As the end of the school year nears, I wanted to give my kids’ teachers a fun, thoughtful gift to show my appreciation for how awesome they are.
A few years go, I realized that teachers must have so much STUFF from students: coffee mugs, candles, tumblers, etc., so I aimed for a gift that was entirely consumables. And, nothing personalized in case they wanted to give it away.
Note: I also contribute to the monetary gift from the class. This is an addition to that, something for my kids to excitedly hand them, but still won’t add clutter to their house.
I don’t know why, but I really wanted to gift their teachers a large pack of markers. They might not use them until September, but I get excited about new school supplies and assume teachers would too.
Based on the beautiful box of markers, I decided on a rainbow theme and everything else fell into place.
I didn’t even look at Pinterest. I just kept it simple — everything would be bright and colorful. The gift tag said “Thank you for a bright and colorful year!”
Around teacher appreciation day, many teachers mentioned they didn’t want a lot of sweets, so I tried to stay away from too much chocolate and treats.
In each bag was:
- 20 pack of washable markers
- Bag of rainbow goldfish
- Bag of Skittles
- Pack of 3″ x 3″ Post-it notes
- Bag of monster trail mix
- A can of LaCroix LimonCello sparkling water
- Pack of Tic Tac fruit adventure mints
- 3 oz. of sunscreen
- A rainbow chip rice crispy treat
Was each item rainbow colored? No. But if it wasn’t, I aimed for something with bright packaging. Other items I considered adding: a box of nerds, starburst, hand sanitizer gel, rainbow sprinkles, chapstick, a notebook, an adult coloring book, bubble bath, or a Tony’s Chocoloney chocolate bar.
I had some remaining orange gift bags from Amazon that I purchased for last year’s “Orange you Glad” end of school year gift, and paired it with various colored tissue paper.
In all, each gift cost ~$16, probably would’ve been about $20 if I didn’t already have the gift bags and tissue paper. If the teachers shared these goodies with others for one reason or another, that’s fine. My goal was to make the kids and teachers smile, and to help them feel appreciated. I hope I was successful.
What do you think — if you got a gift like this to celebrate the end of the school year, would you be excited to open it? Would it make you smile, even though the items are a bit random?
Did you give something to your kid’s teacher for the end of the school year? Or are you a teacher that received a great gift? If so, what was it? I’d love to hear your thoughts too.
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