For us procrastinators, time is running out to figure out what to give teachers on the last day of school before the holiday break. Hopefully these ideas, of things I’ve created throughout the years, will help get you inspired.
I love making teacher gifts for my girls’ teachers. I appreciate all the caring, compassion, and thought the teachers put into educating and nurturing my children – from my two-year-old to my seven-year-old. So these gifts of thanks are just as much from me as they are from my daughters.
Below are some photos and descriptions of gifts I’ve done in the past that could be used all times of the year. Because really, any day is a good day to thank a teacher for loving our children.
Spinach Feta Quiches are what we gave out at the end of the school year, last year, when my big girls were in the same classroom (a Montessori class that goes from age 3-6) and we only had two teachers to dote on. The quiches were wrapped (over the saran wrap) in vintage handkerchiefs that I found at an estate sale in my neighborhood. The bows are from scrap fabric. This was a great seasonal gift because at the time I had an abundance of fresh farm eggs and spinach from our CSA.
For Christmas last year we did a movie night teacher tote. The totes happened to be the freebees of the month at a Thirty One party I went to in support of a woman suffering from a brain tumor. Inside the tote was the movie It’s a Wonderful Life, a bag of popcorn, a mason jar of buckeyes plus bookmarks and cards my girls wanted to make for their teachers.
This next one is soy votive candles from the Beanstalk Company. The owner is a mom who sells her candles locally, who I love to support. The small cards are printed using scrapbook paper and a decorative puncher. The cards says, “Thank you for all you do.” The candles are wrapped in Muslin fabric and tied with jute twine. These were favors I made for all the teachers of the school, for a teacher appreciation luncheon I volunteered to help with. They are inexpensive and super cute, even for just one teacher.
Before the girls were in the same 3-6 age classroom, on the last day of school we took in a basket full of homemade jam. We passed them out to lots of folks, from the third grade teacher who helps the girls out of the car, to the Spanish teacher, the art teacher and the playground assistants. The scrapbook paper on the top with the personalized message is really what makes the gift. Also, the girls’ own teachers received a homemade Sage Eye Pillow that my girls helped stuff with the dried sage from our garden and dried beans we cleaned out from the pantry. (Personalized messages have been blurred out for privacy.)
And now, I need to get busy on our teacher gifts for this holiday season. Friday, the last day of school, is creeping up on me fast!
