A gift for Mr D!!

  Since the season of giving is upon us, I was trying to think of a gift that was fun, creative and of course, useful that our girlie could give to her teacher at school. I had seen a few different ideas on Pinterest, but I really wanted to be creative on my own, to add that little flare of Christmas to the gift.  I finally made a decision on what I was going to make, consulted with K's mom to make sure that they didn't already have something in mind and got crafting!!

     I was going to need a tumbler glass...you know, the ones that have the lids with the straws?!?!? They are so great for at home, at work and even in the car!!! I headed to the dollar store to take a look and low and behold they had EXACTLY what I was looking for!! I just wanted a clear one as I was going to be making a sleeve for it, so it didn't need to be fancy to begin with. I actually ended up grabbing a few tumblers because I'm going to make one for the Hubster, K and myself for Christmas (ya know....to use on our movie nights!!!) I was getting excited to get home and get started...(I still had one more stop before I could get there.. GRRRR!!)

    I used my Silhouette machine to cut out the sleeve itself ( I had previously bought the cutout from my subscription..so that made it even easier!), then decided on a fun Christmas paper as the accent in the middle. Origionally I was going to just put "Mr. D" in the middle on the front, but I thought that that was kinda boring looking, so I opted for a cute reindeer and made a nice tag to put his name on and tie to the straw on top of the cup. Now...you can't just give someone an empty cup...that wouldn't be nice, so I filled the inside of the the cup with red and white peppermint candies..(who doesn't like those???)..it gives it a more festive look and Mr. D will have something to munch on while he's wrangling his Gr. 6 students...(not K though!! hehe!!). I think this project turned out great! It was so easy to make, very inexpensive and Mr. D will be able to reuse this gift over and over.....there's nothing better than a gift that keeps on giving, and I think I've found the perfect one!!

                                                                                    

                                                           ( top view with the tag..)