I know… I know! Little Man is just 2 years old.
We don’t have any teachers in our lives right now.
And to be honest, I don’t even want to think of that phase of our lives yet!
But this is an idea I am bookmarking for the future Alison.
Teacher appreciation got my mind a-spinning with cute ideas for teachers. We can never show our teachers we care TOO much! Here is one gift I would have LOVED as a teacher for the end of the school year! It’s cute and meaningful–but useful, too. As the school year is wrapping up, here is one quick and easy teacher’s gift that is sure to show you care!
In the beginning, I wanted to do a typography with the message “2 Cool 4 School.” But duh, our teachers are totally cool, and we need them in our schools! Then I remembered my friend Amy’s adorable typography and realized that I could tweak this for a teacher’s gift, too!
The end of a school year is a bit of a rollercoaster for a teacher. This message is so fitting because after all, I really did worry that my students would forget me. This message hits home.
I’m proud to say that this gift is a cheapie! I bought this generic-brand hand sanitizer at the grocery store.
I was lucky to be able to peel the labels off easily. I was armed with my Goo Gone just in case, but this peeled off without any trouble at all.
After designing my vinyl in my Sure Cuts a Lot program, I cut the vinyl on my Cricut. I had some scraps of black vinyl on hand, so I used those. I also had a tiny scrap of red vinyl that I used for the numerals.
I always find that using contact paper is the easiest way to apply vinyl so it is not crooked!
I tied a red ribbon around the top, and
TA-DAH!
A quick and easy gift that shows your teachers how much you’ve appreciated them throughout the school year.
An A+ gift for sure!
For more vinyl tips, see my Vinyl 101 post here.
Happy Monday!
Love this! I'm starting a new section on Pinterest for teacher gift ideas. This will be the first project I add to it! Thanks, Alison!!
What a cute idea! Too bad I don't have a cricut. ?
That is ADORABLE … and as a teacher, I can tell you I would probably cry if I got this as a gift!
Great idea!!!
~Bec ?
Cute! I did one for my daughter's teacher, but it was a little different. Her teacher loved it!
sHAUNIKA, me either, but I can see it working with stickers just as easily!!! ?
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Woooooohoo! Alison – I just saw that you won Kim's Letterpress Giveaway!!! So excited for you!
Love your teacher gift too! ?
I just found you blog! Love Everything here!
I'm now following
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Aaaww – this is such a great project and one that is probably really useful as well ?
What a really cute idea! Nice presentation too!
This is a great teacher gift idea!
The color combination and the message was so nice… I think I'll keep it as a table decor instead of using it….so pretty!
I love this idea! So cute!!!
LOVE this Alison! What a terrific idea!
Fantastic – love it. Found you at The Girl Creative and looking forward to linking up.
Jen
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Hi there! Thank you for the wonderful idea! Love this!
I hope you don't mind I created this for those of us that do not own a Circut. You can check it out here.
http://capcreations.blogspot.com/2011/05/teacher-sanitizer-gift-with-printable.html
Very cute and very clever!
Fabulous, creative idea! I know that the teachers I work with would love this!
Jenn
Oh my goodness! soo cute!! you are so creative. Thumbs up! ?
This is adorable. It is always good to have a stash of ideas for teacher gifts!
oh that is so cute! I need a gift for my kiddos and this could probably work for the little ones (although not sure it would be on the hand sanitizer but the 2 sweet 2 be forgotten definitely would!), I just need to figure out what ?
This is a great idea! I just featured it in my Teacher Appreciation Round-up.
Thanks for sharing!!
xoxo
http://happylittleparty.blogspot.com/2011/05/teacher-appreciation-round-up.html
Love it….schools out tomorrow, so I'll use it next year! Thanx for sharing!
Nice idea. Nice gift for teacher.