Need some teacher gift ideas

lollipopsarah

Hi OP i'm not a teacher, i'm a lollipop lady and don't expect any reward either, but am still munching xmas choccies - yum yum.
I appreciate them all but the very best are the home made gifts, just last week a little girl gave me a paper fish which she had made and coloured in and written a lovely message on - thank you claire it's on my fridge.
best wishes
xx

savingmummy

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:

Aww thats lovely!

Mely

savingmummy wrote: »

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.

I think thats what id do. x

Owain_Moneysaver

How about a mini-hamper filled with aspirin, paracetamol, valium ...

NBirdy

I bought smallish terracotta plant pots and let DD paint them, then used spray varnish stuff to seal the paint so it wouldn't wash off. When they'd dried we planted a blueberry bush in each and gave them to her pre-school teachers, seemed to go down well and didn't cost a lot.

bethl79

NBirdy wrote: »

I bought smallish terracotta plant pots and let DD paint them, then used spray varnish stuff to seal the paint so it wouldn't wash off. When they'd dried we planted a blueberry bush in each and gave them to her pre-school teachers, seemed to go down well and didn't cost a lot.

Thats a nice idea, think I'm going to steal that one

It will go well with a saying I've seen - 'Preschool teachers plant the seeds of knowledge' which I will print out onto card, stick on lollipop sticks and put in each pot.

hazyjo

My hubby and a friend are primary school teachers. Hubby always appreciates a bottle of wine (alchy!), my friend likes things like scented candles in tins or the nice air freshener things with sticks in (wooden long sticks in oil kinda thing). Or smellies - but something practical that's used and not something too random. Personally, I love the Boots' Soap & Glory range. Smells lovely, and fab quality and very girlie.

Hubby mainly gets chocs, drinks (hot/cold), mugs, etc - but has received a shirt & tie (wrong size so never a good idea to buy!), socks (much appreciated), smellies (again, if something practical, all good as saves on buying it!). We don't use the mugs, but usually add them to the cupboard. tbh, as much as he appreciates every gift, some do make you feel guilty as you just can't keep everything, and with 30 kids in a class, every year, you do end up with rather a lot of mugs which really don't all fit in the cupboard!

Something indulgent but cheap if that makes sense - that they'll enjoy and use, but would begrudge spending the money on.

Jx

dizziblonde

What about just making some cakes for the staffroom? Not generally the best idea to do it the day before they all break up for a holiday (unless you want to feed the cleaners and caretaker only!), but a couple of days before the end of term - cake's always appreciated if you don't want to do the tin of biscuits route (and with a nursery there's bound to be a tonne of different staff so individual gifts would get pricey). Or you could put a basket together of nice tea/coffee supplies (especially if you've got somewhere like a Whittards factory shop near you)... or books for storytime - if you're wanting to do something for the actual nursery rather than the staff - however much you love things like Bear Hunt, you do tend to want a bit of novelty after the millionth read through!

As for mugs etc - I used the ones I was bought till they either fell apart or vanished into the abyss that was the year 6 mug-stealing Bermuda triangle of half-inched coffee cups! Was quite upset when my lovely cat mug finally gave up the ghost last year!

minerva_windsong

My mum was a teacher for 30 years (she retired at Christmas) and still says that the things which were most meaningful to her were the handmade cards. So I'd just go with that - simple, quick and relatively cheap.

suejb2

I got some fridge magnets from fleabay! They cost a pound or so and each one was personalised for each teacher and I know some of them still have them today 4 years later