The preschool mom’s rotate doing a little appreciation gift for the 11 teachers and 1 director at Wildman’s school. I volunteered to take on the task for November not having any idea what to do. Usually, I have something in mind when I sign up for a thing like this. This time I had nothing. There are all sorts of crafts/recipes/trinkets that you can come with for Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter, etc. Thanksgiving is kind of tricky. I wasn’t up for making a boat load of turkeys or cornucopias…
I presented my dilemma to Steph last night at the little birthday dinner I hosted for our friend, B. It turns out that Steph was having a similar issue with the nurses’ appreciation lunch that she was planning at work. She had done a bit of searching on the Internet and came across an adorable paper pumpkin lantern idea that she thought would make perfect place cards when tags were added. I thought I could use this craft for the preschool teachers also.
Well, this morning I started experimenting with strips of paper and ribbon based on the pumpkin she’d described last night. Here’s my prototype:
Please excuse the photo quality. I’m using an ancient camera from my father-in-law. It’s a total beast.
I think I need to add more strips of paper. I used 12 strips in the prototype but I may need to up the count to twenty or more. But, overall, I’m pleased with my pumpkin lantern. What do you think? Would you like me to post a tutorial?
Adventures of Four 