Teacher Appreciation Gifts

Just wanted to share the little Teacher Appreciation gifts I made for my Daughter to give to her teachers.

I used Joyslife.com's New Stamp Set "My Hero" and one of her older sets "Everyday Occasions"

the bear piecing and .png bear images are from Designs on Cloud  9's "School Bears" pattern set and the topper I made by welding one of the borders from the "Short Borders 2" set also from Designs on Cloud 9 to a rectangle and adding score lines for easy folding.

and the others are just cute stick figures that fit the type of teachers ie; computer, gym, etc. off the internet

I made this one slightly larger for her main Teacher and paper pieced the bear with the globe.

then on the following ones I did the print and cut method using my Cameo (LOVE) 

Below I cut a file that someone shared on a Silhouette forum from vinyl and applied it to a clear acrylic clipboard that I got at Walmart and embellished it with ribbons and flowers to make the other part of her main teachers gift.

Thanks for visiting!

Hugs, Staci

Fathers Day & Teachers end of Year Gift

1st, I would like to share the gift from the kids to their Dad for Father's Day. It was done with the freezer paper technique -

OMGosh!!!!

LOVE this technique, so easy to do on t-shirts. Then I painted my kids hands and they left their hand print around Dads heart. As you can see this is not that easy to do with a 19 month old... his hand print is a little blobby. LOL!

2nd, I did these canvas bags for the Teacher and 2 Para's for the end of the year gifts... I used the freezer paper technique (not as easy on canvas, but do~able) I had my daughter put her hand print on the bag & I made her hand into a flower. Cute right?! Hence the ..."Thanks for helping me grow!" sentiment. I am going to put things in for a Movie Night (that was the winner in my little poll I had) such as, a gift card to Blockbuster, movie size bag of M&M's with a cute little poem about the teacher & of course some microwave popcorn.

Thanks for stopping by & looking, Staci

End of the year Teachers Gift Ideas ~POLL~

I have a few ideas, I wanted some opinions as to which you might like better... please vote on my sidebar...or leave a comment with another idea you may have. I am up for suggestions too.

Night @ the movies... A popcorn tub, with some movie size candies, gift card to Blockbuster or maybe a netflix subscription (have not looked into the price on that yet)
Survival Kit... A decorated canvas bag, with several items & an explanation for each little thing... such as
a rubber band ...to remind them to be flexible,
a band aid ...for when someones feelings gets hurt,
marbles ...for when they loose theirs,
paper clip... to hold it all together
puzzle piece... to remind them that they are an important part
& so on... you get the idea.
Basket of flowers... with a pick in it saying "Thank you for helping me grow!"
Mystery seed... A terracotta pot with a seed planted & the following poem...
This mystery seed I did sow
for you to tend and watch it grow
whether a gardener or teacher your talents are key
just take care of it as you took care of me

2nd post today

I made the soda bottle gifts for my daughters Pre-k teacher and the 2 aides & the Magic Reindeer dust for all her classmates. The bottles are so cute and fun to make.
The paper piecings on the bottles are from MyScrapchick.com snowman collection. YOU CAN CLICK ON THE PICTURE FOR A LARGER SHOT & TO READ THE POEM ON THE REINDEER DUST BAGS. Thanks for looking!