Easy Teacher Gifts and my LIVE TV Debut!

Looking for a little gift for your kiddo to bring to their new teacher? Last week I shared some super easy, super inexpensive and dare I say… super cute Last-Minute Teacher Gifts (on LIVE TV!!) here on Dallas’ local morning show, The Broadcast. They each can be made for around 10 bucks! Check out these simple ideas…

One thing I will remember for my next appearance is that 5 minutes goes by REALLY fast. In fact I had one idea that I didn’t get to at all. That’s ok because now I can share that with you here this week, but first take a look at these great little gifts for teachers that made it on air.

Read one for the details and more last-minute teacher gift ideas.

By simply adding stickers and adhesive vinyl to various acrylic containers, we turned pantry basics into sweet candy dishes.

Clockwise from top left:

3D Cardstock stickers personalize this chic wooden vessel

Use a Large Paper Punch to create a Chalkboard Vinyl Label on a cute candy dish

Stickers and Plaid Washi Tapee give this Canister more masculine look

A Silhouette Digital Cutting Machine makes the decorating options endless.

Then we turned to tissue boxes, a must have for every teacher’s desk. These are all made using paint and paint markers.

Clockwise from top left:

Amber used some of our favorite Handmade Charlotte Stencils (on sale right now) with Martha Stewart All-Purpose Paint, Chalkboard Paint
and paint markers to create this Bamboo version.

We used a polka-dot stencil from Handmade Charlotte with Slick Neon Pink Dimensional Paintto dress up this chic lucite tissue box.

These Tissue Box Houses are cute to begin with but some line-rule and doodle graphics push it over the edge.

You know we are hot for neon and neutral! A stencil and paint markers made this simple project on-trend.

But the best of all is the beautiful rainbow house that Clare painted for her own new teacher, no DIY required.

No teacher expects a gift to start off the new year but if a small handmade surprise can make a shy little girl this excited about heading off to school, it has to be a good idea!

by Jacinda