Lucky to Have You {Teacher Appreciation}

 

We had time to do one more little idea for our teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week.  Again, simple and easy.  And a free printable.  Bonus!

We printed out the tags from 3 Boys and a Dog (or you can find it here too.)  I bought some of the Lucky Charms Bars but you could buy the little cups of cereal or make fun, Lucky Charm cookies too. 

Print out the tags. I added a layer of purple cardstock behind them and tied them with ribbon. 

 

 

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Brownie Points for the Teacher {Teacher Appreciation}

Here's another fun and simple idea to do for your kid's teachers. We made some brownies and printed out these tags from Happy Home Fairy.

I wasn't quite sure how to wrap up the brownies since it's been pretty warm here lately and the brownies had a chocolate, fudge type topping (of course.)  So we went with a plastic container and taped the tags on.  Then added a little ribbon.  I'm sure a celo bag would have been "fancier", and if we would have made plain brownies it would have worked.  But I don't think the teachers are going to complain.

If you're looking for other Teacher Appreciation ideas, click on the "teacher appreciation" label on the left side of the page.  There are lots to chose from =o)

Enjoy!

 

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Hands Down Best Teacher {Teacher Appreciation Gift}

Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week. What are you doing for your teachers?  Are you in need of some fun (and simple) ideas that tell that special teacher that you are thankful for everything they do?  We have a few that were big hits with my kid's teachers.

Here's one of the gifts we're doing this year.  It's simple and fun and I love how they turned out.  

The printables can be found on Eighteen 25 or here.  They are perfect!  I printed them out and then on my Cricut machine, I printed out hand prints.  You could also trace your child's hand print and use that.  Attach to a bottle of liquid hand soap (or even hand lotion) and voila! 

Tell your teacher that they are Hands Down the Best Teacher Around!

Other great Teacher Appreciation Ideas

Thanks for a Tea-Riffic School Year

You're the Star of Our School

Giant Pencils (from Pringles Cans) Filled with Goodies

We Just Want to Espresso Our Thanks

You're the Write Teacher For Me

I don't know a teacher out there who doesn't want to be appreciated.  What will you do this year?

 

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Edible Easter Baskets

I'm always looking for fun ideas of things to make for teacher gifts.  Nothing huge, but little "you are awesome" type gifts so they know how much we appreciate them.  This was perfect.  Easy (super easy) and fun and made of candy.  Is there anything better?

Edible Easter Baskets

Source: Mrs. Happy Homemaker

* glue gun

* card stock

* 4 boxes (or bags) of Easter type candy

* Easter "grass" or shredded paper

* Easter candy to fill baskets with

You can either tape the boxes together or use a hot glue gun.  I opted for the hot glue gun because it's so darn strong.  If I had used bags of candy, though, I might have used packing tape.

Glue the boxes together.  When the glue dries, flip over the box and tape a piece of card stock on the bottom.  You don't want everything falling out =o)

I cut a piece of card stock to use as a handle and glued that in place as well.

Now fill with whatever you would like.  You can make it as full and elaborate as you want.  We just wanted a little Happy Easter Basket (nothing huge) so we just did this.

What do you think?  If one of my students brought me something like this I think I would probably feint.  My students don't bring me treats =o(  The joys of being a school counselor.

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You ROCK My SOCKS Off Valentine

There are just some ideas that are too fun. This is one of those ideas.  How fun is this?!?!  We made these for my kid's teachers for Valentine's Day but they could be for any occasion.  (I'm thinking Teacher Appreciation Week.)  The idea came from here but we added a gift card to it.

So simple to make.  We bought some fuzzy socks and an iTunes gift card.

I made a tag on the computer and punched out some hearts out of card stock.  Tie with a ribbon and voila!  Awesome Valentine idea.

What do you think?  I can't wait for my kids to give these to their teachers.

 

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We Wish You a Merry KISSmas and a CHAPPY New Year

My friend Renee told me about this idea she found on Pinterest.  I loved it so much I, of course, had to do it too.  Isn't it cute?  Simple and easy.  The perfect combination for a small thank you gift for teachers or friends.  We're doing these for my kid's teachers.  We did this cute idea last year and they were a hit.

We made the tags on the computer and backed them with colored paper.  The tags say "We Wish You a Merry KISSmas and a CHAPPY New Year".  Here are the tags that Renee made for me.  (She's way more techy than me!)  You can right click and save them and print them out. 

Put any type of lip balm in a cello bag and tie with a ribbon.  Viola!  

What do you think?  That's clever, right?  =o) 

 

Here's some more great gift ideas for Christmas:

Christmas Candy Bar Wrappers  (there's lots of different one's too)

Ho, Ho, Ho from the Ding Dongs Next Door (you can add anything there.

What fun things are you making for Christmas?  I'd love to hear about them!

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"Let's Roll Into School" Back to School Teacher Gift

My kids and I were going through all the fun back to school teacher gift ideas and were about to pick out our favorite when we spied this fun and easy idea over on The Taylor House blog (who found it over on Craft Junkie Too).  Tracy even made the printable for me to steal use.  I absolutely love free printables!

This is such an easy idea!  It didn't take long to make nine little bags but I hope my kid's teachers will feel a little appreciated and excited to start back to school on Tuesday.

You'll need the free printable found here, ribbon, mini Tootsie rolls and celo bags.  Easy so far right?!

I mounted my cards on thicker card stock so they wouldn't be so flimsy.  Chrissy laminated hers which is genius.  I would have done that if I actually had a laminator, but I don't (insert sad face here.)

Easy peasy!

I hope you have a fantastic first day of school!!!

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Back to School Teacher Gift Ideas

I can't believe it's the end of summer! Here in Oregon we don't go back to school until September 4th.  So we have a little time left to come up with the perfect back to school teacher gift.  I'm a firm believer in showing teachers how important they are!  And why not start the year off with a smile... and a treat.

Here are some great ideas I found out there in blogland.  We haven't decided which one we're making (so if you're looking at this Mrs. Fox or Mrs. Passmore, pretend to be surprised on Tuesday) =o)

Here's a simple one for the kids or the teachers from It Is What It Is. 

I just love this School Supply Cake from What's Scrapping.

What teacher wouldn't love this wonderful Back to School Wreath from The Ballard Bunch.

We made these great 1st Day of School Pencils out of Rolos.

This is a really fun Gift Bag and there's a free printable (gotta love free printables!) from Detail-Oriented Diva.

We made these fun (and easy) Pencil Holders for my kid's teachers 2 years ago.  (Yikes, it's been 2 years!)

This is an easy and fun idea for a "Write Teacher Gift".

I wish I could make cookies this cute for the teachers!  The Baking Sheet did an amazing job with these!

This is such a fun gift idea from Positively Splendid.

Fun ideas, right?  What do you think?  Which one should we make?

We hope that your children have an amazing year!  And if you're a teacher, thanks for all you do!

 

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