Cute Teacher Gifts

I first saw this idea on another blog that I read, Prayer of Hannah. I thought that it was a really cute idea for teachers. I decided to make these frames for Chloe's preschool teachers, Mrs. Kristian and Mrs. Dawn.

First, I used Publisher to print off this template on white cardstock.



Then, I had my "strong-armed man" start cutting crayons into 1/2 inch pieces. (We also used some bigger pieces so that each frame would have a crayon with the label on it.)

Then, I used hot glue to glue the crayons to the template.

And after some piecing together and teamwork.....here are the finished products!

Some lessons learned:
1. It would have been a better idea to use a 5x7 frame or larger......I used 4x6 frames and they were too small for the project. I would have liked to be able to cut the crayons in larger pieces.
2. I think that if I ever use this idea again, I will print the teachers' names across the top of the frame.....there seemed to be some confusion as they opened their gifts today.
3. Buy a smaller box of crayons....definately didn't use 48!

Overall, this turned out to be a cute and creative gift. I bought the frames at Dollar Tree and the box of crayons at Wal-Mart. Each gift ended up costing about $3 or less.