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Grateful for Teacher / Printable

November 19, 2020 by Barbara Rucci 7 Comments

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It’s a week until Thanksgiving, and as I sit here thinking about all the things to be grateful for, teachers are at the top of my list. During this pandemic, they have had to pretty much change on a dime and figure out how to make remote learning work for our children. Art teachers are teaching printmaking and woodshop while their students are in their rooms! And all teachers are using every ounce of their patience and flexibility in order to make this year work. They are heroes!

So I’ve made this simple thank-you card that you can print and color and give to all of your best teachers to express your gratitude. You can also use this printable for anyone who has shown you kindness these past few months.

A perfect thank-you for the kindness and patience your child's teacher has shown this year. Free printable, paint or color in any way you choose.

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Supplies for Teacher Printable

~ Click here to download and print the teacher printable

~ Watercolors, markers, paint sticks, crayons, or colored pencils

~ Cardboard (optional)

~ Glue stick (optional)

~ Hole punch (optional)

~ String (optional)

A perfect thank-you for the kindness and patience your child's teacher has shown this year. Free printable, paint or color in any way you choose.

Click here to download the Grateful for Teacher Printable!

A perfect thank-you for the kindness and patience your child's teacher has shown this year. Free printable, paint or color in any way you choose.

How to Make your Teacher Printable

You can decorate your printable two ways: You can either print first, then color. Or make a painting, let it dry, and send it through the printer!

Print First, Then Color

1. Print out your printable, have your child fill it out and color, then either glue it onto some cereal box cardboard with a gluestick and punch some holes to make a hanger, or roll it up and tie it with some string!

A perfect thank-you for the kindness and patience your child's teacher has shown this year. Free printable, paint or color in any way you choose.

Paint First, Then Print

2. Or… you can make a watercolor painting, let it dry, then run it through your printer! You can also glue this to some cardboard and make a hanger, or roll it up and tie it with some string.

A perfect thank-you for the kindness and patience your child's teacher has shown this year. Free printable, paint or color in any way you choose.

A perfect thank-you for the kindness and patience your child's teacher has shown this year. Free printable, paint or color in any way you choose.

A perfect thank-you for the kindness and patience your child's teacher has shown this year. Free printable, paint or color in any way you choose.

A perfect thank-you for the kindness and patience your child's teacher has shown this year. Free printable, paint or color in any way you choose.

One last option is to send it in the mail! This way you can even include a gift card, because we know our teachers deserve all that we can give them.

xo, Bar

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  1. Nikki

    November 20, 2020 at 12:19 am

    What a perfect idea! We are moving into distance learning after the Thanksgiving so Tuesday will be the last day the kids will see their teachers in person until after the new year, and I was struggling to think of an idea of something to make.Thank you so much for sharing!

    Reply
    • Barbara Rucci

      November 20, 2020 at 10:15 am

      This is exactly what I was thinking…. that most people were on the verge of going fully remote and needed to give their teachers something now. I’m so glad this worked out!! xo Bar

      Reply
  2. Maxine Haley

    November 20, 2020 at 10:10 am

    Thank you. These printables are just what our small church needed. The low cost of printing, plus card stock, leaves enough in our budget to get a small gift of candy for each teacher and assistant teachers. We even added others in our church that serves in other places.

    Reply
    • Barbara Rucci

      November 20, 2020 at 10:24 am

      Oh I’m so happy to hear that my printable will be put to good use! Thank you for sharing, and Happy Thanksgiving! xo Bar

      Reply
  3. Marisa

    November 21, 2020 at 1:31 pm

    I was thinking about using these as personalized placemats for our small COVID-friendly Thanksgiving gathering. 🙂

    Reply
  4. Mia Morris

    June 8, 2025 at 12:17 pm

    What font is this? I love this printable Bar. Thank you for sharing!!

    Reply
    • Barbara Rucci

      August 14, 2025 at 11:36 am

      Hi Mia, I think it’s called Handmade Bugler from MyFonts.com – that is where I buy most of my fonts! ~ Bar

      Reply

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I have been thinking lately about so many big idea I have been thinking lately about so many big ideas. They seem to be stuck, though, in the cogs of my brain. I need to articulate and connect these ideas together, but I can’t find the right words, or medium. It feels like trudging through thick mud, and then making the choice to set up camp in the muddy place. Maybe this is always what motherhood + living a creative life will be. And I am ok with that, too. Life is mucky, and even though I crave clarity, I am also acutely aware that this is why I also crave art. Music, books, museums, film, gardens… these are the mediums humans turn to when they need to find connection and, if we are lucky, clarity. But I feel more protective of my human-centered ideas these days and less willing to share them in spaces like this where they are open source. I don’t even know what is real sometimes. And how am I contributing to this landscape of creative and intellectual robbery. I think I am headed in a different direction but I don’t know what that is yet. Meanwhile, I am camping in the mud and looking for beauty where I am. 

Some moments new and old, lately…

1. Painting at my easel, age 4 when we lived in England before moving to the US. 
2. I tried making a video of motherhood on mother’s day inspired by this song 🌙 but never finished. 
3. Planting dahlias 🌸
4. Year 2 of my veggie garden. It is not going well. 
5. We diagnosed our garden problem as not enough sun so cut down a tree to give the sun a little path but then the sun moved. Also failing at science 😳
6. When you see your habits in your children ❤️ 
7. My mom’s caretaker gave me a cake and now I am a whole year younger 🙏🏼
8. Thank you James for the treats, mom dreams of traveling to visit your bakery but this was the next best thing 🥐
9. Finding 50 bucks in jeans from 20 years ago 👏🏼 Always check the pockets!
10. The newly graduated makeup artist with her kit off to a job 💋 
11. When the birthday kid isn’t home it’s too sad. must make art. 
12. When I am so dumb and share it on the internet 🙃
13. My heart, my clarity ❤️
14. Another round of silkscreening! Things are happening. 
15. MUA by Ava, and hanging out with the help 😍
16. Reminder.
Happy Earth Day! Can we agree that every day is Happy Earth Day! 

Can we agree that every day is Earth Day? The older I get, the more I change my habits to be kinder to this beautiful planet. Lately, seeing the photos from Artemis II of Earth from space has really moved me to make even more planet-friendly choices. Here are some things we do at home, and of course, we could always be better, but I also think small changes are more doable and sustainable, and if millions of us did just one of these things, it would make a difference.

Ok, here goes! My hope is that someone reads one of these actions and thinks, I can do this! We cannot reverse the melting ice caps, but we can stop further global warming… humans can do this if we work together. It starts small and is community-driven, so share this with friends!

1. Eating less meat, eating more veggies (this is also called eating low on the food chain). A vegetarian or vegan diet is a low-carbon diet. Did you know switching to 2/3 vegan reduces your carbon footprint by 60%? 
2. Grow our own veggies. Save on emissions and packaging, and find joy in gardening.
3. Less food waste. Eat leftovers, clear the fridge.
4. Buy less. Buy local.
5. Repurpose, fix, mend, thrift.
6. Make homemade gifts.
7. Drive less, fly less. (This one is harder, but being conscious of it is really important.)
8. Moderate, steady thermostat settings can save so much energy. Try 67/68 F in the winter and 72/73 in the summer and don’t touch it.
9. No pesticides on our lawn. It may not be pretty, but we have never had a beautiful lawn, and I’m fine with that. We also live on a river so the thought of polluting that water so I can have a perfect lawn is crazy.
10. Using non-toxic cleaning products or making our own from vinegar.
11. This year, we will do “no-mow May” to promote biodiversity, help the soil, and reduce emissions.
12. Vote for candidates who take climate change seriously!

Add some things you are doing in the comments. This is a judgment-free zone, so no preaching! But for real, we all can do a little bit better. 

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New blog post! It’s about time I share my favorite New blog post! It’s about time I share my favorite materials that I bring to the library. Read the post for links and tips for how to pair these materials to foster deep engagement. Children have always needed time in childhood to use their hands to make things and play, but now more than ever, the skills they develop through these experiences are imperative for their future well-being and success. I’ve been reading everywhere about children’s “lost skills” in this new ed tech world where screens have replaced so much hands-on learning in the classroom, even as young as preschool 😞 Communication skills, flexible thinking, regulating emotions, building empathy for others, innovating, even core strength and pencil grips are a struggle. Offering time and materials for making things and playing with ideas should not be a challenge; it should be as essential as filling bodies with fresh air and food. Play is how children learn! Anyway, I hope this post will inspire you to collect some things for making and maybe even join our Materials Matter course over on @the.creativityproject so that you, too, can become an expert at cultivating creative thinking through art making!
It’s almost impossible to concentrate or sleep or It’s almost impossible to concentrate or sleep or work or enjoy anything these days. I know joy is resistance, art is resistance, kindness and empathy are resistance, and I try and practice all of these things every day, and also boycotting and shopping local and volunteering and making calls and checking on my neighbors and bartering and keeping our big tree lit for the community. And still, it doesn’t feel like nearly enough. I know we probably all feel this way. And maybe the collective small things really do add up to bigger movements, I don’t know. It’s Sunday and my mom is in the hospital again and I miss my one at college and I had such a bad dream last night. My headspace is not in cheerleader mode which is my usual default. And yet… going through my camera roll to find photos of things I made did actually help today. And I have made a plan for future things to make. When I wake up in the middle of the night, the way I get myself back to sleep is by envisioning this one big installation idea I’ve had for years, it takes place in a forest and involves textiles. So maybe 2026 is the year for me to bring this to life, or begin the process. I think about this quote, and it helps, too: When you make art, you rebel against a world that fears vulnerability. Ok, I’m better. Thank you for listening 🤪❤️

Ps: It weighs on me that Meta should be part of the boycotts. If anyone has any ideas for building community and sharing somehow somewhere else let’s discuss.
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