Christmas presents for teachers

bunbun2

funnyfreckle wrote: »

This was my plan last year - hopefully I will get round to it this year!

I have bought some plain white plant pots (from Ikea) and ceramic paint pens (from www.bakerross.co.uk). I am hoping that my daughter, who is nearly 7, will decorate them although we might have to keep it simple with dots and swirls! I will then buy a pointsettia or similar plant to put inside and then wrap with cellopane and a bow (if I can wrestle with the cellophane!).

Alternatively, you could decorate a plate and put some home baked cookies on it and wrap with cellophane. Or decorate a mug and fill with small smellies or nice chocolates.

Although the pens from Baker Ross are expensive, about £10 for a pack of 6, they seem to last quite a long time. I have already painted a set of four bowls and eight plates with them for my girls and hoping that my daughter will be able to do a fair number of Christmas presents with them too.

I do this in the summer - a hand decorated mug from my two boys.

rainmac

I'm definitely going with pots of gold this year. Got my pots, half price in Whittard, got Ferrero Rocher and lots of gold coins and made tags (nicked your poem bunbun, thanks ). Just need scratch cards now and then I can make them!!! Hoping when DS1 gets a bit older he may want to help with the present making so we can do something more personalised

I've just made some snowman soup in cellophane bags for my boys and OH and it looks pretty fab. Have to say I think I'd buy it if I saw it in a shop I've posted a pic on the snowman soup thread and the crafty for Christmas thread (sorry posted in two places as wasn't sure where to best put it).

Jacqu79

Last year my son had 2 teachers to buy presents for, and I was seriously strapped for cash, so bought 2 plain white mugs from Asda for 29p each. A packet of the wee sachets of coffee with powdered milk in them, some individually wrapped tea bags, a packet of penguin biscuits and a packet of kit kats. Got my son to write the teachers names on the mugs with ceramic pens, baked them in the oven, then filled them with the coffees, tea bags and biscuits. Wrapped them in cellophane and tied some ribbons round them and they looked fab! The teachers were well impressed that no one could steal their mugs in the staff room anymore! :rotfl:

I volunteer in the school now, and both actually still use their mugs.:T

Kandipandi

Lickul_miss wrote: »

as explained above, but looks like theres 4 £1 ones and 1 £2 one. hth........

i have a few pics of other peoples hampers that i've not seen around for a while do u think i should post them on the finnished hamper thread or will the owners be offended wot do u think?.......i would ask them via pm but i don't know who made them i only took/borrowed the pics?

I would say post them... i know i for one would be grateful for some more ideas, i'm sure they wont mind.

liney

What about:
Mini Christmas cake, or a large Christmas cake to the teachers lounge.
Plate of HM mince pies for the teachers lounge.
A holly wreath.

jkmum

When you see how many mugs/flowers/plants/bottles of wine/smellies that are bought in at Christmas and the end of year you wonder how much the teachers really appreciate it. Well, ok, maybe you can't have too much wine . My point is, I always think about how the teacher would feel if they got 30 of what you're giving? In recent times I have done the oxfam unwrapped for christmas, buying school related gifts like school books, or biscuits made by DS along with a homemade card. He gives them at the start of the last week so the teachers can share them over a cup of tea in the staff room.

katiecoodle

You need to be organised for this my daughters class gave a joint present.
So there were 30 kids in the class. Every parent donated £5 so £150 in total, which was split evenly between the teacher & the classroom assistant.

I'd asked the teacher for a list of all the kids in the class, and passed the message on in the playground, (through childminders & grandparents etc where the parent wasn't ever around) but it took 2 weeks of waiting until all the money was in. I can say that we were pretty confident passing £75 of M&S vouchers over that they'd be well appreciated (who wouldn't want that?) and we were all pleased to have spent less than if we'd bought 2 individual presents.

Evie82

I saw these on another thread, i just bought 2 for my little girls teachers - they have a Teachers are good bag, which i think they will appreciate.

http://www.thegoodbagco.com/shop/

I love the Tesco one but its out of stock..........:rotfl:

paddingtondoo

Those bags are great will give them something to take the 29 boxes of chocolates and mugs home in :rotfl: