Here's a sign every teacher should have in their classroom or break room - Keep Calm and Teach On!
Join our designers Jessica, Holly and Grace for a few quick and easy DIY Teacher Appreciation Gifts. Our third Teacher Appreciation Gift is by Designer Holly Gagnon.
Designed by: Holly Gagnon
Time: 30 minutes
Level: Intermediate
Here's what you'll need:
- Glue Line®
- Micro Glue Dots®
- Ultra-Thin Dots®
- XL Glue Dots®
- 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" Wood Plaque
- ChalkStock paper
- White cardstock
- Green cardstock
- Brown cardstock
- School Days Ribbon from The Paper Studio
- Red Button
- Red spray paint
- Candy stripe floss or twine
- White gel pen
- Die cutting machine
- Sandpaper
Directions:
- Spray paint the wooden plaque red. When dry, use sand paper to randomly distress edges of plaque.
- Measure and cut ChalkStock paper to fit on the front of the plaque and adhere to the edges of plaque using Glue Lines.
- Wrap School Days ribbon around top of plaque using Ultra-Thin Dots.
- Cut 3, 5" strips of School Days ribbon and adhere each strip into a loop using Ultra-Thin Dots.
- Assemble and adhere the 3 loops of ribbon on top of each other forming the a shape of a bow using XL Glue Dots.
- Thread red and white floss through a red button, trim out a green leaf from green cardstock and a brown stem from brown cardstock and create the button apple.
- Embellish green leaf with faux stitching using a white gel pen.
- Assemble and attach button apple to ribbon bow using XL Glue Dots.
- Cut words KEEP, CALM, TEACH, ON with die cutting machine at 1" height using white cardstock.
- Cut word AND with die cutting machine at 1/2" using white cardstock.
- Adhere words to plaque using Micro Glue Dots.
Connect with Holly on her blog, Facebook and Pinterest for more inspiration!
~Holly
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