Kid’s Crafts – End of Year Teacher’s Gifts
National Teacher Appreciation Day is around the corner, and nothing says “Thank You” quite like a gift from the heart. Yoobi’s got just the gift with their DIY Teacher Appreciation Cards!
Yoobi is based on a bright yet simple idea, colorful and vibrant supplies for school, home or office that give back! For every Yoobi item purchased, a Yoobi item will be donated to a classroom in need, right here in the U.S.! It’s that simple.
On average, teachers can spend up to $485 out of pocket each year. That adds up to over $1.6 billion in teacher spending annually, just to supply core items for their students to have the tools they need to learn and be creative. Help your child say an extra special thank you for all the hours they put in long after the closing bell rings with handmade cards using Yoobi products! Yoobi has also created cute Teacher Bundles that you can gift to your teacher to show your appreciation for all that they do.
My 7 year old grand daughter wanted to make a gift for her teacher this year to thank her for everything that she’s done this past year at school. Thanks to Yoobi and some extra things from my own craft supply stash, we were able to whip up some fun desk organizers that took only minutes to make. We got the hot pink colored plastic containers at our local Dollar Store 4 for $1.00 and we bought the glittered flower shapes made from foam from the Dollar Store in a package of 20 for $1.00.
This project is super simple, so it’s great for the little kids to do.
Kid’s Crafts – Desk Organizers Craft Project
4 Plastic Containers
All Purpose Craft Glue
Stickers by Yoobi
Foam Flower Shapes with Glitter
Color Layer Markers by Yoobi
White Cardstock (cut into a card shape)
Scraps of gift wrap or printed scrapbooking paper
Glue Sticks (made for paper gluing) by Yoobi
All teachers need little plastic bins to hold their small desk items like: paper clips, chalk, staples, rubber bands, pencils, erasers, stickers, etc. The bins we bought about 6″ in length. You’ll want to let the child decorate the bins with stickers and/or let them glue on those pre-cute foam shapes that are available at a general craft supply store. We didn’t get too fancy with them at all.
We purchased 12″ by 12″ sheets of white cardstock and cut them down into 4″ by 6″ greeting card shapes (folded size). We cut down a sheet of gift wrap (floral print) into a rectangle shape and glued that onto the front of the card. The Princess then used the Color Layer Markers (from Yoobi) to write her message onto the front of the card.
Inside the card she drew her own designs (flowers and lady bugs) with the markers and left it dry for about 3 minutes. She then used the Color Layer Markers to change the colors on some of them and added polka dots & striped patterns. She really LOVES that marker set!
I think it’s VERY IMPORTANT that we let our kids be creative and come up with their own designs, not sit there and instruct them on what we want them to draw and create.
We have a ton of supplies left over that we received from Yoobi and will be using them in additional crafting with kids posts. You can learn more about Yoobi by visiting their website online.
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Disclosure: Some of the supplies used in this craft project were supplied to us for free from Yoobi. No monetary compensation was received. Our thoughts, opinions and words are 100% our own.