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Teacher Holiday Gifts

Teacher Holiday Gifts

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Before another moment of January goes by, I want to share with all of you what I gave as gifts during the most recent holiday season to other teachers at school! 


I've become close with a few teachers at school and I wanted to say thank you to those that have helped me along the way these first few months. In addition, as a traveling teacher, I share classrooms with a number of other teachers. Since I kick those teachers out of their classrooms for one period each day, I wanted to say thank you to them as well.

I went to Michael's and picked up a bunch of their little holiday ramekins - for just $1.99 each! - and filled them with homemade chocolate chip pudding cookies (from Chef in Training). I also bought Christmas ribbon, gift tags and cellophane at Michael's to wrap each ramekin.



These gifts were super easy to put together and not expensive at all. It was the perfect way for me to thank those special teachers in my life - and I think this type of little gift would work well for just about any holiday.

I also gave a few more personal gifts to a few teachers I have become particularly close with or who have mentored me - and picked out a book that I thought each of them would really enjoy. 

I absolutely love giving gifts and this holiday season was no exception! Did you give any gifts to your coworkers - or the teachers in your lives? I'd love to hear about them if you did! 

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DIY: Stamped Gift Wrap

DIY: Stamped Gift Wrap

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I originally prepped this post back at the end of December, and well... time got away from me. But, gift wrapping is not only for the Holiday Season! And so without any further delay, here is how I wrapped gifts for my mom, brother and Josh this year!  

Instead of buying wrapping paper and gift tags, I thought it might be easier - and more fun! - to simply customize my own! For the gifts I put underneath the tree, I customized wrapping paper with separate stamps and 2 different colors.


First, I picked stamps for each person - Mom got a fleur de lis, Josh got a tree with presents and Brother got a Joy! stamp. Then, I also grabbed three different colors to go along with my 3 different stamps. Oh! And of course, scissors and blank wrapping paper.



I discovered 1 minor detail with the silver ink however...


It was a bit, um... no longer in service. And so I used black ink for my brother's wrapping paper as well.


To create the stamped paper, I simply pressed the stamp into the ink pad, and then stamped in vertical lines with about 5 - 6 stamps per line, alternating spaces between each one.


I completely freehanded it - and I was so happy with how it turned out - perfectly imperfect! I plan on using the same method for Valentine's Day, and for future gifts that I give! 

Did you wrap presents in any special way this year? Do you have a time-honored system, or do you switch wrapping papers and tags every year? I'd love to hear your thoughts on this!

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