Shrinky Dink Keychain - Teacher Gift

Last week I shared a Shrinky Dink Necklace for a Teacher Gift. I mentioned that we were also making keychains. Well I am sharing those today. They turned out just as cool as the necklace. I also combined another idea for this gift that I found on Pinterest. The "mint" teacher gift. It was so cool, I had to include it!

I started by making the "mint" poem in PS5. I used a frame brush in green of course. I also made my text green. Below you can copy the image to use for yourself. Personal use only please and thank you.

Next I printed this on some card stock paper. Cut them out, added a hole punch to one side and set aside for later.

I made all of the teacher name pieces with Shrinky Dink Printable Paper. You can visit last weeks post for the FREE personal use only printable to make yours too!

After we made ours we added them to keychains. Then added extra beads and another shrinky dink that the kids made and picked out.

Then we made up the "MINT" bags. Each bag (clear gift bags were found in the kids party section) had 4 York patties, Tic Tac Mints, Mint M and M's and a handful of Lifesaver Mints.

The kids tied the bags shut and then we used green ribbon to tie on the keychains and poems.  Curl the ribbon and your done. It really was an easy gift to make.

Here is a close up of our key chains.

And here is how the complete package looked. I know our teachers will love them!

Don't forget to have the kids sign their names to the poem. I think it's more personal than just printing them!

Today is also our kiddos last day of school. They are very excited to start their summer break! See you again soon! ;D

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Shrinky Dink Necklace - Teacher Gift

Hey Strangers! I know, I know, I have been MIA lately. Sorry and without warning. We have had some crazy couple of weeks here. My youngest daughter had a scare and we have been a little worried. To make a long story short, she is 7 and lost her ability to speak for about 5 minutes along with tingling on her right side. :( So very scary. The CT scan was normal but we will be having an EEG, MRI, hormone testing done and seeing a neurologist too. My oldest daughter had 3 similar events so we will be testing her also. I am praying that it is just a hormone imbalance and panic attack. Please keep my family in your prayers as we try to figure all this out.

Also, I was working on my kiddos school yearbook. It turned out great.

Ok on to what I am sharing today.  The kids have 9 days of school left and we have been working on teacher gifts. 

...What you will need...

Ink Jet Shrinky Dink Papers

Image downloads

Colored Pencils

Hole Punch

Necklace

Jewelry Gems

Jewelry making supplies

First start by saving the files below. 

Personal Use only. I do not have rights to these images!

I removed our teacher names on these so you can add in your own.

Print the images on your Shrinky Dink Ink Jet paper. Have the kiddos help you color them in with their colored pencils. 

Don't forget to have the kids write on the backs. Their names, year and some cute decorations.

Cut out, hole punch and cook in the oven. 290 degrees until images shrink and lay flat.

Now you can start making your jewelry. Use your tools to add rings to the shrinky dink teacher pieces. Then start adding them and gems to a necklace. Wrap them up for he last day of school. ;)

Here are a couple up close pics.

We plan on making some key chains with these too. So I will share those soon. Hope you like what we shared today!

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Gifts for teachers

I have so many ideas that I'm wanting to put together for my daughter's 4K teacher.

However, I do not have all the information necessary to make some of the gifts

nor do I have all the products needed to make said gifts...yet.

So, I started with something that I've been wanting to do for a long time.

Personalized Push Pins

I've had this shrink film for over 8 months if not longer...

it's about time I start using it.

Naomi's teacher will be getting a personalized bag like this one

and I'll be filling it with things similar to this.

As part of the items that will go in the bag I started with making

little teacherish (did I just make up a new word?) push pins.

(Although I don't have the pins yet so this isn't completely done either).

You're just here to get some ideas anyway right?

Not see the completed product?

Well, I will share the completed project once it is completed

but for now let me share the personalized push pins with you.

What you need:

Shrink Film (can be found at JoAnn's, Hobby Lobby and probably Michaels)

Sharpie markers

Computer and printer (optional)

Push pins

Super glue

The great thing about this project is that you don't have to be "crafty" to make it look like you are.

This is a simple project that ANYONE can do!

A quick tutorial:

Open Microsoft Word and insert some teacherish clip art into a new document.

You might need to make some of them bigger but I didn't really need to make many of them bigger.
It just depends on what you want to make -jewelry, push pins, magnets- as they will shrink A LOT!

Print out your images, this is what you will trace over to get your push pins.
Put your shrink film on top of your print out and trace the images with your sharpies.

Once you have your image traced and colored in then cut it out.
You can punch a hole in it as well if you'd like it to be for a necklace or anything else that requires a place to hang it from (bookmark, etc).

Put the shrink film on parchment paper or wax paper on top of a cookie sheet and bake at 350 for about 2 minutes (read the directions on your package). The shrink film will curl up and then flatten out. Don't take it out of the oven till it's flat again. It will be plieable for a little bit if you want to make it wavy or curved but be warned it's VERY hot. It doesn't take long to cool though so if you want to make a different shape with it you need to do it quickly.

See how much the image shrunk?

 I think they're super cute!

I think the glue bottle and the scissors are my favorites!

The last step for me will be to get some flat top pins and super glue them to the shrinky dinks. I don't think hot glue will work at all for these, it would just peel right off.

I also plan to make this to stick in her bag.

Maybe some day I'll come up with an original idea...but why reinvent the wheel right?!!

Link up some of your favorite teacher gifts so I can get some more ideas!!!

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Teacher Gifts

This week for our 12 Weeks of Christmas Gifts....

The gift is for TEACHERS!

Visit HERE to see past and upcoming Gift ideas.

And please visit HERE to view the gifts we have already posted!

Don't forget to grab the Christmas Gifts Button in the sidebar!!!

| Below is a few gifts I have made for teachers in the past |

Click on the photos to view the tutorials

    

Visit HERE to see some more great Teacher Gifts

Another favorite that was fun this year, was giving the teachers a...

Student Information Interview!

The kids loved giving them and the teachers really loved getting to know all the kids favorite things!

What teacher gifts do you have in mind for Christmas this year?

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Student Information Interview - For Teachers

I've seen a lot of Kid Interviews around and I thought I would make one up for the kids. I wanted them to give them to their teachers on the first day of school. 

Well the first day of school came and went, but there's no reason why we can't send them on the "Second day of School" Right?!? 

So we made them anyway.

I found the image and outline on another interview. I decided to use that but removed all the text and made my own. This is what we came up with.

Once printed, I had the kids fill them out and color the picture below. They even colored the Student Information up above.  They had a lot of fun with it and so did I. It's so fun reading about your kids and what they think! I am going to start doing this every year.

After everything was done, we rolled them up and tied them with a piece of yarn. Cute! Cute!

Please print it out and use it, if you like. Let me know what you think too.

And please wish your kids all a very HAPPY first day of school for me!!!

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First Day of School Teacher Gifts

My kids go back to school tomorrow. We don't usually do first day of school gifts, but we did this year!

I took the kids to the store and let them pick out some candy.  They also picked out a glass jar, some ribbon and hair bands.

We were going to make | Teacher Treats |

When we got home, I grabbed some sharpies and l let the kids write "Teacher Treats" on the jar.  They also added a heart apple.

They also added "Love" and their names along with the date on the bottom of the jar.

We used a hair band and pre-curled ribbon to the jar. And of course the candy! That's it. They were quick and easy and I know the teachers are going to love them!

These were fun to make! My kids are really excited to hand them over tomorrow morning!

Do you give gifts on the first day of school? What do you do?

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The Teacher Wife | Blog Review

I have a great blog for you to visit. The Teacher Wife is a great resource for parents and teachers. Lindsey over at "the teacher wife" is a newlywed and a new teacher. She completed her first year with a great group of first graders and is hoping to move into the second grade right along with them. How fun, to have the same group of kids two years in a row! I myself will have a first grader, come August, so I am excited that Lindsay contacted me for a review. I look forward to reading through all her current and future posts. Lindsey's hope is that we can generate some support amongst teachers and parents. I think that is a great idea! Many of our teacher find their projects and additional fun lessons online. It would be great to connect them all on blogs. Don't you?!? I also think it could be a way for parents to connect with teachers, whether they homeschool or just want more activities to do with their kids after school. I especially like that I can find things for them to do during summer months too!


Here is what you can find on Lindsey's blog. For Purchase and Freebies too!
| PHONICS LESSONS |

| LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS |

| MATH LESSONS |

| LIST OF FREEBIES |
Find a bunch of cool Freebies! Like...a Noun Booklet, Friendship Mini Book, 100 Book Challenge, Make your own Clock worksheet and more!


Visit Lindsey's Shop HERE! Where you can purchase lessons and also download freebies!


Read more about Lindsey HERE!

Lindsey's First Grade Class!

Don't forget to go and look around Lindsey's Site! And let her know I sent you with a lovely comment! ;-)

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Teacher Gifts

We have 9 days of school left here and I thought I would share some teacher gift ideas. Some that you can purchase and some that you can make. I have found some of these from you all linking them up. I loved them and wanted to share. Others are from shops that are making some really cute gifts that you can purchase.

Teaching is a work of Heart offered by Once Upon a Sugar Tree

Teacher Sanitizer Gift with Printable from Cap Creations

Teacher Plaque from So Lovely Creations

Teacher Labels offered by Cutie Pies Custom Creations

Personalized Watch offered by Personalization Mall

Crayon Monograms by Testosterone Times Three

These are some great gift ideas. If you have any that you would like to share in this post. Please link them up below in the comment section. I would love to see more great ideas for teachers.

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