To the teachers, big ups to all of you. Thank you for showing up everyday to make sure these kids walk out more knowledgeable than when they walked in. Thank you for having the patience to never give up on them. Thank you for giving all you’ve got to keep them interested in learning. Thank you for it all.
Teacher appreciation week is approaching and one of the themed days is flower day. Flowers are beautiful but they don’t last forever. So my crafty mind started thinking up others ways to be able to represent the theme. I wanted to give Kole’s teacher something that she would be able to keep. To be able to look at in the future and just remember how much we, especially Kole, enjoyed and appreciated having her as a 1st grade teacher. So I decided to make her a small paper bouquet. I was inspired by money leis and used that technique to make the flowers then bunched them together to make the “bouquet”.
The set up:
I have so many craft items at home that I wanted to make sure I made do with what I had. (It’s like I have my own Michael’s store in my house. Yeesh!) And I was happy to realize I never had to step foot out of my house because I had everything I needed.
I’ve never made a money lei myself but was always in admiration of all my friends who make them for graduations and weddings. So I followed this video tutorial.
In replacement of dollar bills I cut up scrapbook paper to size and made the petals. I held them together using left over twist ties that come with cellophane bags instead of floral wire or ribbon like the video recommended. For the stem I cut up another piece of scrapbook paper (1.5×6 inches) and rolled it up. Then twist tied the flower to the stem.
After I made enough flowers, I folded another piece of scrapbook to resemble the paper wrapped around a real bouquet of flowers and taped the flowers on the inside to hold.
There you have a simple craft project you can put together with your little one for Mr. or Mrs. Teacher! If you think your kids are hard to handle at home, imagine having 20 of them all day. Oh Lawd! Bless their heart.
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
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