New School Year - Teacher Gifts Ready

I really, really wanted to do the 4-pack bottles for our teachers this year.  If you don't know what I am talking about, click {here}.  As August started, I went on a last minute trip to Tampa (completely worth it for priceless time with a friend) and then to the Bahamas...so when we got back school.was.starting!  I had to get on it!  Both of the boys' teachers are Christians (praise the Lord).  So when I found these monogrammed tumblers at Lifeway on sale for $5.00, I knew they'd be fine to give even with the Bible verse printed on them. 

We filled the tumblers with a gift card to Target for the teacher to buy things for the classroom.  We also filled it with the single size serving packets of Crystal Light's pink lemonade.  

Next we added some ribbon and a straw flag that reads, "We are tickled pink you are our teacher".   (Get it...pink lemonade/tickled pink...)

It was easy and cute to put together!

Maddox on his first day of school with his cup for Mrs. Amy.

Back To School

I've already shared about my obsession with Pinterest.  I keep seeing great Back To School gift ideas for teachers.  I thought I'd post this blog about the gift we made for Brewer and Maddox's teachers last year.

Brewer had 2 teachers so each of them got a 4-pack of glass bottles.  On the back of each "container" is a pocket with a gift card to Walmart for supplies for the classroom.  The bottles are each filled with things like M&Ms, colored goldfish, erasers, paper clips, pencils, colored rubber bands, etc.


They turned out super cute!


Most of the things I do are "spin offs" of other ideas.  The original idea was for a Father's Day gift.  You can find that information by clicking {here}.  I remade the labels for each bottle and for the front of the container/holder...what's that cardboard thing called??  And ummm....I hope my organization was good...b/c I sure would like to use those labels again this year.  Guess I need to start searching my computer for those.

Tuesday Teacher Day

Because I used to teach, I am going to dedicate some Tuesdays to blogging about things of the classroom.  

And man, do I wish blogs were popular when I taught b/c there are so many adorable ideas for the classroom in blogland.

One of the many things that is new to me is Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT).  What a fun idea and website!  A place teachers and go and sell and/or buy teaching materials.  One of my mottos when in the classroom was, "Why re-create the wheel?"  



When you're in the classroom with 22 8-year-olds, the tattle telling can be overwhelming.  I used a system where the kids could write down their tattles and put them into our tattle jar.  I would always read the tattles.  First of all, I wanted their voice to be heard.  But they were also very comical.  Sometimes tattles do need to be dealt with, so I did need to read them.  Check out this Tattle Turtle that you can buy for your classroom.  Cute, cute, cute!

Sending kids home at the end of the day used to stress me out, especially at the beginning of the year.  Now that I'm a mommy, it stresses me out from the parents' point of view also.  I found a blog with adorable stickers to print for your students to wear.  I am thinking of printing these for Brewer's teacher and including them in a little gift that we give her the first day of school.  Click {here} to see them.  How cute!