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Thursday, December 19, 2019

Cute Gift Card Idea for Teachers

Today and tomorrow are my kids' class holiday parties and then they are out of school for two weeks!!! I'm so excited and can't wait to have them home over Christmas. Since I'm one of the room moms for their classes I'm helping with the teacher gifts from the class. I know teachers love gift cards so instead of doing one large gift card I decided to put together these little gift card trees.

It's such a cute and easy gift card idea if you have a group going in together for one large gift.

I found the mini trees at Target this year (I got them from Walmart last year) and added a ribbon to the top. Then I gathered gift cards to all of our teachers' favorite places. We collected money from parents at the beginning of the year to help with things like class parties and teacher gifts, but you could even ask parents to donate a gift card towards the group gift.

Some are smaller amounts ($5 to Starbucks or $10 to Chick-fil-a) and some are a larger amounts to their favorite restaurant or store. I just try to get enough to fill up the tree! I removed the cards from their packaging, write the value of the card on the back with a Sharpie, and tie them on the trees to be the "ornaments."

These gift card trees are such an easy thing to put together and fun for the teachers to receive because not only are the getting gift cards to a lot of their favorite places, but they also get to keep the mini tree for their classroom or their home!

Monday, February 12, 2018

Easy Valentine Gifts for Teachers

It's no secret we love to spoil our teachers. From gift baskets at the beginning of the year to little gifts along the way, we like to let them know just how much we appreciate them and all they do for our kids. Valentine's Day is the perfect time to show your teachers just how much you love them and I wanted to come up with a cute, but easy gift for our teachers this year.

I came up with a sweet snack mix and decided to package it in mason jars. I actually spray painted the lids red to make them look a little more festive!

I mixed marshmallows, Valentine's Day M&M's, pretzels, and teddy grahams. My kids and I love a good sweet/salty mix, so hopefully the teachers will enjoy it, too!

After it was all mixed I put it in the jars and tied it with ribbon. So easy, so yummy and done!

For our regular classroom teachers I also added a Target gift card to their treat and was so excited when I found these LOVE ones. So appropriate because we really do LOVE our teachers!

Friday, July 28, 2017

Back-to-School Teacher Gift Baskets

The time as come for back to school. We were all digging in our heels and trying to make summer break last as long as possible, but we are into our last few days before the first day of school. We had meet and greet at our school yesterday where the kids got to meet their new teachers and see their new classrooms. We're thrilled with their teachers and after meeting them all three of my kids said they couldn't wait for school to start on Monday! I just know they are going to have a great year.

I've shared this idea several times before, but I always like to make little gift baskets to take to the teachers on this day. It helps let them know just how excited the kids are to be in their class and really sets the tone for how much we appreciate them all year long!

What we put in the baskets will vary from year to year and since we've been so busy recently, this year I made it easy on myself. I got some great gift basket supplies from Oriental Trading. They have a huge selection of items for teachers and classroom supplies. I went with Sharpies, large colorful binder clips, magnetic hooks and fun washi tape.

I always pick up baskets for this project at the Dollar Store and while I was there I grabbed a few other items to help fill the baskets. Pain relief for those days that noisy children might give them headaches, gum, notepads, and other little goodies. We arrange everything in a basket, wrap it up with clear cellophane and tie it with a pretty bow!

The kids love helping to put these baskets together for their teachers and they are always even more excited to give it to them. I feel like this is a great ice breaker for kids that might be a little nervous or timid to meet their teachers because it gives them a purpose and makes them excited to walk into their room and present the gift to their teachers.

It's always a pleasant surprise for the teachers and puts a smile on their faces. They love being shown how much we appreciate them from day one.

Carrie Beth

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Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Back-to-School Teacher Gift Baskets

Back to school seems like ages ago for us that started so early, but hopefully for some of you that have just started back to school, this post will be helpful!

Every year we like to take gifts to our teachers at Meet & Greet to show them how much we appreciate them and how excited we are to be in their class. Teachers do SO much for our kids and we want to start there year off right by making them feel extra special from day 1.

For the past few years we've made gift baskets for our teachers and it is something the kids love helping with. They love the idea of taking gifts to their teachers so it gets them really excited about school starting back.

To see what all goes inside and learn a little more about these gift baskets, check out our post on Savvy Sassy Moms. Click HERE to read all the details!

Monday, August 1, 2016

Teachers Meet & Greet Gifts {Printable}

I can't believe today is the first day back to school! Summer flew by! In my opinion it is way too early for school to start. #summerforever

Not to mention, today also marks the day that this guy is now officially a Kindergartener.

Insert MAJOR tears.

I feel like he was just born yesterday. How on earth are we here already??

Last week we had our official "Meet & Greet" with his new teachers at his new school, and we whipped them up a fun little gift.

We found these super cute donut themed drink bottles and went with it as inspiration for our theme. Because who doesn't like donuts? ;)

I was able to quickly make a fun printable to partner with it, and then we grabbed a few Dunkin' Donut gift cards.

We added some fun coordinated wrapping and we were all set! I love when a gift comes together so easily.

Cute was beyond excited to meet his teachers and share a little something with them. I'm hoping it brightens their first day too because I know they are just as sad that summer is ending as we are.