First grade teacher crochets blankets for entire class based on picture they chose

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH/Gray News) - A first grade teacher in Kansas loves her students so much that she decided to crochet the entire class their own personalized blanket based on a picture they chose.

Sheila Demoret, a teacher at Soule Elementary, said it took five months to create 19 blankets for the kids.

The process started in January when Demoret asked her students to pick a picture, some of Hello Kitty, Mario & Luigi, or a unicorn, KWCH reported.

What they didn’t know was that she would crochet those selected pictures into blankets, surprising the class on Wednesday morning.

She said she finished the last one at 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

“This group taught us a lot,” said Demoret. “They taught us what true, unconditional love was.”

Learning from the students inspired paraprofessional Victoria Richardson as well. Instead of blankets, she crocheted dinosaurs for the first graders.

Thursday was the last day for the Dodge City Public Schools students, and the first graders spent the day outside.

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