Teacher Appreciation Gift Alternative
Let’s face it-teachers have one of the toughest jobs in the
world. Hat’s off to any person that is
willing to work all day shaping the minds of our little ones, staying up late
grading papers, making lesson plans and updating class websites. As well as,
working weeks through the summer
to set up their classroom with a fun and interesting theme to inspire their
students.
Teacher Appreciation week is a great time to thank your
child’s teacher or daycare provider. If
you can’t do something small each day of the week, then doing something at
least one day of the ‘appreciation week’ is well received. You could even do an end of the year gift for your child's teacher.
My sister is a teacher and she appreciates getting gift cards-to
anywhere, really. Getting USEFUL gift cards
is great, such as: Michael’s arts and
crafts, Paneras, any restaurant, etc.
If you want to do something more personalized, you can
always help your child make a sweet gift.
Pinterest has a ton of ideas!
But, you can also put together a themed gift. Gourmet coffees with a travel mug is always
nice, when you include a hand written note from the student with it.
Last year my son had a male teacher and he was AMAZING! I looked to Pinterest to help me find a
‘manly’ teacher appreciation gift and didn’t find anything really great…it
seemed like many gift ideas included beer or were kind of cheesy.
So, I took it upon myself to make a gift basket that I was
hoping would be useful and fun at the same time.
I went to a local store in my village (yes, I said
village-we live in Germany and there are little towns everywhere and the locals
call them villages)
and bought a plastic bin and some color coordinating ‘grilling equipment’, such
as: rubber pot holders, marinating
brush, and spatula. I then went to the
store and purchased a few nice BBQ spice rubs and sauces to include in the gift
basket as well. I had my son write his
teacher a card to top off the gift baskets contents.
I LOVED how this turned out and even better…his teacher said
that he grills EVERY Sunday afternoon, even in the snow, and that this was the
perfect gift for him. I was thrilled
that is was received so well and really enjoyed hunting for the perfect items
to include in this teacher appreciation gift for my son’s wonderful
teacher!
Hope this inspires you to think outside of the box and find
that personalized gift for your child’s teacher-they deserve it.