Valentines Class Gifts

So .... tomorrow is the big V- Day! 

Valentines Day is either a day you love or loathe! 

I personally love it, not because I receive flowers or gifts or anything (my husband conveniently doesn't believe in doing that!) but because its a day that you show you care for someone. 

Show you love and appreciate them, their friendship , or just a day to .... be nice. 

This year I was organised enough and found a few printables that I love and knew they weren't going to be too involved in pulling the gifts off. 

So tomorrow , Stella will be taking along some cute pencils that I decorated with washi tape (they are from Woolworths for just a few dollars for a pack of 25) . With some tags that I found HERE.

Seriously easy , yet so cute and I am sure the kids are going to love them!! 

I just printed the pages, cut out the hearts and Stella wrote her name on the bottom. Make 2 small slits in the sides and thread the pencil through. Done !

We also happen to be going to a friends for a play and swim so along with some fresh Orange muffins (they are delicious, I may have tried one already!) , I thought it would be nice for the other kids to take some small gifts for their friends too! 

Whilst browsing Pinterest , I found this printable HERE and thought it would be a cute idea. And I mean, what kid doesn't love bouncy balls?

I only had white paper so I just printed them out and let the kids colour in the slogan area. 

I backed each tag to some coloured card stock and trimmed with a little washi tape , popped a bouncy ball in a clear bag and stapled the tag to the top. 

Voila!! Cute as anything !

And again, for just a few dollars (the bouncy balls came in a pack of 6 bought from Woolworths in the Party supplies area)

They are going to be so proud and happy to hand out these to their friends! 

And we can not forget a little something for Stella's teacher either!! 

Again, Pinterest came to the rescue and I found THIS printable . 

However I decided to just use the tag from the printable and not the full patterned wrap, so I just cut around the slogan circle and stuck it on some coloured card stock that I had cut to the width that I wanted for the jar. I then covered over the paper with some clear contact so that it is more durable. 

The Back to School clearance sales at the supermarket meant that I picked up some coloured pens for $2 and the gift is complete. 

Practical , thoughtful and gorgeous! Every teachers dream, right?!

Gift giving doesn't have to take a lot of time , nor cost a lot of money. 

But the thought is there, and that is what matters most! 

Christmas Cheer - Guest Post by Kate

Hello to Liz’s lovely readers! My name is Kate Torrance & I’m very honoured to
be asked to contribute to Liz’s Bizzy Dayz Blog!

                                
I live in the Northern Coastal suburbs of Perth with my lovely husband Alex & 4 kids! Finn age 10, Noah age 7, Ayssa age 4 & Sibella age 3. So just like Liz, I have 4 wonderful kids with a very busy life!!!

I thought I’d share a little bit of Christmas from around our home! We are currently renting as we are about to start building our new home, can’t wait!

                             

                                                

                             

                             

Firstly, so I am a big Ikea fan! Who isn’t really? When I saw their Advent Bags for Christmas I knew I had to grab them! At $12.95 they were such a great price & I knew we could use them year after year!
I decided not to use the number stickers that came with them. I remembered I had some gorgeous Christmas printable numbers pinned on Pinterest. You can find them HERE

                               

So I printed them off, used my 3inch scalloped punch and was so happy with how they looked! Pulled out some wooden pegs from my craft cupboard & used some string I had also picked up Ikea to hang them up! Love those clear 3M removable hooks, come in handy for little jobs like this.

                                

We have had lots of different items in the bags, Christmas pens, pencils & ruler set, colouring in books, bracelets for the girls, ABC & Number flash cards, chocolate Santa’s, a few lollies. Christmas Hair Accessories, Rolls of Christmas sticky tape (huge hit) little notebooks, Stickers etc. Also different Christmas activities we have going on.
We really are enjoying the excitement each morning of our little bags!



When it came to teacher presents this year, I was a little unsure what to get. I normally pick something up throughout the year but nothing had jumped out at me.
I like to buy gifts that the teacher can keep and remember our child when they happen to use it again at a later date, also I like to get something useful if possible…
So whilst wondering around Target a couple of weeks ago, I came across these 2 Tier Cupcake Stands at 50% off!

                             
So normally a cute pretty buy at $15.00 but even better at $7.50 (such a great buy) As I needed to purchase 5 it was a great cost effective gift I thought.
Previous years I have bought Country Road Mugs (usually $9.95) Last year I picked up some Aprons at Typo for $5.00.
So they are all wrapped & ready to give to our teachers on the last day of school.

                            

I hope they like them!!

                           Lastly, I thought I’d share some our Christmas Decorations from around the house.

 

We’ve also started the “Elf on the Shelf” tradition this year in our family, so our little Elf “Toby” makes an appearance each morning & the kids just love him!

                                  

Thanks again to Liz for asking me to share a little bit of Christmas with you today, if you have any questions just pop them in the comments & I’d be happy to help if I can! Merry Christmas everyone!!!

                            

Kindy teachers gifts

This is our first year of having a teacher/s to give thankyou presents to. I have trawled the net, stumbled across so many  fab ideas on Pinterest and thought of some cool ones myself over the past few years but then when it came to the organising, time slipped away from me.

After seeing boxes and boxes of chocolates and the like being bought to school and presented to the teachers, I knew I wanted to do something a little different . (No offense to chocolate or the present bearers but sometimes one can only have so much choccie!)

I happened to find some Christmas material in one of my Christmas storage tubs (and I made the Christmas cushion) and also a few cane hearts (bought from Spotlight) that I had intended on creating something for Valentines Day and it didn't eventuate.
Ideas ticked over to make something original and unique for Stella's 3 gorgeous teachers and after seeing THIS POST from the gorgeous Jess at My Heart, Your Home , I thought it would be a lovely gift and keepsake for the teachers.

It was as easy as cutting the material into strips then into pieces to your required length then tying them around the cane heart, I wanted a more random look and so I tied them and left the ends out in different directions.

Finished with a ribbon to hang them with and they were done!

I made the 3 , all with a different colour combination and am now tempted to make one for myself !

We also made the cards for the teachers, and personalised them with a cute thumb print reindeer on the front. Simple and oh so cute!
Inside the card , I wrote the saying "It takes a big heart to shape small minds" and Stella wrote the other parts (again, good writing and copying practice)

The presents were well received and appreciated and now Stella's gorgeous teachers have something to remember her , and the year by.