Last week, I think, I got Hershey's Special Dark chocolate bars at CVS. They were 2/$1 and I had several B1G1 coupons. So each bar was .25! My choices were to save them all for myself or quickly commit to making them into gifts. Fortunately, I chose the latter.
I covered the wrapper with Valentine themed scrapbook paper. I cut a 12x12 piece of paper into 4 6"x6" squares. This was the perfect size for wrapping around the bar. But first I held the candy bar up to the window with a piece of white cardstock in front. I traced where the words SHE (in the middle of the word Hershey) and SPECIAL appear on the wrapper. I cut out those areas from my white cardstock. That became my template to trace and cut the four pieces of Valentine paper.
When the paper was wrapped around the candy bar, the words "she" and "special" were visible. With a Sharpie, I added some words to make the sentiment complete..."Mrs. Smith--(She) is a (special) teacher!"
I hope this can help someone with a last minute, inexpensive gift. I know that all of the teachers I made this for love dark chocolate!
Angie
Very clever!
ReplyDeleteHaving worked in schools throughout my life, I know that almost every teacher treasures a chocolate candy bar tucked in a desk drawer for one of those days.
Wow! its a great idea to give Valentines Gifts to your teachers.
ReplyDeleteAh ha!!!! Here you are!! Well - it looks good so far, now just to find the time to post, that is the tricky part! It is fun getting to know you, and I can't wait until our boxes arrive in the mail!! And I love your Valentine idea, it is really cute!
ReplyDeleteTalk soon!
Ellie