Teacher Appreciation Easel

Any teacher would love this cute mini easel. It can be used for desk top announcements and reminders and even to hold hand-written notes. The sweet tag holds a gift card and hand written sentiment. Attach a whiteboard marker or chalk marker for additional functionality.

Made by: Tammy Santana
Time: 30 minutes
Level: Beginner

Here’s what you need:

• Glue Dots® Advanced Strength Dot N Go™
• Glue Dots® Premium Permanent GlueTape™
• Glue Dots® Repositionable Double-Sided Sheets
• Meet Me In Paris premium paper stack from DCWV cardstock pages
• Meet Me In Paris premium paper stack from DCWV cutout cards and tag
• Fiskars paper Trimmer
• Hole punch
• 6 inches of ribbon
• Easel
• White board marker
• Adhesive notes
• Gift Card

Here’s what you do:

Measure and cut pieces to fit on exposed wood area.

Add Premium Permanent GlueTape around the frame.

Attach paper strips to the wood.

Use Premium Permanent GlueTape on 3 sides of the cutout card to form a pocket.

Place second card on top to create pocket.

Punch hole in tag and add ribbon.  Place gift card inside pocket of tag and add sentiment to tag.

Cut a small square from the Repositionable double-sided sheets and apply the tag to easel.

Cut a small piece from the Repositionable double-sided sheets to fit on the cap of the whiteboard marker.  Remove the liner and press the adhesive on to the marker cap.

Attach the marker to the whiteboard side of the easel along with the adhesive note pad.

That’s it! It’s so easy to decorate one of these cute easels that you can purchase at your local craft store. I am sure any teacher would love to receive a functional gift to go along with their gift card!

~Tammy