When it comes to buying your child’s teacher a gift, many of us would not know where to even start. Teachers have such a huge and extremely important impact on our children’s lives and yet we seem to know next to nothing about them. Besides the odd catch up on the school yard or conversations about your children’s progress, there really is no way of really knowing what to get your child’s favorite teachers when it comes to Christmas or the end of the school year. The first step you can take is to ask your child. They spend a lot of time with their teachers, and although this time is spent learning, you’d be surprised how observant children can be. However, if you have multiple children or your child wants to give gifts to more than one teacher, it is quite the task to learn what every teacher would like and buy gifts accordingly. This can also become fairly expensive without you even realizing it, especially if Christmas is approaching. These ideas are here to not only help you pick great gifts for teachers but also to provide options on how to give these gifts without splashing out too much.
Handmade Gifts
Your first and probably least expensive option would be a handmade gift. Now, I don’t mean you draw a card and send it in to school with your child. Use this as a great way to get your children to be creative. If you have younger children, a handmade card is guaranteed to brighten anyone’s day, especially someone who you already know loves children. If you would rather put in a bit of extra effort, there are millions of ideas for handmade gifts online, even ones your kids could do themselves or get involved in. One of our favourites are framed word clouds. If you’ve never heard of a word cloud, it is basically a bunch of words you can choose, arranged into a shape of your choice. For example, you may want to include words associated with learning and arrange it into the shape of an apple or a book. There are sites online that will do this for you at no cost, and when framed this can make a really thoughtful present for their teacher. Another DIY gift could be decorating empty wine bottles to make fun new flower vases. Get your children to grab any paint, glitter, tissue paper or craft supplies they want and make a cool design on the wine bottle. Go over with some PVA glue to seal the design and there you go! An easy and fun way to make a gift and recycle what you already have at home.
Gift Vouchers
Gift vouchers are an essential for anyone who needs an easy or last-minute gift. They are an absolute go to when you aren’t quite sure what someone likes or what to get them, making them perfect in this case. There is a gift voucher for pretty much everything, from lavish spa days to groceries to jewellery. If this seems like something you want to do, go onto Giftsvouchers.co.uk and browse through the range of gift vouchers available for many well-known brands and businesses. This is the fastest and easiest way to grab a gift for any teacher and you can even send it through email or via text message (ideal during a pandemic).
Personalised Gifts
There is nothing more thoughtful than giving someone a personalised gift, whether it’s a close family member or indeed your child’s teacher. There are thousands of stores online on sites such as Amazon and Etsy that provide tonnes of different personalised items. Buying a personalised notebook or a pack of pencils with their teacher’s name on could be the small gift that makes their week.
Gift Baskets
Something that is guaranteed to please but may take a little more time and effort is a gift basket. If you’re short on time, there are many small businesses local and online that can create a gift basket for you. This could range from gift baskets full of body items (face wash, shower gels, facemasks etc) or even sweets, chocolate and other food items. If you’re prepared to create your own gift basket, why not create a hamper full of teaching supplies and useful things? Grab a cute notebook, some chocolates and some other bits and pieces and get your kids involved. This is a low-cost way to show some appreciation!
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