No matter how or when you do it, it’s an important time of the year to offer a sincere ‘thank you!’ to teachers. And what better time to that than National Teacher Day (May 6) and Teacher Appreciation Week (the first full week in May)? These fun and inexpensive gifts are sure to make every teacher feel appreciated!
As a mom of three, I know that often it’s really hard to scrape together the cold, hard cash for all of your kids’ teachers’ gifts. Especially if you include your kids’ extra-curricular teachers, or their para-educators, support teachers, and coaches, there are a lot of people who support your child’s education. You might also want to add in the dedicated people who teach your children at church or synagogue.
Quick, Easy and Simple Teacher Gifts
Quick and Easy Inexpensive Thank-You Gifts for Teachers
These are simple but sweet. And seriously functional.
Simple thank you’s for teachers that are fun, frugal, and functional.
What teacher couldn’t use a well-made plastic container they can reuse over and over?
And what teacher couldn’t use some sweets? Especially if you know what their favorites are!
This year for our little teacher thank-you gifts we went with the Systema Klip-It, but Rubbermaid and other food storage brands are equally good options.
We used bold, vinyl alphabet stickers and added the following words to one side of each container. If you have mismatched leftover letters from scrapbooking or other projects those would work too and add a touch of whimsy.
- thank you
- love
- joy
- peace
- encouragement
- motivation
And then we filled each small container with hard candy. Add a little curly ribbon and Bam! Done!
Have your child write a small note to the teacher and include it with the gift.
Have your child write a short happy note saying what that teacher meant to them this year and it’s sure to bring a smile to his or her face!
Notes make a big difference for teachers–for anyone, actually. I keep all the thank you cards and notes of appreciation from over the years in a box near my desk. On days when nothing seems to be going right it is amazing how encouraging and rewarding it is to reread a few of them!
We can and should be thankful every single day for the gifts that our our kiddos’ teachers because we know how difficult and challenging their jobs are. We desperately need more and more really great and gifted teachers!
To be able to reach children and teach children? Not easy. Not easy in the least. Let’s show them how much we appreciate what they do!
You better believe we’re saying thanks… A HUGE THANK YOU!
More End of School Tips and Tricks!
- Butterfly Pens – A Sweet Spring Craft
- Host an End of School Year Family Diner
- 16 Quick and Easy Last Week of School Activities
- Quick Cool Teacher Appreciation Gifts
- Super Easy Beautiful Flower Pens
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Hallelujah re: this passage…
All I know is that I am thankful Every. Single. Day. for the gifts that are my kiddosā teachers. Every day I am thankful because I know firsthand how difficult their jobs are and how every year the demands are more and more great for teachers.
We’re making framed Wordles for the teachers in our house. š
JEN! LOVE that idea–have you done them yet? Would love to see how they turn out–and I may do that for Mother’s Day! LOVE!
Fun idea. As a teacher the hand written notes from students and parents were always the best and something that I’ve kept after all of these years.
agree! thanks so much for reading and for taking the time to write, Jodie!!
Thanks for the idea – I coordinate TAW at Ramona’s daycare/pre-school/kindergarten and needed some new ideas for myself !
you got it, friend! hope they work–and if you have other ideas that have been rockstar, please let me know!
So cute! I want to do these for Thanksgiving thank you gifts. Where did you find the stickers?
What happens when you wash them?
thanks, Christie! found them on amazon: http://amzn.to/Y5qTCB (affiliate link gets you right to ’em!)