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how to make super-easy, beautiful flower pens

It's Teacher Appreciation Week, a time I really believe teachers should get a little love, a pat on the back for all of their hard work, effort, and energy. Though my kids' school has a whole committee who plans a week of total awesomeness for our teachers, the second day of the week is usually reserved for a small note, treat, drawing, or handmade gift from the children. In the past, Maddy, Owen,and Cora have made sweet fingerprint notecards or little storybooks for their teachers. And we … [Read more...]

04 | 14 | 2020

scratch off ticket valentines: candy-free and totally fun

scratch off ticket valentines: teachmama.com

Every year the kids and I have a really fun time searching for cool Valentines to make for their class party Valentine exchange. We don't go super-crazy. We just do something a little special that will hopefully make their friends and teachers smile. It's a yearly tradition--the search, the planning, the mess, the crafting, and the delivering. It's a lot of fun, and honestly, I could weep thinking that this yera will be Maddy's last year for a Valentine's Day class party. Next year, as a … [Read more...]

02 | 10 | 2020

fun dip valentines

fun dip valentines | teachmama.com how to

Judge me if you will, but I have finally given in to the pressure of Owen and Cora. I've held up for quite a while, though, and for that I'm proud. Every, single year when I bragged about creating fun, super-cool candy-free Valentines for the kids to make for their classmates, they sighed. Puh-leaaaase, Mom. We just want to give our friends candy Valentines. That's all kids want. Can we just get the Valentines from the store that everyone loves? The ones that have a lollipop or Nerds in … [Read more...]

01 | 30 | 2020

valentine’s day class party ideas, 2.0

valentine's day class party ideas, 2.0 | fun ideas to get groups of kids moving and having fun | minute to win it games | free printables | teachmama.com

For many years now I've been roped into being Room Parent for my kids' classes, and though I do love the opportunity to meet other families from the school and to get to know the kids in the class, it's a lot of work. More than once I've wished that there was a secret site that gave me all of the Valentine's Day class party ideas I needed--the letters to send, the snacks to serve, crafts to make and the games to play. But knowing that such a thing doesn't exist and that each class party is … [Read more...]

02 | 04 | 2019

quick and easy flower wish boxes

quick easy flower wish boxes teachmama.com

It's amazing how easily you can create sweet and easy gifts sometimes when you have a bit of inspiration. Sometimes it's a walk in the craft store. Sometimes it's a stroll through the park. Sometimes it's a glance through a photo album. Sometimes it's a movie, tv program, or book. These quick and easy flower wish boxes were inspired by a book series that we've recently discovered. It's a book series that Maddy and Cora have devoured, and it's a series that I love as … [Read more...]

06 | 03 | 2018

teacher appreciation gifts for all of your kids’ teachers

teacher appreciation gifts for all of your kids' teachers | teachmama.com

Friends. Teacher Appreciation gifts can sometimes break the bank, and I know that can be hard. But being a teacher myself, I can tell you that really, sometimes simple and heartfelt is a much better way to go. Teachers appreciate hearing 'thank you' any day of the week. Really and truly. Having three kids in school and about a million teachers to recognize, I know it can also get super expensive to give gifts to these important people in your children's lives. Here's a sweet and … [Read more...]

05 | 07 | 2018

secret message valentines: homemade, candy-free, totally cool

secret message valentines magic and totally cool teachmama.com

Longtime fans of the ole homemade Valentine, I've had to get a little more clever and crafty as the kids get older. But I still want them writing, reading, and thinking (come on. . . at least a little!) while they're making them. So when I did some Valentine searching this year, I found a ton of cool ideas.  A ton of cool ideas. There are about a million, trillion awesome homemade Valentines out there. But the Secret Message Valentines caught my eye. I knew Maddy, Owen, and Cora would … [Read more...]

02 | 07 | 2018

halloween giving: how to BOO! your friends (on a budget)

how to boo your friends on a budget

I've said it before--spooky Halloween is not my thing. So this weekend, when our family was officially BOO'ed for the first time, a whole new chapter of Halloween fun--and Halloween giving--opened up for us. BOO'ing is all the craze, it seems, though (boo-hooo!) we haven't fallen victim to BOO'ing quite like this--ever. What I love about BOO'ing is that it actually adds an element of sneaky, fun, giving to this candy-saturated holiday.  Maddy, Owen, and Cora were actually thinking … [Read more...]

10 | 25 | 2017

easy homemade stamped pencils: plain pencils go from boring to BAM!

easy homemade stamped pencils plain pencils go from boring to BAM! teachmama.com

It’s hard to find ways to send our littles off to school with a bit of love once they become tweens. So these easy homemade stamped pencils are a super-easy way to make plain pencils go from boring to BAM! (channel your inner Emeril), and they also are a great way to send kids off to the wilds of the week with a little love. Tweens may feel ready to walk to school or the bus stop with their buddies—sans parents. Tweens may feel ready to pack their own lunches without Mom or Dad’s … [Read more...]

08 | 29 | 2016

backyard painting–with nature

nature painting | teachmama.com

Originally published June 16, 2011, I stumbled upon this post today, and it was a good reminder to slow down. No matter your child's age.  We have been taking a lot of walks lately, just slow walks where we're looking closely at what's around us because I feel like we've been moving too quickly in the rush of the last weeks of school. And just like last year, when everyone started to get antsy and bickery and up and down and not too sure of what's going on because the school schedule's … [Read more...]

05 | 20 | 2016

teacher appreciation–finger print note cards

fingerprint note cards teachmama.com

      Originally posted on May 6, 2010, this post has been getting so much traction on Pinterest lately, I thought it was worth re-sharing! Enjoy! As a Teacher Appreciation Week gift for Maddy and Owen's teachers this year, I wanted to do something that would be easy (okay, and quick) for us to create, useful for them, but that wouldn't break the bank. Note cards, note cards, note cards. Note cards! Embellished with thumbprint animals, a shiny bow, and a … [Read more...]

05 | 05 | 2016

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