This past week was teacher appreciate week!! Several children in Zachary's class came with adorable and unique ideas. I remember when my mom was a teacher and she came home with bundles of chocolate and goodies. It was very exciting for my brother and I! We always offered to help her eat it and it took a while! We loved it and Mom liked the gifts but I found myself wondering this week if maybe I should come up with something else that would be cute, very useful, healthy, and would not clutter the house. Especially if any teachers are trying to limit sugar or cholesterol intake.
When Scott did his very first half marathon he was on a big salad and vegetable kick. I made him a vegetable bouquet for the race so that triggered the idea to do this one. I looked on Pinterest because I was sure that other people would have done something like this and figured it would have looked much more gorgeous and creative than the one I had given Scott. I definitely found some...and yes... they were much too fancy for me to throw together quickly so what you see here was what I came up with. We brought this one to Adelyn's Mom's Day Out teacher. She ended up loving it and said she would be eating it for lunch that day!
This one is complete with:
- Lettuce
- Spinach
- Broccoli
- Green beans
- carrots
- yellow sunburst tomatoes
- a clementine orange (which I added later after the picture)
We also brought a bowl, a fork and olive oil vinegar dressing.
It definitely made me more excited about eating veggies! What are your creative gift ideas?
