Teacher gift ideas

There are different times throughout the year that I love to show my kids teachers that I appreciate them. There are a few places I love to get gifts and as a teacher I love to think outside the box and these stores are great for that. The first place is The Vintage Pearl they have great necklaces , bracelets and ornaments. This year we got her teacher an apple ornament at Christmas time with a cute mug with her first initial on it. She loved it.
Another place I love is Barn Owl Primitives they make amazing signs that I love! It was so hard to chose just one sign for her teacher. Last  year I got the We can do hard things and this year we chose Have courage and be kind since it was from Cinderella came out this year and we thought these are good words to remember. We should always be kind to people and there are going to be times we will have to have courage but we can do it.
The last place was thirty one gifts for the frog bin. Payton said her teacher loves frogs and I saw this and knew we had to get it for her. It would be great for a classroom or at home to store things in and I love the little pocket on the side.  We put some yummy Trader Joes smores candies – so good warm or just as they are..

After you have picked your presents give them a personal touch with the wrapping. For the long signs I just leave the paper they came in and have Payton decorate them and right the to and from on it. This year we wanted to make a special tag for the frog basket so we made a collage frog from catalogs. We started with a cut clip art frog we found then cut it in pieces and found different greens or other colors for the pieces. Then we traced and cut and glued the pieces together. On the back I asked Payton what it should say and gave her a few ideas, she came up with what she wanted to say , then typed it up. I printed and cut it out so she could glue it. It was a lot of fun and something we did just for her teacher.


If you want something different I did a few thank you gifts for a few teachers who helped me out this year and supported me. This one is a cute pail with the Trader Joe’s S'mores candies inside and a cute badge buddy from Thirty One Gifts and a Starbucks gift card. Super easy and fun. I love getting creative because I know how hard teachers work and they deserve to be appreciated and loved.  After all they take care of our kids and teach them more than just math and reading.