Every parent wonders what to give their child's classroom teacher as a gift. What is consdered a thoughtful
gift? Are there any affordable gifts out there? What are some unique homemade gifts? What are some gift
certificate ideas? The ideas presented in this area are geared towards both school teachers, preschool teachers,
day care providers, and home child care providers.
An affordable and relative easy to put together homemade gift is the recipe in a jar. Most recipes include
items and ingrediants found in your kitchen cabinets or cupboards. The food recipes include beverages, cookies,
bread, candy, soup, snacks, pets, and more. When it is completed, it can be a very pretty sight. Websites
containing recipes for it are AllFreeGifts.com,
ThatsMyHome.com, Nikibone.com,
Recipestogo.com, and GiftsFromYourKitchen.com.
A scrapbook or photo album containing pictures from each class field trip and special event at the school.
It can bring back many special memories from the year to both you and the teacher.
Handmade gifts can include bookmarks, jellies, jams, a collage of pictures of meaningful things,.
Buy a picture frame and decorate the sides.
Stationary or calendar.
Gift certificates are always a popular gift. Bookstore, teacher supply stores, coffee house, local
restaurants, and more are a small sampling of gift certificate ideas.
This is a small sampling of the possible teacher gift ideas. The community and neighborhood can bring
even more ideas through observation.
