Queen of Tidy: Teacher Appreciation: Creative and Affordable

The blog is slowly evolving into telling you about all sorts of projects that I enjoy, aside from cleaning. The great part about being clean and organized is that it allows me time to do things that I love!

Teacher appreciation week is this week and what better way to show your appreciation than by putting together this fun little gift basket!

I went to the store just to walk down the aisles for some inspiration. If you know me, you know that I have to come up with something that qualifies as functional and cute...but mostly cute! After spying some adorable ticket stubs and a huge popcorn tub, I knew there was some major potential. Here's what I came up with. I've included a free printable for you to use for the tags. You can simply write in your child's name on the line. Just click on the photo and print on an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of cardstock.

The best part about this project: each basket only cost about $7.00 to make! And they're HUGE!

Supplies:

1 popcorn tub
1 box popcorn
1 bag Red Vines
1 can Lemon Twist soda
1 box Junior Mints
Ticket Stubs
1 cellophane basket bag
Tissue Paper
Ribbon of choice
Cardstock (White and one other color)

Instructions:

1. Wipe out the inside of the popcorn tub just to remove any dust that may be inside.

2. Put about three sheets of crumpled tissue paper down in the tub so that all the items will be raised up a bit.

3. Put the Red Vines in.

4. Put the tickets in.

5. Put the popcorn in.

6. Put in the Junior Mints.

7. Put in the soda can.

8. Add a little more crumpled tissue paper around the base of everything to stabilize it. You don't want all of it to roll around when you're carrying it later. You could also use paper basket filler or Easter grass if you have some.

9. Place the entire basket in a basket gift bag. Tie with a ribbon.

10. Tape the following sign on the outside right under the ribbon.