May 3, 2011

Teacher Thank You Gift 2011


I'm not really a cheesy person.  Not usually.  But for some reason, I always feel like I have to do something cutesy for teacher appreciation gifts.  Maybe it's because they're rather small gifts, and somehow the "cuteness" factor makes it seem like a better gift.  Or maybe I'm just giving in to peer pressure to be corny,  looking at all the other ideas around the blogging world.  For whatever reason, this is what I've come up with for this year.  (And if you're one of Christopher's preschool teachers, act surprised when he hands them out next week)

Since we had many teachers we wanted to give them away too, I tried to think of something that was not too expensive but I would have enjoyed getting if I were a teacher. (Even though we homeschool, Christopher still has like 8 teachers at preschool, and then we have all those music teachers and such we'd like to say thankyou to.)  So I chose one of my most favoritest candies, Sunkist Fruit Gems.  Have you ever had these before? I love them.   Plus, they have 25% of your daily vitamin C needs in just one fruit gem, so they're pretty much health food, right?  I bought the individually wrapped ones in a 2 lb. bag from Amazon. There were about 90 of them in the bag.

I tried to think of a cheesy saying to go with them, and this is what I came up with. "Thanks for a fruitful year. You are a gem." Unless the teachers know they are called fruit gems, they might not get that last part, but oh well.  They're teachers. They're smart. They'll figure it out.

Other fruit sayings you could use might include:
"You are a grape teacher! Thanks a bunch!"
"Thank you berry much!"
"You and teaching make a great pear!"
"Orange you glad the year is over and you can pass me off to another teacher?"

As you can see, there are so many possibilities.  I put about 7 candies in a bag, made a paper treat holder, and added a tag at the top.  I made the tag using some clipart I bought online.  I googled "cute fruit clipart" and found some for $1.00 on a website called lilly bimble.  I thought it was worth it since I would've spent more on ribbon or stickers.  I try to use up old scrapbook paper for projects such as this (I gave scrapbooking up years ago) so I used whatever green paper I had around.  I'm sure you crafty people out there could make a much cuter package.

So there you go.  Cheesy teacher gifts.

Teacher Gifts from Last Year

And More Teacher Gift Ideas

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