Holiday Gifts

Woohoo! Holiday recess (as my district calls it) has finally begun! I tried to start a blog post early this week to share what we've been working hard on in class this past month, but exhaustion settled in and it never got finished. But fear not! I plan to finish the post during this break so stay tuned to hear about our gingerbread adventures later!

Today, however, I thought I would have enough energy to make a short post to share my holiday gifts this year. I really relied heavily on Pinterest this year, but they turned out cute! Here we go!

Double Chocolate & Toffee Cookies in a jar for the grade-level team and principal!
Credit: Crazy Little Projects

Reindeer Hot Cocoa for the "lunch bunch"
Credit: Thrifty Jinxy

Books from Scholastic, cocoa drizzled kettle korn from Trader Joe's (snowman bags from Michaels), and pencils from the Target dollar section for the students! The card was made via Vistaprint.

The kids especially loved their gifts. They really enjoyed the popcorn while watching a Charlie Brown Christmas, and were super excited after coming in from lunch when they saw presents on their desks!

Hope everyone is enjoying their holiday break! Don't forget to relax, relax, and RELAX! :D

Back to School Shopping: Vistaprint Goodies!

Okay, so I already showed you all the classroom decor I bought for my owl theme this year. Now, it's time to shower the things I "made" for my owl theme this year. So I thought I would link up for Monday Made it with 4th Grade Frolics!

I always need to have a teacher's notebook and tote bag to go along with the theme. (Notice how I said NEED and not have) Now, where do you go for that for a relatively decent price? The answer is....Vistaprint!

If you have not discovered Vistaprint yet, then you definitely have to! It's great for creating some customized stuff to use in the classroom. Livingsocial AND Groupon also currently have great deals for Vistaprint right now. I already bought vouchers from both! They also tempt you more by giving you free shipping if you order $25 past your voucher amount (which I did, of course).

And here is my first order (using my groupon voucher):

Notebook for me

Tote bag for me!

30 cards for V-Day

A pen just because I needed to get to $25!

30 holiday cards

So excited! I've already started creating things for my next order using my livingsocial voucher. 

Do you use Vistaprint for school stuff? What have you made? I would love to see them! :)