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, Crayola Crayons, and Hot Glue Gun. (affiliate links)

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?