Friday, May 25, 2012

Saying goodbye to the school year


     My son had a great year in 4th grade, and I wanted to put together something fun for his teacher on the last day of school.  She's a scrapbooker, so I knew a chance to stock up on supplies would be welcome.  Just stuffing a gift card into a greeting card seemed like a lame idea, though, so I made her this!


     It was very easy, and I think it turned out super cute!  I picked up a couple little packs of monogram stationary and the aforementioned gift card.  Then, while at Michaels, I picked up the odds and ends that went together to create the project:
  •  A small flower pot
  • A package of glittered Styrofoam balls
  • 1 larger Styrofoam ball
  • a few silk flowers
At home, I already had:
  • wooden skewers
  • colored card stock paper
  • hot glue gun and glue sticks
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         I purchased the pot already painted, but you could get a plain one and paint it yourself.  I printed some words and phrases that described the teacher and the class with the same letter as her monogram in a fancy font, used some decorative scissors to snip them out, and then backed them with the colored card stock paper. 
         I topped the flower heads off the stems of the silk flowers, and then using the hot glue, I glued the skewers to the backs of the flowers, the little stationary packs, the word cards, and the gift card. 
         While those were cooling, I glued the larger Styrofoam ball into the bottom of the flower pot.  Then I stuck the decorated skewers into the flowerpot in a "flower arrangement".  I used the small glittered Styrofoam balls as filler around the skewers to cover the foam ball and fill the pot.
          I can faithfully report that his teacher was very happy with the surprise!
     
    -E
 

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