Teacher Appreciation Goodies

Well....I forgot to take a picture ( I know, I know...knock me over from NOT surprise!) of the bath basket I made for Mrs. Lee...but it looked a lot like these...just a different flavor and different bath scrubbie...these are ones I made for Sanford's secretaries the week before...I sent in something to both of them every day of Administrative Assistant's week...yeah...this is the only thing I took a picture of...

For Sanford's secretaries, every gift had a tag with the sundevil on it somehow...it didn't always match, but it was what he wanted...here's a closer shot of what's in the tin from the Target Dollar bins...I scored big at the Bath and Body Works sale the week before...I thought I had gifties for a loooong time...um, not so much...these 2, a birthday giftie, one for Mrs. Lee and Connor wanted to send one in for the teacher in training...and all those extras were gone...

Here's another idea stolen straight from somewhere in Blog-land...sorry, I can't remember where...Decorate one of those embroidery floss holders that you can get for $2 at Michaels...

and fill it with office supply type stuff...oh, and a little chocolate.

Cute, personalized, and practical.

I know you aren't supposed to give teachers stuff with apples on it...but I always think mine is cute enough to be okay...of course, the teacher is probably telling her husband that she would LOVE this gift if it didn't have a &*%%^$ apple on it ;)

so then we're on to the standard Starbucks gift card...the guy behind the counter was so cute when I asked for a clean cup to put it in...he got out the tissue paper, and since it's brown, suggested that we leave a little hanging out over the edge of the lid, like coffee had spilled. I told him it was a cute idea...then promptly tucked it all in once I left the store. A gift with something spilled on it?!? Even pretend spilled?!? I just don't roll that way!!

I used one of those wooden coffee stir sticks to attach the flag to...

yeah...pretty over done, but still cute and in her favorite color...and c'mon...at least I didn't just have Connor hand her the gift card...

The kids were also supposed to wear purple one day because it is her favorite color...ummmmm...yeah, no purple in the boy's closet. I went to Target to try to buy a purple shirt...no deal...and since it was 9:30 the night before he needed it...I had to punt. I bought a $7 shirt with a guitar on it, came home, took out a sharpie and wrote...you guessed it...MrS. LeE RocKs on it...she liked it well enough to email me and tell me, so I guess it was even a little better than purple :)

I can't remember what else we did...I had lots of plans...but a little bit of a procrastination problem...oh well, I guess I can save it for the end of the year...uh-oh...that's two weeks away...better get busy!