This is it. The last day of ladybug school. One morning it's business as usual with the morning school routine and the next morning there's no routine whatsoever ... summer vacation is just hours away ...
Above are our end of year teacher gifts ... this year we packed a "summer vacation survival kit" for the teachers and filled it with a small book, a bottle of root beer, a handful of fresh baked brownies and cookies, a package of microwave popcorn, and a handwritten note from the heart (one from me and another from the big - or little - ladybug). The last 2 gifts in the lineup were packed in pretty reusable oilcloth lunch sacks - we gave one of those to little ladybug's "lunch buddy" teacher ... somewhat like an advisor, little ladybug's lunch buddy was assigned to her last Fall and ate lunch with her - just the two of them - every Tuesday all year long! The lunch buddy program is such a sweet one, unique to the 4th grade ... it's really wonderful to have that special one on one time, little ladybug will probably miss that more than anything else next year!
As for the class gift ... I was a 4th grade room parent this year and we followed a long-running tradition at school: collecting a single flower (we ask that it come right from your own garden if possible) from each child in the class on the final day of school. This is another gift that falls under my "personal, affordable, and practical" umbrella ... all I had to do was supply the vase and stand there this morning as the kids trickled in ... one by one, each child put their own unique flower into the vase as they came into the classroom and placed their own special card nearby ... within 20 minutes, we had a full colorful vase and the homemade cards were overflowing nearby - good one, right?!
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| saw this one on pinterest and love it - how cute are these simple extra touches?! |
9 comments:
What great ideas Sloan. I'm sure the teachers were thrilled to get those gifts. Sorry I haven't been by in awhile but I hope to be a better blog reader this summer!
I love that idea of the flowers and the vase...How sweet!
How did I miss this post yesterday? I swear it's blogger...they better get with the program SOON!
I love your summer survival kit for the teachers...what a cute idea! And what a neat thing to have a lunch buddy once a week....I'd love to hear more about this program. I love the flower idea too...so simple and sweet and everyone can get excited about it. I have no idea what's in store for me as far as teacher gifts next year...Brady will have a MAN teacher!! It just feels different to me!
What a great idea! Love these!! We still have another week!...I need it to get mentally prepared to have 4 kids home ALL day! Hope you're enjoying your first day of summer!!
Love your gifts! I'm taking the easy way out and getting gift cards.
We still have until Friday. BB "graduates" from elementary school on Friday. I know I"m going to bawl when they sing their song.
so cute!!! love the flower idea!!! in all the craziness i forgot to capture a pic of the presents!!! we pooled our money together to get gift certificates and i wrapped them up in a summer glass with drink mixes and then had the kids write little love notes to the teachers.
Love that illustration! A visual to last all year and even longer for your little lady bug! Some people are just made for teaching!!
I love the photo of all the pretty gift bags. Where did you find the oilcloth lunch sacks? I love oilcloth!!! So pretty! :)
That survival kit is a perfect gift. Please remind me of that next year when I am scrambling for ideas!!!:)
I do the same thing on teacher appreciation day with the flowers. So simple and so sweet. love the designer vase idea!!
darn why can't i get on pinterest!!!!!:)
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