Teacher X-mas Gifts

I never gave the teachers Christmas gifts, but at the end of each school year I would write a letter to the administration telling them all the good qualities of the teacher. (The year we had a dud, I just skipped the letter...)
I gave the teachers a copy and the administration would put the letter in their file.
The teachers really appreciated the letters! The Band Director at the middle school has 5 of my letters - all different - one for each year my children were in his class. He told me that when he has a particularly bad day, he pulls one out and reads it. It makes him feel better and helps him remember that he really is making a difference.
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I would fill it with some inexpensive candy and give them a gift card. I wouldn't do a candle. I have a friend who is a teacher and she could start her own candle shop with all the candles she's received as gifts over the years. They're all stacked on shelves in her basement because she would feel guilty re-gifting them.

I got my son's kindergarten teacher a gift card to Subway and some scratch off lottery tickets...free lunch and a chance to win some cash.

M.

in this day and age with budget cuts, the teachers at our school ask for classroom supplies. perhaps your teachers might be in the same boat? you could fill them with pencil top erasers, paper clips, post it notes, crayons, sticker rolls, etc?

I would skip spending money on candy and candles. Get them each a $5 gift card to panera and give with a small plate of cookies or a mug filled with cookies. Teachers and assistand teachers end up with so much of that stuff every year and while you appreciate the thought it is still just more stuff to end up in a landfill or on a back shelf. Even mcdonalds gift card to grab breakfast on the way to work would be good.

I don't have any ideas other than this: whatever you do please get an extra in case there were changes or an extra person added in there somewhere. I was switched around working in a preschool last summer and at the end of the school season, a mother brought in a gift for all the other teachers but not me. You could see clearly how uncomfortable she was as her son obviously enjoyed our time together also and her gifts were extremely inexpensive and she could have worked something out. It kind of hurt because I had worked with her child the entire summer except for about three days before the switch when she must have come in to meet them. It isn't about the price of the gift it was about (yes sorry I might sound a little goofy) I really hurt because I spent so much more time with her child than actually the others did. She just didn't know me. As far as filling the glass tresses, how about soaps or something?

I'm making homemade cookies, fudge and peanut brittle for our teachers this year. I'm allowing the girls to help with this process, too.

My thought is a nice Merry Christmas card and thanks for doing such a great job with my child is enough. A genuine thank you note, handwritten of course,could mean more than one of many little gifts the teachers may receive. I am not saying Bah Humbug, but if it is stessing you out, time money etc...a heartfelt "Thanks and Merry Christmas" could be the way to go.

a friend of mine was a teacher and she suggested anything consumable such as baked pumpkin bread or cookies or chocolate covered pretzels. She also suggested things like thank you notes and stamps. Just ideas.

I start early and crochet a scarf fro each teacher (my son had 6 teachers last year in preschool), I also bake a box of goodies (cookies, peanut brittle, carmels)...I agree with the people that suggest the gift cards you can get several $5 gift cards (cheaper than the scarfs you are thinking about buying) and the teacher can use it for classroom supplies (they really do spend a LOT out of pocket for teir classrooms)...or get one for a book store they can get a book for themselves or the classroom...try to stay away from the knick-knacky stuff teachers get TONS of it and can only use so much

My sons teacher told them she likes to read so we will be getting her a gift card for a book store.

You could curl ribbon and swirl it around inside the trees to fill them, possibly with a tiny gift or some pretty in there as well. I would definitely keep the cost down. Teachers love gift cards, even $10 ones, so they can buy something personal for themselves & these are easy.

Not sure how big the tress are but if you could put 3 bags of candy then I assume pretty big...maybe you could put a scarf in each? Or something similar..?

Here are some more ideas for teacher gifts:

http://www.theskinnyscoop.com/question/q/1251?utm_campaig...

Hi M.---My sister is a teacher and, although she truly appreciates all gifts she gets from her kids, many of them are useless to her. There are only so many mugs, cookies and cheap cologne that they can use. Teachers spend A LOT of money out of their own pockets for supplies for the classroom. Gift certificates to a teachers store are very much appreciated. I also think that certificates to the local movie theater would be a great gift as well.

You do have some great ideas. Have fun! D.

I have multiple teachers and Aids and therapists so the number if gifts I need to get sounds like yours. I start by getting the teacher something for their room, either a game or books. As for the others i get handcream and or something similar. i agree with the one that said consumables are good things to get, my mom was a teacher and she kept just about every thing she got. Good luck