Popcorn and a Movie (or 2)

This year, not unlike many years past, teacher's Christmas gifts sneak up on me. Actually, given the length of time since my last post, you would think that Christmas sneaked up on me. The latter part isn't true but I was surprised by a doozie of a cold bug that knocked me out of posting commission for 10 days. I'm still not recovered. Once I had gifts finished and the house ready, I simply had no energy for much else. Now that I'm feeling better, let me take a second here to show you what I put together for the kids' teachers and the principal of the school.

I have to admit, I like the idea of my gift. It's simple, useful, and practical, but I did see parents entering the school with their arms loaded with presents for the teachers - big presents with expensive professional gift wrapping. sigh...It's the thought that counts, right?

I actually thought this up one night when I had terrible insomnia about a week or so before break. I just didn't have time to put it together until the day before. Good thing I'm good with scrappy supplies and working under a timeline!



What we have here are movie gift card holders hanging from bags of popcorn kernels. Remove the tag and retie the twine, plop the bag in the microwave for about 10 seconds less than two minutes, and season with your favorite - butter and salt, sugar, cheese - yum! It's about 1/2 cup of regular popcorn in a regular old brown paper bag. The popcorn tastes a little plain without some salt but it's better for you that way!

While it's not some super fancy necklace or a big batch of cookies, it is practical and one teacher was excited to rent movies while her husband was down with surgery over the break. Many teachers also commented on how nice the tags were. It's nice to put talent and brains to work ;)
Hope everyone had a great Christmas!

P.S. Now that we know about this, we will never be buying microwave popcorn again.