~end of year memory book for teacher~

 I'm finally going to share a project with you that

has ended up being one of my favorites.

I made a book for my son's teacher with all the pics

I've been taking throughout the year. I was the 

room parent so I was able to take pictures at 

all of their parties and celebrations.

I made it thru Shutterfly because I had a code

for 40% off a photo book. Throughout the book

I included text from "Oh! The Places You'll Go" 

by Dr. Seuss......have a look:

pretend the kids don't all look like ghost children

with their faces blurred out. 

 

 I took individual pics of each student and had them 

sign their name above their picture. This really 

gave it a nice personal touch and made each and every

child feel involved in the process.

 The blank pages I added to the end were for the

graduation pics. Graduation and field day 

wasn't until the day before the last day of school 

(now that's a mouthful isn't it?) so I had to have those

printed at the one hour photo joint and stick

them onto the blank pages.

 I also included some blank pages for all the parents

to write a little note for her. The card above is from me.

I'm long winded and couldn't contain my 

note to just a few sentences.

 At the graduation I was secretly able to have every parent

(except 2) sign the book. This was the most special

touch to the book I thought :)

Above is the back of the book.

Below is the spine....obviously.

 My little guy was soooo excited to give it to her.

She loved it and I have no doubt it will be 

something she keeps forever....just like 

my lil guy will keep her in his heart forever.

He LOVES his teacher and SOBBED

in my arms when he got home from school

on the last day. It's hard to show teachers

how important they are to us for loving 

and nurturing our kids. 

I felt like this book really did a good job

showing her how much we 

appreciate her. She sent me a very 

heartfelt text later that day telling

me how much it meant to her....

and made her shed a few tears.

Thank God for wonderful teachers.

 

With the 40% off coupon, the book

cost me about $32. Well worth it.

It took about 8 hours to make.

I didn't do it all in one sitting.....

a little here. a little there.

I'm printing one up for my lil guy with 

the graduation and field day pictures included.

I had the teacher write him a little note that

I can stick on the last page of his book

after I get it printed.  

He's going to love it.

Happy Summer Vacation Everyone!

~teacher appreciation week-the rest of it~

 Have I mentioned yet that I am soooo

glad teacher appreciation week is over?

It kicked my butt.

Between the room parent responsibilities and

the projects I did for the committee responsibilities,

I was WIPED OUT by Friday evening.

Here's what my little guy gave his teacher

on Wednesday:

 A little mini rose bush with a trellis....

got it for $5.99 at our local market.

       

 Wednesday evening we went and decorated

the teacher lounge and stocked it with all sorts

of food, drinks, goodies and magazines.

These are some of the little sayings about teachers

that I made to go on the tables.   

 I took pictures of the lounge when we were done

but the pictures turned out not so great....

so you don't get pics of that :)

Just imagine a stocked fridge, counter tops full

of food, etc.  

This is what we gave my son's teacher 

on Thursday:   

 A "Smash Book" with this book mark:

 I got this free printable at 

Positively Splendid for the bookmark.

Click (here) to get yours. 

 I made a few of these little paper clips for the book too.

 We even did a page for her:

 She loved it.

I love Smash Books.....I call it the lazy

way to scrapbook. I've been doing books like

this for years.....who would have ever thought

a person could market it and make a ton of

money selling them? Wish I would have 

thought of that. Anyway.....it was $12.

Friday we bought her lunch so we didn't 

give her a gift. 

Also....Friday I delivered these to the 

teacher's mailboxes at the school.    

 At the beginning of the week I made packets

for each teacher's class. In each of these packets

was a questionnaire for the students to fill out about

their teacher. A student from each class was in charge of

their teacher's packet and the student returned it

to the office after they were filled out. That way

the teachers didn't have to be involved and could

be surprised. Once I got all the packets back

I went thru them, picked out any that had 

negative comments on them (there were only

3 in the whole school), printed up a cover sheet

and put them in presentation folders. 

Some of the answers the kids wrote were hilarious.

Like this:

That's it until next year. 

As much as I just complained about how

time consuming and exhausting it all was,

it was worth it. I hope the teachers felt 

special and realize how much they are

appreciated for helping us with our little ones.

I seriously don't know how they do it.

Thank you teachers! 

        

~teacher appreciation week-teacher gift-Wednesday~

 Wednesday we gave the teacher

a little mini rose bush with this note attached.

 My little guy was SO excited to give it

to his teacher. This is the gift he was

most excited about giving. 

A good sign maybe that he will shower

his woman with flowers one day.

He gets that from his daddy :)  

 

~teacher appreciation week-teacher gift-Tuesday~

 This is what we gave my son's teacher Tuesday:

A necklace with bedazzled key charms

and a note that says,

"TEACHERS: they hold the 'keys'

to our future and show us the ways to

'unlock' our potential."

(thought of it all by myself....aren't you proud?)   

 I had everything on hand here except the chain....

paid $3 for that and I only used half of it.
I bedazzled the keys myself too.

After this crazy week is over I will show you

a project I did for myself that inspired this one.  

My little man wanted to make a necklace for her too.

He strung some beads onto a piece of ribbon and 

hung another key charm in the center of the beads.

We put it on the card with the other necklace and

gave it to her like this:    

~teacher appreciation week-teacher gift-Monday~

 I'm giving my son's teacher a little

gift each day this week. 

Nothing major.

Nothing real expensive.

Just little gifts to let her know we are thankful.

Monday this is what we gave her:  

Funky nail polish (was 93 cents per bottle)

with a note that said,

"Thanks for helping me 'polish' 

my reading skills this year."

The fact that she's young, adorable,

spunky, funky and fashionable makes

it really easy to find stuff she likes.

Plus-she gets so excited when they give her gifts.

It's her first year teaching and she

isn't over-loaded yet with all the crazy little

gifts that teachers accumulate over the years. 

   

    

 

~teacher appreciation week...door decorating~

 Teacher Appreciation week is in full swing.

Not only am I the room parent in my son's class,

I'm also on the Teacher Appreciation Committee.

The past week I have been knee deep

in all things "teacher". 

I'll be sharing with you this week some of the things

we are doing as a whole school and also

things that I'm doing individually for my 

son's wonderful teacher :)

Monday the whole school participated in 

door decorating. This is what we came up

with for our door......        

 

 "You shined your light....

and we blossomed"

Each flower holds a picture of 

a students face.....pretend they're not blurred out. 
The green leafs are each child's hand traced and cut out.

We put a picture of the teacher in the sunshine,

representing the light she radiates onto our kids.   

We love her.

 She loves it and so do the students.

It took us about 5 or 6 hours to complete.

 

Thanks so much for helping me Monika!

Couldn't have done it without you.