Teacher Appreciation Gift ... Redbox Code's for a Teacher who Rocks!

I'm still trying to balance work travel and my personal life and kind of sucking at coming here to blog. I made these before I head to Boston for Teacher appreciation week.  I was only planning one for Caden's teacher and one for a special teacher who helped with Cole for two years. Then Cole asked for his teachers (YES plural) to get them also. So I ended up making a total of EIGHT! I found this AWESOME gift on Hip 2 Save that included a FREE printable (4 per Sheet so making 8 was easy).

 

What you need:

Popcorn Bins (2 for a $1 at Dollar tree or sometimes a bonus extra one for 3)

Microwave Popcorn 

Movie Candy ($1 Bin) 

Licroice (I broke a big bag up into smaller bags)

Card Stock

Ribbon (I used twine I had from another project) 

Redbox Code (Go online you can buy a pack of 5 codes)

 

Fill your popcorn bin with all the goodies. Print Hip2Save's FREE Printable on white card stock. Cut out the four tags, I used a whole punch and a twine to attach to the popcorn bin. Write your code on the tag before attaching. Make sure to tell the teacher that they have to use the code online and then pick up the movie. 

 

 Thanks for stopping by and  putting up with me being MIA AGAIN!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

 

Teacher end of the Year Gifts

We end another school year and I wanted to give something to the most amazing teachers we've had. I also wanted to give a little something to the bus driver who took such great care of the kids.

First I started with a cute idea I saw several different ways a gardening gift with a note saying "Thank you for helping m Grow".

What you Need:

Plastic Flower Bucket

Gardening Gloves

Flower

Water Globe

Watering Bucket

Seeds (You can do a mint and put a note You're a "Mint" of a teacher)

Candy if you want

I filled up the flower bucket with all the goodies. I went on a Google search and found this super cute printable on Shop for Cute Printables, I printed on heavy card stock. 

Next on the list was a fun little extra gift I found on Two Silly Monkeys! Super easy to put together and not too expensive

What you Need:

Small Canvas Bag (Michael's 5pk $4.99)

Sharpie (Black would have been better but I only had red)

Extra Gum (Dollar Tree $1)

Hersey Kisses

I made a note one for each teacher and then one for the bus driver. My grandmother was a bus driver and I know how much it took to drive those kids around. I added a little tissue paper into the bag so it didn't take to much of the Hersey Kisses (I bought a large bag but had 3 of these to do). Check out Two Silly Monkey's for free printables. If I had extra time I would have added some ribbon onto the bag.

Make sure you give thanks to those amazing people in our kids lives!

Make one you'll be the hit of the teachers / bus drivers!

Thanks for Stopping by!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Hoppy Easter ... Easter Coffee Gift

I was grand plans to post this Sunday AM, well it of course got a little busy .. lol.  I know I'm a bit late but this will be a great one to save for next Easter. I wanted to do something fun and easy for the Teachers and came across Bunny Brew Mini Coffee Cup Easter Treat Holder on Sue Stampfield's blog for Stampin Up. NOW I love stamps but that is not one of my strong suits so I took her idea and created it with my Cricut machine.

What you need:

White Coffee Cup (Target 6pk $3.99)

White Coffee Lid (same pack)

White Card Stock

Pink Card Stock

Cotton Ball

Blush

Pink ribbon

Black Sharpie

Glue

Hot Glue

You can use Oval cutters or punches to do this.  I'm on the let's make this quick so I used my Cricut.  I used my George and Basic Shape Cartridge that came with my machine. I swear I use this cartridge for almost every project.

With your white card stock cut 2 large ovals (I used the skinny oval option - 4") for bunny ears. 2 medium ovals (I used the fat oval option - 2") for the feet.  I also cut a tag out (it even cuts out a dot for you to put the ribbon through). 

With your pink card stock cut a small heart (I used the skinny heart option - 1") for the nose. 2 medium ovals (I used the skinny oval option - 2") for the inside of ears. For the dots on the feet I couldn't get a circle small enough so I printed a B (4") and used the bottom dot of the B for the dots :).

I attached the heart for the nose.  Then using a sharpie I made a mouth and eyes.  NOW her's were perfect and amazing mine had a little character .. lol.  I wrote Hoppy Easter in the card tag.

I glued the pink on the white for the ear, then added the pink on the oval for the feet.  I then glued the ears (the back outside top of the lid) and feet on to the cup. I took my hot glue to glue a cotton ball on for the tail. I made a bow and hot glued it to the top lid.

I took some blush and a cotton ball to add the cheeks. I then took a hole punch to a Starbucks gift card made a hole and a then made a hole in the top side of the cup. I then attached to my tag and gift card with a ribbon to the cup. Put the lid on and done!

Hope you all had a GREAT Easter!

Thanks for Stopping by!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE. 

I Like You a "Latte" Teacher Card

Last year I made Eighteen25's Thank you Latte card last year and this year I found she had a Valentine card that worked perfect to go in the I'm tickled pink teacher gift I posted yesterday! These cards are so simple to make and take less than 5 minutes and it's so thoughtful.

What you Need:
White Card Stock
Coffee Sleeve
Ribbon (I used some red sparkle pipe cleaners)
Coffee Gift Card
Hot Glue Gun

On white card stock (thicker paper) print the free template off Eighteen25's site, she has it set up 2 per sheet works perfect so I can do one for each of the boys teachers. Cut out one of the cards, take a coffee sleeve and cut in half.  Take a glue gun to attach the coffee sleeve to the card (I did like she did and left the ripple side out on the card). REMEMBER you need to use as an envelope to put the gift card in so don't GLUE all the sides leave the top open. I didn't have think ribbon or twin to wrap around the card so I used 2 sparkle red pipe cleaners to give a little bling.  I slide the GC in and you're done!!!

Any Valentine gift Ideas you have planned?

Thanks for Stopping by!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE. 

I'm Tickled Pink You're My Teacher - Valentine Gift Idea

And next on the Valentine list to make is for teachers!  I found this fun idea for Tickled Pink you're my teacher on Homes.com.  They have a free printable that is perfect to add to this fun gift.

What you need:

Pink Cup (I found these fun heart Boxes)

Pink Nail Polish

Pink Eraser

Pink Highlighter

Pink Chapstick (I found lip Gloss)

Pink Candy

Pink Gum

Anything Pink you want to add (I found a few fun pink things)

Add all the items to your cup or in my case jar. I printed the free printable on card stock cut it out and added to the box with some ribbon.

Any Valentine gift Ideas you have planned?

Thanks for Stopping by!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE. 

End of Year Gift ... Have a Fun Summer Teacher Gift

Now for the teacher gift!  As many of you know this has been a rough start of the year for Cole.  Last year he had such a hard time with his impulse control and having a teacher that didn't understand him or saw his heart.  This year we have gone through a battle but I think we have found the right stuff.  We have him on some great medication for his ADHD which allows him to think (no more my head hurts mom to many thoughts).  AND we have a TEACHER who is to the moon and back the best thing EVER!  She saw who he was and has helped push him to become GREAT.  This is the first year we have ended with such a positive end of year review.  

I wanted to give her something special to say thank you.  I found a great idea on Pinned Sisters for a Teacher Summer gift.  I took it and made some changes and made my own. I couldn't find a printable so I made my own if you would like it here it is (click here), print on a 5x7 cardstock.

What you Need:

Tea Container 

Beach Towel

Sunscreen

Drink (Crystal light or a Slush Adult Drink)

Life Saver Candy (Or Sunkist Candy) 

Magazine

Ribbon

Cardstock

I rolled the towel and rapped it with ribbon to make it tight to fit in the container.  I stuffed it in with the sunscreen, drink (adult drink because she deserves it) and Candy.  My jug was a little short so the magazine didn't fit in, so I tied it to the outside with ribbon.  I printed my message on the card stock and attached with a ribbon.  Easy but so cute!!

 Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Teacher Appreciation Gift ... Summer Bucket

Last on my list to do for the Teachers was suggested by the PTF to do a summer themed gift.  I found a cool idea for a Teacher Relaxation Bucket on Coffee Cups and Crayons.  I took her idea and ran with it!

What you need:

Bucket

Water Bottle

Flip Flops

Book

Straws w/ Flamingo

You can find most of these items at the Dollar Tree.  I ran out of time and would have added a fun printable, but as usual I ran out of time.  Add all your items to the bucket (easy carrying case).

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Teacher Appreciation Gift ... You Deserve a Hand

Next on the teacher appreciation gift we made was for Caden's teacher for the homemade card. I've seen this all over Pinterest, I can't find the original source for this so if you know please let me know.  

What you need:

Card Stock (Flesh Color if possible)

Lotion (Travel Size)

Scissors

Glue

Trace your kids hands on the card stock.  Cut out the hands and write your the message You deserve a Hand.  I wrote it in pencil and had Caden trace it with a pen and then erased the pencil.  I wrapped the hands around the lotion bottle and glued the sides to hold it together.

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Teacher Appreciation Gift ... You're Awesome to the Core!

Onto our next Teacher gift, another one that would be perfect any time of year even the end of the year gift.  I found a great post on Shaken Together for Fruit Filled Teacher's Gifts.  I used the Awesome to the Core one.

The PTF suggested fresh fruit for one of the days and this worked perfect.  So simple but so awesome!

What you need:

Apple

Cupcake Liner

Clear Bag

Ribbon

Card Stock

Wash your apple (I know it seems to be a no brainer but just in case).  Dry off apple, put the apple in a cupcake liner.  I used one that was a shiny silver to give it a little pop.  Put in a clear Bag, I find mine at the Dollar Tree 25 pack for $1.  They are the best I've come across so far.  I had some left over apple ribbon from a gift I made for a teacher last year.  I wanted to jazz up the printable a little so I took her idea and added on.  I did a Google Search for Clipart Apples and copied it into word document.  Added the wording and printed onto a 5x7 cardstock paper I had on hand.  I punched a hole with my hole punch and added to the ribbon on the bag.

Take less than 5 minutes to make but so cute!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Teacher Appreciation Gift ... Thanks A Latte

Last week was Teacher Appreciation week, but I wanted to finish my post of the Minecraft party so I had to share what we did for the teachers.  The PTF gave suggestions for each day, one day was a handmade card.  I found this really cool FREE printable for Thanks a Latte on Eighteen 25.  As you know I love these amazing bloggers that make these items and give free printable's, in my world they are rockstars!!

What you Need:

White Card Stock

Coffee Gift Card

Coffee Sleeve

Ribbon

Hot Glue Gun (or Glue)

I picked up a Starbucks giftcard while I was grocery shopping so I had to use a sleeve I picked up from target.  I would have liked to use a Starbucks one, but I didn't have time to run there so I used what was handy.  You know me I love my hot glue gun, you can use regular glue but I'm all about my glue gun.  

Print the card, if you have 5x7 paper print on that if not use a regular sheet and cut yourself. If you know me I'm all about no waste and I had some 5x7 paper on hand (you can even use 4x6).  I cut the coffee sleeve in half and trimmed to fit on the card.  I should have trimmed a little more now looking at it, but it turned out pretty cute!  I took the hot glue and went along the bottom and the side and attached to the card.  She tied her's with twine I had some green ribbon left over from a previous project and used it :).  Wrap the ribbon around twice so you can tie in front.  When all dry insert the gift card in the top of the sleeve.  Have your little one write their name on the bottom next to from.

Quick and Easy but so worth it!  Cole's teacher came up to me and said her and her boyfriend thought it was the cutest card she had ever received!!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Easter Gift ... Somebunny thinks you're Egg-Stra Special (Teacher Gift)

I went looking for another a fun and easy Teacher Gift for Cole's teacher I found this Bunny Lip Balm Gift with FREE Printable (which is super cute) on Shaken Together.  She found a super cute bunny ceramic cup she used.  I tried to find one but no luck.  So I took her idea and made it my own.

What you Need:

Easter Cup / Easter Take out Boxes

Easter Filler / Easter Candy

EOS - Egg Shaped Lip Balm

She filled a cute ceramic bunny head with shredded paper.  I found this cute Easter Chinese Take out boxes and filled with candy.  I then added the cute EOS lip balm in the middle.  I put in a clear plastic bag added her printable with a pink bow! 

Super Easy but so sweet for any teacher!

Any Easter Parties or Plans?

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Easter Gift ... Thank You for being an "Egg-Cellent" Teacher Gift

With Easter just around the corner I'm getting a "hop" (LOL I couldn't resist) on getting our gifts done early.  I have 2 teacher gifts to do, 2 classroom gifts to do and 2 items to make for an Awesome 1,000 Egg Hunt this weekend.  I start with a super simple easy gift for Caden's teacher.  I found this awesome idea with a FREE printable (in so many shapes and sizes) on Lil Luna's website.

What you Need:

Egg Carton (used or from a craft store)

Egg Shaped Candy

Card Stock

Printer

Hot Glue Gun

ALEXIS NOTE: I used a candy that was egg shaped that came in an egg carton, 2 birds with 1 stone!  I found these chocolate covered marshmallow's in the egg carton at Walmart for $1.  I had the card stock and used my printer to print the label and my handy dandy hot glue gun to glue it down.  It cost me only $1 to make!

Any Easter Parties or Plans?

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Luck of the Irish ... You're the Pot of Gold

Well I of course needed to make something for the teacher's I made the Green Teach Gift Early this week.  I was just going to make 2 of them but then I came across This Gold version on Yesterday on Tuesday.  I hit up Michael's for a Shamrock cookie cutter (Let' me say it was my 2nd Michael's and 8th you read that right EIGHT store I went to, to find said cookie cutter).  While I was there I came across a bunch of Gold things and thought I can make a 2nd version of a teacher gift so I did!  NOW Michael's bins are $1.50 to $2 and the pot was on Sale for $4 so it was cost a bit more then the dollar tree version (link above).

What you Need:

Well anything Gold, this is what I found but do what you find!

Gold (yellowish) Emory Boards

Gold Glitter Pencils

Gold Notecards

Gold Small Picture Frame

Gold Glitter Clothes Pins

Gold Candy (Ferrero Rocher)

Not Gold Letter Stamp (Caden wanted to add in a K for Mrs. K)

Gold Ceramic Pot

Place all items into the pot, put large tall items in back and smaller in front.  I then found a FREE Pot o' Gold Printable on Hostess with the Mostess. I printed on cardstock and cut out. I took my handy hot glue gun and attached to the notepad, you could attach to the pot but since this was a nice ceramic pot (instead of a dollar tree one) I didn't.  You could always do a hole punch and add some ribbon and tie on to one of the items.  Easy and thoughtful gift!!

Any St. Patrick Day Plans?

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

St. Patrick's Day Teacher Gift

St. Patrick's Day is next Monday and I'm being good about making my treats for the boys class early instead of the weekend before and running around like my heads cut off.  So yeah a win for me!!!

I found a really fun an inexpensive way to make a teacher gift on Fun Home Things.  I always like to give a little treat to the teachers since they do so much for the kids.  But as always money is tight so it's nice to bring a smile to their face with out going broke.  The only thing that was missing was a tag to add to the gift, I found the perfect one on A Little Crafting.  I picked up everything at the Dollar Tree, can also find things in the dollar bin at Micheal's or Target.

What you Need:

Green Bucket (I used a Green ceramic pot)

Green Note Cards 

Green Pen / Pencils

Green Scissors

Green Gum

Green Life Savers / or M&M's

Card Stock for Tag

Green Foam Shamrock

Hot Glue Gun

Put all items in the bucket.  I attached a foam shamrock with a little hot glue to the front of my pot.  I attached the cute tag with a piece of ribbon to a pack of gum.  Easy and thoughtful!

Last Year I got some rude comments about St. Patty and St. Paddy about what is respectful and disrespectful so this year we'll just go with St. Patrick's day to keep everyone happy!

Any St. Patrick Day Plans?

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

Back to School ... Back to School Survival Kit

The boys start school tomorrow and I wanted do something special for our new school and teachers.  Last year I did the supply cakes and even though these teachers haven't seen those that I did, I still wanted to do something new.  I was searching Pinterest and came across a Back to School Survival Kit on Funky Polkadot Giraffe.

This was yet another simple thing to do that I really hopes brings a smile to their day.  I was able to pick all the items up at the dollar store, making each basket under $20.  I hope you give this a try and make sure to say thank you to Kyla for this great idea.

What you need:

Animal Cookies

Band Aids

Chewing Gum

Crayons

Candle

Erasers

Lifesavers

Marbles

Mound Bar

Paperclips

Pencils

Hand Sanitizer

Rubber Band

Penny

Starburst

Tissues

Toothpicks

Coffee

Click the picture to see the fun sayings for each item

I added a little tissue paper to the bottom of each of my baskets to give it a little height plus it helps keeps things stable in the baskets.  I added the items by height and just played around.  When I liked the way it looked I then went to the printer.  She is kind enough to make two pdf's for you to use.  You all know how I feel about great people who make free templates, love them!!  I printed on card stock, I was able to copy and paste the front label into a word sheet so I could print two per page to save paper :).  I used my handy dandy glue gun to glue the label on the front and I slide the fun ingredients list in the back.  

I can't wait to see the teacher's faces tomorrow!  Hope you all have a fab week, thanks so much for stopping by and saying hi.

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

My Supply Cake Featured .... On Diana Rambles

My amazing blog designer and friend has featured my supply cake on her blog!  Please go check it out and leave some love!  The supply cake feature is on Diana Rambles.  And if you need a new blog done check her out, she does an amazing job and at a reasonable rate.

Now head over to get the instructions on how to do it!

Thank you also Diana for your kind words on weight loss. xoxo

End of School Year ... Thumb Print Tree & Thank you Letter from Child

One more teacher gift, this one was made for Caden's Kindergarten teacher.  I must say she is one heck of a lady.  I wish I had found this school when we had Cole in Kindergarten.  She was amazing at helping the kids read, do math and all kinds of fun things.  They would take a walk each day.  Over the course of the school year, Caden was so excited to get his 20 MILE token!  He is a super reader and a wiz at math, I'm so excited that he loves school and loved his teacher.

As you remember I did a thumb print tree for our PTF president, sadly the one I had to do for her was shorter notice so I couldn't personalize it.  This Thumb Print Thank You Tree I actually had ordered first so it was personalized with her name and the very nice lady at Plum Adorable added a memory verse Psalms 1:3 (He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.)  Remember this Thumb print tree can be printed for free or you can pay to have it personalized.

I was able to get all the kids to do thumb prints and write their names and then I picked up a nice frame at Micheal's.  Caden's teacher was so sweet she gave me a hug with tears in her eyes and told me how much she would miss having me part of the class.

Sorry not the best picture.

My Camera ate the photo of the framed finished project.

Caden also wanted to do a little something special, I found this great FREE Fill-in Teacher Thank you letter on Lil Blue Boo.  I asked him the questions, he asked me to spell the words and he wrote it all by himself.  His answers are so sweet!

These are all so cute and so easy to do!  And really makes such a heartwarming gift.

Hope you all have a GREAT day!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

End of School Year Gift ... Orange You Glad it's Summer (Teacher Appreciation Gift)

Sorry gang it is going to be a quick post tonight.  My digital camera decided to corrupt all my pictures and I was the dummy that hasn't downloaded or saved them to a CD.  So I've spent almost 4 hours recovering and trying then turn mpo files that my camera changed to back to the original jpeg file!  I'm exhausted and I still have to set up my new laptop.

I made this gift for Cole's teacher, I wanted something that was on the manly side and thought this was a fun idea.  A basket of all orange items, I wish I could find a orange basket but I couldn't find one.

What you need:

Orange Pop

Orange Cup

Orange Gum

Several Orange Candies

Orange basket (I had to use white)

Card Stock / Printer

Ribbon 

Tissue Paper

Add all items to basket, I added a little tissue paper in the bottom to help keep everything stable.  I found this super cute orange tag that I added a whole and tied with a ribbon.   Go over to Coley's Corner for this super cute FREE printable.

Easy gift to do and you can find everything at the dollar store!

Hope you all have a GREAT day!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.

End of School Year Ideas ... Smartie Pants Treat Bags

I saw this really cute idea for Kindergarten treat bags on Ginger Baby Mama.  She made a cute note that she attached as usual I'm running around with several projects going on so I needed something quick and fast.  Thank you Google Search and I came across a super cute FREE Penguin Smartie Pants Printable on Nothing but Country.  I took my circle cutter and cut the tags out.  This was a super easy item to make, I hit the dollar store and picked up everything I needed.

Supplies Needed:

Clear Bags (25 for $1)

Ribbon ($1 - I thought I grabbed red but it's more a burnt red)

Pencils (12 pack for $1 - I bought 3 pks)

Bubbles (3 pack for $1 - I bought 3 pks)

Smarties (1 Bag $1)

Cardstock & Printer

What you do:

Take a clear bag add a bottle of bubbles, pencils and smarties.  I printed the cute printable and took my circle cutter to make a circle.  You could also use a punch with scallops or something fun!  I took a hole punch and punched a hole in my circle and added a ribbon.  Tied the bag with a ribbon and the tag!  Oh yes it was that easy, but so easy and I just know the kids will love these.

Simple and adored by the little ones!

A sneak peak at the Graduation Cap Cake I made for the Kindergarten Class.
I'm making 2 for a friend this weekend and had to make a practice one.
It's not perfect, but I think it turned out pretty cute!
Post to come next week!

Don't forget to see the parties I link up to HERE.