Activity Awards

In honor of the end of school, enjoy our Top 10 Teacher Quotes!  Thank a special teacher today!

Our Crystal Apple Award makes a great canvas for a special teacher quote!

1. If teachers were apples, I'd pick YOU!

2. To teach a child is to touch the world.

3. To the world you may be just a teacher but to your students, you are a hero.

4. It takes a big heart to shape little minds.

5. Teachers plant seeds of knowledge that grow forever.

6. Teachers change the world, one child at a time.

7. A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind and touches a heart.

8. It is not so much what is poured into a student but what is planted by the teacher that really counts.

9. Teaching is a work of heart.

10.  Teachers who love teaching, teach children to love learning.

Honor a special teacher who has made a difference now!!!!

Cheers,

Jessica

If it’s difficult to think of coach plaque wording, let Trophies2Go help!

You want to do something special for your coach, creating an engraved coach plaque to thank them for a fantastic season. But what message do you engrave on it, what are good coach plaque sayings? We are the experts here to help!

In the Examples below, I am going to thank “Coach Jeff” from the “2018 Huskies”, but obviously you would use your coach’s name, team name and year. You can also add your league name to the examples below, under the team name.

Coach Plaque Sayings

Coach plaque sayings

Example One:

Coach Jeff

Thanks for a Great Season!

2018 Huskies

Example Two:

A Special Thanks to Our Coach

Jeff Anderson

2018 Huskies

Example Three:

Thank You

Coach Jeff

For teaching us to be winners

(Even when we don’t have the highest score)

2018 Huskies

More coach plaque wording.

Example Four:

2018 Huskies

Coach Jeff Anderson

Thanks for a Terrific Season!

Logo for League

Example Five:

Presented to Coach Jeff

We appreciate your exceptional hard work, dedication and sharing

Your love of the game with us!

2018 Huskies

Girl’s Softball U-10

Example Six:

Thanks Coach

For spending your free time with us,

teaching us, inspiring us, encouraging us, challenging us.

This was a great season thanks to your dedication and patience!

Presented to:

Jeff Anderson

From the Huskies

Spring 2018

These are just a few examples of coach plaque sayings that we have seen on coach plaques that we engrave.  Be thoughtful, meaningful, and be sure to spell the coach's name correctly!  If you need more ideas, feel free to contact our customer service team, we are here to help!

Cheers to a great season!

Jessica

With flowers blooming, days getting longer, and birds singing, spring is here, finally!  It has been a long, wet, dark winter here in the Pacific Northwest.  Spring really can't come soon enough!

The quintessential spring holiday is Easter and it's just around the corner!  Many communities have a tradition of an Easter Egg hunt either the Saturday before Easter or on Easter Sunday.  Here's how to make your egg hunt a success!

Easter Egg Hunt Ideas

Easter medals make great prizes for fun runs and egg hunts!

Want to have an Easter Egg hunt but don't know where to start?  Let me help!

Step 1:  Figure out who's coming to your hunt.  An easter egg hunt for toddlers is much different than a hunt for teens.  Decide who the hunt is for.

Step 2:  Determine the location.  Outside or inside?  For little kids, they may need help finding eggs, so a wide open space where the eggs are easy to see may be a good choice.  For older kids and teens, make it hard by hiding eggs in tricky spots.  This may require a location with lots of nooks and crannies where eggs can be hidden out of sight.

Step 3:  The Eggs.  First you need to have enough eggs so that everyone feels successful.  The age of the kids will determine what treasures you put inside your plastic easter eggs.  For little kids, it may be a small piece of candy, a little toy or a coin.  For older kids, you may want dollar bills and more candy.  Get creative!

Step 4:  Hiding the eggs.  Adults hide the eggs before the event.  Again, depending on the age of the kids, you can make them easier or harder to find.  And NO PEEKING!

Step 5:  Once it's time to hunt, let the kids loose with their baskets!  My teens still LOVE Easter egg hunts!

Additional tips:

- if you have a number of different age groups, you can separate by egg location (for example, only the little kids are allowed to get eggs on the grass).

-Assign each child a color and they are only allowed to find eggs of that particular color.

-Pair little kids and big kids together on "teams" where they split the loot at the end of the hunt.

-Create an egg scavenger hunt with clues leading from one egg to the next.

-Award the top egg collector a Bunny Trophy!

-Give personalized medals to all the kids at your hunt.

I hope these tips help you plan an epic hunt.  Check out our Easter Awards for the perfect prize for your hunt.  Wishing you a wonderful Easter and a great time making memories with your favorite kiddos!

Cheers!
Jessica

Editor's note:  This post was originally posted in April 2017.  It has been updated for content.

Is your school hosting a Science Fair?  If so, it's probably just around the corner, as spring is prime time for experiments and showing what was learned at the Science Fair! Kids gain experience with the scientific process including asking a question, making a hypothesis, testing it, and then analyzing the results.

This project is ready to blow!

At my daughters' elementary school, the Science Fair is a multi-night event, as there are so many kids that participate, all of the projects won't fit in the gym!  Since my college degree is in Fisheries, I love science and think Science Fairs are a great experience for kids. In fact, I volunteered on my daughter's school's Science Fair committee for 5 years, including Co-Chairing the fair for 2 years.

In my experience, Science Fair ribbons and Science Awards are a big draw for the fair.  Kids love to get something for the effort they put into their projects, and if your fair is judged, the winners definitely deserve recognition for a job well done. If you are involved in planning your school's fair, give some thought towards the awards for the fair.

Science Fair Awards

Reward the hard work that goes into creating epic science projects with Science Fair Awards!  Here are some ideas in a range of budgets.

Certificates: For our fair, we created certificates for each participant.  We formatted the certificates on regular 8 1/2"x11" paper and printed onto brightly colored copy paper on a desktop printer. Very easy and inexpensive.

These projects are ready to be judged!

Ribbons: Ribbons are the quintessential Science Fair award.  At our school's fair, every student received an 8" peaked participation ribbon.  Classes with 100% participation received a large rosette "100% Participation" award, which teachers displayed on their classroom wall year after year.

If you are interested in Science Fair ribbons for your school, we can create ribbons specifically for your fair. This product is not available on our website, so give us a call at 877-926-4700 for more information.

Medals: At many fairs, projects are judged and awards are given to winners. Science medals make great prizes, as they can be engraved with the school name and year on the back.  Kids and parents love medals because they are inexpensive, small in size, easy to store, and are versatile. Kids can wear them, clip them onto a backpack, or easily display in a bedroom.  Options include our Premium Science Medallion and BriteLazer Science Medals.

These science trophies are a great choice for your fair winners!

Trophies:  Science Fair Trophies are another choice for winners.  These are usually larger than ribbons or medals and more expensive, so they may be a good option for older students or for top projects.  We offer many different science trophies including the Resin Science Trophy, a Science Resin Award, and Science Rising Star Award.

Other Prizes:  For a small prize, consider a Science Lapel Pin.  These pins are top rated by our customers, available for many different academic subjects, including science!

Judge Badges:  Even though these are not technically awards, badges make a great way to identify and acknowledge your science fair judges.  Our school had white badges with the school crest and they said "Science Fair Judge".  These look very official and made the judges stand out!

Raffle:  Instead of trophies, our school had a raffle for participants in the fair.  Each grade has an age appropriate science kit or experiment that was raffled off to participants.  Every student who participated in the fair was automatically entered into the raffle.  It was lots of fun shopping for the raffle prizes; one website I shopped at was Steve Spangler Science; they had great experiments that the kids loved!

Science Fairs are a great way to get kids involved in science. They learn about conducting experiments and the scientific process, which is an extremely important skill for understanding how scientific research is done as an adult.

Wishing you a fantastic fair with amazing projects by young scientists!

Cheers,
Jessica

Editor's note:  This post was originally posted in February of 2015.  It has been updated for content.

With the New Year comes new resolutions, and for many people that means trying to lose weight.  Really the underlying goal is to be healthy, with a balanced lifestyle of eating right and exercising, in order to live longer and feel better!

Since a majority of your waking hours are spent at work, your office can be a help or a hindrance to this goal.  Holiday treats, donuts, birthdays can all derail your dieting efforts.  Instead of an obstacle for reaching your goals, make work a positive, supportive environment for healthy living with friendly competition!  Same with friends...happy hour can decimate a diet.  Establish an weight loss challenge, either at your office or with your family & friends, to motivate not only you but also those around you to break bad habits, lose weight, and live healthier!

How do you set up a challenge?

One great resource is Livestrong's How to Create an Office Weight Loss Challenge.  Some pointers are also below:

1. Set up the parameters.  Set a point person to be in charge of all metrics, yet who won't share the data or judge.  Establish the time frame for how long the competition will last and the weigh-in dates.

Up the stakes for your weight loss challenge with cash prizes and a Biggest Loser Trophy for the winner!

2. Invite participants.  If at the office, advertise around the water cooler, in the gym, at the vending machines.  If doing with friends, send an Evite, Facebook group, or Fitbit group to get everyone motivated.

3. Set the rules.  Usually you measure by percentage weight lost, number of workouts, etc, not pounds lost. You may also want to include no-nos, like diet pills, laxatives, skipping meals, anything that can sabotage your health.

4. Keep up the Motivation.  Create a Pinterest page, Google drive, Facebook group, Snapchat feed or some other shared online location for posting healthy recipes, workout tips, and inspirational messages. Encourage one another to keep going!

5. Reward the winners!  Consider a weight loss trophy to your "Biggest Loser", along with prizes along the way during the challenge.   If you have members buy into the challenge, then you can award prize money along with your award. Consider our "Biggest Loser" scale trophy for your winner!

Best of luck keeping those resolutions and Happy 2018!

Cheers,

Jessica