Back to school is here! 

Several years ago, I use to design printables for a living and now as my kids have grown, I want to help you with the back to school stress of teacher gifts. While gifts are not necessary, they are always appreciated. Encouragement and support from parents means the world to our teachers. I have pulled together some budget friendly ideas to go along with the FREE instant downloads below. 

Directions for the printables: 

*Below each image is a pdf link for you to click on for the printable of your choice

*Download it and save it to your computer

*You can print it at home or send it to have printed at a local print shop {Office Depot, Sam's Club or Costco}

*Depending on the size of the tag, you will get several per sheet

*Have it printed on HEAVY white cardstock

*Cut out each tag

*Punch a hole for ribbon or string, or simply attach the tag with tape or glue

*Add your child's name with a short message on the back

Sweet Year Tags

Who doesn't love chocolate, especially Dove? I designed these tags to resemble a chalkboard. You can attach the tag with a coordinating ribbon to a jar and fill it with chocolates or mints. I bought this jar here but these jars are cute too!

School Rules Tags

With school supplies as a must for teachers, I like to help them out and purchase a few necessities like rulers. These tags fit perfect with a set of new rulers for the classroom. This tag would also be fun to add to a box or tub with several items to reflect rules of the classroom for the teacher - like no gum {give him/her a pack of gum}, no food or drink {buy a gift card for the teachers favorite lunch place or a new insulated water bottle} and wash your hands {a great smelling hand sanitizer}. 

Color My World Tags

Add these tags to a box of colored pencils, crayons, dry erase markers {or these fun colors} or regular markers + a stress reliever coloring book. I added it to some fun colored pencils with jute. 

Remarkable Tags

A remarkable year is the best way start a new year, don't you think? I love pulling out all the brightest colors of a marker pack like I did here with Sharpies and tying on the tag with bakers twine. 

ABC 123 Jar Wraps

This jar idea is geared more towards the very young ones PreK-2nd grade. These tag wraps fit this jar perfectly and can hold a variety of goodies inside. For example mints, hard candy, Dove chocolates, M&Ms. 

Smooth Year Tags

I added these tags to a mason jar {8oz /16oz} that I painted and added glitter to the bottom as a DIY gift and filled it with Dove chocolate - are you seeing a trend? I love Dove chocolate and I'll use any excuse to buy some! lol Add these tags to any jar, bottle, container, bag of candy, or anything else you can think of to spoil your child's teacher(s). Remember its not necessary, but VERY much appreciated! 

I hope you enjoyed these budget friendly ideas and the free printables to help you support and encourage your child's teachers this year. Here's to a GREAT YEAR!

If you use any of the tags, please tag @BellaGreyDesigns so I can see how you used them + I'd love to share your ideas!

Sharing is caring, please feel free to pin:

• Sunday, August 08, 2021
• back to school

Back to School Free Printables

Back to school is here! 

Several years ago, I use to design printables for a living and now as my kids have grown, I want to help you with the back to school stress of teacher gifts. While gifts are not necessary, they are always appreciated. Encouragement and support from parents means the world to our teachers. I have pulled together some budget friendly ideas to go along with the FREE instant downloads below. 

Directions for the printables: 

*Below each image is a pdf link for you to click on for the printable of your choice

*Download it and save it to your computer

*You can print it at home or send it to have printed at a local print shop {Office Depot, Sam's Club or Costco}

*Depending on the size of the tag, you will get several per sheet

*Have it printed on HEAVY white cardstock

*Cut out each tag

*Punch a hole for ribbon or string, or simply attach the tag with tape or glue

*Add your child's name with a short message on the back

Sweet Year Tags

Who doesn't love chocolate, especially Dove? I designed these tags to resemble a chalkboard. You can attach the tag with a coordinating ribbon to a jar and fill it with chocolates or mints. I bought this jar here but these jars are cute too!

School Rules Tags

With school supplies as a must for teachers, I like to help them out and purchase a few necessities like rulers. These tags fit perfect with a set of new rulers for the classroom. This tag would also be fun to add to a box or tub with several items to reflect rules of the classroom for the teacher - like no gum {give him/her a pack of gum}, no food or drink {buy a gift card for the teachers favorite lunch place or a new insulated water bottle} and wash your hands {a great smelling hand sanitizer}. 

Color My World Tags

Add these tags to a box of colored pencils, crayons, dry erase markers {or these fun colors} or regular markers + a stress reliever coloring book. I added it to some fun colored pencils with jute. 

Remarkable Tags

A remarkable year is the best way start a new year, don't you think? I love pulling out all the brightest colors of a marker pack like I did here with Sharpies and tying on the tag with bakers twine. 

ABC 123 Jar Wraps

This jar idea is geared more towards the very young ones PreK-2nd grade. These tag wraps fit this jar perfectly and can hold a variety of goodies inside. For example mints, hard candy, Dove chocolates, M&Ms. 

Smooth Year Tags

I added these tags to a mason jar {8oz /16oz} that I painted and added glitter to the bottom as a DIY gift and filled it with Dove chocolate - are you seeing a trend? I love Dove chocolate and I'll use any excuse to buy some! lol Add these tags to any jar, bottle, container, bag of candy, or anything else you can think of to spoil your child's teacher(s). Remember its not necessary, but VERY much appreciated! 

I hope you enjoyed these budget friendly ideas and the free printables to help you support and encourage your child's teachers this year. Here's to a GREAT YEAR!

If you use any of the tags, please tag @BellaGreyDesigns so I can see how you used them + I'd love to share your ideas!

Sharing is caring, please feel free to pin:

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This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #CreatewithHP #CollectiveBias

Multi-tasking is what I do, it's a necessity in my life. When I explain to people what my day entails, they are surprised to find out, on top of everything else, I am a small business owner and now a college student! Yes, I am heading back to school. As such, my nights and weekends will be bursting at the seams. Because this time is valuable to me, to spend with my family and friends, I need to make this process as efficient as possible. I came up with several tips which helped me when I decided to undertake this project.

Tips for going back to school with confidence

• Have confidence in yourself and your ability to take this step
• Take a tour of the campus if you are unfamiliar with it 
• Consult an academic advisor, they are there to help you through this process
• Ask your advisor if the school uses certain technologies to help keep you apprised of any school and/or professor announcements
• Take a lighter load the first semester, this will help you adjust to your new routine
• Spread out your courses, so you aren't taking classes only 2 or 3 days, this will also help with balancing your schedule
• Make sure you know where all of your classes are located prior to the first day
• The night before school starts, set everything out you will need to take with you, so you aren't rushing in the morning
• Go to bed early {if you are able} to get a good night's rest before your first day

Tips for staying organized and managing everything at home

• Have a dedicated work space for your school needs, separate from your everyday home needs
• I use this calendar for all the activities in my life {including my kids and hubby's activities} 
• Put together a command center, so everything is in one place
• Make sure you have all the tools you need {stapler, staples, scissors, tape, paper, printer, computer at your fingertips}
• Take a deep breathe, you've got this!! 

DOWNLOAD CALENDAR HERE

Speaking of printers, I found the perfect one. The HP Deskjet 3752 All-in-one. It's the world's smallest printer! My favorite feature, besides the size, is its wireless! Which means I can print from my smartphone or tablet. I'm pretty excited about this, since most of my note taking at school will probably be on my tablet!

So simple to set up too. Follow the quick set-up guide, connect to your wifi network at home and install the drivers. Did I mention, it prints more than twice as many pages with the original HP high-yield ink cartridges? 

I was able to purchase my new HP printer at my local Walmart in the electronics department. Look down the office printing aisle to find your own HP Deskjet 3752 All-in-one. 

I used my new HP printer to print off my calendar and a printable of lunch note card funnies I designed for my kids lunches. You can download your FREE lunch notes here and FREE calendar here.

People are a whole lot busier now than ever, stay organized and take full advantage of those hours while the kiddos are in school. Are you planning on going back to school after taking some time off? Or taking on another responsibility? What tips do you have? 

• Tuesday, August 09, 2016
• back to school

Tips for going back to school with confidence

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #CreatewithHP #CollectiveBias

Multi-tasking is what I do, it's a necessity in my life. When I explain to people what my day entails, they are surprised to find out, on top of everything else, I am a small business owner and now a college student! Yes, I am heading back to school. As such, my nights and weekends will be bursting at the seams. Because this time is valuable to me, to spend with my family and friends, I need to make this process as efficient as possible. I came up with several tips which helped me when I decided to undertake this project.

Tips for going back to school with confidence

• Have confidence in yourself and your ability to take this step
• Take a tour of the campus if you are unfamiliar with it 
• Consult an academic advisor, they are there to help you through this process
• Ask your advisor if the school uses certain technologies to help keep you apprised of any school and/or professor announcements
• Take a lighter load the first semester, this will help you adjust to your new routine
• Spread out your courses, so you aren't taking classes only 2 or 3 days, this will also help with balancing your schedule
• Make sure you know where all of your classes are located prior to the first day
• The night before school starts, set everything out you will need to take with you, so you aren't rushing in the morning
• Go to bed early {if you are able} to get a good night's rest before your first day

Tips for staying organized and managing everything at home

• Have a dedicated work space for your school needs, separate from your everyday home needs
• I use this calendar for all the activities in my life {including my kids and hubby's activities} 
• Put together a command center, so everything is in one place
• Make sure you have all the tools you need {stapler, staples, scissors, tape, paper, printer, computer at your fingertips}
• Take a deep breathe, you've got this!! 

DOWNLOAD CALENDAR HERE

Speaking of printers, I found the perfect one. The HP Deskjet 3752 All-in-one. It's the world's smallest printer! My favorite feature, besides the size, is its wireless! Which means I can print from my smartphone or tablet. I'm pretty excited about this, since most of my note taking at school will probably be on my tablet!

So simple to set up too. Follow the quick set-up guide, connect to your wifi network at home and install the drivers. Did I mention, it prints more than twice as many pages with the original HP high-yield ink cartridges? 

I was able to purchase my new HP printer at my local Walmart in the electronics department. Look down the office printing aisle to find your own HP Deskjet 3752 All-in-one. 

I used my new HP printer to print off my calendar and a printable of lunch note card funnies I designed for my kids lunches. You can download your FREE lunch notes here and FREE calendar here.

People are a whole lot busier now than ever, stay organized and take full advantage of those hours while the kiddos are in school. Are you planning on going back to school after taking some time off? Or taking on another responsibility? What tips do you have? 

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THIS IS A SPONSORED POST WRITTEN BY ME. BELLAGREY DESIGNS HAS RECEIVED TRADE, PRODUCTS AND/OR PAYMENT FROM IT'SUGAR IN EXCHANGE FOR PROMOTION. ALL OPINIONS AND TEXT ARE MY OWN. 

I recently had the opportunity to partner with It'Sugar to create a Back to School Party! When I first starting thinking about the theme I wanted to create, it only made sense to create a Back to School celebration since so many kiddos, including my own, are going back to school right now. What says party more than CANDY? We are showing off two of their candy gift boxes with you today. What a great gift to send to a friend or give to your new teacher!

The first gift box is Shop IT'SUGAR.com Love Candy Gift Box! It contains four fun love-theme take out containers. Each has a different type of candy ~ Swedish Fish; Mini Gummy Bears, Rainbow Sour Belts and Sour Gummy Worms. 

How adorable are these boxes? 

I created some cute coordinating Back to School topper tags which can also be used as favor tags or cupcake toppers for your Back to School celebration. Simply download, print and save for your party. Download the Back to School Topper Tags here. 

We had the topper tags printed on heavy white cardstock, then simply cut along the edges and hot glued them to bamboo forks. Place them in your candy and you are done! 

The second gift box is called Shop IT'SUGAR.com for Official "Seventeen" Candy Gift Box!

This contains "Hello Gorgeous" which is a bag of mini gummy bears, "Pucker Up" a bag of sour fruity poppers, a tube of Besties candy duo of gummy butterflies and sour rainbow belts, "Sweet" seventeen grape word bubble lollipop and "Wow" seventeen watermelon word bubble lollipop. This would be perfect for your girlfriend!

Take some school supplies like pencils, crayons or markers add ribbon to a mason jar, grab a mini chalkboard and some glue sticks and that is all you need for your Back to School party!

When the candy arrived,  it was so soft, fresh and delicious. We like taking a trip to our local store when we are styling a party or an event to pick up our favorites. If you don't have a store near you, you can order online IT'SUGAR Sale. You will be amazed by their large selection!

ItSugar and BellaGrey Designs would like to help you get more for your money with these current promotions: 

20% OFF any Hershey purchase with promo code HERSHEY20 valid through 9/30/15

OR

IT'SUGAR Sale 15% off bulk candy valid until September 30, 2015 use promo code ABULK20

Styling/Design | BellaGrey Designs

Printables | BellaGrey Designs

• Friday, August 21, 2015
• back to school

Back to School Party with It'Sugar + Free Printables

THIS IS A SPONSORED POST WRITTEN BY ME. BELLAGREY DESIGNS HAS RECEIVED TRADE, PRODUCTS AND/OR PAYMENT FROM IT'SUGAR IN EXCHANGE FOR PROMOTION. ALL OPINIONS AND TEXT ARE MY OWN. 

I recently had the opportunity to partner with It'Sugar to create a Back to School Party! When I first starting thinking about the theme I wanted to create, it only made sense to create a Back to School celebration since so many kiddos, including my own, are going back to school right now. What says party more than CANDY? We are showing off two of their candy gift boxes with you today. What a great gift to send to a friend or give to your new teacher!

The first gift box is Shop IT'SUGAR.com Love Candy Gift Box! It contains four fun love-theme take out containers. Each has a different type of candy ~ Swedish Fish; Mini Gummy Bears, Rainbow Sour Belts and Sour Gummy Worms. 

How adorable are these boxes? 

I created some cute coordinating Back to School topper tags which can also be used as favor tags or cupcake toppers for your Back to School celebration. Simply download, print and save for your party. Download the Back to School Topper Tags here. 

We had the topper tags printed on heavy white cardstock, then simply cut along the edges and hot glued them to bamboo forks. Place them in your candy and you are done! 

The second gift box is called Shop IT'SUGAR.com for Official "Seventeen" Candy Gift Box!

This contains "Hello Gorgeous" which is a bag of mini gummy bears, "Pucker Up" a bag of sour fruity poppers, a tube of Besties candy duo of gummy butterflies and sour rainbow belts, "Sweet" seventeen grape word bubble lollipop and "Wow" seventeen watermelon word bubble lollipop. This would be perfect for your girlfriend!

Take some school supplies like pencils, crayons or markers add ribbon to a mason jar, grab a mini chalkboard and some glue sticks and that is all you need for your Back to School party!

When the candy arrived,  it was so soft, fresh and delicious. We like taking a trip to our local store when we are styling a party or an event to pick up our favorites. If you don't have a store near you, you can order online IT'SUGAR Sale. You will be amazed by their large selection!

ItSugar and BellaGrey Designs would like to help you get more for your money with these current promotions: 

20% OFF any Hershey purchase with promo code HERSHEY20 valid through 9/30/15

OR

IT'SUGAR Sale 15% off bulk candy valid until September 30, 2015 use promo code ABULK20

Styling/Design | BellaGrey Designs

Printables | BellaGrey Designs

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It's time for those 3 little words kids don't want to hear ~ BACK TO SCHOOL! 

Some of you may have already started and some of you may be starting in the next week or so. 

I always like to celebrate the first day with a special Back to School breakfast! Today we will share with you the breakfast we created this year.

I like to make a fairly nutritious breakfast for my kiddos. I say "fairly" because cinnamon rolls aren't really all that nutritious! My kiddos LOVE homemade blueberry muffins! They are their all time favs. So of course, I had to make those. {wink}

Once I figured out what I was serving, I searched through my craft box and found most of the props for the table and banner. Added some fun mini tags {because mini is so cute} and TADA you have yourself a great first day of school breakfast!

To get the look: 

• Red or any color gingham fabric for the tablecloth
• Books {thin and thick} for height
• Globe or a large book opened up
• Bud vases to hold pencils
• Mini glass jars to hold erasers and crayons
• Various school supplies ~ glue sticks, rulers, pencils, crayons, flashcards etc.
• White serving dishes

To add some height, place your globe on top of a stack of books or if you don't have a globe place an open book on top of the stack. Place one grouping of foods on a cake plate, like this one. We offered milk and juice at our breakfast and served them in carafes. We found some flashcards and pinned them up on twine with mini clothes pins. 

You don't have to spend a lot to host a simple surprise breakfast like this one. All it takes is your imagination to make it unique. 

To purchase the printables you see here in this post, visit our shop! We have many different Back to School items. 

We hoped we helped you come up with a fun and suprising new way to start the school year off right! 

• Tuesday, August 18, 2015
• back to school

Back to School Breakfast + New Printable Set

It's time for those 3 little words kids don't want to hear ~ BACK TO SCHOOL! 

Some of you may have already started and some of you may be starting in the next week or so. 

I always like to celebrate the first day with a special Back to School breakfast! Today we will share with you the breakfast we created this year.

I like to make a fairly nutritious breakfast for my kiddos. I say "fairly" because cinnamon rolls aren't really all that nutritious! My kiddos LOVE homemade blueberry muffins! They are their all time favs. So of course, I had to make those. {wink}

Once I figured out what I was serving, I searched through my craft box and found most of the props for the table and banner. Added some fun mini tags {because mini is so cute} and TADA you have yourself a great first day of school breakfast!

To get the look: 

• Red or any color gingham fabric for the tablecloth
• Books {thin and thick} for height
• Globe or a large book opened up
• Bud vases to hold pencils
• Mini glass jars to hold erasers and crayons
• Various school supplies ~ glue sticks, rulers, pencils, crayons, flashcards etc.
• White serving dishes

To add some height, place your globe on top of a stack of books or if you don't have a globe place an open book on top of the stack. Place one grouping of foods on a cake plate, like this one. We offered milk and juice at our breakfast and served them in carafes. We found some flashcards and pinned them up on twine with mini clothes pins. 

You don't have to spend a lot to host a simple surprise breakfast like this one. All it takes is your imagination to make it unique. 

To purchase the printables you see here in this post, visit our shop! We have many different Back to School items. 

We hoped we helped you come up with a fun and suprising new way to start the school year off right! 

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