Homemade Teacher Gift: How to Make a Crayon Monogram
This homemade teacher gift almost needs no explanation. It’s cute, fun, and easy to make. Check, check, check.
A crayon monogram works great for back-to-school, a teacher holiday gift, or a teacher appreciation gift.
While we’re talking about crayons: crayon storytelling and crayon recycling are both a blast.
Homemade Teacher Gift: How to Make a Crayon Monogram
What you need: 8×10 Black Picture Frame
My sister and I cut and glued all of the crayons onto white paper. I didn’t get any pictures of the process. (Sorry about that.) I think I can still walk you through it!
- Buy a frame and remove the glass.
- Print out a giant letter. I outlined the font in Word so that I didn’t waste too much ink.
- You can print the name below the letter or glue it on another piece of paper with the name on it.
Cutting the crayons was probably the hardest part. So I let my sister do it. 😉
- Lay the crayon flat.
- Use a sharp knife to cut the crayon.
- Roll the crayon while pressing on the knife.
- If the crayon doesn’t cut all the way through, snap it carefully.
- Make sure to cut where you mean to. (Measure twice, cut once.)
I was in charge of gluing the crayons into place. (I used a hot glue gun.)
- Lay the crayons where you want them first.
- Pick up one crayon at a time.
- Make sure to glue exactly the opposite of the part you want to see. (Sounds obvious, right? Just wait until you try it!)
- Once all of the crayons are in place, glue the white paper to a piece of thin cardboard. Glue right behind the crayons to avoid the glue being seen. This made the picture feel much sturdier.
That’s it. Wrap it up and hand over this adorable teacher gift.
You might also want to include a few printable jokes: we have teacher and student jokes, school-appropriate jokes, and knock-knock jokes.
How did you show the Teacher love this year?
Thanks for the creative idea and sharing the steps in doing it. Just so you know, my middle school daughter is creative and she purposefully searched the internet looking for a present she could make her favorite teacher who is moving. She loves this! She is making this for him. 🙂 So it goes even beyond K and PreK teachers :-). Thanks.
YAY!!! This just made my day. 🙂
Love this idea! Just stinks my child’s teacher’s names are Oliver and Sutton. However, I’m a former teacher with the last name as Kelly and thinks that this idea is precious! Thanks for sharing:)
Love this idea!!!
What kind of glue did you use for this.? I would assume that a glue gun isn’t practical to glue onto paper but maybe onto the cardboard
I actually did use hot glue. I can’t believe I didn’t write that, I’ll have to add it. Thanks!
great idea for apresent to anyone on any occasion ,but an excellent idea for a classroom project .i will suggest this to my grandsons kindergarden teacher
sure sure it’s a cute idea but what is a teacher supposed to do with this? i guess hang it in the classroom – but really? teachers appreciate practical gift cards as a gift – or just a simple thank you card- not more “stuff” to have to find a place for – imagine if every child gave a photo to hang? this stuff becomes cumbersome year after year – how about use the idea for a child’s room – please THINK before you make a teacher a “cute” gift.
I appreciate your opinion. I was a teacher for 10 years. I loved receiving homemade “cute” gifts. In fact I still have some of them. Every teacher has different preferences and perhaps a gift card isn’t perfect for every teacher either. Maybe instead of ruling out a certain type of gift, thinking about the person you give it to is a better idea.
Such a CUTE idea! I am a preschool teacher and I LOVE this! I personally love getting things like this because it shows that the children and / or parents really put some thought into it! I made something similar when my son was in school for his teacher. It was a crayon wreath. My daughter is now in Kindergarten and I am going to make this for her teacher. I honestly think that she would love it!
Yeah Lisa! Love the crayon wreath idea!
True! I have been a teacher for sixteen years, and while those gift cards have always been welcomed, it is the thoughtful unique gifts I cherish most.
I made one of these two years ago for my child’s first grade teacher, Instead of just the name I put T is for Ms. Txxxxx and she loved it. She even asked me for directions so she could make it for her child’s teacher. So I guess its just a personal preference.
That’s awesome!
I don’t agree. My mom was a kindergarten teacher for so many years and she would have loved the creativity and beauty of this gift. I love it too!
First year teachers for sure would love this, along with many other teachers who have a heart for a gift that took some thought and time to create.
Wow! Love it. It was an interesting and creative. Thanks for sharing this with us. Please keep it up.
Thanks Claire!