Teacher Gifts

it's show us your life friday over on kelly's blog. today people are sharing teacher gifts.
i usually try to do something really special, crafty, etc. for teachers. they deserve so much. our school now also does a big basket for each teacher with a certain theme each year & i usually will put in a gift certificate to their favorite store or restaurant.

i don't think i took pictures of kinder & 1st grade but they were really cute.
for kinder, i made her teacher a 6x6 scrapbook of why mckinlee loved kinder.
i went on every field trip, etc. so i had a lot of pictures!

for the life of me i can't remember what i did for 1st grade, but i remember it being cute!

this was mckinlee's 2nd grade teacher's gift.
i bought a new paint can and just went wild with scrapbook paper, flowers, ribbon, etc.
i put a tea cup inside, different teas, sweets, etc.
i think the card said:
thanks for being a great TEAcher!
(so clever, right? ha!)

i couldn't find any pictures of the cute things i did for 3rd grade (what is wrong with me?) but one of the things i did was an 8x10 frame with a picture of the whole class. the picture was 5x7 and basically i just made a scrapbook page and framed it. her teacher loved it!

here are some of things we did for 4th grade. i made mckinlee's 4th grade teacher, her 3rd grade teacher, all her other teachers and the principal, vp, counselor, office workers, etc. these cute candy packs. we learned how to make them at my stampin' up class. they are a little time consuming, but oh-so-cute! everyone loved them.

we also made her teacher this little card kit. mckinlee and i actually went together to a class and made this for her 4th grade teacher.

here are the individual pieces that the teacher can put together to create her own card. she really liked it!

here's another cute idea. we found out the teacher's favorite candy and got these jars from wal-mart. ribbon, a flower punch and a little bling=cuteness

last year i tried to have something for mck to give her teacher everyday of teacher appreciation week.

i'm not sure what we'll do this year since two of her teachers are men.
(something tells me they wouldn't appreciate a do it yourself card kit as much as her teacher last year! ha!)

i can't wait to see other people's ideas.