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Teacher Appreciation Week is a perfect time to show the teachers and staff members of your school community how much their hard work and dedication is valued.
This year, create a truly memorable experience with a delightful bee-themed celebration!
From decorations to delicious food and thoughtful gifts, you can make this week a “honey” of an event.
Decorations
Set the scene with bee-autiful decorations, black, yellow and white themed, of course! Decorating the space for the majority of the week’s appreciation events will take place is a lovely way to set the tone for the week.
The time and effort you put into planning and organizing the week, down to thoughtful and themed decorations shows will not go unnoticed!
Decorating the Walls and Ceiling
Adding decorative elements to the walls and ceilings in the event space is a fun way to turn a blah space into a fun stage for all the fun that’s to come for the week.
This black and gold metallic fringe banner makes for an eye catching addition to any wall. Love the geometric shapes that are a sharp contrast to the honeycomb shape.
The yellow, black and white color scheme of this pennant banner has bold and clean lines.
This bundle of circular fan decorations pack a bug graphic punch.
This mix of lanterns, poofs and bee cut outs makes for a fun combination.
A simple tassel banner can add a lot of texture and visual interest to your overall decor scheme.
This flowy vertical circle banner is a fun alternative and draws the eye up and across the space.
Mimic the effect by creating banners that say “Our Teachers are the Bees Knees!” or “Thank You for Being Un-bee-lievable!”
Balloons are such a fun way to decorate a space.
This bee themed balloon arch looks quite complicated, but it’s actually not.
It just takes a bit of practice to get the hang of it, but the true secret is to vary the balloon size similarly amongst the colors and patterns.
Learn more about building balloon arches here.
Don’t have time for such a massive arch?
Try your hand at a smaller bee balloon garland instead. The daisy balloons really lighten up the look of the display.
One of the ways to make a decor plan to look cohesive beyond using a similar color scheme is to think about using all surfaces to decorate.
That’s why this bee themed swirl kit is so fun.
It allows you to hang something from the ceiling to more fully decorate the space.
Scatter bee cutouts around the room or create a swarm on a wall.
This set of bee cut outs has room for pictures.
Think how delighted staff will be to see their co-workers transformed into bees!
Table Decorations
Next, decorate tables in the space with a cute assortment of bee themed accents.
Cover tables in the room with a honeycomb tablecloth. Not only does the cover add an easy decoration, it protects the table and makes for east clean up.
Top the table with some quick to assemble honeycomb decorations.
And add in a floral element with an instant tulip garden.
This helps to break up the black, white and yellow color scheme to add visual appeal.
Adding in a few of these tree trunk circles can help visually ground the flowers so they don’t look so hazard on the table.
A healthy sprinkling of a few handfuls of bee confetti is a fun element to adopt the tabletop.
Daily Ideas for an Entire Teacher Appreciation Week
Celebrate the entire week of Teacher Appreciation Week, typically the first full week of May each year.
Monday
Start the week out by caffeinating the teachers and staff with some buzzy treats and a coffee and tea bar.
Lavender lemonade tea sounds just delightful, doesn’t it?
Honey lemon tea will soothe tired vocal cords throughout the day.
Honey Vanilla Chamomile tea helps staff ease into the work day.
Who knew honey coffee was a thing? Give staff a chance to discover this unexpected delight!
Hazelnut Honey Coffee? Yes, please!
Have some honey sticks on hand for an extra bit of sweetness.
Make the hot beverages portable by offering a host of insulated cups.
I like how there’s not just one pattern offered in the set.
Make little clean ups possible with floral and bee themed cocktail napkins.
Put packets of creamer and sugar in these on theme trays to keep everything on the serving table neat and organized.
Tuesday
Continue the buzzy week with a bountiful breakfast!
This post has all the details you’ll need to put on a big breakfast spread with pretty low effort!
Offer disposable plates to make the breakfast portable. The plates’ scalloped edge is a fun touch.
These fun bee shaped plates are great to also use a decorations in addition to serving food for the event.
Wednesday
Power through mid week by hosting a honey of a luncheon in honor of your school’s teachers and staff.
Some potential menu ideas:
- “Honey” Glazed Chicken or Salmon: A sweet and savory main course that fits the theme perfectly.
- “Honeycomb” Cornbread or Muffins: A fun and thematic side dish.
- “Bee” Salad: A fresh salad with yellow bell peppers, corn, and a light vinaigrette.
- “Honey” Roasted Vegetables: Carrots, sweet potatoes, and parsnips roasted with a drizzle of honey.
- “Buzzworthy” Lemonade or Iced Tea: Refreshing beverages with a hint of honey or lemon.
- “Honey” Cake or Cupcakes: A sweet ending to the meal, decorated with edible bees or honeycomb patterns.
- “Pollen” Fruit Skewers: Colorful fruit skewers with grapes, pineapple, and oranges.
The hexagonal shape of this plate paired with the graphics is really lovely and elevated.
How fun are these bright and cheery honeycomb and bee patterned luncheon napkins? The bold graphics are so eye-catching.
Thursday
Cupcakes make everything better!
Get a few parents to bake and decorate a few dozen cupcakes for the day’s sweet treat.
Each baker can choose from one of three bee themed patterned cupcake liners that come in this pack.
Use the same bee, hive and honeycomb themed cupcake toppers to unify the look across the bakers’ treats.
These tiny edible bees are a fun way to decorate the cupcakes.
Stack the sweets on a cupcake tower for a tasty and space saving display.
Help keep frosting off of finger by having a stack of small plates on hand.
This flying bee plate’s design coordinates nicely with the table cloth featured above.
And napkins help to minimize sticky sweet messes too!
This geometric gold bee themed cocktail napkin is a bit unexpected and a great choice.
Friday
Surprise the staff with a on theme gift to end the week.
Recruit PTO volunteers to write personalized handwritten notes of thanks, expressing their appreciation for each teacher and staff member.
This can be a great activity to do at a PTO meeting.
There are so many different bee themed thank you notecards to choose from!
This floral and bee notecard set is bright and cheery.
And the card color variation in this bee notecard set is really nice.
Track down a local supplier of honey and give each staff member a jar of the locally procured honey!
Honeycomb shaped soap is a lovely and practical gift.
These cards are actually flower seed packets! How clever, right?
Pop a few honey sweets into each gift bag. Honey filled candy sounds delish.
As do these Manuka honey throat pops.
Sticky notes are a hot item at schools, so a bee themed sticky note pad is a thoughtful and practical gift.
Same with bee and sunflower shaped push pins.
Perfect for adding a pop of color to classroom bulletin boards.
These bee shaped paperclips are fun for keeping papers together or marking a book or planner page.
A bee themed pen reminding all to “Bee Happy” is a nice little gift.
Kawaii style bee gel pens are another nice option.
Collect a few of the bee themed office supplies and make little kits for each staff member in a pencil box.
Personalize the lid with their first name’s initial for a special touch they’ll appreciate.
Put everything in a bee themed handled gift bag.
Or pop smaller treats in this cute little bee gift box.
Over to you
No matter how you choose to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week, the staff and teachers are sure to love that you took the time to acknowledge them in this way.
A bee theme is a really nice way to help make the week feel like a cohesive event. And it shows that you’ve put a lot of time and effort into planning everything.
This fact won’t be lost on the teachers and staff.
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