Back-to-School Gifts

The kids start their new school year on Monday, so I thought they really needed to take their new friends a welcome gift! Of course, I love to do a project … especially when I get to work with my very talented mom!

Abby is really into writing, so I wanted to make her classmates a pencil bag. We made each kid a bag with their initial on it and added a couple of pencils to it. Her tag mentions it being a 'PENCIL-perfect year'.

Brayden is really into reading, so why not do a book bag! Again, we did a bag for each child with their initial on it and stuffed it with a book and set of flashcards. His tag mentions 'BOOKING it into a new year'.

I am so thrilled with how the bags turned out. Hopefully their new classmates will like them too!

Don’t worry – I didn’t forget about the teachers (but I did forget to take a picture of their gift). They are getting a WoodWick candle wrapped in a scarf. Their note to the teacher talks about making their school year ‘brighter’.

One final shout-out to my mom … I would not be able to do these projects without her. She is so supportive of my crazy ideas and patient with me as I try to help her.

Here is to adventures in a new school year …