Certificate of Appreciation Templates

Searching for quick and easy certificate of appreciation templates? We offer certificates of appreciation in PDF format. Unlike Microsoft Word certificate templates, our templates are pre-designed and offer limited ability to change their look and feel. But the advantage is that it's super-quick and easy to do.
Available in PDF format, "Funny Employee Awards: Your Complete Guide to Organizing a Humorous, Entertaining, and Rewarding Recognition Ceremony" contains 101 Printable Funny Award Certificates, such as the awards pictured below:


Download "The Raisin Award" certificates of appreciation for free.



The PDF also contains 6 Awards Templates for making up your own Funny Awards. The templates are really just blank versions of the awards pictured above. So imagine the second example without the wording "Baby Bottom's Award" and "For Smoothest in Times of Crisis". The templates include:
• Appreciation Award Template
• Excellence Award Template
• Leadership Award Template
• Recognition Award Template
• Teamwork Award Template
• Achievement Award Template

Again, these are not Microsoft Word templates. You can not change the design or colors of the awards. You can not change the fonts using the Free edition of Adobe Reader (but you can change the fonts and save changes with Adobe Acrobat). The best way to understand the template is to try it out for yourself:
Certificate of Appreciation Example

Be sure to download the free sample certificate of appreciation to make sure the PDF is right for you before making a purchase.

Funny Employee Awards: Your Complete Guide to Organizing a Humorous, Entertaining, and Rewarding Recognition Ceremony

Teacher Appreciation Week

Teacher Appreciation Week occurs on the first full week of May in the United States. Teacher Appreciation Day, also known as National Teacher Day, is on Tuesday, May 4, 2010. Outside the U.S., many other country celebrate Teacher Appreciation every October 5 on World Teachers Day.

According to Wikipedia, the state of Massachusetts adopted September 11 as Teachers' Day back in 1976, and still sets the first Sunday of June as its own Teachers’ Day. However, the National Education Association and the National PTA recognize Teacher Appreciation Week as the first full week of May, annually.

Typical Teacher Appreciation Day gift ideas from school staff or administration may include gift certificates, lunch, and gift baskets. If your faculty has a teacher appreciation ceremony, this is a great opportunity to have a few laughs along side the recognition. Download our funny teacher awards and put a smile on everyone's face.

Students often show appreciation for their teachers with token, often handmade, gifts or e-cards. For a last-minute gift idea, consider this free printable teacher of the year award:

Download Free Teacher of the Year Award (PDF)

Remember to bookmark this site and check back regularly for ideas for teacher appreciation week, teacher appreciation day gifts, teacher appreciation week e-cards, and printable teacher appreciation certificates. We'll also give plenty of advice on how to host an unforgettable teacher appreciation event, teacher appreciation party, or teacher appreciation banquet.

When is Teacher Appreciation Week 2011? Remember to mark the first full week of May 2011 on your calendar for Teacher Appreciation Week 2011, and May 3, 2011 for National Teacher Appreciation Day 2011.

Fake Trophies - Funny Fake Awards

A lot of people come to this site looking for fake trophies. Luckily, we have some very real awards that make great fake awards for your next gathering. I chose humorous figurines for these novelty trophies and gave the funny awards names that could have multiple meanings for a wide variety of occasions:

	Big Mouth Bass Award Read more about this funny award
	Burning Rubber Award Read more about this funny trophy
	Rear End Award Read more about this gag trophy
	Big Kahuna Award Read more about this fake trophy
	Golden Turkey Award Read more about this funny trophy
	El Matador Award Read more about this fun trophy

Take some time to explore our web site. We also have free fake certificates, fake award certificates, fake certificate templates, printable fake certificates, and much more.

Think of the possibilities... See our fake trophies and have a real funny awards show!

Silly Office Awards

Looking for silly awards? Download the newly released third version of my eBook, "Funny Employee Awards: Your Complete Guide to Organizing a Humorous, Entertaining, and Rewarding Recognition Ceremony".

If you've tried to come up with your own ideas for silly awards, you know that the toughest part is coming up with ideas. That's why I've done the work for you. I assembled of team of top comedians and comedy writers, including a features editor from the New York Post and an Emmy-nominated writer from Saturday Night Live.

My goal with this new version was to make the awards more accessible and with wider appeal. Just looking at the examples below, they could be used as silly sports awards, teacher awards, student awards, family reunions, high school superlatives - the applications are endless.

Here are some free sample silly awards:

• Foot-in-Mouth Award - for always saying the wrong thing at the wrong time
• Baby's Bottom Award - for smoothest in times of crisis
• Selective Hearing Impairment Award - for only hearing what you want to hear
• Baryshnikov Award - for most skill in dancing around the issues
• Kool and the Gang Award - for excellence in group work

The printable certificates make a great gag gift. Just add an inexpensive frame (think dollar store) and it's ready to present.

Remember to bookmark this site and keep checking back for silly achievement awards, silly end of the year awards, silly office awards, silly recognition awards, and silly employee awards.

Silly Awards for the Office

Download 101 Funny Employee Awards Certificates!
These awards are perfect for any type of staff, organization, group, or business. The eBook has 101 professionally designed awards in PDF format that can be easily printed on the office printer. The awards poke fun, recognize accomplishments, and make reference to pop culture and cartoon characters.   Download now and start using right away!

UK Christmas Work Parties Canceled

Last year's trend of UK Companies Canceling Christmas Parties has continued into this year. A recent BBC news story reported that as many as one in five companies in the United Kingdom are canceling their annual bash as a cost-cutting measure. British workers across the UK immediately fired back launching a campaign to "Save the Office Party".

PR company Big Wednesday seized the opportunity to produce a YouTube video in hopes of bringing attention to the plight of office workers. "The video is a piece of festive fun to be passed around the office and encourage bosses to give their staff a little thank you for working so hard during such a difficult year. There are some good deals to be taken advantage of out there; it doesn't have to be expensive."



Lyrics (set to the tune of "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas")
"I’m dreaming of an office party
Just like the ones I used to know.
Where the PAs glisten,
And our boss listens
To everything he needs to know."
"I’m dreaming of an office party
With every document I write.
May your parties be merry and bright,
And may your bosses be generous not tight."

We couldn't agree more. Don't cancel the UK Christmas work party. Instead, use these Money-Saving Ideas for Company Christmas Parties.

If you're planning a company Christmas party, get creative. Have fun. Pass out these funny certificates to your coworkers. Just do something to show your workers that you care.

Funny Superlatives - Award Ideas and Certificates

Funny superlatives are a great way to add laughter to any high school reunion, family reunion, or office party. They typically take the format of "most likely to...", but they can also be definitive statements such as most popular, friendliest, or best smile. So what are superlatives? By definition, a superlative simply means being the extreme degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb, as in best or brightest. In other words, something of the highest possible excellence.

A classic list of superlatives includes biggest geek (or nerd), most likely to succeed, biggest flirt, most popular, class clown, most talkative, quietest, and biggest partier.

Superlatives can work great in the office or workplace, too. But due to the sensitive nature of the U.S. workplace, you'll want to shy away from references to appearance or character traits that could potentially embarrass the recipient. Instead, create funny coworker superlatives that focus on humorous situations common to the office. Some examples include:

• the employee always eating other people's food
• the person most likely to lose paperwork
• the worker most likely to forward annoying emails
• the person most likely to put their foot in their mouth
• the employee least likely to arrive on time
• the staff member most likely to be surfing the Internet instead of working

The hard part in coming up with funny superlative ideas is making them funny. After all, the idea is to create a few laughs, not awkward tension. That's why we've assembled a team of top comedians and office workers to do the work for you. Download the certificates and start handing out these funny superlatives right away!