Teacher Appreciation Door Ideas, 2012 edition!

At my children's elementary school, the PTA has a tradition of decorating the Teachers and staff doors during Teacher Appreciation week. It is my favorite project to help with.  This year I decorated the librarians door... I think I may have been a librarian in a former life because I love libraries, and I think librarians are pretty awesome as well!

You can listen to some of library inspiration as you read this post, let me be honest, I laughed so hard the first time I saw this, it kills me... A Book Cart Drill Team, now that is pretty awesome. I have always wondered what librarians do in there spare time!

Here is the door I did, I wish I went with the bigger die cut lettering the school had, it looks a little plain, but it gets the point across, right?  The kids clearly did not get it, my cute cousin kept saying, is it supposed to be funny!  I told her she needed to be born in the 80's to fully appreciate it!

Here is the close up of the book! I took first lines from some famous book, and found a fun quote from Mark Twain!  Do you know which books these quotes are from? This book by the way is HUGE, it is a pretty big door!

Each year I am blown away by the creativity, here are some of the other awesome doors parent volunteers decorated!

This is the door of the Principle, she has to be pretty flexible to keep up with these kids!

And this door is for our ever ready secretary! Dash is very fitting!

I think this door is so creative and a great spin off of Mrs. Finlinson's name!

You know if it mentions peanut butter I am in, this is so fun!  The glasses are great, just like the ones Mr. Syme wears!

Again Peanut Butter, Reese's Pieces, so much fun! 

I think every sunshine needs a sweet smiley face, I love the little details!

This one is funny on so many levels, we love our Janitors!

 This one is so creative and fun, I love the sunflower seeds glued to the flowers, so dimensional!

I think a good teacher is a treasure as well!

This was the kids favorite, I think the clouds and candy are pretty fun too!

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If I had a Million Dollars... A teacher Appreciation idea!

No one deserves a million dollars more than our teachers.  Unfortunately I do not have a million dollars, but I did ask my daughters kindergarten class what they would buy their teacher if they had a million dollars to buy her a gift.

I took these answers and made them into a book for her.   

 

The book started out by saying, If we had a million dollars we would know just what to do, we would buy a special present to show how much we appreciate you.  On the next page it started out, If I had a million dollars I would buy you ... And then the proceeding pages were the students and their answers.

I took a picture of each of the students, and recorded their answers (So cute).   I also had them write their name on a lined piece of paper, I scanned their name in, and put it into the book as well.  I don't think their is anything sweeter then little kid handwriting.

 

The answers were priceless everything from a red ball to a new bike!  

With Kindergarteners it would not matter if you asked them if they had a million dollars or just five dollars their answers would be the same!

Mrs. Kellet absolutely loved it, the book brought tears to her eyes. You would not need to make a fancy digital scrapbook, you could easily make this a paper book, with the students hand drawn pictures of what they would buy.

 I used Heritage Makers to make this book.  I love Heritage Makers, I have been using them for years.

Here is a little FYI, in case your interested in Heritage Makers, please note, I am not a Heritage Makers Consultant, nor did I in any way got paid for my opinion.  The pro's are, they have literally thousands of digital scrapbook collections, they give you a blank canvas, and let you use whatever you would like, if you are a premier member.  Their quality is paramount, I have at least five books of my own at home, and cherish each one.  The program is Internet based, so all of your books are saved securely online.  This is really nice because it does not take room up on your computer.  The overwhelming con is the price.  I feel they are of superior quality to other brands, but you pay for it.  I feel like it is a fair price, but I would not qualify it as a great deal... So there you have it!

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A'door'able Teacher Ideas!

No one deserves an appreciation week more than teachers! As a previous teacher I know just how much it takes to be a teacher, it really is a big part of who you are. Teaching takes up much more time then just being in the classroom. I was excited to help with teacher appreciation week at my daughters school. They have a tradition of decorating the teachers doors during teacher appreciation week. The PTA also decorates the librarians, cooks, Teaching Assistants, Principal's, secretary's, and Janitor's door, it is a lot of fun!

I helped decorate my daughters teachers door with the room mother. We made flowers out of cupcake liner's and put each child's picture inside. We had the pictures of both the morning and afternoon kindergarten classes. The ends of the cupcake liners are colored with food coloring.

I think it turned out pretty cute.... but we soon learned we were rookies in the door decorating business. Some of the moms made incredible doors, so I thought I would share a few....well Ok maybe a bunch, it was hard to narrow down!

This is the principal's door, may the force be with him!

I got a picture of this door in progress, I love the Hot Air Balloon

You know I am a sucker for kites, I just love this door!

I got a kick out of this door, I loved all of the funny sayings and pictures!

I love the dimensional look of this door, I wish the picture turned out better, it is super cute!

This was one of my favorite's I love the Owls, and the cute saying!

This door was for the janitors' I think they are worth a million!

I thought this one really was adorable, I like the 3D look!

I thought the fish were great!

I saved my most favorite for Last! This picture does not 'dew' this door justice, the 'Mountain Dew' is round and comes off the door about 7 inches! Mr. Syme loves his Mountain Dew, so this door fits him perfectly! Such a creative idea!

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