Teacher Appreciation Gift..
Last week was teacher appreciation week and it got me to thinking… Teacher’s sure have a lot of patients!! I couldn’t last a day in their shoes let alone a whole year of constant teaching and disciplining. It takes a big heart to do what teachers do and to show our gratitude we decided to leave a little memorable gift behind..
Why apples..
We all know apples represent teachers in some way or another.. Which brought the question to mind.. WHY?? After a quick google search I learned an interesting fact. In the 1700’s apples were gifted by poor families to teachers as payment for their children’s education. 300 years later and apples are still somehow associated with teachers… Here it is I used to think it was because of the first letter in the alphabet. ” A for APPLE” 
Well then.. Now that we’ve taken a history lesson on apples and teachers.. Lets make our own history by making this special gift that will be remembered for years to come. .
What you’ll need
- wood (10 x 12 ours was 3/4″ in thickness)
- Red yarn or thread
- White yarn or thread
- Green yarn or thread
- Brown yarn or thread
- Nails (1 1/4 length)
- Hammer
- Hard floor (concrete or metal sheet)
- Apple printable (you can use my free printable –> down below)
- Stencil
- White sharpie
- Optional (paint or stain)
We printed our printable to fit on an 8×10 sheet of paper.. We first started off by stenciling our teachers name with the white sharpie and stencil.
Then we aligned the apple printable on the wood making sure not to get to close to her name. Following that we put it on top of a sheet of metal and started nailing our nails in.
Here’s a snippet of Oleg hard at work.. (he’s so good with that hammer)
Once all the nails were in we simply pulled that paper off and started threading.
We did the red part of the apple first and followed along with the white heart in the center.. Then we did the stem and the green leaf.
And that’s it. What do you guys think?
Oleg was so excited to take it to school that he woke the next morning and the first thing he did was walk up and put it in his backpack… LOL poor little guy had to wait an extra day.. I had to explain to him that I still needed to take a few pics..
It sure was a fun project.. We hope his teacher likes it.
Here’s the awesome Video of this beautiful Gift in the making..
Thanks for Joining us today.. Don’t forget to @lilyardor on Instagram when you make your own memorable teachers apple.
Here’s a cute pinnable to pin to your favorite board.
Hello, Love this idea so much. I’m having a hard time finding the free printable apple. Can you direct me in where I can find it?
Thanks so much,
Lindsey
Hi Lindsey, I emailed you the printable. Let me know if you got it and if you have anymore questions. 😀 Happy Crafting! 😀
Hello, I love this idea so much. I am looking forward to having my child do this for her teacher. I’m having a hard time finding the free printable apple. Can you direct me in where I can find it?
Thanks so much,
Tammy
Hi Tammy, That’s so exciting 🙂 I’m sorry to hear you had a hard to getting the printable. I just e-mailed it to you you should have it. Happy Crafting 😀
I love this!! Could I please get a printable email. We want to make this before Christmas for her teacher!! Thank you so much!! Merry Christmas!
Hi Melissa, I just emailed it to you. This would make such a cute gift!:D Merry Christmas to you to
I am having a hard time also getting the printable. Could you email it to me also. So excited to make these for my church teachers this year.
Sure. Just e-mailed it 🙂
Can you also email me
The printable ?
I really want to make this for my twins teacher this year. But I am having trouble finding the link to print the template.
Just emailed it to you. 😀 😀
Hello, I absolutely love this project! Could I get the template for this apple string art please? I want to start making this with my daughter, for her teacher for Christmas. Thank you for sharing!! ♡
Hi Melissa, sorry it took me so late to respond. Let me know if you got the printable 😀
What a great gift that would make! Could you please indicate me where the template to print can be find? Thanks
I’m so happy you like it. I can email it to you if you’d like.
Is it possible for me to get the free printable?
Sure, I emailed them to you.
Hello, I am interested in your printable download. Is there a link you could send me? Thank you.
Sure I emailed them to you . 🙂
Hi Lily, I received an email but it is for letters. I don’t see the apple image.
Hi Lily, I received your email but it seems to be for letter patterns. I do not see the apple pattern.
Hello, I am trying also get the printable, is it possible to send to me as well? We are making 3 of these for our teachers 😍 Thank you!
Sure I emailed them to you 🙂 OOOH these would make awesome teachers gifts. 😀 😀
I am having a hard time finding the printable as well. Could you please email it to me? Did you find the individual piece of wood at Home Depot?
Could you email me the printable as well? Thanks so much!!
sure 🙂
Could I get an email of the apple and heart to use as a template? Thanks so much!
Gloria
sure 🙂
Could you please email me the apple template?
Thanks,
Kayla
Sure I just emailed it to you 😀
I would love the printable Apple! This looks like a great end of the year gift!
Hi there!
Would it be possible to get a copy of the template as well?
sure 🙂
Hi can I get a copy of the printable as well?
Thanks
yep no problem 🙂
Hello,
I think this is such a cute idea! My son wants to make it for his maths tutor. Could you please tell me where I can find the apple printable?
Thank you,
Kelly
Sure I emailed it over to you 😀 Glad to hear you liked the idea.
Hi There, love your gift idea! Please can I also get an apple printable.
Thank you!
Shale
Love this for Teacher Appreciation! Could I please get the template? Thanks