My girls are heading back to school on September 1st!  I can’t believe it!  Some of you have seen that they’ve been helping us out in the shop this year and you can expect to see that on most weekends throughout the fall (except when they have gymnastic meets).  Of course – I now understand why back in the day farmer’s didn’t send there kids to school until winter!  Now that they’re getting bigger they’re actually quite helpful around the orchard!

Anyway – they’re heading back to school and I completely appreciate what teachers go through to teach kids all day long!  I know I could never do that.  I like to start the year with a little gift of appreciation and did you know that the orchard is great place to find just that!?  We have a fun little gift shop along with the apples, caramel apples, canned goods, and apple cider donuts (weekends only for the donuts).

One of my favorite finds for the store this year are these fabulous owl jars in the colors of the rainbow!  We’re loading these jars with treats for the teacher to put a smile on there face the first day! 

So … when you’re trying to think of something for the teacher … remember you might just be able to find it right down the road at your local orchard!

Lapacek’s Orchard is not only a great place to visit for delicious apples – we have a little gift shop too!

One of our best selling items are these great hand carved stick colored pencils.  These are handmade and the color pencil goes about 3/4 of the way through the stick. 

Kids love collecting them!  They would definitely be fun to start school with!  Speaking of school – what a great addition to a teacher gift!  Perhaps a gift certificate tied to one of these fabulous rustic colored pencils?

Throughout the next few weeks on this blog I’ll be sharing with you other great, unique finds you can count on the little shop at the orchard to supply you with!

And next time you need a unique gift … perhaps stop at the local shop down the road instead of heading into the big box store.  You can even munch on an apple while you browse!