A Gift for an Art Teacher
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$25
2 Hours
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With school almost done for my daughter, I very much wanted to give something to all her teachers. While I had not planned on making anything, a recent trip to Michael's inspired me to create a desk top art caddy (out of a garden caddy) for my daughter's art teacher.
While I love the "Bloom" saying on the caddy, I decided to cut a thin piece of wood, spray painted it with chalkboard paint and glued it to the recessed "Bloom" section on the caddy. To add a little something extra, I added some fancy ribbon around the chalkboard insert.
After spray painting the “S” metal bookmark, I hung it on the caddy handle (it would not stay centered) and started putting everything else together. Because the caddy was originally a garden caddy, I decided to use green tissue paper for grass inside the caddy. I added two boxes of chalk (colored and white), a hot and cold tumbler filled with M&M’s and Skittles, and Sharpie oil based paint markers. Using my Silhouette Cameo and card stock paper, I cut out some white petals to place on top of the Sharpie markers (flowers). :) I also used the Silhouette Cameo to create the words on the chalkboard insert. Note: I tried hand writing the saying with chalk, but I kept smearing it. :( The pink “ART” letters are stickers I had left over from a previous project.
Garden caddy turned desk top art caddy.
By the way, there was also a card included (with a written note from my daughter), a gift card to local art supply store, AMC, and a local coffee shop not too far from the school. My daughter's art teacher LOVED everything! The other teachers got M&M and Skittle filled hot / cold tumblers, as well as gift cards enclosed in a handwritten card from my daughter. We had fun delivering the goods to her teachers!
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Published May 22nd, 2014 8:12 AM
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Donnette Kalawan on May 23, 2014
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