School is almost out! Many of us including myself are running around last minute trying to figure out what to get that special teacher.  That teacher that made our child feel safe, loved and want to learn.  Being a teacher myself I have received many teacher gifts in the last 20 years.  Many gifts I have I treasured and used.  Many I wondered what to do with them and felt horrible getting rid of them.  I always showed my delight no matter what the gift was because seeing those kids face light up was a gift in itself. However, since I am on the opposite side this time, giving the teacher thank you gifts, I have decided to put thought into it.  Yes, if you ask on the mom Facebook groups the common response is to give a gift card.  This is the safest gift to give.

So I decided to do both a small gift card and give the teacher the items they use in their daily teaching lives.  Teachers spend a lot of out of pocked money to prep and ensure students are not missing the basic materials to help them learn.  Classroom budgets are getting smaller each year so it is a nice gesture to help stock up there classroom.

4 Ways to Say Thank You to that Special Teacher

Gift #1: Clipboard or Binders

Teachers use lots of clipboards and binders.  So why not personalize it with some inspirational quotes.  Sometimes a reminder is needed after a year of difficult children, some difficult parents and a bully of an administrator.  So I purchased a binder from the dollar store and had my son help me paint it. I then hand wrote an inspirational quote at the back.  

Gift #2: Travelling Mug

Teachers are always on the go.  Never sit down and barely make it to the bathroom.  So a travelling mug that they can keep at the desk so they can have water easily accessible.  Let’s not forget coffee or tea as well.  We do need that caffeine energy boost after a long day when prep has been cancelled, we have had yard duty and meetings.

Gift #3: Tea gift set

Sometimes there is that teacher that has it all.  I often times have my child help investigate by asking them what they really love to drink.  I then create a basket with those favorite items.

Gift #4: Plant

Teachers love to make their classroom inviting.  What better way to help with making it inviting then to sent a plant in a personalized pot.  After all if the plant doesn’t work out they can wash the pot and store all their writing tools.

There you have it! Four easy and quick gifts that your teachers would love to have with those gift cards.  Just remember though that there are many more things that teachers can use in there classroom.  With a little help from your child you can find out the things that is lacking and needed. But don’t forget with all those special gifts cards and tags are needed.  For the tea gift basket tag, I printed the sentiment from my computer and used the Abstract Impressions stamp set.  It comes as a bundle or as the stamp set.

For the card, I just used scrap or retired paper lying around and whisper white ink to create a beautiful thank you card for the teacher.  

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