Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Christmas Gifts For Teachers

Each year at Christmas time the girls choose gifts to make for their yoga and dance teachers. This year Emma chose to make melted snowman ornaments
Grace chose to make a melted crayon ornament for her yoga teacher. We watched the video online and though it looked easy it truly wasn't. 
The toughest part for this ornament was getting the hat and carrot nose the right size! It took some doing but she finally got it figured out. 
After two broken ornaments and twenty minutes we finally had one made. She really wanted it more pink than orange but was happy with how it came out overall. 
Adding the snowman pieces to the ornament. 
Such a simple project but such a sweet one, too!
Grace decided that it would be better to chose a different gift for her dance teacher (rather than struggle with the melted crayon ornament again). With this in mind I shared with her a project I had seen on my friend Abby's blog. She loved it (I knew she would), and really it was a much, much better choice for her dance teacher and the assistant. 
Emma made a melted snowman ornament for Miss Lauri, too. This was rather fitting seeing how for the recital last June her class danced to "Let It Go"! 
Grace did such a fabulous job cutting out the ballerinas and snowflakes
Oh goodness, how we love these! It was a little tricky to figure out how to wrap them, but a manila file folder and some tissue paper did the trick! xo

8 comments:

  1. Oh my God, the melted snowman just cracked me up! So clever. :-) Very cool with the melted crayons as well. We did salt dough ornaments and homemade soaps for teachers this year... Nevaeh was so excited. We even hand painted burlap gift bags. Thrills all around. :-)

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    1. Salt dough ornaments and homemade soaps are a great idea! I will file that away for next year! We love homemade gifts! xo

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  2. Fantastic gift ideas, Shel! They are all really sweet but I particularly like the melted snowman. He is so cute and I'll file that idea away for next year! Merry Christmas! xx

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    1. You cannot help but smile at that melted snowman! So simple and easy and everyone who receives them just smiles from ear to ear! Definitely one that I know Alice will love making! xo

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  3. Such busy little elves!!! : ) The ornaments are so adorable and they did such a great job!! I wish you all a very happy Christmas and a wonderful and healthy new year. It's been a joy to find your blog this year!!! xoxo

    ~ Wendy

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    1. Thanks, Wendy! I am so glad that you found my blog (and that I found yours) this year! Such a treat! Happy Christmas and New Year to you and your wonderful family! Enjoy having everyone home to roost! xo

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  4. Oh what a beautiful ballerina Grace!! Great job!! All the ornaments look so cute.

    P.S. I just have to say that I love the Wonder Woman shirts that I have seen in many posts. ;-}

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    1. Thanks, Abby! Yes, Wonder Woman is a favorite here! I have a shirt too! :) xo

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