Teacher Day Crafts

How to make :

Ribbon Pens :

Materials :

• Regular pen with no handle or fancy bits to it.
• Ribbon (about 2 feet. The wider the ribbon, the less you'll need).
• Feathers (about 5 or 6).
• Hot glue.
• Scissors.
• A friend.

Directions :

• This project is best done with a friend.
• Put a dab of hot glue at the end of the pen and attach your ribbon at an angle.
• Wrap the ribbon around the pen once.
• Put another dab of hot glue on the pen and wrap again.
• Continue dabbing and wrapping until the pen is covered in ribbon.
• Snip off the ribbon.
• Put a bit of extra glue to secure the ribbon really well.
• Put a dab of glue at the end of the pen and attach a feather.
• Flip the pen over and attach another feather.
• Continue to rotate the pen and glue feathers on until the end is covered on fluffy.

Tile Collage :

Materials :

• A tile.
• Newspapers and/or magazines.
• Paintbrush.
• Glue.

Directions :

• Cut pictures out of the magazine that you like and letters too if you want to write something. Try to have different sizes, fonts, etc.
• You glue the pictures onto the tile.
• When that is dry, paint a layer or two of glue on it to keep it from coming off.

Flower Pot :

Materials :

• Small pot.
• Potting soil.
• Glue (hot glue works best but only if there is an adult to do it).
• Muffin cups.
• Small craft ball.
• Green straw.
• Foam (in green color).
• Scissors.

Directions :

• Place potting soil in a small pot.
• Paint the name of the person we were giving the pot to, on the outside.
• Glue one muffin cup into another.
• Place a small pom-pom in the center.
• Glued the muffin cups to a colored straw.
• 'Plant' the flowers in the terra cotta pots (push the straw into the soil).