Teacher Appreciation Week Hospitality Events - Day One - Breakfast

Over the next couple of days, I'll share our PTA Hospitality Events

 that we hosted for Teacher Appreciation Week. 

To start things off, I made a little invite to put in all of the teachers' boxes.  Their days are so busy that it's nice for them to have a little reminder of the weeks activities.

 

Our week started off with a

"Do-Nut" Think We Forgot About Teacher Appreciation Week Breakfast.

We had donuts, fruit and breakfast tacos.

 

Our theme for the week was a vintage school house theme. 

One friend loaned me her antique desk.  Another friend had the cute school days cross-stitch in a ruler frame.  I borrowed the McGuffey readers from my mom.  Several moms donated the fresh sunflowers.  Fresh flowers are just that extra touch that mean this is something special.

 

The tables for the teachers were set up with white tablecloths, covered with a gingham topper.

The little sunflower plants were wrapped with burlap and tied with ribbon.  They became give-a-ways at the end of the week.  Hydrangea blooms were placed in mason jars tied with jute.

 

The banner above the beverage table says "Carroll is Best in Class!"

We had a selection of Kcups for the teachers in the 3-tiered basket.  Juice, water and soft drinks were also served.

 

We had a variety of donuts as well as a variety of breakfast tacos.

Table tents with the various taco flavors were placed in front of the chafing pan.

 

Mason jars tied with ribbons and placed in a wire basket held daisies.

 

We also had a ticket table for the teachers to sign up for a week of give-a-ways.

The little blackboard is held by my husband's grandmothers little student desk.

You can see some of the Kcup give-a-ways behind it.

 

My grandmother's old typewriter held a page detailing the instructions for the raffle.

(I printed the page on my computer with typewriter font.)

 

The wire trellis hold math flash cards from around 1905.

Cute little clothes pins were a cute and easy way to attach the cards to the trellis.

 

We used these decorations all week.  In the past, I think they've changed the decorations each day.  Our budget didn't allow for that, nor did my energy level!!

 

Stay tuned for more PTA Hospitality Event Ideas!

 

Smiles!

PTA Teacher Appreciation Gifts - Day Three

On the third day of Teacher Appreciation Week we gave each of the teachers a Chinese take-out box filled with custom fortune cookies.

One side of the fortune had a "thank you" from the PTA and on the other side it had an inspirational teacher quote.  They seemed to go over pretty well.

We order our take out boxes from Uline AND

the fortune cookies from KC Fortune Cookie Company.

Oh!  And the Chinese symbols at the bottom of the label supposedly say "Thank You" in Chinese.  We all laughed a little because we trust whatever we read on the internet!  It could say something completely off color for all we know!

To see some of our other gifts, click below
First Gift
Day One
Day Two

 

Smiles!



PTA Teacher Appreciation Gifts - Day Two

Our awesome PTA Hospitality Chair (aka me) had the task of coming up with affordable daily gifts for our AMAZING teachers and staff.

 

Our hospitality budget is pretty small so we have to be creative.

Giving each teacher a pack of pens was out of the question so instead, I went with a fun pen for everyone.  They're called INFINITY pens and are permanent metallic markers.

(CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ON THE PENS)

We just added the tag under the cap to help it look less chintzy.

 

Our week's theme was a vintage school house look so we used kraft paper for almost everything.

(You'll see this again and again through out the upcoming posts.)

The labels were printed on the kraft paper then simply punched out with the extra large scallop punch.  Also, doing everything with the black ink saved some on costs as I could just use the ink jet printer.

 

 CLICK HERE

for the First PTA gift

 

CLICK HERE

Day one gift

 

More gifts coming soon!

 

Smiles!!



PTA Teacher Appreciation Gifts - Day One

The first day of Teacher Appreciation Week we  asked the students to bring a flower and note of thanks to their teachers.  To collect all of the flowers we gave them each a vase with a floral pick holding a Thank You tag.  A lot of the vases were donated.  One generous family probably donated 50 of the vases themselves.  We are so fortunate to have such involved families at our school!

 

Don't they look pretty filled with flowers?

(This teacher actually needed TWO vases to hold all of her flowers!!  What a great problem to have, huh?!?)

 

For the Free Printable Label

Click HERE

(printable on Avery Kraft Label 22808)

 

Click HERE

for the first gift we gave the teachers

Stay tuned for the whole week of gifts donated by our PTA!

Teacher Appreciation Doors

This year our Room Moms decorated each and every teacher & staff door!

We have an amazing group of families that are always willing to lend a hand!

They could either use the butcher paper or take home poster boards.

Many of them used two poster boards together.   All of the signs were amazing!

Here are just some of the 60+ signs our Room Moms came up with:

 

Our GT Teacher

The Dyslexia Teacher

All of the kids' names are written around the edges of the daisies.

The jellyfish were made with some sort of see thru paper and yarn.

We Hit the Jackpot with Mrs. Floyd!

Music Teacher

The Cafeteria

The ESL teacher

 

5th Graders made such special doors.

Baseball is an important part of Mr. T's life.

 

 Here are some links I share with the room moms:

 

http://theteacherwife.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-super-bulletin-board.html

http://www.skiptomylou.org/2010/04/15/teacher-appreciation-door-decoration-ideas/

http://www.mommyblessings.com/2010/05/teacher-appreciation-door-decorations.html

(The one above has many different pictures)

http://ewehooo.blogspot.com/2011/04/teacher-appreciation-week-bulletin.html

http://ateachersfilecabinet-otherstuff.blogspot.com/2010/05/teacher-appreciation-door-decoration.html

http://manilapta.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/teachers-have-class/

http://room-mom101.blogspot.com/2013/04/thanks-for-all-you-dew.html

http://room-mom101.blogspot.com/search/label/Teacher%20Appreciation%20Week

 

 Smiles!!!



Soup and Salad - Teacher Appreciation Lunch

Teacher Appreciation Week is just around the corner and I know lots of you are gearing up for it.

In case you're new to a school or possibly the PTA Hospitality position, I thought I'd share with you what some of the awesome families at our school have done.

 

  About every 6 weeks, a different grade level hosts a meal for our teachers and staff led by the room moms of that grade level.  The Soup and Salad Luncheon I'm sharing tonight was hosted by our awesome Third Grade families. 

A great tip for this type of lunch is 1) use the plastic liners for the crock pots.  (The moms that clean up with LOVE you for this one!) and 2) label all of the soups.  If your soup may contain an item that may possibly be an allergen, be sure to note it!

These families made sure there were plenty of fresh breads and crackers, too!!

To be sure we have enough of everything, our volunteer coordinator sets up an online sign-up sheet.  There are many available for free online.

Please don't forget dessert!  As a rule, the homemade desserts usually go first.  We're happy for whatever we can get, but make if fresh if you can!  Also, fresh fruit is also appreciated for those that may be watching their sugar intake.

The decorations for this luncheon were simple, yet effective.

Fresh flowers always add that special touch.  A bonus with the fresh flowers is that you can give them to your teachers after lunch.  I know our Third Grade teachers enjoyed having them in their rooms for a few days.

The beverage station had lemonade, tea, sodas, water and plenty of ice.

Our PTA has invested in beverage dispenser which have come in very handy for these events.

We also have invested in REAL white tablecloths.  They are easy to launder and serve as a good base to most of the decorations.

A few of our amazing teachers enjoying their lunch!

Some of the great moms that worked hard to put this event together.

We definitely hit the education jackpot with our families, teachers and staff!

 

What are some of your favorite Teacher Appreciation Lunch ideas?

 

Smiles!