A Clean Teacher Appreciation Gift

December 15, 2009 by Missy  

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Teacher Appreciation Gifts

We had a few requests for more teacher gift ideas so here you go!

This practical teacher gift idea is always needed!  Now you can personalize it for your teachers.

I have seen a few different tutorials out there on how to make these, but Alison had a different spin on it with, of course, vinyl.   And, I might add, she took these pictures – is she getting good or what?

1. Buy your soap or anti-bacterial stuff (you can get them at the dollar store).  This is a fun way to give something inexpensive, but to make it unique!  During this flu season I think your teachers will be grateful:)soap-peel

2.  Peel off your labels.

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3.  Use a goo remover.  If you let it sit for a minute then it wipes off easily.

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4.  Wash it off with dish soap.soap-vinyl

5.  Apply vinyl.

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6.  Add ribbon.  The bigger bottle is hand sanitizer.

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Don’t have access to vinyl??

Some of the other tutorials I saw said to print your lettering on velum and then put it on the inside of the bottle where it would show through.  I liked this vinyl method, however, because then the recipient can re-fill it when it runs out!

Here are some links to other ideas I found:

Post It holder from sistersstuff.  She just used a plastic frame from the dollar store, framed a cute piece of scrapbook paper, put post-it notes on the top of the frame,  and added some ribbon.  EASY - my kind of craft!

A clever way to wrap up some goodies from Family Fun.

Our Best Bites had this fun idea for chocolate turtles.

These are really easy.  I have my kids help arrange the THREE ingredients and that’s really all there is to it.  I haven’t made these particular ones, but I have made something similar with pretzels, Hersey kisses, and m&ms.  You just put the Hersey kisses on the pretzels (I like the square ones for this), bake them until they are soft, put an m&m on top and squish it down (the fun part).  They taste like chocolate covered pretzels, but much easier!

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10 Responses to “A Clean Teacher Appreciation Gift”
  1. Christa says:

    Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I love the hand sanitizer idea and I wanted to do something with vinyl AND I wanted it to be cheap and easy (a lot like me…wait, that doesn’t sound right) but I wasn’t sure what, anyway, love this idea, thank you!!

  2. Sheila says:

    I absolutely LOVE all of your ideas, but especially the ones that use the Vinyl….I need a Cricut or atleast a vinyl lady….LOL Thanks for this fabulous, yet inexpensive idea!

  3. Hani says:

    WOWWW :D they are super cute! love the vinyl-stuff! great job

  4. stacy says:

    I LOVE the soap! Thank you for such great, inexpensive and creative ideas!

  5. Amanda says:

    Cute stuff, I love the soap idea, wonderful!

  6. Rene says:

    It’s great to see that the world is returning to homemade gifts! I’ve been frugal for a looooooong time.

    I spent several years in education, THANK YOU for practical, useful teacher gift ideas!I’ve seen teachers leaving for home with wagons full of coffee cups, more “A+ Teacher” figurines, etc… most of which ends up at a thrift store. FYI: Teachers love/need items that are actually useful,or have nothing to do with being a teacher! (if you’re not going to be frugal… gift cards for a restaurant are great!)

  7. April says:

    where do i find a vinyl lady?

  8. Tricia says:

    Darling idea. I’m gonna try this.

  9. Kelley says:

    Where do you find the vinyl ???

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