Teacher Gifts

The finished gift

The kids have just finished preschool, and I was trying to come up with some good teacher gifts.  One of my favorite things that I received from students was Christmas ornaments; I think of each student as I put them on the tree every year.  Of course, Christmas ornament crafts are hard to come by in May.  

I headed to Michael's to see what might be available.  I'm happy with how these gifts turned out, so I thought I would share the ideas!

Stickers made a perfect addition to the top of the box

First, I bought each teacher a small acrylic box (which happened to be on clearance). I bought a package of monogram-sized letters to put on top, and what I thought were raised stickers for the front.  They were actually clear stamps, and they adhered really well to the acrylic (and can be moved around). 

Clear stamps (see link) can 

 

be moved around on the acrylic

I trimmed the edge with pink ribbon, which I hot-glued on.  It might have been smoother if I'd used Elmer's, but I wanted to make sure it would stay.

 For the ornaments, I bought sweet little wooden shapes (already painted) that they had for about 50 cents each.  I just hot-glued a small ribbon to each to use as a hanger and there you go, sweet little Christmas ornaments.  I put a verse on each one, the year, and a little message from each kid, along with a picture.

Jack is a "Puddle Jumper," so these little frogs seemed like a perfect memento for his teachers

I added tiny photos on regular paper to the back; made it very personal

I chose crosses for Lily's teachers and wrote a verse and the year on the back.

A few kisses provided a nice filler

 

Five gifts for around $30; I really liked how they turned out!