Tribal Designs Teacher Gift with Sharpie

This year was the same as before; my kids couldn't wait to go shopping for back-to-school. However, this year, we waited until August, and that's very late for us. I remember buying back-to-school supplies as early as June because they were afraid to return from Summer vacation to empty shelves. :)

Well, a trip to Staples was all we needed to check off all the items on their supply lists, but I went ahead and enjoyed my time checking all the varieties they have on Sharpie products. I love working with them—come on, who doesn't like Sharpies?! I've used them in many of my projects, like this, this, this, and many more.

As soon as my daughter saw my assortment of Sharpies in the shopping cart, she came up with the idea of giving some of them as a present to some of her teachers. It's funny—she is now a senior in high school, and she still wants to bring something to her teachers. Contrary to my son, who doesn't want to bring anything to anybody, he has been like that since he was in second grade. He is an old soul. They are so different!

The supplies for this project are easy:

• Gold Sharpies
• Cardboard pencil holders
• Ultra fine point Sharpies (optional gift)

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The pencil holders were one dollar finds, they have horizontal lines that were helpful to create the designs.

This project was a collaboration between my daughter and me. She was the one to come up with the tribal, Aztec design, using the gold Sharpie was also her decision, after all, these are her teachers gifts.

The first step was to decide what to draw. We created the designs we thought were the easiest to draw on a piece of paper. It was also good practice before moving onto the boxes. ;)

Then, with a steady hand, we followed the lines around the boxes.

Then, we filled up each row with the designs we'd chosen.

We talked, laughed, and watched TV while working on our project. She finished one of the holders, and I did two. It was fun working together.

Once done, we filled them up with Sharpies...Because, as she says... "That's what my teachers use!"

Finally, a fun tag was added.

And now she can't wait to go back to school!

Hey, have you jumped on the tribal print bandwagon? 

We love it in gold, but it surely looks great in black or any color. Just grab a Sharpie and have fun!

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