Teacher Appreciation Gift

I have made these several times and I still think they are as cute as can be!! The original idea was found in Family Fun magazine.

Last time I made a cute little crayon box for the pretzels and gave them a book..see it HERE:

I buy the white vanilla bark and then use Candy Color to color it. Be sure to buy Candy Color and not the food coloring!!

These are the pretzels that I used. They work perfectly.


I've done it 2 ways
1) Dip the first end, let it set up and then dip the other end.
2) Dip both ends at the same time.

Once the chocolate it set up, then you can wrap it with the crayon wrapper. I found some really cute crayon templates HERE: I just printed them off onto colored paper.

Here is what they look like before the wrapper...not very cute.


And what a difference the wrapper makes.

Mother's Day Gift

We had to come with a Mother's Day gift for the ladies in our church. At first we had NO budget. What could we do with no $$$$.

I had received this poem from one of my kids for Mother's Day. We decided that we could each make cookies and that it would cost next to nothing. At the last minute, we received $$ from the bishop and we were able to buy Granny B's cookies!! YUM!!!

We did not have $$ to purchase bags for the cookies so we made them. I purchased a roll of packing paper from the Dollar Tree and measured the Granny B cookies. I doubled the height and added a little extra fore the seams. I ran the paper through my printer and added the clipart on the front. Then I folded it in half and sewed the sides on my sewing machine with black thread. I printed it off on white and then glued it onto black cardstock.

We put the poem in the pocket and added a cookie. I hope the Mothers liked it.

Here's a copy of the poem:

If you give a Mom a cookie
She'll want a cup of milk to go with it.
She'll pour herself some.
Her three year old will spill the milk.
She'll wipe it up.
Wiping the floor, she will find some dirty socks.
She'll remember she has to do some laundry.
When she puts the laundry in the washer,
She'll trip over some boots and bump into the freezer.
Bumping into the freezer will remind her
she has to plan dinner for tonight.
She will get out a pound of hamburger.
She will look for her cookbook
(101 Things to Make With a Pound of Hamburger).
The cookbook is sitting under a pile of mail.
She will see the phone bill which is due tomorrow.
She will look for her checkbook.
The checkbook is in her purse
that is being dumped out by her two year old.
She'll smell something funny.
She'll change the two year old's diaper.
While she is changing the diaper, the phone will ring.
Her four year old will answer it and hang up.
She remembers that she wants to phone a friend to for milk and cookies.
Thinking of milk will remind her that she was going to have a glass.

And chances are......
If she has a glass of milk......
Her kids will have eaten the cookie that went with it.

Author Unknown

YW Handout for Journals

I made this handout for a lesson that I was teaching about Journals. I LOVE writing in my journal and I love reading my grandma's journals. I wanted to give the girls some fun ideas to get them started.

These pens are super easy to make. I bought the pens and Walmart but I also saw them at Dollar Tree. Simply measure the length of the pen and cut scrapbook paper to fit. Screw off the end of the pen and roll the paper and insert it into the tube. Replace the lid. You can add ribbons but that is totally optional.