Monday, May 23, 2011

Introduction

Teacher Appreciation Gift from the Whole Class!
Gift Card Flower Pots

Rather than each student giving a gift to the teacher at the end of the school year, why not collaborate as a group and put together one big gift. These are Gift Card Flower Pots. My daughter's class had two teachers, Ms. Karen and Ms. Jessica, and we just needed to a fun and cute way to say "Thank you" for all of their hard work. The students decorated a 3"x3" note card with colors, stickers, pictures and note of thanks. The parents bought a gift card in any dollar amount at an establishment of their choice as their "thank you". Cards and gift cards were put in decorated envelopes and mixed throughout the flower pot.

Friday, May 20, 2011

Materials

-Cardstock
-Markers
-Scissors & Scotch Tape
-Glue gun
-Wooden letters & paint
-Decorator bucket
-Flowers (real or fake)
-Styrofoam
-Dowl rods (long sticks)
-Clear gift basket wrap

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Directions

1. Have your child decorate a 3"x3" notecard or piece of construction paper with stickers, drawings, text, pictures etc...

2. Purchase a gift card.

3. Make envelopes for notes and gift cards by folding a piece of card stock in half the long way and then cutting in half (you will have two envelopes). Write something cute on the outside of the envelope and/or decorate with stickers, glitter, and pictures.

4. On the back of the envelope poke 2 small holes and thread in one long dowel rod. Use scotch tape to secure the rod to the cardstock. Also, use scotch tape to seal up the sides of the envelope.



5. Insert one child's note and gift card into each decorated envelope.



6. Paint the wooden letters a color that coordinates with your flower pot. Add decorative embellishments if you like. Let dry while you work on assembling the flower pot.

7. Place one or two pieces of floral styrofoam in the bottom of your container.


8. If necessary, use wire cutters to separate your bundle of flowers into individual stems.

9. Start arranging your flower stems so colors are mixed up evenly around the container.

10. Add fun, coordinating embellishments (mesh flowers, pin wheels, butterflies etc...)

11. Push in the envelope sticks in various spots around the flower pot. Make them different heights.

12. Fill the pot with Spanish Moss to cover styrofoam and help hold the flowers in place.

13. Use hot glue to attach the wooden letter to the front of the pot.



14. Spread out Clear basket wrap and pull up and over pot. Secure at the top with coordinating wired ribbon and tape the sides toward the back of the pot.