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7 Fun Teacher Gift Ideas That Will Make Them Smile

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Looking for some great teacher gift ideas? When the end of the year comes I am all about browsing Pinterest to get inspiration. I have come up with my favorite and easy end of the year teacher gifts that your teacher will love.

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Easy DIY Kids Chore Buckets

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I woke up the first day of summer this year to one of my sons playing on his iPad. I said “Hey, I thought we were going to start off summer right with our chores?” and he said, “Already done, check out my bucket.”. Whoa!! They still work!

These are great for my kids to visually see what chores they need to complete for the day. They love to complete the chore and hear the satisfying plop when they drop the clothes pin into the bucket. These chore buckets have really worked in our house.

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DIY Cardboard Box Horse Stable

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DIY Cardboard Box Stable to fit American Girl Horse

I am always so impressed with my husband’s creativity. Britton has been asking for a stable for her AG-style horse which is pretty large. We both received new bikes as Christmas presents so after he assembled our bikes he thought the box would make a great DIY cardboard box horse stable.

Daddy Cardboard Box Stable

Isn’t he a good Dad? I am thankful we have at least one creative parent in this family.

Here is what he did. He cut the box on the top so he could tape it together to make a pitched roof. Don’t worry about the kind of tape you use as it will be covered up later with paper shingles. He used a box cutter. Then he cut the side and cut it in half to make a barn door that swings open on the top or bottom.

DIY Cardboard Box Stable

He decided to paint it white because that is what we had on hand (we weren’t going to spend any money on this thing) and he told her that afterwards she could put stickers all over it. What little girl doesn’t love to decorate with stickers? 🙂

Painted DIY Cardboard Box Stable

The next day, once it dried, I let her take over and add shingles. I just cut construction paper into thirds and let her use a glue stick to put them on the roof. This was the fun part for her to put her touch on the stable. Matt drew the barn door and window.

Roofing DIY Cardboard Box Stable

It has been a huge hit. She has played with it for hours already. I am thrilled for her. One day she may get the real toy stable but for right now this is so fun for her. I like showing our daughter that you can make your own toys out of cardboard boxes. Not everything has to be brand new and perfect.

What have your kids made out of boxes?

 

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