Teacher Appreciation Week!

Our school helped out by send­ing home a list of dai­ly themes to fol­low and empha­sized the impor­tance of cre­ativ­i­ty, not expense. And I am so thank­ful to the amaz­ing­ly sweet and tal­ent­ed graph­ic design­ers that have so gra­cious­ly offered up FREE print­a­bles that helped us find fun and cre­ative presents!

Last year, we made gift­ed our teach­ers with a “Berry Sweet” bas­ket of straw­ber­ry-themed cup­cakes and note­books uti­liz­ing the adorable tags by The Girls at Eighteen25. For this year’s fruit theme, we uti­lized the same tags, paired with apple items I had pur­chased at Tar­get months ago and saved for this spe­cif­ic occa­sion (see… hoard­ing isn’t always a bad thing!). Don’t wor­ry ~ the apples were fresh! 😉

When I saw the adorable Donut print­able that Pig­gy Bank Par­ties designed for Mari­ah of Gig­gles Galore, I knew they would be per­fect for the “Sweet­heart” theme day! We picked up some deli­cious donuts, pack­aged them in indi­vid­ual clear bags and tied the tags to make a super sweet treat!

I caught a glimpse of the beau­ti­ful flower arrange­ments in mason jars that Michele of Sweet Threads Cloth­ing cre­at­ed and dec­o­rat­ed with gor­geous tags by the sweet and tal­ent­ed Amber of Par­ty On! Designs and knew they were just per­fect for this theme! We sim­ply wrapped small mason jars with some raf­fia rib­bon and added the tag and flow­ers and the end result was sim­ple, yet beautiful!

To keep the cre­ative juices flow­ing, the theme of the day cen­tered around get­ting the kid­dos to do some­thing crafty. We debat­ed a few dif­fer­ent projects that includ­ed school sup­plies and was sim­ple enough for a six year old, but as soon as I saw these super cute “High­light” tags by sweet Lin­di from Love the Day, I knew incor­po­rat­ing high­lighters would be per­fect! We uti­lized a met­al can and we worked togeth­er to glue the pens to cre­ate a hold­er to bright­en up the classroom!

The last day we were asked to give a gift cer­tifi­cate… to their favorite restau­rant or cof­fee or to help out around the class­room! Since my daugh­ter’s teacher loves Mex­i­can food, we uti­lized this super sweet print­able by the amaz­ing­ly tal­ent­ed Kori of Paper & Pig­tails post­ed on Skip To My Lou to attach a gift card to Chipo­tle. And just because I think their bur­ri­to cam­paign is hilar­i­ous and cute, we had to include a minia­ture wrapped burrito!

Need­ing some last minute tags to show your appre­ci­a­tion for your teach­ers?! Hur­ry on over to the ven­dor web­sites list­ed above to down­load your FREE print­a­bles and show them some love! ♥