Welcome Back to School Gifts
Make back-to-school time more fun for kids with creative gifts. Teachers and school faculty members can make students feel welcome by placing unexpected back-to-school gifts on the students' desks. Imagine the children's surprise when they walk into the classroom and find back-to-school gifts awaiting them. Make student gifts that are both fun and functional with cool stuff they will enjoy and use throughout the school year.
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Filled Gift Bags
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Fill small paper gift bags with fun school supplies. Make your own back-to-school gift bags using plain paper lunch sacks, cute stickers and magic markers. Decorate the lunch sacks with the stickers then write the students' names on the bags. Purchase novelty pencils, pens, erasers, stickers and bookmarks from the bookstore or office supply store. Fill the back to school gift bags with the fun school supply items.
Book Bags
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For use on field trips, at home and in the classroom, book bags are handy school items and unique gifts from a teacher. Purchase plain canvas book bags, a letter stencil sheet, paint brushes and permanent fabric paint from your local crafts store. Use the stencil sheet to paint each student's name on his or her book bag. For additional embellishments, sew school-themed buttons or appliques on the book bag handles.
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Mini Cubicles
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The Martha Stewart website shares an easy and unique craft to give students for their desktops: the "Homemade Study Center." The project instructs cutting off the top, bottom and one side of a cardboard carton then finishing with colored duct tape. The Martha Stewart site then suggests adding clamps, tacks and rubber bands to organize paper notes and other items. You could also cover the mini cubicle with contact paper or school-themed wrapping paper (applied with spray adhesive). Give the study centers to students for a unique back-to-school gift that will help them concentrate and prevent cheating.
Tags for Backpacks
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Listed as one of Parents magazine website's "Must-Have Supplies for the First Day of School," luggage tags make great back to school gifts. The Parents website photo gallery shows luggage tags decorated with animal shapes, but depending on the material of your chosen tags, you can decorate luggage tags in a variety of ways. Sew or glue on school-themed buttons. Use a paint pen to personalize with the children's names. Or, use sticker letters to spell out the students' names on the luggage tags.
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