Adorable And Sweet Valentine’s Day Gifts For The Teacher

 

   I found the cutest idea using a little Mason jar.  I loved the sentiment and idea.   You can find it on  www.lilmrstori.com.   

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    Before picking Sophia and Aidan up after school, I stopped at the grocery to buy the supplies.  The grocery store had little mason jars, but they were heavy and had an orange rubber ring on them.  No, I didn’t like the orange and thought the only jars they had were a little heavy.  

   Thinking that maybe glass was not such a good idea for their backpacks and the bus, after all, I considered other options.  Surely in my stash at home, there was another container to use for this project.   I had already put the Dove chocolate hearts in the shopping basket but decided against the jars.  

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   On the way home, brainstorming, I thought about using cellophane bags. Then I remembered I had some little Chinese takeout favor boxes.  Brilliant!  We could do this easily!

 

   After the kids finished their homework, Sophia helped me print out the type and graphic, which I had created earlier on PicMonkey.com.  There, you can create your own sentiment using any type you would like!  To fit in the box nicely, the type ended up being 2″ wide and  2 1/4″ long.  Click here for basic instructions. 

 

Cut and Place The Label

  Using the flattened box as a template, I traced lightly in pencil and Sophia cut out the label and placed it inside the box.  She drew a heart around the “Happy Valentine’s Day ♥ Sophia” and “Happy Valentine’s Day ♥ Aidan” and cut those out, too.  We punched a hole in the tag, ran a ribbon through it, and attached it to the handle.

 

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We filled the little boxes with candy hearts.  Her little gifts looked so much more special because she cut the labels out herself!

 

  She is only in first grade but so creative!  Then she filled the boxes with chocolate hearts. (The one in the picture is the one I created as a sample.  Unfortunately, I did not get a picture of hers.)  

 

   Aidan was not so much interested in the craft, but he was tickled with the end product, thanked Sophia, and was carefully clutching it as he headed out the door to go home with his mother and sister.

 

Aren’t these great little inexpensive DIY Valentine’s Day gifts for the teacher?  Happily, the kids thought they were.

Valentine's Day Gifts For The Teacher

Print

Materials

• Clear Plastic Chinese Take Out Boxes
• White Cardstock
• Ribbon
• Valentine Candy

Tools

• Photo Editing Site or Program
• Printer
• Scissors
• 1/8 - inch hole punch
• small ruler

Instructions

Isn't this the cutest little Valentine's Day gift for a teacher?   The type and graphic,  I  created on PicMonkey.com, a photo editing site.   Using the 'Design application', I clicked on 4 x 6 as my size.  Knowing that I wanted the type across the top to fit a small container, I visually divided the paper into thirds, centering the type and heart.

   I used the font 'Emily's Candy' for the text above the heart and 'Unkempt' for the text below the heart.  The heart was an overlay from the Sweethearts Theme.

   When printed it out on my 8 - 1/2" x 11" copy paper, the type ended up being 2" wide and  2 - 1/4" long. Perfect!  

  Using the flattened box as a template, I traced lightly in pencil and Sophia cut out the label and placed it inside the box.  She drew a freehand heart around the "Happy Valentine's Day ♥ Sophia" and "Happy Valentine's Day ♥ Aidan" and cut those out, too.  We punched a hole in the tag and ran a ribbon through it and attached it to the handle.

   Her little gifts looked so much more special because she cut out the labels herself!   Then she filled the boxes with chocolate hearts.