I first decided to make a fun little gift that could be given during a Thanksgiving party or right before break. Seems like we sometimes jump right from Halloween to Christmas, and Thanksgiving doesn’t always get its due. This idea could be done by the teacher as a gift for herself or himself to display, it could be a fun party activity that is led by a parent and then given to the teacher, or it could even be a fun idea for a homeschool family to be done at home!
Teacher Thanksgiving Gift
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You Will Need...
- Rolled vinyl
- A bare tree pattern from the online Silhouette store
- We Are Thankful design
- Heart flourish
- Sheet of fancy cardstock or resume paper
- Paint
- A frame
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1
Take your shapes, and have the super handy dandy Silhouette Cameo cut them out. This machine is so awesome and so intricate. It can cut all the shapes out in 15 minutes flat (and that is with preparing the image on the program and getting the vinyl placed on the cutting mat).
Step 2
After cutting, I peeled the shapes off and placed the tree first, then the words, heart (I actually used the inside of the heart flourish as my original heart was too large and I didn’t feel like going back to reduce it), and finally the 2012 at the bottom of the fancy paper. Since it was adhesive vinyl, I could easily peel it up and move it if it wasn’t in the right place, which was nice.
Step 3
Next, I used regular paint and dipped fingers in the paint an onto the page to make the leaves. You could choose to use all one color leaves – or even write the kids’ names on or next to their fingerprints when they dried if you really want to remember which one belonged to which student. Maybe even have the students all sign the back side of the paper?
Step 4
After it dries, place it into your frame, set it on your desk, or wrap it up as a gift! I know I would LOVE a truly thankful gift like this at Thanksgiving just to be reminded of the blessings we have in our classroom each and every day. This would be so neat to have every year to display – almost like a class picture. 🙂
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I think it is a great idea to show our teachers some appreciation during Thanksgiving. It is really sad because I didn’t even think of this and I am a teacher! I love it!