a gift for our favorite

The end of the school year always brings so many emotions. The thought of summer vacation is always exciting but at the same time, saying goodbye to the school year and the little families that form in the classroom, brings tears to my eyes. My kids had great teachers and classmates this year.

Since my kids were in KG, I have always created a special end-of-the-year memory book for their teachers. I come up with the idea and put it together but the kids in the class always have a part in completing the content. One page is a series of fun questions about their teacher and the other page is a drawing. I then compile it all into an 8″x8″ hardcover scrapbook. I also add photos from the year. They always turn out great and the teachers love them!

This year, my daughter had the same teacher my son had in 1st grade (she’s the BEST) so I wanted to come up with something different. This idea popped into my head Monday morning, I sent the assignment home to each student on Tuesday, asking for their completed work to be sent back the next day (this was a long shot) but to my surprise, on Wednesday, I got EVERY child’s completed work back!!  They were all asked to draw their smiling face inside a 1.5″ box I had drawn on a paper with the directions. I then had a day and a half to work on it and I got it done! I gave it to her from the class on Friday, the last day of school…phew! She loved it! I knew it had to be special because she is a very special person to both me and my kids.

Here is the completed piece. I was a little worried if my idea would work because I had never made something like this and I was working with a tight deadline, but it did work out and I am pleased with the final piece. We had a good laugh at one of the faces that came back, it was definitely NOT drawn by a kid! As my sister put it…”it looks like a Simpson’s character drawn by a 50 year old man!” haha!