I am constantly amazed at how wonderful teachers are, at least the ones I know. Aubrey's teacher are so patient and kind and I've never seem them without a huge smile on their faces. I adore her preschool and love how they engage the children with creative play, interactive experiments, gardening and cooking.
She had her end of the year program and I wanted to say "Thank you" one last time to her amazing teachers. They have helped her grow and learn so much this year and I wanted to make sure and express just how grateful we are, so I made a cute little gift.
I used clay pot from Hobby Lobby and painted the base black and the rim yellow.
I took my measuring tape and wrapped it around the rim and marked off the little measure lines.
Next, I painted the lines black and added the number to mark each inch. In hind site I would have used a skinny tip permanent marker, but I didn't have one on hand and since I was finishing these up during nap time a few hours before they had to be delivered I just painted it (but the lines aren't perfectly straight)
I bought $4 worth of red flowers at the garden center and divided them up and planted them in both pots. I gave them a little drink of water and crossed my fingers that they would at least live until the next day! :) I do not have a green thumb.
I bought "Thank You" gift cards from Target. I attached those to skewers and stuck them down in the flowers.
I liked the way this looked, but it was still missing something so I got out my chalk and wrote a sweet message on the pot...Thank you for helping me grow.
There you have a practical, thoughtful and unique teacher gift for under $10.
I'm sharing this at the following linky parties:
http://todayscreativeblog.net/link-party/
This is so cute!! What a great idea. I am going to do this for my daughter's teachers. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThis is adorable! What a great idea!
ReplyDeletegenius! i LOVE that!
ReplyDeletePerfect! Those are so sweet! I'm going to have to add this to my Teacher Gift Inspirations. Thanks so much for sharing at For the Kids at Sun Scholars! I'm off to share this post with my Facebook friends.
ReplyDeleteI hope to have you back to link up again! Next party will be posted tomorrow night!
:)rachel
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Love this post and your blog! I'm your newest follower- I'd love if you'd stop by and follow, too!
ReplyDeleteI am having my first linky party on Thursday and would love for you to come link your awesome craft! It's a party only for kids and teens crafts, so this is perfect to share on Thursday for our first "Crafts for the Under Twenty-Something" linky party!
Thanks for sharing!
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Found you through Pinterest...I cannot even handle the adorable level of these little pots - so excited to make some for my daughter's teachers. I'm contemplating doing it for Christmas gifts....but the end of year makes much more sense! Thx for the great idea!
ReplyDeleteWe made these years ago for every teacher in the elementary school for Teacher Appreciation Day. However, we put filled in the hole in the bottom with hot glue and made them into pencil holders. Using flat black paint on the terracotta made them feel just like a chalkboard. Great to see this idea again!
ReplyDeleteHi, What paint did you use to paint the pots please, I would love to give my mum on off the kids for mothers day. Dawn xx
ReplyDeleteHow sweet!! And I like the way the lines turned out - the fatter lines give it character. I might try making one with chalkboard paint....
ReplyDeleteI made these for my kids teachers this year and found that the chalk rubs off to easy so I painted the thank you on!! :D Also the pot I got had a hole in the bottom so I got a plate to go with it and painted it green and used it to put from the kids names!!! :D Thanks for the Idea!! :D
ReplyDeletewhat a great idea. thank you for sharing this idea of thank you.
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I'm in the process of making 6 smaller versions like this for my daughter's teachers and coincidently my co-workers. I just need to get the little flowering plants to put in them. What a great project and much easier than I had anticipated. Will do again in the future with other themes and colors. (Great for Mother's Day too, with a gift card to her favorite restaurant to take Dad out for a date?) :) Thanks for the idea!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to do this for my daughters day care lady for mothers day - who acts like a second mom and is the best - great idea and lots of bang for the buck - thanks!
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ReplyDeleteJust clicked over from Itsy Bitsy Paper's linky party. I l.o.v.e. using terra cotta pots for soooo many projects and gifts. I volunteer in an ESL pre-K class where the teacher works tirelessly, with very little help from the children's parents. She does so much more than teach the students their alphabet. I decided to surprise the teacher with a hand-painted terra cotta pot with "flowers" that the students stamped their names on. I'll post it when done. I think I will use your measuring tape idea for the top of the pot. And I also like the larger lines....thanks for sharing!
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Wanted you to know I have a link to this project on my post today. Love, love the idea and can think of lots of ways to use it. You are just so creative!
ReplyDeletewhat kind of paint did you use on the pots??
ReplyDeleteCrissy, I just used craft paint, you can find it at any craft store. Because it is a little glossy the chalk just wipes off easily, but you could also use chalkboard paint if you wanted.
ReplyDeleteLove this idea! I did it for my two boys' teachers with stuff literally sitting in my house ... just had to buy the giftcards. I used chalkboard paint because we have a can of it already.
ReplyDeletePinned it with a link to your post. Thanks again for sharing the idea! http://pinterest.com/pin/150729918748990481/
Thx for this idea.I was able to do this paint this and will be able to get my 2nd grader son to pot this ASAP for him to give his teacher who's retiring on Friday :)
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I used chalkboard paint as that's what it looked like on Pinterest...(I didn't come to your site first :-( Anyways, that worked, but I tried also to just glue on a tape measure. Not the greatest idea as it's not sticking on uniformly. It's a great idea, very well described on your blog...thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this wonderful idea! I'm working on making 7 of these for my preschoolers teachers. He even helped paint them!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this great idea. I have blogged that my son has made them this year and linked back here.
ReplyDeleteWow, Fantastic Blog, it’s so helpful to me, and your blog is very good, I’ve learned a lot from your blog here, Keep on going, my friend; I will keep an eye on it,
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I would love for you to link this post to my Back to School Traditions link up! It is awesome!http://www.jdaniel4smom.com/2012/08/back-to-school-tradtions-link-up.html
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Thank you so much for sharing this idea on Back to School Traditions! I really love it.
ReplyDeletegreat project! found you through another blog that i came across on pinterest... thanx for sharing... i have a question... what font are you using on your blog? i love the text!
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