Last year, when my baby blog was BRAND NEW I shared a little pencil bouquet I made for my son’s teacher. I still love pencils. And all school supplies for that matter.
And he has a new teacher this year. (obviously.) So I thought “why mess with a good thing?”
So here’s this year’s take on a teacher appreciation, Pencil Bouquet.
Easiest thing ever. I promise $5 or under, and 20 minutes….max.
I know! Please send thank you cards “Care of Ellie G” (you can tell I write sarcastically….right?)
- Start with a little container. For all you Target lovers. This one is straight from the Target $1 section.
- You’ll also need a wooden dowel. Not huge. But I tried it with a bamboo skewer, and it wasn’t substantial enough.
- Here’s an Ellie G Tip: I try and always have some basics on hand. Floral foam and wooden dowels are 2 of those. I use them A LOT!
- Then you’ll need a piece of styrofoam or floral foam.
- An elastic (not pictured)
- And any decorations you want to add.
Squeeze that foam down in there. You want a tight fit, and a fairly deep piece. Then put your dowel down inside. You COULD hot glue it if you want. I didn’t find it necessary. It may depend on the depth of your container.
I used 50 pencils. I found it easiest to put them into 2 equal piles and then wrap those piles around the dowel.
Wrap your pencils around the dowel, and secure them in place with an elastic. I did it by myself, but I admit that having a second person to wrap while you hold the pencils would have been easier.
Guess what? Almost done!
Not kidding.
I covered up the floral foam with pieces of graph paper. Very teacher-ee. Lined notebook paper would also work. As would moss, paper shreds, use whatever you have around to keep costs down.
I also added a big ribbon to cover up the elastic and a fun printable. Isn’t it fun how those pencils just look suspended over the pot. Love it!
Nothing like a quick “roses are red” poem to make me happy. (and to facilitate a quick rhyme!)
ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
THIS PENCIL BOUQUET
IS JUST FOR YOU!
And just to help you with a last minute gift, I’ve even given you the printable. You can print this out and attach it and…..TAH DAH!
Your child’s teacher has been “appreciated”.
(Please….personal use only on the printables. Do not re-post without linking back to this blog. Do not alter, remove watermark, or claim as your own. Feel free to e-mail me or announced.greetings(at) gmail(dot) com with any use questions. Thanks!)
Now go out and appreciate a teacher in your life…..
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OHHH' HOW DO I LOVE THIS? MAJORALLY! so cute. winks- jen
As a former teacher myself, I must say I LOVE THIS! My son starts Kindergarten next year and I will definitely have to make this for his teacher!
Awesome! Love, love it
…
Moe
http://www.moethesoutherngal.blogspot.com
What a great idea.
So simple and cute! Love the printables too. Thanks so much!
Cute as always!
Just found your blog from TCB – and I love it. You are truly creative! Can't wait to read more.
I love this one…I think I could enlist my boys to help me make a couple
Super cute idea! You are so kind to give the printable too! Save me all kinds of work! Now if you would just come and make the whole thing for me, I'd be done.
xoxo,
Amy
I love it. Lara! It's very Lara glam! so cute!
Perfect! And the best part is she can use it and not have to hold onto it for 20 years!
I love back to school and none of my kids are even in school. What's not to love about 10 cent packs of pens and 25 cent crayons?! Love the pencil bouquet! Simple, usable, adorable!
I was going to send you an email, but my computer is being retarded. I just wanted to let you know that I featured your pencil craft on my blog today. Please check it out!!
Tiffani
Thoughts from Tiffani
I forgot to include the link to the post, silly me.
http://thoughtsfromtiffani.blogspot.com/2011/04/teacher-appreciation.html
Thank you for all your inspiration!!
Tiffani
As I'm looking at this post the only thing going through my head is, "I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address." Once I snapped back to now I noticed what an adorable idea this is!
How cute is that! Thank you for sharing.
http://btanders.blogspot.com
Love this idea…teachers are always needing pencils!
What an adorable idea! As a teacher I am always needing new pencils. I featured you on my Friday Favorites. Feel free to check it out at http://ktdesigns-katania.blogspot.com/2011/04/friday-favorites-teacher-appreciation.html
Thanks!
As is with good form I completely forgot to make something for the beginning of Teacher Appreciation Week. I remembered seeing these on IC and thought, "I can quickly make these." Turned on the computer printed and were able to throw 2 together in a matter of minutes, brilliant! My girls weren't even late for school and we started these just minutes before it started.
thanks for the inspiration!
i did this for my son's teacher this week, put my own little twist on it, but the idea you had was brilliant! i linked back to you, giving you all of the credit!
http://roselandfamily.blogspot.com/2011/05/teacher-appreciation-gift-ideas.html
thank you! thank you! thank you!
i find your blog so inspirational and try to do my own version of many things you do! next up, my jo totes bag that just arrived in the mail today!!!!! seeing your bag is what sold me on theirs! wish me luck!
Ok…I copied you. This is a great idea! I linked back to your blog as I just love everything you do! Thanks for all of the great tips. Come check it out if you would like at http://www.blacksbest.blogspot.com.
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Precious!!! Love this!
fabulous love it so cute idea