I’ve put together some teacher gift ideas which perhaps may give you some inspiration.
Gift certificates are easy, practical – and um, easy.
At Christmas, I had my school-aged Things paint a picture. I scanned and uploaded it to be printed as cards (and put their name, grade and year on the back of the card – leaving the inside blank). These specially made blank cards (plus some postage stamps) were LOVED by the teachers.
Make a small charitable donation to a children’s centre or to Sick Kids in the teacher’s name.
Have your child draw a portrait of their teacher and put it in a frame.
My newest, “smart” idea is to trace child’s hand (two of them actually ) on some colourful construction paper. Have her cut both hand prints out – punch a hole in each “wrist” – tie some nice ribbon connecting the two hands. Write “Thank you” on one hand and “From ……” on the other. There you go — it’s a homemade HUG.
A great souvenir of the small hands that this nice person has helped over the school year.
I’m a bit against sending baked goods to school because of allergies. But sending “cookies in a jar mix” or “brownies in a jar mix” is a creative alternative. Take your favourite cookie recipe – layer the dry ingredients in a mason jar – type out the wet ingredients and cooking time. Tie a bow on the jar and VOILA!
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Nice post!! I always prefer gift certificates, because those are really very useful and meaningful.