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!

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!!!



"Nacho" Average Salad Bar

Isn't that a great name for the luncheon?

The Kindergarten moms came up with it!

We put it on the little invites that we stuck in all of the teachers/staff boxes.

 

It was a great meal with all of the fixin's!

They used deli rotisserie chicken from Costco, shredded it and served it on a platter garnished with peppers and cilantro.  It looked gorgeous!  The chicken would have still tasted great without the garnish, but it would not have been as appetizing.  Notice the tent cards labeling the food.  This is always a great touch!

 

They chose a lot of their serving pieces to reflect the them.  Isn't that the cutest way to serve salsa?

They had cheeses, lettuce, chips, tortillas, beans, queso, ground beef, tomatoes, onions, sour cream and every other thing you might want on a taco/nacho salad.  It was delicious!

 

The room looked so great!  When we're in there, we just block out of our minds the stacked desks and other items found in the room.  I take pictures forgetting you'll see them!

Their dessert bar & beverage station was just as gorgeous as the Nacho Bar.

 

 

 

 

This event was in February so they also incorporated Valentine's into their decorations.

You can see the Nacho Bar behind the table.

 

One of our awesome teachers!!!

(We think she's the BEST teacher!  We've had her twice!!!)

 

Our lead room moms that put this all together!

They did such a fantastic job!!!

Oh!  Check out the red burlap that they used to cover the cabinets in the background.

I love how they tied the little sunflowers and raffia on the edges to give it a scalloped effect!

So clever!

 

For other Teacher Appreciation Lunch/Meal ideas:

Soup and Salad

Dessert Bar

Brunch