Teacher Appriciation Planter

Tuesday May 7th is National Teacher Appreciation Day.  And I love to show my appreciation for our teachers, and no that is not only because I come from a family of teachers (grandpa, dad, and sister).  It is because I truly feel our teachers do so much for our kids and they deserve a big giant thank you every now and then... okay they deserve a LOT more than that but this is all I got.

My daughter is in Kindergarten this year and as much as I hate to admit it, she has given her teacher a run for her money.  Don't get me wrong my daughter is a great kid, but she has some issues following directions and rules...sigh we are working on it.  So I wanted to make sure we did something for her teacher this year.  And well as much of a little stinker my big girl is she just loves her teacher and was very excited to make this for her.  Last year she made some cute frames for her preK teachers.

She had fun making the entire project and is so proud she can hardly wait a couple weeks to give it to her.  My daughter picked the color to paint it and all the decorations.  I did pic the picture of her to put in the frame but that is it. I sure hope her teacher will love this and enjoy her fresh strawberries over the summer!


Supplies
Milk Carton
Craft Sticks
School Glue
Acrylic Craft Paint  
Berry Best Printable
1 sheet white Card stock
Foam Letters 
Small Wooden Decor Pieces
(we used an Apple, Star, and mini Frame)
Strawberry Plant

Directions

 Use a craft stick and mark it a little below the top, now mark your milk carton then cut your carton on this line.  You want your carton to be a little lower than your craft sticks so you don't see it.

 Put glue on one side of your carton

 Then add your craft sticks

 Keep going till all sides are covered with the craft sticks

 Once glue is dry paint your planter any color you like.  My daughter choose blue because she said it was her teachers favorite color!

 Printout your Berry Best Teacher Printable then cut it out (works best with white card stock)

 Now glue your strawberry to another craft stick.  We used a colored one but you can use a regular one.

 Next glue your decoration to your planter

 If using a frame like we did, only glue three sides so you can insert picture

 Once the glue has dried a little you can add your picture

 Now just add your strawberry plant and give to your favorite teacher!

Here is what the other two sides of our planter look like.