This week is teacher appreciation week. Tomorrow my kiddos will take these easy to make gifts to their teachers.
I used mason jars, the same as I used for my Pottery Barn Candleholders.
Filled them with M&M’s… plain & peanut
Printed out this cute M&M poem…
Glued it to some cardstock to frame it out…
Hole punched around the edges & then weaved the twine through the holes & attached the poem with some twine to the jar.
I traced the lid on some leftover vellum paper to make a cute top.
Easy-peasy ~ CUTE and Yummy gift!
Here’s the poem (in case you want to copy, paste & use)
Green is for the inspiration you give me each day.
Blue is for your patience in showing me the way.
Orange is for your warmth and caring style.
Yellow is for the way you always make me smile.
Red is for my life that you have touched this year.
You’re a very special teacher just like this jar, that’s clear.
You place knowledge in our children’s hands
and melt into their hearts and lives forever.
You’re a "Magnificent" & "Marvelous" teacher
Thank you for being my M&M.
I’m partying here:
Those are so cute! I would love to receive one as a teacher!
Great gift idea. My two daughters are teachers, I always love when they get nice little sussies from the parents.
I LOVE this!!! SO cute! I've been trying to think of something to do for my daughter's teachers and this may be it! Thanks so much for sharing
What a wonderful, wonderful idea! I am always looking for cute ideas for teachers' gifts … this week is our Teacher Appreciation Week, so I've already completed our "tasks" and gifts, but THIS is going in my file for next year!
okay–seriously adorable!! did you write this poem? it's fabulous!!
I am an M&Ms peanut fanatic. YUM. As a teacher, I would be jumping up and down to receive this gift.
Any teacher would love to have this. What a wonderful gift.
I love a great teacher's gift and the little poem really makes something as simple as M&M's significant!
From a former teacher, thank you for the super cute idea! I'm going to do it for my boys' teachers!
I'm headed out to TarJay today to get the M&M's for this – I have everything else it calls for! Thanks for a cute idea for teacher Appreciation Week – each one of my son's 5th grade teachers will enjoy this!
Such a cute idea! Thanks for sharing.
I think those are the best kinds of gifts!
Hello sweet Maryann – I love this cute idea! Very sentimental and edible too. Clever. If I were making them I'm not sure too many candies would make it into the jars! Love M&M's.
Thank you for the inspiration!
Blessings,
Marie
http://emmacallsmemama.com
looks like a great gift to me!
Great site!!! I love your ingenuity:-).
Great site!!! I love your ingenious creativity:-).
Great idea! We blessed 18 teachers tonight. My five children gave a sandwich ziploc filled with M&Ms (with the cute poem, of course) for every one of their choir teachers. Thanks!
Mmmm…I'm a big fan of M&M's! Such a cute idea!
I made some of these for my daughters teachers! You can see them here: http://thesimpler-life.blogspot.com/2010/05/teacher-appreciation.html
Thanks again for the idea!
Very cute! I'll be making this for my daughter's teacher. Her fav. candy is of course M&M so this is perfect! Thanks for sharing!
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Love this gift idea! What a GREAT poem!!! I actually did this for a friend for her birthday using a different M&M poem but, I haven't seen the teacher one before. TFS!!
Very cute idea. We are posting a link back to you on Monday
I was lucky enough to receive this from a very special mother and her daughter. She is a joy to have in the classroom and her mother is one of those moms that always is available to help, always cheerful, always positive with her daughter. I was very lucky this year to be Abby's teacher! I will remember her always and hopefully follow her as she grows up!
AWESOME ideas! Thanks for sharing them!
Thank you so much! My son and I had a blast making these and cannot wait to share them with his teacher's tomorrow!
We shared some pictures of ours!
http://looperville.blogspot.com/2011/05/teacher-appreciation-week.html
Totally fell in love with this as a gift for my daughter's preschool teachers (5)!! We just finished them earlier today, daughter had soo much fun and was super excited about making gifts and snacking on M&Ms. Thanks for sharing your awesome idea!!
This is my #1 favorite Mom's Day idea! I featured it at http://www.happyhomefairy.com and I hope that you were feeling some blog love as a result!!!! Thanks so much for sharing such a fantastic gift!
This was sent to me from a friend. My son's preschool teacher LOVES m & m's and is always doing cute things with them. My son loved taking ownership in helping with the rope around the poem and picking out the m & m's. We gave it to his teacher at the end of the year picnic so she opened it in front of us and was in tears reading the poem she thought it was soooo sweet. So practical and does not cost parents a fortune but is super cute and kid's and parents can participate in making it. I'm a former first grade teacher so I do try to do stuff for the teachers but don't have a huge budget to do expensive gifts, etc. Thanks a TON. You are so crafty.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this. What teacher doesn't like M & M's. It is inexpensive and so very thoughtful. So much better than other gifts that teachers get.
I LOVE this idea and will be giving some to our fav teachers. Thanks for sharing!
Hi!! I love this idea!! Would you mind if I post this to my blog? I will give you full credit and will give several shout outs to your site. I would like to add this to my 31 days of Fab Frugal gift ideas. Please let me know by emailing me at erinhankins1@gmail.com. Also, I am your newest GFC follower I hope that you can stop by http://www.indianacouponsavings.com and follow me too! thanks
SO cute! I am a teacher and would LOVE to get this as a gift. I will be giving this to my daughter’s VPK teachers this year. I am also going to “hide” a giftcard to their favorite place inside the jar with the M&Ms. This was a perfect way to give the giftcard! Thanks for the idea!!!!