This is one of the easiest gifts you can put together for teacher appreciation week!
The card attached says:
“Mrs. Rogers, Because of you I’m a SMARTIE, not a DUM DUM! Love, Ethan”
Bucket ($1): I took off the shovel so the handle lays flat against the bucket.
Plastic Grass ($1.50): I used 3 packages so that the grass was packed nice and tight and the pencils and candy could stick up more easily without falling over
Dum Dum Suckers ($2.50): I only used 5-7
Smartie Candies ($2.50): I only used 5-7
Pencils ($1): I used 5
*I got all the supplies listed above @ WalMart
Other supplies not pictured that I had on hand: silk flowers, hot glue, marker, ribbon & white cardstock
1. Using your hot glue, attach the silk flowers to each pencil.
2. Fill the bucket with the plastic grass.
3. Stick candy and flower pencils into the bucket, making sure you have a variety of colors and that each item is snug and wont fall over easily. You can skip the pencils and give more candy, I just liked the dimension of the flower and the height the pencils gave.
4. Tie a ribbon around the bucket.
5. Write and attach a card.
…and you’re DONE!!!
What a fun and easy way to say “Thanks” to a teacher!
This post is included in Skip to My Lou’s Teacher Appreciation Gallery
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This is super cute! Love it!
this is such a fabulous idea…the complete simplicity of it makes it genius!….my senior’s stat’s class teacher is much appreciated, and i think this would be a funny “extra gift”.
This is super cute-and easy to do. Some of the Teacher appreciation gifts I’ve seen on the web this last week have been gorgeous-but honestly way more time then I’ll ever be able to commit. This is sweet and actually DOABLE.
Thanks for the great idea. My daughter and I made this for her teacher and she thought it adorable. In my blog post I linked to your post. Here is our version of your idea: http://babyshanahan.blogspot.com/2011/05/celebrating-miss-lisa.html
You inspired me to make a similar gift for my son’s teacher!
Thank you – love your site!
Posted on my page:
http://tickledcrafty.blogspot.com/2011/05/appreciation-giftsflower-pen-tutorial.html
This is so adorable! the note is precious and the daisy erasers are so clever!
This is so cute. I am gonna use this for Teacher’s Appreciation