All the kindergarten students were asked to bring a flower and a card for their teacher’s birthday.

I remembered that Sue Astroth did these really fun big cards with our display boards. I asked her to refresh my memory on how she would make it and of course she had a lot of great ideas that she is so willing to share. How lucky are we to have people that we can talk to about craft ideas, sewing, quilting, knitting and crocheting? I feel so fortunate to be a part of the C&T family.

I took Sue’s ideas home and along with Livi came up with our own version of a giant birthday card.

As you can see Alivia was so proud of this card.

I told Livi that for the flower I thought she could pick some fresh mint from our herb garden.

Her reply: “Can’t we just buy a fresh flower at the farmer’s market? You know, they have really nice flowers there…”

I explained to her that it will smell nice and be special since it’s from our garden and I’ll even wrap a pretty pink ribbon around it then add a tag: “Fresh Mint from our Herb Garden”. I just needed to explain the idea a little more, because then that sounded like a good idea to her.

That night we were in the kitchen, making our card. I cut the pieces while Alivia stamped the edges. After she placed the pieces on the cover I told her that I’ll write “Happy Birthday” very nicely on the cover. My daughter puts me in place, “I can write Happy Birthday on the cover, mom. The card is supposed to be from me, you know.”

Sometimes I tend to get a little carried away with the craft projects, and she was so right, the card was from ALIVIA not ME. I said, “Of course you should write it.” She did a beautiful job and she made all the embellishment decisions.

Here’s our Teacher’s Birthday Card instructions:

Materials

• READY-TO-GO Blank Board Display Board, 12″ x 12″
• Pink and purple stamp pads
• Princess Mirah’s Crafts Wild Rose BatiKit fabric with adhesive backing
• White cardstock
• Princess Mirah’s Crafts Ruby 1/4″ flannel ribbon yarn
• Embellishments: hearts, flowers, gems, sparkles
• Pens

Preparation

While parent cuts the child can apply the purple and pink stamp to all edges of front and back cover.

Cut 2 pieces of BatiKit 5 1/2″ x 11 1/2″

Cut a piece of white cardstock 3 1/2″ x 9 1/2″

Instructions

1. Use pens, paints, crayons or what ever your child wants to draw a picture on the inside of the card for their teacher. TIP: My daughter and I realized, after making the card, that this step should have been done first, so that the outside embellishments don’t get messed up while you’re decorating the inside.
2. Let your child peel and stick the BatiKit, one piece to the front and one to the back.
3. Let your child write Happy Birthday on the white cardstock and embellish it.
4. Glue the white cardstock to the BatiKit on the cover
5. Tie a ribbon around the spine to finish off.