Be Creative

My son Hunter (graciously modeling above) and I wanted to give his 6th grade teacher a nice end-of-year gift that meant something to her, so we made a wordle for her and a "candy bouquet" with a Restaurant.com gift card attached. The wordle featured her best characteristics and interests and we placed the end result in a nice frame that she could hang in her classroom.

The candy bouquet included fun sized Reese's Cups, Kit Kats, Twix Bars, and Snickers.  I attached each fun sized bar to a thin wooden skewer and taped them in place. Then I put a cone-shaped Styrofoam piece into a thick, silver and blue gift wrap sheet and placed the wrapped Styrofoam into a small glass jar. The Styrofoam allowed me to keep the skewers upright in the jar so it looked like a full bouquet. I varied the skewer sizes to they fanned out nicely.  I finished the bouquet with her name painted on the jar so she could use it for treats, supplies, etc in her classroom.
Hunter was so excited to give it to her. Mrs. Craven was surprised and delighted and couldn't wait to place it on her wall.   It turned out so well that I may have to make myself one too! :)

Mrs. Craven and Hunter