Teacher Appreciation Week

Orange you glad it's almost summer!

This was the theme for the Teacher Appreciation Gifts I did this year. Of course, if it weren't for Pinterest, I would have no ideas at all! I saw a couple of samples of this theme on Pinterest, and decided to create my own basket of goodies.  It was actually lots of fun to create them, and I lucked out and was able to get almost everything at my local Dollar Tree store. And I was able to get name brand goodies too. Each basket cost me around $12.50, which I thought was a pretty decent price.

I put in a combination of school supplies and yummy treats.

I used a plastic tablecloth and just cut off the orange patterned strips on either side of the white center. Some went into each bucket, and some I cut into strips to tie bows.

               
I found the orange printable from Sun Scholars blog and I hand wrote the "almost".






After delivering all the gifts yesterday, I'm happy to say that the teachers loved them! Have fun creating your own Teacher Appreciation Gifts.

Geocaching

A little over a year ago, on our Spring Break, we explored the world of geocaching. We had just gotten new smart phones, and with that, the ability to have portable GPS. I had several friends who loved geocaching, so I thought I would give it a try with the kids. Unfortunately, although we had lots of fun looking for our first cache at Holmberg Park, Gretchen picked up a tick on her head during that search, and we never really did it again.  But this year, we are back at it, and this time, more excited than before. The kids understand it more, and we have found lots of caches in our area. We have one of our own ready to hide tomorrow, and have three more in the works that each of the kids are creating. It really is fun, and something the family can do together.

So today, after Austin's cub scout meeting, we decided to find a couple of caches on our way home. One was a traditional cache, and one was a micro cache. The kids are addicted now I think!

To see more ideas for fun things to do with kids, follow this link:
Sun Scholars: For the Kids Fridays