DIY Teacher Appreciation Gift
What better way to demonstrate your appreciation for all the hard work your child’s teacher has done
this year than with a gift requiring a bit of your own handiwork? Package these items with a heartfelt
card from your child, and you have a gift that any teacher will cherish.

FABRIC TASSEL BOOKMARKS
If your child’s teacher loves to read, pair a bookstore gift
card with a homemade bookmark. You can make these
stylish bookmarks by following the easy step-by-step
instructions at Purely Katie. purelykatie.com
You Rule!
POTTED PLANTS
Tell your child’s teacher “You Rule!” with a school-inspired planter
by DIYer Melissa Caughey. Fill it with an easy-care plant, such as a
succulent, that doesn’t require much effort. hgtv.com
SELF-CARE KITS
Help a teacher relax after a stressful
year with a sugar scrub and whipped
body butter made by you and your child.

Amanda Smith of Bayside Beauty, a
producer of natural handcrafted
soaps, shares the recipes at
washingtonfamily.com T
30 Washington FAMILY MAY 2021
Best Teacher
BOOKMARK: COMSTOCK/STOCKYTE; PATTERN: ELYSART ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES PLUS;
TOTE: CHINNAPONG/ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES PLUS; BAG PATTERN: DOM J/PEXELS;
PLANT: KORKENG/ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES PLUS
PERSONALIZED FABRIC TOTE BAGS
Purchase plain fabric tote bags and let the kids embellish them with
permanent-marker drawings or cutout shapes and designs that you
help them iron on. “Pretty Handy Girl” Brittany Bailey shares more
decorating ideas for tote bags on her blog. prettyhandygirl.com