Teachers Appreciated

I asked the boys what they wanted to get their teachers for Teacher Appreciation Day. As I mentioned before, Jason declared that he wanted to give his teacher flowers. Shawn declared he wanted to give her something off the wall, I think it was a dinosaur, as his gift. So, I came up with a way to give their teachers a little of both!

We started with the flowers. I purchased some very inexpensive white vases. I gave the boys some Sharpie markers for them to use to decorate. 

Jason went with a pink motif.

I had Shawn do a different technique to decorate his vases.
I covered a portion of the vase and let him mark where ever he wanted.
When I removed the covered section, it left a design on the negative space.

After the boys finished decorating, we popped the vases in the oven for 30 minutes to set the ink and make it permanent.

The finished vases.
I admit that I wrote the "thank you" vase.
Both boys were over decorating by then. lol

For the flowers, I taped a piece of candy to a bamboo skewer. Then I let the boys choose tissue paper that we wrapped around the candy "center."

He was so intent on getting just the right colors!

The finished flowers.

Jason's flowers in his painted vase.

The finished vases and flowers.

In the end, I spent approximately $5.86 each for what I think are some really cute gifts.

For Shawn's gift, I found some fun cards on Pinterest and got gift cards. That way, the teachers could go get whatever they wanted...even dinosaurs if they so choose. lol

The teachers got both the vases and the gift cards. We hope that made them feel appreciated! :)

We also remembered a few other special people around campus. There are a few other classified staff members who go above and beyond for our duo. We wanted to make sure they feel appreciated, too!