I take a picture of the students holding this cute sign from a Back to School bulletin board kit that I got a few years ago. (I think it is Creative Teaching Press).
I put the picture, year, and star with their name at the top and laminated for durability. Then I just stapled the completed calendar to the bottom of the paper so that parents could tear off a page each month. I wrapped these and attached the card the students made. I had parents so tickled with these and claim that they are still using them and wish they had another one for next year! :) Would you like to do this with your kiddos? You can purchase the calendar from my teacher's notebook store! It is different than the picture shown above. I made it much cuter and added borders this year!
This looks very cute!! I am sure the parents love getting these as gifts!! I haven't ever done a gift for parents at Christmas. I do a Mother's and Father's Day gift. But, now your calendars have me thinking that I may do a Christmas gift this year.
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Very cute and it seems less time consuming then my idea. I am having my kids do handprint calendar. So that's 12 handprint per kid multiple by 24 kids. Maybe I like your idea better since it won't take as long and less messy.
ReplyDeleteI did the handprint calendar 4 years ago...it was a HUGE hit with the parents but soooo time consuming! I'm doing it again this year but I learned from my previous attempt and have started it way early. This way I can do 2 months each week and be done in plenty of time. :) This is a really cute alternative though...maybe next year.
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