10 DIY teacher thank you gifts

The end of the school year is almost here and it’s time to thank our amazing teachers for their hard work and dedication to their students. Here are 10 DIY teacher thank you gifts that you can whip up in no time. Handmade gifts are especially fun, so we have included a bunch that even young children can create with a little help from mom or dad. There are also several printables, which can be framed as an art piece, or can accompany a gift card if you wish. Each gift will bring a smile to your favorite teacher’s face, and your kids will love putting them together.

Teacher thank you gift – Our Family Journey

Kids Art Notepad – Spoonful

Teachers gift free printable – Just Between Friends

Fingerprint Heart Project – Busy Kids Happy Moms

Teacher thank you card – Rita’s Creations

School days thank you cards – Shaken Together

DIY glass marble magnet teachers gift – Makoodle

Teacher lunch box thank you tin – Two Peas in a Bucket

Color my world teacher gift – Kim’s Kandy Kreations

Class project – The Long Thread

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If you’ve been cross stitching for a while, you might have heard of this hack before, but for our newer stitchers I wanted to mention it since I came across it again recently on the Koekoek blog.

One of the potential problems with working with cross stitch fabric is that it is woven, so it can fray along the edges while you are stitching. If your fabric is bigger than you need for your project this is merely annoying, but if you’ve cut your fabric to the size you want your project to be when you frame it, you don’t really want to lose a lot of fabric on the sides.

There are lots of potential ways to stop this fraying, including stitching the edges with blanket stitch, but if you don’t want to take that kind of time on something that other people will never see, an easy way to stop the fray is with painter’s tape.

My mom used to do this on her projects (I think she used masking tape, not painter’s tape, but it’s the same idea) and it is helpful, especially if you’re working on a big project that’s going to be exposed to potential fraying for a long time.

Of course you’ll want to remove the tape when you’re done stitching, and then you can finish the edges in another way or just tuck them inside your frame, depending on how you plan to finish the project.

I also sometimes use tape to position a project in a frame, like I did with this upcycled yarn wrapped picture frame that has a cross stitch piece in it. Painter’s tape is nice because it removes easily and cleanly and is easy to reposition if you need to move your project around or you decide you don’t want it framed like that any more.

Learn all the details of this technique over at the Koekoek blog. And let me know what you do to stabilize the edges of your projects while you’re stitching!

[Photo: Koekoek]

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