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Writer's pictureketaki haldipurkar

Artwork - Teachers appreciation gift

An easy DIY card to go with your teachers appreciation gift, or any gift.


This year as Bubu can articulate his thoughts more I wanted to add a hand made card.

Month of May is celebrated as a teachers appreciation month. You can give a card or gift to any person you think has touched your life as a teacher. For now we gift all the teachers that Bubu has encountered in his Montessori. That includes all his class teacher's until date, any assistant teachers, director, lunch lady etc. This year as he can articulate his thoughts more I wanted to add a hand made card.

Lets make it

You will need

  1. Colored paper/ card stock

  2. Glue

  3. Buttons or any interesting round embellishment's

  4. Marker

  5. Crayons

  6. Hole-punch

  7. Satin ribbion


Process

  • First let's make the card base. You can go the traditional card route, just fold your paper to make a bi-fold card. I wanted ours to double as a name tags/labels, so we could add it to the gift we planned to give. Hence, I cut these to look like a large tag. I added different shapes for fun.

  • Ask your Bubu to paste the buttons/round embellishment's anywhere in the first half of the card.

  • Using button as the flower center draw petals, stem, leaves, and grass to make it a complete picture. You can vary the petal shape to add interest and variety. I used a permanent marker to do so.

  • Hand a box of crayons or paints and let Bubu paint inside these outlines. Sit back and relax. This will keep them occupied for quite a while.

  • On the other side of the tag (or inside, if it's a card) you can add a message for the teacher. I asked Bubu whats the one thing he likes about the person. I added exactly what he said as the message and asked him to sign his name with date.

  • Punch a hole on top using a hole-punch.

  • Through the hole thread in a satin ribbon and tie to form a loop. You can use bakers twine, rope twine, etc instead.

  • Use the loop to hang it on your gift.



I had given 3 choices and Bubu selected hand soap. Reason being his teachers have asked, to wash hands more, due to carona virus. He thinks his teachers will be very exited to get soap. :P

I hope you use this idea to make a card or artwork of your own.


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