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    Default What's a cheap yet good way to present flowers to teacher?

    I already have my girls' homemade cards for the teachers with a gift card, a basket with items for their rooms, but my oldest really wants to give her teachers flowers also (4 teachers total). I don't want to spend a lot of money, since I've already got their "gifts" done, but would like some ideas of how to cleverly present the flowers if I can pick some up at the store to keep costs down. Thanks!
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    swrc00 is offline Platinum level (1000+ posts)
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    I am a teacher and I love when my students bring me flowers that they got from around their houses. I have had students cut roses or whatever is blooming. Most often the stems are wrapped with foil. I have a vase in my classroom. If you want to buy them I would just buy one of the wildflower bunches that are usually around $10 and divide it among the teachers. A small potted plant would work too.

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    I like potted plants instead. Something living that will keep growing is just nice. Your dd could even paint an inexpensive pot.

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    If you have any old jars around the house you can tear pieces of tissue paper and decoupage them on to the jar with some Elmer's glue and a bit of water painted on with a paint brush. The end result can have a pretty mosaic effect or any type of design.
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    rlu is offline Ruby level (4000+ posts)
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    Last year we cut a few roses from our yard and presented to our very crunchy teacher in a clean but undecorated glass pickle jar. The reuse aspect made her smile.

    We also have palm plants growing in the yard, usually a bane but they do make a nice background for a front-facing floral display. They make it a bit heavy though, so it probably wouldn't work with a small jar.
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