Easy Cheesy!

Since I'm down to my final week of student teaching I wanted to get a few gifts for my mentor teacher because she has just been amazing through this whole process. I was very fortunate to get such a great example to lead and guide me into my future as an educator. I knew I wanted to get her a few gifts, but I wanted them to be more personal than your average teacher gifts of say bath soaps and candles. As you all know I have a slight....OK more than slight addiction to pinterest, which got some of my creative gift giving juices flowing. I gave her this first gift today and she absolutely loved it!

Now before you scroll down and look at the picture and think "Wow, she loved getting that? What is wrong with this lady??" let me explain the reasoning behind it. My mentor is a 5th grade math teacher and if you were anything like me in school, math can be pretty challenging. There are just so many different ways to solve a problem and sometimes the wording of these problems can get a little ridiculous and complicated. When introducing a new topic to our students my mentor always starts off with the same speech...She'll say, "Okay. You guys know by now that I'm all about the easy way right?" To which they all respond yes and she continues with the lesson showing and explaining the easiest way she knows how to do the work. After all is said and done she always says, "Now wasn't that Easy Cheesy?" She says it a lot throughout the day and I even catch myself saying it from time to time and a few of the kiddos say it when helping a fellow student that may be struggling. When I thought up this idea I couldn't think of a more perfect, silly gift to give her. She really got a kick out of it! I will never look at Easy Cheese without thinking of her now! :)

I just used a bag and tissue paper I already had to put my funny gift in. I found these cute printable tags on pinterest of course and used some cardstock I had lying around the house (I only had colored but I think they would look even better on white).

I started to punch out the tag but couldn't find any curling ribbon to save my life so I ended up just taping it onto the bag. I think you could make these really cute with the right ribbon!

I think all together, since I already had that gift bag and paper, this cost me around $7 or $8 dollars! I bought the Ritz crackers that come in the small packs instead of the usual large packages so she could enjoy a little at a time. It was a really EASY CHEESY gift! ;)