Putting My Teacher Hat to Good Use As Soccer Mom

I'm not the quintessential soccer mom - I don't drive a Suburban, I don't know all the players on the others teams, I have no concept of the national rankings (but we're good!) and I don't think my daughter is the greatest girl to hit the pitch since Mia Hamm.  :)

Even though I'm not in the classroom anymore, I still describe myself as a teacher. I hope my staff sees me as a teacher too.

So, while it's World Cup Soccer for the rest of the world, it's the National Playoffs for my daughter and her team. Here come the teacher skills: goody bags! I know, dorky. I enjoy it though, and it makes me part of her world even for a goofy minute.

Pinterest is the greatest for fun ideas on clever treats and witty sayings. I found some great ones, but the ones I used the most came from The Dating Divas.

I wanted to do more than one little thing, but of course, I didn't want to break the bank. Their site inspired me to find a few things around the house and put together a whole goodie bag!

A trip to the dollar store, thanks Dollar Tree, and I was set. Once I opened everything, I was a bit overwhelmed as to where to begin. After a few attempts, I trashed everything, opened Word and typed out a sentence for each item. Then, I moved them around, combined a few and wah-la! I had exactly what I needed.

I (mustache) you a question!
Are you ready to (ring) in a championship? This is (war)!
It's time to (POPcorn) to Seattle where you'll (BLOW pop) them up!
On Saturday, you'll (sock) it to TEAM A. They'll (bandage) their wounds.
On Sunday, you'll put a (fork) in TEAM B, because they'll be done.
You can (sidewalk CHALK) up another win to practice and team work.
You don't need (Lucky Charms). Take lots of (Nerf Bullets for shots) and score lots of goals!
Just show them all your (Twix for tricks) and skills. They'll need (tissue) for their tears.
(Hair BAND) together; you're ready to win!
The TEAM C will (pink hair roller for CURL UP) and roll on back to Cali.
When the final (whistle) blows, you'll be heading to Virginia.

Pretty simple and relatively inexpensive. It really took more time creating the note because every time I added pictures, it shifted everything. I ended up moving it to Powerpoint. That worked beautifully because the gallon zipper bags fit perfectly.

I printed the notes on the back side and made a graphic in one of my fav sites, Canva! It downloaded and printed on the opposite side super easily! I didn't waste one page!

Once all of the bags were stuffed, I stapled the topper on and they were done!

I am confident that I am way more excited than the girls will be, but that's not an atypical emotion for a teacher: you spend hours/days preparing something and the kids are like, "hmmmm, cool." Oh well, it made me happy, and it keeps me a part of her life. I'll trade in the Suburban for a goodie bag any day!

Good luck in Seattle girls!






Itemized list of Goody Bag
moustaches (7 for $1)
Lucky Charms (bought 2 large boxes and divided into smaller bags)
Ring Pops (4 for $1)
Army men (20 for $1)
Microwave popcorn (Wal-mart 22 bags for $4.50)
Blowpops
Socks ($1 for 3 at Dollar Tree)
Band-aids (under my sink!)
Bullets (15 for $1)
Pink Hair Curlers (10 for $1)
Whistles (Dollar Tree 10 for $1)
Twix
Tissues (my house!)