Confession - I've never given my kids birthday gifts. I've always celebrated with them and have some sweet birthday traditions involving cubbies, capes, and love notes (see here) but I never thought to give gifts. I don't have a good reason for being such a loser of a teacher. :)
All that is changing. I tried to come up with a memorable gift that would be worthy of holding onto for a while. I decided to make each one a framed first letter from their name, which for most of them happens to be their favorite letter. Here are my first four.
The good news is that they're dirt cheap to make. I already had everything I needed except the frames, which were under a dollar a piece from the thrift store. The other good news is that they're easy to make.
I even snuck in a little message on each one. Hopefully this will redeem my loser-of-a-teacher status!
Thank you Tara for the linky.
Those are adorable and so personal:) Love this idea:) Thanks for linking up:)
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Thank you Tara for the opportunity to link up with you again.
DeleteI am sure the kids will treasure them!!
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Welcome To First Grade Room 5
Connie, I do hope so.
DeleteThese are so CUTE! What a great idea. I'm sure they will be treasured forever.
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Sheree, thank you. I'm hoping they'll be worthy of cherishing.
DeleteVery nice idea!
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The Math Maniac
Thank you Tara!
DeleteI love this so much!!!!!!! Thank you for sharing. I would love to do this for my students!!! If my teacher had made something like that for me, I would have it in my classroom today!
ReplyDeleteTobi, I'm glad you think it's something worth keeping for a long time. :)
DeleteI love it!!!! I've already made mine for this year, but next year, I'm doing this. Great idea!!
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Schoolroomswag.blogspot.com
Ann, I love that you think it's worth doing too.
DeleteSuch a great idea! Your students are going to love and keep these for a long time!
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Conversations in Literacy
Lori, I handed out my first one today. She was pretty happy with it. :)
DeleteOoh! I like this much better than the notepads I did this year. I pinned for next year!
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Teaching Little Miracles
Crystal, I love like you like it enough to pin. :)
DeleteWow! I LOVE these! So personal and lovely! And for the record, I never give a gift...certificate, crown...yes. Never thought to actually give a gift! While I don't think I'd start now, I WOULD make these for end-of-year gifts.
ReplyDeleteSo sweet and clever of you!
Lisa, I never thought of gifts until I saw teachers on blogs talk about birthday straws or bags of trinkets, etc. These would make fun gifts for the end of the year. :)
DeleteToo Cute! And so easy to borrow your idea! Too bad I've already celebrated 4 birthdays in my class (yup, lots of young ones this year).
ReplyDeleteAND you are SO NOT a loser teacher - ha, you are one of my long distance mentors, gurus, whatever you want to call yourself.
Thanks for the idea - and all the ideas you share. Sara
Sara, thank you. Long-distance teacher friend...how about that? :)
DeleteSo sweet! They will treasure them forever!
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Chickadee Jubilee
Laurie, I'm really hoping so!
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