So...I've been addicted to Pinterest (like really bad)! But it has made my creativeness explode. I was looking for teacher gifts awhile ago and pinned quite a few that I liked. I decided that I was going to make a Supply Cake. I wanted to do something that was useful for the teachers/director & school. Who needs another apple paperweight (not knocking it, but you know what I mean). How much of that stuff do they seriously need/keep?! My son is only in pre-school, so they go through a lot of stuff with the little ones.
So, I asked one of my son's pre-school teachers what types of supplies they could use. She gave me a few ideas that I hadn't thought of, ie: staplers/staples. I set out on a mission to Target with no real plan in place and figured I could wing it. I spent about an hour inside the store looking around. The school row was easy...just grabbed a bunch of stuff I knew I could use. The base to the cake was the most difficult. I debated on using Nesting Boxes or paper towel roll (which I had seen on pinterest). But I came up with something totally different. I hope you like it!
This is what I started with: (I ended up not using the stickers I bought, but will given them anyhow)
Here is the base to the cake. 2 sizes of paper plates and a tub of koolaid (great for their summer program!)
I placed everything around the plates and it is all held together by rubber bands. I did not glue anything together. This was my "almost done" picture. I needed to get another pair of scissors, a ruler and pack of gluesticks.
Here is the finished result! I also put together 2 drink cups (filled with packets of crystal light) for each of his classroom teachers. I used ribbon to cover the rubber bands. I cut a square out of a cardboard box and covered it with construction paper for the base to carry it.
Closeup of the stacked rolls of tape holding the pencils.
Closeup of the finished product:
I hope you enjoy my cake. I really enjoyed making it and everyone at school loves it! I was so happy to give it to them today. :)
