Need some teacher gift ideas

evansmummy

My son is leaving pre-school after two years and I want to get his teachers a little gift. There's a few of them but I don't want to go down the route of biscuits.
Can anyone give me some ideas of something nice to give to them
Thanks

go_cat

Could he do a nice drawing /painting for each of them -personal and cheap !!

leoetal19

a voucher from a local pamper place-a manicure etc wont set you back too much, dil is a primary schoole teacher and she says by a million miles it was the best gift ever--she has soooooo many best teacher mugs, trinkets etc etc.........if its a guy might not be so impressed though!

Valli

at the end of term one of our parents bought all the staff a HUGE bag of tea bags and a huge jar of instant coffee.

was MUCH appreciated

BlueC

don't bother. my missus is a primary teacher and the gifts go in the bin/charity shop/re-gifted. its nice to get a card (especially a home made one) but little gifts really don't add anything and are just a waste of money/resources.

meritaten

a home made (by your son) thank you card? maybe a simple bunch of flowers. an extravagant gift is sometimes embarrassing to the teacher and it is really not necessary - she is doing her job after all!

kidcat

I usually buy a nice mug and fill with coffee, hot chocolate, type sachets. Wrap in cellophane and tissue paper. That way they can leave them in school to use. Alternatively a hamper of biscuits, teas and coffees for the staff room is always well appreciated.

bylromarha

Don't know what your budget is, but how about calling into home bargains and buying a small bottle of wine and a face mask per teacher.

A previous idea on here which I loved, and used, was a lottery scratchcard.

And please don't think all us primary teachers bin stuff pupils give us - I have a few mugs in my cupboard and key rings and photo frames with "best teacher" stuff on them. 12 years later, I can still remember each child individually. One mug, given in 2001, is still in weekly use and I give a small thought to the giver every time I use it.

It's a best teacher one - to him I was his best ever teacher because, aged 10, he'd finally had a year at school where he felt successful and valued and mum couldn't believe he enjoyed coming to school every day as it was such a change from previous years. Scary to think little Jordan is now 21 :eek::eek::eek:

building_with_lego

For preschool teachers DS and I made personalised bookmarks, decorated then laminated. He had 6 adults though so I wasn't going down the route of a bought present each, and they always get presented with mountains of chocolates and flowers.

savingmummy

We bake cakes for the teachers and make cards. ALWAYS gratefully received!

I have also bought toiletrie sets for when my DD leaves a class as a thank you.

Mely

bylromarha wrote: »

Don't know what your budget is, but how about calling into home bargains and buying a small bottle of wine and a face mask per teacher.

A previous idea on here which I loved, and used, was a lottery scratchcard.

And please don't think all us primary teachers bin stuff pupils give us - I have a few mugs in my cupboard and key rings and photo frames with "best teacher" stuff on them. 12 years later, I can still remember each child individually. One mug, given in 2001, is still in weekly use and I give a small thought to the giver every time I use it.

It's a best teacher one - to him I was his best ever teacher because, aged 10, he'd finally had a year at school where he felt successful and valued and mum couldn't believe he enjoyed coming to school every day as it was such a change from previous years. Scary to think little Jordan is now 21 :eek::eek::eek:

Heartwarming. What a lovely post x