gift idea- for the teacher

A huge part of service is recognizing and thanking those who give service to us.

My son, who is almost 4, has been in the Sunbeams class this year at church. (the 3 year-old class)

I know that we are so grateful for the teachers he has had this year & the current couple that teaches him now is just amazing. They are so patient & kind, and happy to be there. You can tell that they truly enjoy teaching these sweet little kids every week.

But that age group also can also be tough. Especially when the class is pretty big!

I wanted to make up a little something to thank them for being so awesome. I know my son loves being in their class & it means so much to me as a mom to see others really caring about my child.

While I was wasting time  checking out some pins on Pinterest, I came across a teacher gift idea of giving something filled with M&M's, along with a little note saying what each color represents. I thought it would be a cute & colorful little gift for my son to give his teachers!

My little jar came from Ikea & the bag of M&M's that I bought filled it up perfectly!

I tied a cute polka dot Christmas ribbon to the top...

After thinking of a few different ways that I could include the little poem, I just made a little card to go along with the jar...

Here's the inside...

The text inside reads.......

Green is for the inspiration you give me each Sunday. 

Blue is for your patience in showing me the way. 

Orange is for your warmth and caring style. 

Yellow is for the way you always make me smile.

 Red is for my life that you have touched this year. 

You're a "Magnificent" 

& "Marvelous" Teacher! 

Thank you for being my M&M!

I could have added some sort of vinyl or rub-on to the jar, but I wanted to keep it simple & allow them to re-use the jar if they want to.

I'll have my son make a picture for them to tuck inside the card.

He is totally excited to give it to them later this month!!

{This was featured at Sugar Bee Crafts.}

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