Classroom Treat - Christmas 2010

Snowmen on my mind

Aren’t these SUPER cute! 

Melted Snowman (LOVE THIS)

I had every intention of making these for my boy’s classmates, but I can honestly say it’s not happening (major bummer). Maybe I will make them next week, for neighborhood friends and family. If you want the how-to's, head over to The Idea Room and Amy will show you!!! 

But I did spy these darling marshmallow treats over at eighteen25 and I know that I can definitely make them. 

So sugarplums will be dancing in my house over the next few days.

Happy Treat Making To You,

Megan

Classroom Treat

Don’t be just any type of sucker…

…be a mummy too!!!

Just a few more weeks until the boy’s class parties and I am almost finished with the little treat for them to pass out to their classmates.

Supplies:

Sugar Daddy suckers
Gauze
Googly Eyes (7mm)
Black ribbon
Black ink
Glue

How To:

1.   Cut your gauze in 2.25” x 10” strips. I was able to find cotton gauze at the 99cent store.

2.  Cut the black ribbon to be 9”.

3.  Print out onto cardstock some cute tags, cut them out and then distress the edges with black ink. Punch a small hole in one corner (big enough for your ribbon to pass through). Slip the ribbon on the tag.

4.  Take one sugar daddy sucker and start wrapping the gauze around it and then twist it around the sucker stick. Secure it in place with the ribbon.

      5.  Glue on the googly eyes! 

As you can see, it’s pretty easy to do and I was able to get several items at the 99cent store and WalMart. This cost me about 15 cents a sucker (I had ribbon and ink already so that cut down my cost). 

Happy Creating to you, 

P.S. If you would like me to send you the tag, just leave me a comment with your email address.

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My oldest son has a pretty great teacher this year and to show her our appreciation we have given her a little gift each day this week!


I borrowed a few of these ideas and then came up with some of my own. What are some things you have done to show teacher's the love?

Day One - O"fish"ally the best! You can use goldfish crackers too!

Day Two: Coming to the "Aide" - lemonade packets that you add to water. You could use lemon drops.

I didn't get a picture of the ones I made for Day 3 or Day 4 but above is the tag that went with it.

Day 3: "Scent"sational - a container of air freshener, candle, or a plugin type of gadget, etc...

Day 4: Hugs and Kisses for all you do - a bag with Hersey's Hugs and Kisses

Day 5: You are worth 100 Grand! I have to admit I munched on a few of these 100 grand bars - I'm worth at least 100 grand too!!!

Many thanks to those who choose to teach and enrich my children!!! I'm glad we have you on our team as we raise our boys to become awesome adults!

Happy Appreciating to you,

Teacher's Gifts - Magnet Message Boards

Let's face it - our children's teacher's do so much! Each year we (read as "I") make some gift as a token of our appreciation. This year I am particularly pleased because I had a helper! (Peanut #1 was not as excited to help but he did pick out the paint color and the sayings)

Carson actually painted the board for his teacher! I was so happy to have a helper!

Here is the finished project! I forgot to take pictures of the process! The how to's are pretty simple and are listed below.

Carson was so excited to give the magnetic message board to his teacher. She really seemed to like it!

Magnetic Board Tutorial (my apologies for the lack of pictures)

supplies:

- wood (cut to whatever dimensions you would like) - Mine is 12"x12"

- sander with sandpaper

- paint (pick your color)

- sheet metal

- tin snips

- vinyl lettering

- decorative nails (I found them in my local fabric store near the chair upholstery items)

- liquid nails (be sure it says that it will work on metal, some types of liquid nails do not)

- Saw-tooth picture hangers

- Magnets

- Cardstock tags with your custom sayings

How To's:

1. Cut your wood to desired size.

2. Sand the edges of the wood to make it smooth. Be sure to wipe off with a tack cloth to get rid of all the saw dust.

3. Paint the wood desired color. Let dry. (you may need a few coats)

4. While the paint is drying cut out your vinyl lettering. I was able to use my early Christmas present - the Cricut Expressions cutting tool. If you don't have one of these bad boys you can purchase ready to use vinyl at most craft stores or you can order it from my friends over at Ellemenopea.

5. Once paint is completely dry, adhere your vinyl lettering where you desire it. *If you would like a distressed look, be sure to sand down the edges of the wood before you attach the vinyl!

6. Cut the sheet metal using tin snips to your desired size. I made the sheet metal a little bit smaller than the board so that I could see some of the wood on the edges.

7. Once sheet metal is cut, place liquid nails on the back of the sheet metal. (Be generous with your adhesive in the middle of the sheet metal, but don't just clump it on. Be sure to LIGHTLY coat the edges. Too much adhesive on the edges and it will spill out from underneath the sheet metal when you attach it and create a mess.) Adhere to the wood in the desired place. Be sure to you use a rolling pin so be sure to spread all of the adhesive around.

7. Let dry. I usually cover with something heavy to help it dry with a tight bond.

8. Once it is dry, hammer in the decorative nails near the corners of the sheet metal.

9. Add the sawtooth picture hanger to the back (be sure to make sure you have it on the right end. I have made this mistake before). Measure carefully so that it will be in the center - you don't want your beautiful project to hang crockedly!

10. Create custom sayings for the receiver out of cardstock. Once printed cut them out and then ink the edges.

11. Hang the card stock on the magnet board with magnets. It is ready to give!

Happy Creating to you, Megan