Category Archives: Teacher Appreciation Week

Show Your Teacher Appreciation with Nail Polish Treats

Being a preschool teacher, I really look forward to Teacher Appreciation Week. To everyone’s surprise, It’s not because of all the presents. I love Teacher Appreciation Week because it’s an entire week full of genuine and sincere thank you’s from parents that don’t always have the time to share how appreciative they are for the time you spend with their children. Teacher Appreciation Week is coming to an end but today I’m sharing a fun gift that any teacher is sure to love.

Nail Polish Treats are not something I created, you can find them all over Pinterest and featured in many of the recent Sally Hansen Nail Art home parties. Last month I attended Pink Cake Plate’s Pamper Me Nail Party with Sally Hansen and absolutely adored her treats.

My four year old daughter and I had so much fun making these simple treats.

Ingredients:

24 large marshmallows
8 oz white chocolate melting chips
2 tbsp milk (not pictured)
tootsie rolls
food dye (not pictured)

I added milk to the white chocolate chips and melted them in the microwave for approximately two minutes stirring at 30 second intervals.

Then I mixed in a very small amount of food coloring to the melted chocolate. Stir until completely smooth and then add a few ice cubes. Common sense will tell you dipping marshmallows into scalding hot chocolate will not result in cute nail polish bottles. I used a wooden skewer to dip the marshmallows and completely cover them in chocolate.

Put a tootsie roll on top for the lid and allow to dry on a foil lined baking sheet.

I placed the treats in the refrigerator over night. This morning they pulled off the foil easily. To avoid a messy treat I put each individual nail polish bottle in a small cupcake liner. I added a cute print next to the plate for all the teachers to enjoy.

Use the image to create your own fun sign to use with your nail polish treats.

If you’re short on time you could skip the treats and simply share nail polishes with the print on a card. If you want big teacher bonus points, give the nail polish treats and a bottle of polish!

It’s really not about the gifts. Take a moment to give a sincere thank you to the teachers that are spending time with your children and nourishing their love for learning!

To all those teachers out there, Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!

My daughter and I love to spend time together painting our nails. Be sure to see our Mommy Daughter Nail Fun with Sally Hansen where she shares her super cute video tutorial with step by step directions for the perfect manicure!

Teacher Gift: Personalized Tote and Notebook Cover

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Today was my daughter’s last day of summer preschool. We planned to stay with the same wonderful teacher next year but recently learned she was leaving. This morning I made her a personalized tote with matching notebook cover to thank her for being such a great teacher.

Supplies:
-notebook
-scrap fabric
-iron on fabric fusing (I used Steam-A-Seam)
-blank tote

For the notebook I started by cutting a piece of fabric large enough to cover the book and fold over the cover. The notebook used is standard size and the fabric I cut was 24″ x 11 1/2″.

I planned to serge the edges but ended up using a zig zag stitch instead. Either option is suitable.

I folded each side of the fabric over the cover by 4″ and then pinned in place.

A quick zig zag stitch down the sides and my project was almost done.

I trimmed the fabric edges neatly against the stitch.

A small blank tote purchased from a craft store was the perfect start to the matching set.

I had scrap fabric that coordinated with the fabric used on the notebook cover and cut them into two strips.

The two strips of fabric were sewn together using a basting stitch. Then I pulled the strings on each end to make ruffles. I pinned the ruffles on the bag and then sewed them in place.

Steam-A-Seam made it easy to add some personalization to the bag. I drew the initial (mirrored image) on the back of the fusing that I had already ironed on the back of the fabric.

Next I ironed the letters directly onto the bag and notebook cover and stitched around the edges.

My daughter’s Say Anything Card was a great addition to the personalized gift.

I think her teacher loved it!

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Teacher Appreciation Magnetic Frame

Last year I made an easy lace magnetic frame for Sweet Rose Studio’s Handmade Holiday series. I love this style of frame and enjoy making them as gifts. Add a teacher’s thank you card from the Tom Kat Studio and you have a perfect gift for teacher appreciation week!

I had some cute brad tops that were perfect for magnets.

I wrote a little note to my daughter’s preschool teacher and used the magnets to attach it to the frame.

This morning I told my daughter to hand it to her teacher and say, “Happy teacher appreciation week.” She’s only three and that was a big unfamiliar phrase to her. She looked at me and asked, “Can I just say happy birthday instead?” We negotiated and I convinced her to tell her teacher she is great as she handed over the pretty frame.