I was *so* nervous about the first test of me and this committee, because my cohort, Jenna, was going to be out of town for the annual Back to School Luncheon. Yikes! I didn't have any prior knowledge of the school, where things are, anything like that BUT I wanted to 1) let the teachers and staff know how much we appreciate them and 2) make a good impression!
After the menu/catering was settled (Qdoba is the BEST! They include everything - even a little book of Qdoba matches to light the sterno cans they include!) I fixated on decorations. I was working with an extremely limited budget, and wanted any decorations to be reusable and school themed. Between the inspiration from my friend Kristy (yes, the same Kristy), who is the go-to diaper cake maker in our crowd, and Party Planning Mom, I ended up making a School Supply "Cake"!I'm really proud of how it turned out. We gave it away as a door prize to one of the teachers at the luncheon.
School supplies were crazy cheap at this time of year, and I was sure to use things that were on the supply lists for most grades at the school. There are Hardback Composition Books (we call them cow books here), lots of 24-count boxes of crayons, 2-packs of glue sticks, spiral notebooks, sticky notes, and rulers. There's even a structural part that also comes in handy at school - a roll of paper towels!
It was an exercise in desperation and recycling, to be sure...there are all sorts of things in the middle of it to help hold it up. And those ribbons aren't just there for show! They are pretty much the only thing (besides gravity) holding it together! The teachers loved it, and I hope it served as the symbol of our appreciation of the staff that I wanted it to.
If you use my idea as inspiration, THANK YOU! Please mention you saw it here!
