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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Tutorial Thursday: Back to School Survival Kit

JT and I put together a little Back to School Survival Kit
for his teacher.
He was so excited to give it to her.
He said it was her prize for being such a great teacher.
I saw the idea on Pinterest and had done a
similar thing for my students on the first day of school.



I collected most of the items at the Dollar Spot at Target -
even the rad bucket!
Score!!



My favorite item was the mock-frap that I made
from a new Starbucks cup and tulle.
I hid a gift card inside - the perfect thing to help
a teacher get back to the DAILY GRIND :)



Inside we tucked a little note with the list of items and what they were for.
I printed it out on a fancy piece of paper I had left over from
my paper-scrapping days.




JT's teacher sent me a nice email telling me how much
she enjoyed it and my teaching friends
wanted me to bring them one too :)


If you'd like to make your own BTS Survival Kit,
you can download the file for the 4x6 "faceplate" HERE
and a PDF of the list of items HERE.



Linking up HERE!


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29 comments:

  1. Kelli WSeptember 15, 2011 at 6:48 AM

    So cute! I bet she was really excited about that survival kit!

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  2. Jen @ My Own RoadSeptember 15, 2011 at 12:05 PM

    Love it!! Was this by chance modeled after my Hospital Survival Kit? http://jensownroad.blogspot.com/2011/06/hospital-survival-kit-with-printables.html

    I love your take on it, would you mind if I featured it on my blog along with a couple of your pictures?

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  3. UnknownSeptember 15, 2011 at 4:16 PM

    this is such a fun idea. thanks for sharing.

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  4. UnknownSeptember 15, 2011 at 4:51 PM

    Don't give up Kyla. Get to a point where you feel good, then slowly treat your self to something sweet on the weekend. Honestly, since I stopped my plan, veggies are the last thing I want. Look on the bright side, it's harvesting time and there are lots of good local produce to enjoy.

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  5. Brie @ Darling DoodlesSeptember 15, 2011 at 6:52 PM

    I love the dollar spot at target! It is my go to place for fun little gift ideas. I really like what you put together, its very cute!

    Brie from darlingdoodles.blogspot.com

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  6. Bethany @ A Fish Who Likes FlowersSeptember 16, 2011 at 11:32 PM

    How thoughtful! And a nice way for anyone to start out the school year.

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  7. LaurenSeptember 17, 2011 at 5:45 AM

    Too cute! I saw something cute with leftover Starbucks sleeves on Pinterest!

    http:// pinterest.com /pin/ 174730575/

    (I spread out the link so you won't get spam)!

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  8. KristinaSeptember 18, 2011 at 12:44 AM

    This is SO ADORABLE! I am pinning it right now for next year. I wanted to make a parent's back to school survival kit for some of my friends who were sending kids back to school... but couldn't find cute enough inspiration. I am totally stealing (and tweaking) this for next year. Thank you!

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2011 at 12:36 PM

    This is one of the best teacher gifts I've seen! Love the idea!

    (& I'm a teacher too, so that must make me some sort of authority on teacher gifts :)).

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  10. Pati @ A Crafty EscapeSeptember 18, 2011 at 7:30 PM

    What a great idea, I love the presentation!

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  11. ErinSeptember 19, 2011 at 12:22 PM

    This is really cute! What a lucky teacher!!!

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  12. UnknownJanuary 7, 2012 at 12:11 PM

    Your name had me at hello.. I love this idea.. My sister is a teacher and this is perfect. Thanks for this post.

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  13. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2012 at 8:23 PM

    What a spectacular idea. Can you please send this to the parents of students in my class?

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  14. ashley bakerApril 30, 2012 at 4:39 AM

    how did you get the the little chalk board to be personalized with the teachers name? i want to do this for my best friend that is graduating from college and is going to be a teacher. thank you

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  15. Mandy CoffeyJuly 23, 2012 at 1:32 PM

    i've had this pinned for some time now and am excited to say i'm finally featuring this on my blog! (coming up this week)

    Mandy
    smallfineprint.com

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  16. Bridget GJuly 29, 2012 at 8:24 PM

    Love this idea! Thanks for sharing! I can't wait to give this to my sons kindergarten teacher. I subscribed to your blog too :)

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  17. AnonymousAugust 10, 2012 at 6:08 AM

    Hello...this is very cute and clever..I was wondering if you have the poem for this as I cant read all the items and what they mean. Thanks

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  18. Alison HAugust 21, 2012 at 6:52 AM

    This was a huge hit with the teachers. I made them this year and they were really appreciative. Thank you for sharing!!

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  19. UnknownMarch 29, 2013 at 4:06 PM

    Love this idea! I have to do this for my cousin when she gets her full time teaching job.

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  20. UnknownMay 30, 2013 at 7:59 PM

    I love it also but can't see the list please help

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  21. UnknownMay 30, 2013 at 8:05 PM

    I love the idea it's so cute can't print out the list please help

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  22. Kim @ The Celebration ShoppeAugust 19, 2013 at 4:47 PM

    Love the idea and shared it in my recent post for Parade magazine! http://www.parade.com/61172/kimbyers/10-easy-and-creative-back-to-school-teacher-gift-ideas/

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  23. Alexis AKA MOMAugust 26, 2013 at 10:15 PM

    Thank you so much for this idea! And the free printables!!!

    Made these up tonight for my son's new teachers. I'm so excited to give them to them. I made up my post tonight and linked back to your site and the post.

    Thanks again!!!

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  24. Laurel BeardAugust 7, 2014 at 5:01 AM

    This is a fantastic idea! I love it. THanks for the idea and for the PDF links. I am definitely going to do this. :)

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  25. Thomas VenneyJanuary 9, 2018 at 8:36 PM

    Thanks

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  28. lularoecarolinechoiAugust 11, 2019 at 1:01 PM

    Hi! The photos are a little blurry for me...any chance you can give me a new link to the printables or email it? Would love to do this for my sons teachers!

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  29. Benito CraddockAugust 21, 2019 at 2:10 PM

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