Teacher Gifts

In celebration of my Grad degree almost being done (2 projects and 9 days left), I thought I would post some pictures of some fun and easy teacher appreciation gifts.

I love this pencil vase found at 2 Clever Blog. I don’t know a teacher that wouldn’t love to have this sitting on their desk!

I love this monogram made from crayons. I found this one over at Dollar Store Crafts so you know its going to be a cheap and easy project.

I found these two ideas at Secrets of a Super Mommy.  Both of them sound absolutely wonderful to me. A spa basket full of lotions,candles, bath salts.  Every great teacher out there can appreciate a little relaxing.  If that is not their way of relaxing, try the movie package. Popcorn, $1 for a Redbox rental, movie candy and soda.

Thank you to everyone for these great ideas! What about you, do you have any fun teacher appreciation ideas? Send me a link of pictures and I would love to post them.

Shower Curtain Play Mat

I haven’t posted a kids project in awhile so here is on I found on Dollar Store Crafts.

This project is very simple and extreemly cheap.  Find a clear vinyl shower curtain and let your and your kids imagination run wild.  This would be a great project for snow and rainy seasons. If you try this project with your kids, send me pictures, I would love to post your ideas!

“Mom I’m bored…”

I found this fun idea for kids.  Place strips of paper in a jar containing following activities.  When your child comes to you complaining of being bored, have them pick a piece of paper and there you go…instant activity.  My husband and I have been discussing making our own jar for date ideas. I will be working on compiling a list of date idea …but while I am working on that, enjoy these ideas for kids. You never know, you and your date might enjoy doing one of these activities!?!

Click here for a printable version.

• Write your Grandma a letter
• Run around the yard three times
• Put on some music and dance
• Write down ten things you love about each person in your family
• Brush the dog or give her a bath
• Find shapes in the clouds
• See how many times you can dribble the basketball
• Paint or draw a picture
• Wash the car
• Plan a treasure hunt, with clues
• Ride your bike
• Make a scene in a cardboard box
• Start a journal
• Make homemade wrapping paper
• Organize your room
• Write a story
• Create a play with costumes
• Cut out pictures from magazines and make a collage
• Cut up old holiday cards and make holiday stickers for next year by coating the back with gelatin glue, let dry (dissolve 2 tsp gelatin in 5 tsp boiling water.)
• Surprise your mom by making lunch
• Make a zoo for your stuffed animals
• Make & decorate a calendar of the summer, with important dates marked.
• Put juice & cut-up fruit into ice cube trays to make ice cubes.
• Create a family newspaper/newsletter
• Make dessert
• Start a collection (leaves, rocks, buttons)
• Hang a clothesline in your room and clip photos to it to make an album
• Create a circus performance
• Make your room into a rainforest
• Make a sculpture from pretzels and peanut butter
• Make an obstacle course
• Make a placemat (just laminate it at the local copy shop)
• Write some limericks or haiku
• Decorate an old tee-shirt with cool buttons & fabric pens
• Start a club
• Use old cardboard tubes and boxes to build a marble maze.
• Make “funky junk” art out of old jewelry
• Read a book
• Have a water balloon fight (outside!)
• Memorize a poem and recite it for your parents
• Make a boat using a plastic soda bottle base & popsicle sticks (use duct tape) for the top, then float it at the pond.
• Draw a picture of a desert island with all the things you would want on it
• Blindfold your sibling & take them on a tour of your house & yard, then trade places.
• Play a board game
• Create your own board game
• See if you can draw a picture with your foot.
• Draw on the sidewalk with chalk
• Play hopscotch
• Play jump rope
• Play with bubbles in the sink
• Weed the garden
• Wash the mirror with a sponge
• Make a book of jokes
• Build a fort with blankets and pillows
• Make puppets with old socks, buttons & markers.
• Make a list of fun things you can do without a grownup
• Mix liquid hand soap, cornstarch and food coloring into paint and paint the bathtub.