Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week

Give Your V.I.T. (Very Important Teacher) Something From the Heart

Teacher Appreciation Week is the perfect opportunity to offer much-needed gratitude for all that our teachers do. While there are many ways to honor teachers’ contributions, I always try to come up with something extra special — and this year is no different. I decided to repurpose a Hiland Dairy Sour Cream container into a teacher’s pet apple gift card holder. Let’s get crafting!

Teacher’s Pet Apple Gift Card Holder

What You’ll Need:

• 1 (8-ounce) Hiland Dairy Sour Cream container
• Red spray paint
• Spray-on sealer, clear
• Green, brown and cream-colored construction paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Pencil
• Twine (optional)

Instructions:

• Rinse each container with warm, soapy water. Towel-dry completely.
• In a well-ventilated area, spray-paint the outside of the lid and container, completely covering the label. Allow to dry completely.
  • Tip: I used three coats of paint.

• Spray on a coat of sealer over the red paint. Allow to dry completely.
• Using scissors, cut out a brown stem, a green leaf and brown apple seeds from the construction paper.

• Using the bottom of the container, trace a circle on the cream-colored construction paper and cut around the outline.

• Glue the round circle into the bottom of the container, then adhere the seeds in the middle.

• Glue the stem and leaf onto the lid.

• Add your teacher’s favorite gift card.

Diva’s Tip

You can easily add a name tag by cutting out a rectangle from the cream-colored construction paper and tying it to the apple container with twine.

~The Dairy Diva