This past week has been TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK. Thing 2 adores all her teachers and wanted to make something nice for them. I found a few fun ideas and we finally decided on bottles of hand sanitizer (which weren't all that easy to find due to the Swine Flu Panic) featuring a special picture that Thing 2 drew for each of the 3 teachers she wanted to give a gift to. This project was inspired by Giver's Log.
This was an easy project that turned out very nice...
1) Choose some hand soaps or sanitizers that are clear. Giver's Log said sanitizer did not work for her, but we haven't had any problems yet. We put these together yesterday and this morning the images were still intact and looked great...I hope they stay that way :0) I also chose bottles with clear sticker front labels and back labels that were opaque inside the bottle.
2) Remove the front labels and any remaining sticky residue. I left the back labels showing the ingredients and the opaque back of the back label (the part that shows inside the bottle) helps the transparent drawings show up better once they are inside the bottles. I had to resort to some GOO GONE for that large bottle. The smaller bottles in front are GERM-X and the labels came right off with no remaining sticky gunk.
3) Have the artist create some special drawings.
I opted to leave any misspellings because I think it's cute and from the heart ;)
4) Scan the drawings, resize and clean up as needed, add a border, and print. I use PhotoShop for all my graphic work. I chose to keep everything black since I wasn't sure how color ink would hold up when submerged in sanitizer.
5) Take the print to a copy shop (I used Office Depot) and ask for the print to be copied onto a transparency sheet.
6) Trim transparencies, roll into a slender tube shape that will fit into the neck of the bottle and slip in. The transparency should unroll itself nicely into place, but you may need to help it a little with the stem of the plunger top.
7) Replace plunger, tie a pretty bow around the neck and VIOLA!
8) Send your creations off to school with adorable child (who likes to dress herself ;) ....
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