Retired Teacher, one of the things I have basically kitted up are alphabet quilts for donation and is a great use for odd bits of novelty fabrics. Simply cut 8.5" (raw, 8" finished block). You need 4 setting corners and 26 fabrics representing each letter of the alphabet and a border -- like that Alphabet/School Theme peaking out of the top. No! I don't want it, just a suggestion. A simple 8" finished block is 5 across for 40" (works well with width of fabric). After the quilt is assembled, I quilt down a big block capital letter so A is for Apple, B is for Bear, etc. X is hard but there is often X's and O's fabric around Valentine and I've even seen xylophones!
In this case, I made this for my friend Suzan who was retiring after many years as primarily an English teacher. She loves star fabrics and it is a snowball block in addition to being SuperSuz. For the corner blocks I used realistic books, I would normally use C for Cats but she isn't a cat person so used Crayons. The Valentine fabric has a "For Teacher" valentine prominently featured, couple other little things like Hummingbirds and Roses I wouldn't maybe use for a kid's project.