 at 4:29 amI would love to win this! I can't even wrap my brain around all the possibilities!!
heather
November 24, 2015 at 6:57 amI love your blog and would love to win this! I've been wanting this for over a year…would save so much time on cuttting! =)
Stacey Ravo
November 24, 2015 at 1:54 pmAwesome! Would love to have this for my k classroom and to make things for my kids' birthday parties!
Stacey Ravo
November 24, 2015 at 1:55 pmAwesome! Would love to have this for my k classroom and to make things for my kids' birthday parties!
Raina
November 24, 2015 at 8:18 pmI would love to create some handmade holiday cards for family and friends. My daughter's birthday is coming up and it would be so neat to make the favor boxes and some of the decor!
Katie Graves
November 24, 2015 at 9:06 pmThis would be wonderful!!
Porschea Gamble
November 24, 2015 at 9:27 pmI would love to win this great machine. I love the ideas that you have come up with using the silhouette machine.
tll6601
November 24, 2015 at 9:31 pmI'd create tons of cool interactive games & activities for my combined 1st- & 2nd-grade special ed kiddos! Our die-cut machine at my school is ancient, & they haven't bought new die-cuts in over 20 years, so I desperately need this awesome machine! FINGERS CROSSED…
Stephanie
November 24, 2015 at 9:55 pmWhat a absolutely WONDERFUL early Christmas blessing this would be!!!
Julie Gauthier
November 25, 2015 at 12:17 amThus is an amaze contest! Wow! Thanks for this opportunity.. Can you believe I don't own a machine yet?!
Julie Gauthier
November 25, 2015 at 12:19 amThus is an amaze contest! Wow! Thanks for this opportunity.. Can you believe I don't own a machine yet?!
Christine Crimmins
November 25, 2015 at 1:19 amI'd love to personalize items for my students! Thanks for the opportunity to participate!
Mindy Yeates
November 25, 2015 at 1:42 amI would love to try stencils or cutting fabric.
Candice Krogh
November 25, 2015 at 2:06 amI just bought the Cameo last week, great sale price on Woot. I used it to cut shapes to make turkeys today. I was using both mats, one was getting cut while I was removing the shapes off another. It saved so much time.
Teaching Under the Sun
Shannon Brown
November 25, 2015 at 3:35 amI love that you are able to dream it and then cut it all from home, all from your computer. So cool!
Shannon Brown
November 25, 2015 at 3:35 amI love that you are able to dream it and then cut it all from home, all from your computer. So cool!
Kristen~
November 25, 2015 at 4:20 amThank you so much for doing this! I'm sure my kids would enjoy making cutting stickers with this machine!
Tamara
November 25, 2015 at 6:04 amLove! I would use this for EVERYTHING! Labels, gifts, classroom games and charts! So many ideas!!!
elaine baker
November 25, 2015 at 5:29 pmWow!! So many possibilities for the classroom and home too!!
Adan Perez
November 25, 2015 at 11:28 pmI would love to create cut out for my Sped students. They are visual learners and I believe that by having cut out of characters and other items while they are reading will help them have a better understanding of the books.
Denise
November 26, 2015 at 12:22 amYou have shown such great ways to use this in the classroom. I would love to win and be able to get to creating! ��
Nitasha
November 26, 2015 at 1:35 amYour students are so lucky!!! Love all of your projects
Sun Dry
November 26, 2015 at 10:33 amI have utilized stern furnishing with my kid previously, however he for the most part doesn't require it, and is generally well-behaved enough to not require such consideration. His Phoenix pre-k teachers are also good.