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End of Year Gifts!

May 31, 2014 by Amber Masters

Hey, Hey!
Oh goodness, the past few weeks have been crazy! Between all of the assessments, assemblies, and special events, I feel like I barely had time to teach during the month of May. I had been thinking and thinking about what I wanted to make for the kids’ end of the year gifts. I always struggle with this because I have 50 students. I would love to buy them all books but it’s just not feasible! I decided to make these cute little bags with a bottle of water, a kool-aid packet, a crazy straw and water balloons. I made these cute little tags to add the finishing touch. Note to self….never use full bottles of water again. OH my word! I had to take like 5 trips from my car to my classroom! Ridiculous, I know! Any who, the kinders loved them, which made it all worth it and I didn’t break the bank! I say that’s a win, win!
Click HERE or on the pic below for your free tags!
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kool-Summer-Tags-1253876
AND now for the adults! Do you love E.O.S products?! I sure do! So, I thought I would use their products this year for my parent volunteer gifts. I spent way too much time racking my brain to figure out a cute saying. It was tough, but I finally came up with:
Every 
One
Says…..
You’re a great helper! Thanks for everything this year! 
Click HERE or on the pic below for your free tags!
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Parent-Volunteer-Gift-Tags-EOS-1261064
Did you see what I did there? Yep, yep,  it say E, O, S down the left hand side.   🙂
 
  I bought some lip balm and hand lotion for each volunteer, and I made these cute little tags to add on to the bag. I used my cricut for the cutesy shaped pattern. I stocked up on some darling cardstock at Joann’s when it was half off :)All in all, I would say this years gifts were a hit! I hope you were able to find something you can use! Have a fabulous weekend!

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