Simple Sweets for Teacher Appreciation

An awesome teacher can make ALL the

difference in a child's school experience.

I know that all too well.

When Sara was in first grade...the teacher said she was

a daydreamer and if she didn't learn to focus

she'd never be successful in school.

In first grade, people!

Really?

Did she know my kid?

My kid was smart...she was special. 

  

 I know, as parents, we all believe

our children to be special.

Because they are.

We don't want anyone to tell us differently.

But we're talking about a child who, from the age of three,

would go somewhere {a friend's home, church, public places}

and start rearranging items by size and color

because she was compelled to organize them.

My problem with this teacher was not that

she said this, but that she ONLY said this.

She didn't offer solutions or suggestions.

Thankfully, the school year was almost over.

In second grade, she met Ms. Chacon...the world's best teacher.

She looked at Sara and said...this child is bored...

she's not a daydreamer...

she just needs more work to do

and something to challenge her.

And that realization changed everything.

I'm not saying this teacher was a bad teacher...

I'm not sure how I feel about that.

What I do know...

teachers have a tough job and

sometimes they're just wrong.

They need all the support they can get

and a little appreciation goes a long way.

I've seen all the cute printable and fun teacher

gift ideas floating around the interwebs.

I love them all...but I never really had the time for that.

I believe a simple sweet gesture says Thank You

just as much...and they get to eat it.

Here I've included what we've done the last few years.

At the top were Pink Velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.

Sorry...I don't know if that's the actual recipe I used.

I used a small flower cutter on some rolled fondant and wrote

Thank You with an edible food color marker.

Did you catch that perfect packaging for portable cake?

Drop your cupcakes into a plastic punch cup...

wrap in a cellophane bag...tie a fork on with a ribbon.

Voila!  Cake to go!

One year we just did decorated cookies...

individually wrapped and tied.

Those are No Fail Sugar Cookies with some buttercream {with real vanilla}

and fondant rolled and cut with the same shape cutters.

Yes, these took some time...but I also made some cookie

bouquets for Mother's Day at the same time.

These cookies are great at keeping their shape.

And they're yummy, too.

More buttery than sugar cookies usually are...

which is a good thing in my book!

Then more cupcakes...in school colors...

with some awesome edible gold star glitter.

I didn't add the forks this time.

These were just triple chocolate fudge.

YUM!

So, even if you don't have time to make a bunch of

super cute supermom individual teacher gifts...

don't forget to say Thank You to the teachers

and principals in your child's life.

Cookies (even simple chocolate chip),

cupcakes, a handwritten note...

Heck...I can think of 5 blogs off the top of

my head that have some cute printables!

:)

See you next time!

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