Spring Teacher Appreciation

There’s never really a bad time to show your volunteers that you appreciate them. With all of the new life that comes around during the Spring season, it just seems like a perfect time to tell your volunteers what they mean to you! Here are a few ideas.

UR ReMARKable

Supplies:

• Multicolored dry-erase markers
• Colored sheets of felt
• Glue gun
• Mason jar (optional)
• Labels 

Directions:

• Cut a 12-inch long strip of felt about ¾-inch wide. It doesn’t matter if it is perfectly straight. (In fact, it’s better if it isn’t!)
• Roll the felt into the shape of a flower, gluing it into place along the way.
• Glue the flower head to the bottom of the marker.
• Place several flowers in a mason jar and give a bouquet of markers. The felt acts as an eraser, so this makes a great gift for volunteers to use in their Bible study rooms!

JELLY – Jesus really loves you!

Supplies:

• Jelly beans
• Cellophane bags (ziplock bags work, as well!)
• Stapler
• Labels 

Directions:

• Fill bags with jelly beans.
• Fold top of bag over to seal.
• Attach a label with a stapler. Write a short note on each label and tell each volunteer something you love about her.

“GRAPE”ful

Supplies:

• Grape flavored Ice Cubes gum
• Cellophane bags
• Ribbon
• Labels

Directions:

• Place 5-10 pieces of gum in each cellophane bag. I found bags of 100 pieces at Wal-Mart in the candy section.
• Tie bags with ribbon.
• Write a note to each volunteer telling him why you are “grape”ful for him on individual labels. Attach labels to the ribbon with a stapler or by punching a hole through the ribbon.

Jeff Land serves as the Publishing Team Leader for Bible Studies for Life: Kids. Jeff holds degrees from Mississippi College and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Jeff has served as a Children’s Minister and teaches kids weekly in his church.