A Teacher's Survival Kit

 It's that time again!

School starts tomorrow for us ...

I've made up a goody for each

of our teachers and I wanted

to share my idea with you.

(If school has already started,

you could still whip these up ...

better late than never!)

Bandages,

Aspirin,

Emergency Chocolate...

Those are the most important

items in this Teacher's Survival Kit!!

In addition to the jar,

you'll need spray paint for the

jar lids and rims, scrap paper in fun colors

or patterns, a hole punch, and

colored raffia or string.

Oh, and double stick tape and a

permanent marker.

Also gather the things you want to put inside

each jar.  I'm a last minute kind of girl,

so this morning I asked myself:

Self? What did you wish you had handy

when you were faced with a room

full of second graders?!

I'm sure there are

more clever items that I didn't think of!

Feel free to add or substitute.

These were my thoughts:

 

Soda (I couldn't fit a soda in the jar,

so I added several quarters for the soda

machine), Pain Reliever (ha!),

Minty Gum, Tums, Chapstick,

Chocolate, Almonds (for energy),

Cookies (for fun), Assorted Binder Clips

and Paper Clips (to help keep it together!),

Post It Notes, Bandages, and Hard Candies.

 I used spray paint to coat the jar rims and lids.

Once the first coat was dry, I sprayed

a coat of clear spray sealer over each piece.

Cut a large circle from patterned scrap paper

and attach to each lid with glue

or double sided sticky tape.

 

I created a tag for each jar:

I cut 2" squares from dark blue paper,

1.5" squares from gold paper,

and I used a permanent marker to

write: Teacher's Survival Kit on each gold square.

You could also print these and

then cut them out.  Whichever!!

I attached the squares to a pre-cut manila

tag, and wrote the teacher's name

across the bottom of the tag.  I used my

laminating machine to laminate each of these

tags, but I have also used clear contact

paper to laminate.  (Just cut two pieces of clear 

contact paper a smidgeon larger than your paper tag.

Seal the tag between the two sheets

of contact paper.  Trim edges as desired).

I tied a tag to each jar

and added a raffia bow to the neck.

Super cute!!!

I can't wait for school tomorrow!

 Peace and Emergency Chocolate ;) 

Also ... here is a quick idea for personalizing

school supplies: you know, I love using a Sharpie marker,

but by the time each of my four children has a list

twenty or more items long ... ... ...

not so much.

 

 I also use tinyprints.com for personalized

Valentine's Day cards; and for my

oldest, I ordered a red sticker with

"From Brady" printed on it

and I will stick them to a zipper lock

baggie full of yummy treats.

So.  Simple. 

:)