Teacher's Flower Pot.

  With the school year quickly coming to a close, we decided it would be nice to give my daughter's Pre-K teacher & teacher's aide some little 'End of the Year' gifts. I remembered a cute gift that my sister-in-law had made for her daughter's teacher last year, and thought I'd give it a try (I get a lot of good ideas from her, she's super crafty.)

  I'm calling it the 'Teacher's Flower Pot.' It's basically a decorated flower pot with the saying, 'Thank you for helping me grow,' on the side of it. The pot itself can be decorated in any way, and the saying could be written or painted on, or even spelled out in stickers. But, I modeled my flower pot from a Pinterest idea similar to the one that my sister-in-law used.

Supply list:

• Black chalkboard paint
• Yellow acrylic paint
• Terra cotta flower pot, approx. 6" in diameter
• Soil & a plant
• a Marker
• a piece of Chalk
• Tape measure or ruler (optional)

  My daughter painted the upper rims yellow, on the inside and outside. Then, she painted the bottom outsides black, and I touched them up.
 
                                           

     
 
 Using a black Sharpie, I marked off 19 inches around the upper rims, while holding up a tape measure. My marks weren't precise. If you did want the marks to be exact inches, 1/2 inches, etc., you could tape a sewing tape measure around the pot, just below the top of the rim and make your marks.

   I wrote 'Thank you for helping me Grow!' on the side of each pot with chalk.

  Finally, we added some soil, a couple small petunia plants, and some more soil, to both pots.

  My little girl was so happy when she gave them to her teachers on the last day of school! She had a really great school year, and her teacher and teacher's aide were a big part of that. I also gave them thank you cards with a picture of my daughter and a gift card. 

Hope you enjoy this craft as much as we have!