Teacher Appreciation Week Decorating

Email me your pictures next week if you're decorating your school's staff lounge, teachers' doors, entryway, and more. I'll post them here to share with everyone for great ideas for them to use later in the week, at the end of the school year or next year.

Below are some of the signs that are going up in our staff lounge. I'm matting them on construction paper and hanging each from a wooden clothespin along a piece of twine on their large, empty wall. I'm going with a beach theme focused on this quote. Out in the main entrance of the hallway will be a sign that says, "Forget about Hollywood, the reals stars work here at Our School!" Then each staff member has their name on a pictures of a starfish.

I'll be putting shells around the lounge, some netting, a bright striped table cloth. Our napkins even have shells on them! I might even go wild and break few fire codes and light some tea lights in some sand and mini starfish.

Show me some of your decorations this week!

I'm looking for a cute phrase or quote to put on our substitute teachers' gift buckets.



Any creative ideas out there? We have five substitute teachers that are usually at our school at least once a week, so I'm leaving them a little gift bucket in the staff lounge for them to pick up one day this week. I have lots of pictures to post tomorrow of all of the preparations that are almost done!

Decorate Your Teacher's Door

Aren't these just the neatest idea ever?



Cindy, from Skip to my Lou, has a tradition at her school where they decorate the teacher's classroom door. What a great surprise to come into work and see? My favorites are the "Recipe for Success" and "Give Mrs. Moody a hand." What is your favorite? Does your parent group do this at your school?

Who doesn't love to be told "thank you"?

I can't wait to get started sharing my favorite ways to say "thank you" to teachers and school staff. Do you have a favorite activity you do for a teacher or staff member?