FREE teacher appreciation cards

Here’s a confession: Even though I blog about crafting all the time, I have to admit – I’m really not good at planning ahead when it’s time to give gifts. I’ll want to make a big, impressive, straight-from-the-heart homemade craft project, but run out of time and end up grabbing a gift card the day before. It can’t just be me who has this problem, right?! So, for this year’s Teacher Appreciation Week, I decided to make ...
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FREE printable last day of school signs 2013

I know it’s early, but I didn’t want to make you wait – here are some last day of school signs for you!! They’re similar to last year’s signs, except in fun chevron stripes instead of polka dots, so your 2013 pictures will match your pictures from 2012. Or if you didn’t take any pictures last year, you can start a new tradition this year! : ) Click here to ...
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How to make crayon utensil holders

These crayon utensil holders are such a great idea for an art party, rainbow party, back-to-school, or just to make your kids’ craft area cute! They’re made using empty soup cans (upcycle alert!) and a large box of crayons. You could put utensils in them, as shown, or you could put in flowers to make a cute centerpiece. Filled with sugar, they’d make a great way to display lollipops or ...
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FREE printable St. Patrick’s Day school lunch notes

It’s time for new free printable school lunch notes! This time, we’re celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with shamrocks and good luck. : ) The notes are designed so you can share your love, and so that you can talk about ways that your family is lucky and blessed. They’ll be such happy and positive notes for your little one to get with their lunches from now until St. Paddy’s! I can’t wait ...
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FREE printable Valentine’s Day school lunch jokes

Happy Valentine’s Day!! I have a little something for you to celebrate – some free printable Valentine’s Day school lunch jokes! I shared these yesterday on Skip to My Lou as part of Cindy’s fab Print Your Own Valentines series. If you didn’t download these at Skip to My Lou yesterday, come and grab ‘em now! : ) Regular Chickabug blog readers might recognize that these lunch jokes match the Valentine’s Day school lunch notes that I ...
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FREE printable Valentine’s Day school lunch notes

The free printable school lunch notes that I made awhile back are one of the most popular free printables I’ve designed – so I thought, why not make some just for Valentine’s Day this year? You can send your little one to school with a note of love every day leading up to Valentine’s! In the file, there’s a page of pre-printed notes and a page of totally blank notes. ...
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{one pretty pin} DIY colored pencil necklace

A necklace made from segments of colored pencils – how appropriate for back-to-school, and as a favor at an art party or rainbow party! It’s a lovely and creative idea by one of my favorite craft bloggers, Kate of Mini eco, and the tutorial on how to make the necklace is available at Design Mom. Featured pin • Original source: Mini eco for Design Mom • Pinned to: Art party

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FREE printable back-to-school signs

Yay! It’s THAT time of year – time to take back-to-school pictures! I love, love seeing the pictures you guys take with my free printable back-to-school signs! These adorable pictures just popped up in my inbox yesterday, thanks to mom Bridget. These little guys are BFFs, headed off to school this week. Aren’t they the cutest?! I designed these free printable signs exclusively for HowDoesShe readers – you can read more about the ...
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