Kerri Miller
With Teacher Appreciation week coming up next week, I thought I’d share some of my favorite teacher cards and projects from the Paper Crafts May/June 2012 issue.
Typically we like to include a grad and teacher section in our May/June issue given the time of year. This year we departed slightly from the teacher rulers and grad hats, to focus on cards and projects with great inspirational quotes. What we got were some wonderful projects with quotes ranging from Nelson Mandela and Ghandi to Shel Silverstein and Conan O’Brien. There is a little something for everyone in this feature. Here are a few of my favorites:
Change the World Card by Sarah J. Moerman
This great card by Sarah J. Moerman can be given to not only a grad but a teacher as well. It’s perfect card to remind our beloved teachers of how important their profession really is.
Light a Fire Card by Carolyn King
Carolyn’s card uses a traditional apple with the Yeats quote to create a very fun and cute card that any teacher would love.
Artistic Child Frame by Cheiron Brandon
The trendy use of crayons as a part of the artwork is so cute. I can see a teacher hanging this in his or her classroom for all to enjoy.
If you haven’t already, pick up a copy of the May/June 2012 Paper Crafts to see more inspirational ideas for teacher gifts. You only have a week left to create something for the teachers in your life, so you better get started!
To get you started with your creating, leave me a comment with your favorite inspirational quote that can be used for a teacher and I’ll pick a winner to receive a school-inspired paper collection from Bo Bunny and a stamp set from Graphic45.
Leave a comment by Thursday, May 3rd at 5 pm MDT, and one of you will win this prize!
Happy creating!
Great projects! Here’s my favorite teacher quote: “All the flowers of tomorrow are in the seeds of today.”
Thanks for these great ideas!
I’m a history teacher, so this quote is especially important to me. “Thought flows in terms of stories — stories about events, stories about people, and stories about intentions and achievements. The best teachers are the best storytellers. We learn in the form of stories.” — Frank Smith. Thanks for the chance to win!
What great projects…love the wall hanging. Teachers really do so much more work than what we see and it truly a good thing to let them know they are appreciated.
Thanks for the chance to win.
Dr. Seuss: “Don’t cry because it’s over; smile because it happened.” (Love this quote!)
My favorite teacher related quote is: “I am not a teacher but an awakener” by Robert Frost.
“A teacher affects eternity:
he can never tell where his influence stops.”
-Henry Adams
Almost 2 1/2 decades later, I still think about my third grade teacher! She was amazing, not just as a teacher, but as a person. Her influence went beyond the books!
We are blessed to have such good teachers in our schools. It is so fun to see my kids just blossom with excitement to learn.
This is an awesome teacher quote: It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
Albert Einstein
And this is an awesome giveaway!
Wow what a fun way to celebrate education!
Great idea to think slighty out of the box and use worldly quotes. The cards are all so cute!
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.–Ben Franklin
Fabulous cards!
My son’s Pre-K teacher may get one of those crayon pictures next school year as a beginning-of-year gift. Wonderful ideas!
The only angle from which to approach a problem is the TRY-Angle!
I wanted to be a math teacher until illness forced me out of school.
thanks for the chance to win the great prize!
Anne
“Don’t just chase your dreams; catch it.” -Robert Griffen III
Love the collection!!!!!!
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. (Henry Adams).
I just found an email address for my old band director and yesterday I decided to write to him and tell him about my own kids and how he has influenced them through me.
I love the clean and simple look of the Yeats card. I’d already planned to replicate this card, though maybe not for teacher appreciation.
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. – Alexander of Macedon
I love to remind the teachers at the end of the year what a good job they did by giving them a card of thanks and a little something that they will use. Thanks for a chance to win, would love it!
My favorite is : The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book.
-Author Unknown
I have been truly spoiled with how incredible my kids teachers have been over the years. I absolutely LOVE the cards! Very inspiring!
“The best thing about the future is tht it only comes one day at a time” Abraham Lincoln. My sister is a 4th grade teacher. I am so proud of her.
So fun and this is totally on my brain right now. Thanks!
A teacher’s purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own image. ~Author Unknown
Love the cards!
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
Bill Gates
A great quote for teacher’s and a credit to their work is from Patricia Neal: A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though awakens your own expectations.
“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”
– Henry Brooks Adams
I like this one and have used it for teacher cards b/c it’s so true, you can teach one person, who teaches another, and if a student becomes a teacher, just think of all the people you’ve influenced!
Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. – William Shakespeare.
Leave it to the Bard to put it so beautifully!
I see I’ve repeated, so here’s a new one
“Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.” Aristotle. Teachers rock!
Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty. – Einstein.
I guess this is why I’m not a teacher!! But now that I think about it, I really would want to be a kindergarten teacher since I love working with children.
While the first two are inspirational, I like the “Every child is an artist” because my son loves to paint and color. Thanks for the chance to win some awesome products.
Mi cita favorita
La docencia es la única profesión que crea a todas las otras profesiones.
Teaching is the only profession that creates all other professions.
My fave is “The rainbow comes after the storm”. Great cards.
I like the showcased cards! Being a good teacher is probably one of the hardest jobs. I thought the book “Teach Like Your Hair’s On Fire” by Rafe Esquith is a book full of inspiration for teachers.
Oh it’s too bad that teacher appreciation day is passed for our school district! I may just use a couple of these ideas to give a random gift anyway!
Super cards!! Here’s one I like –
“No printed word, nor spoken plea can teach young minds what they should be. Not all the books on all the shelves – but what the teachers are themselves.” Rudyard Kipling
These are just super! I love the crayon idea!
All of these cards are wonderful! One of my favorite quotes is: “A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches a heart”. Author Unknown. My best friend was a 5th grade teacher for almost 30 years and loved every one of those kids and they her!
Fantastic projects you shared today! Especially loving the use of the crayons.
A quote I really like is “”Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best. ” ~ Bob Talbert. I’m so thankful for the teachers at our school and the amazing job they do for the kids.
I love the teacher appreciation ideas! Those crayons are brilliant!!
I found a really neat quote for teacher’s I like alot: “A Teacher Takes A Hand, Opens A Mind and Touches The Heart” Thanks so much for the inspiration ladies! hugs
“The habit of giving only enhances the desire to give.” –Walt Whitman
Thanks for the chance to win some awesome product!
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.” — Dr. Seuss
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing it is stupid.” -Albert Einstein
Thanks for the chance to win!
Teachers can be such encouragers to those not as gifted in the classroom. “I will not let others define the limits of my success.” not sure of source. Great card ideas.
THANKS for sharing ALL of the GREAT INSPIRATIONAL projects!! My FAVORITE Quote is: “No printed word, nor spoken plea can teach young minds what they should be. Not all the books on all the shelves – but what the teachers are themselves.” Rudyard Kipling
THANKS for the chance to win and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
Crap!! I knew I was forgeting something!! I have to go now to start that card for my daughter’s kindergarten teacher!!!
I love your ideas! As a former classroom teacher, I always try to thank my kids’ teachers in a special way. Thank you for the inspiration!
“Education is the best provision for the journey to old age.”
Aristotle
Carol B
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Love these projects. Really loving the crayons on the card. What a great Idea.
Quote:
“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.”
Alexander the Great
And one silly quote just for fun….
Never try to teach a pig to sing….it wastes
your time and annoys the pig.
Anonymous
OMG! That crayon card is way too cool. The globe is really neat too, but who has patience for that kind of cutting?!
Wow! These are some pretty incredible teacher cards! I wonder if the recipient of the crayon card will use the crayons.