Teacher Appreciaton Book

By on 12th January, 2010

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Mini-Workshop – Teacher Appreciation Book

A great end of year gift!!!

Honor your favorite schoolteacher with the most thoughtful and personal gift possible. Forget an apple for the teacher, make her a keepsake she’ll cherish forever, and that won’t collect dust on a knick-knack shelf or end up in a box in the attic!

Putting together a really special gift for your child’s favorite teacher is easy! In your teacher appreciation book, each child will have one page and then you can add a class photo and any additional photos from class events, trips, etc…at the end of the book if you wish.

1. Contact all the parents via email or by mailing a letter and ask them for all materials you’ll need.

Photo of each child

Answers to a few questions about teacher/school from each child

Piece of artwork or two child has created during the year. (optional)

Other photos of class activities, field trips, events, etc… (optional)

*Money (split the cost of the book evenly among all children in class.

Deadline to give you plenty of time to get the book put together and ordered at least 3-4 weeks before the end of the year or when you want to present the book to the teacher.

2. Put your book together. Once you have everything, you’ll need everything in digital format, if you didn’t receive it in digital format, you’ll need (or ask someone who can)to scan in artwork and photos and type up the children’s answers to the questions on one page. Be sure to label each piece with the corresponding child’s name to not confuse anything!

Have everything ready in a folder on your computer so it’s all in one place.

3. Publish with Cherish|BOUND! It’s so easy and ready made book templates make it super easy and hassle free, no design worries.

Contact me at barbara [at] cherishcollages[dot] com or leave a comment letting me know, to set up your Cherish|BOUND publishing account and get you started.

I suggest doing a Small Book,they are 5.5×7 (24 pages, but pages can be added for a minimal fee) and perfect for this occasion. Choosing the Freestyle design option and then choosing a background that you like from the available choices in the web-based publishing center. Next you’ll choose the page templates from the available ones, depending on what you have to put on each page. Then just drag and drop your photos into the photo boxes (red) and copy and paste the writing into the text boxes (green).

*Cost: A small portrait book is $29.00 for softcover. I suggest upgrading to hardcover which is $17.00 additional. Shipping is additional. With a class of 20 students, $3 each will cover a book and that’s a lot less than anyone would spend on a gift for the teacher, and this will be so much more special to her.

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Book orders take about 10-15 days to arrive after ordering so plan accordingly to get your book in time! I’m here to help along the way of course, just let me know.