End of the year gift

Before I became a Mommy of two, I was a kindergarten teacher.  One thing I always hated to get was "teacher gifts".  Ok hate is a strong word, but how many mugs, teacher oraments, "worlds greatest teacher" stuff do you really think a teacher can use... nevermind wants?

Now that my boys are in school, I try to do something different for the teacher that they can either use in the classroom or just use.

At meet the teacher they each brought their teacher(s) a small tote with chocolates and fun teacher things (stickers, book marks, pencils)

For teacher apprecation they each did a movie theme for their teacher(s)

Blake's had 2 boxes of popcorn, 3 kinds of movie candy and a gift card to the local movie theater.

Colby gave each of his teachers a gift card to the movies and a package of popcorn.

For the last day of school:

Colby brought ice tea jugs with two packages of single serve ice tea mixes in side

Blake gave his teacher an ice cream basket:  hot fudge, cherries, sprinkles, an ice cream scoop, popsicle makers and a gift card to the local "FroYo" shop all in a big plastic bowl.

Here is a link to the post I did this last year when Blake was in preK "End of the Year Gift"

Next time you have to get your child's teacher something... think about what you would want to get.  Gift cards, cash and fun things for the classroom and home.  And skip the "World's greatest teacher" unless it is on a card written by your child.