Crafts: Teacher Appreciation Gifts

  • Recycled Plastic Bottle Flower Bouquet

    Yippee, I do believe I have come up with a fun way to make recycled plastic bottle flowers that look artfully elegant! Just in time for spring, though of course these flowers will last practically forever, and are great to have on hand for a last minute centerpiece. Plus your recycled plastic flower bouquet will…

  • Soda Bottle Apple Revisited- Reader’s versions!

    Now is apple season, and around here apples are not just about back to school and Fall, they’re also about Rosh HaShana, so apple themed crafts are perfect right about now! With Rosh HaShana just ten or so days away, my soda bottle apple gift box is a perfect project, and I was so very…

  • Decoupage With Fabric— Pots For Your Garden!

    We needed a quick teacher appreciation gift for my daughter’s teacher last week, and I finally got around to trying out fabric decoupage on terra cotta pots! I’m totally in love with the results and can’t believe it took me so long to give this one a try. Oh well, everything in it’s time! And…

  • Plastic Bottle Apple For The Teacher

    This morning I sent my kids off to school with these cute plastic bottle apples for the teacher, together with a wish for a happy new year, written by each child. I filled the bottom of the bottle with a circle of round tissue paper, and left the top portion empty to view the red…

  • Sweet Goodbye Necklace

    A sweet goodbye necklace with notes written by younger siblings was a nice touch as we said goodbye today to a teenage family member who left to continue his studies far from home. My kids were a bit shocked to see me buying candy, as we generally don’t, but in this case nothing else would…

  • Cupcake Liner Flower Teacher Appreciation Bouquet

    A cupcake liner flower bouquet in a tape measure vase made from an oatmeal can? Well, yes, infact and though a bit hard to capture on film, it’s downright cute. You can’t go wrong with cupcake liner flowers! And I was so grateful that I came up with the idea of using the plastic tape…