[Guest_~Songbird~_*]

Trying to avoid the token box of chocolates this year. Any ideas?.

This post has been edited by ~Songbird~: 21/11/2012, 06:30 PM

[vanessa71]

I always try to do something homemade, like shortbbread.

[beaglebaby]

I made fabric carry bags for them last year, they loved them and I still see them using them around school. Another year the children bought some punnets of herbs and some nice pots and planted them up and took care of them until the end of term to give to their teachers.

[Guest_~Songbird~_*]

Should say it's a male teacher.

Oh and not home made, but thank you for the suggestions

A plant may be an idea though..

[Funwith3]

My daughter has a male teacher this year too. I thought of the best idea!!! Go to either the world vision or oxfam websites and buy some chickens and eggs, or pencils and school books for children in Africa. I figured that the teachers would get so much chocolate and biscuits, cakes etc that they'd really appreciate this gift.

[`Comic Sans`]

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This post has been edited by *magenta*: 02/01/2013, 11:18 AM

[countrymel]

A card with a genuine heartfelt message.

That's it.

Why?

* I am a teacher
*my Mum was a teacher
*my grandmother was a teacher (and lived with us)
*two Aunt's are teachers
*my inlaws were both teachers
*I have many teacher friends.

[roses99]

My friend (who is a teacher and whose husband is also a teacher) wrote this guest post, with lots of great suggestions:

http://beafunmum.com/2012/11/guest-post-gi...-yearchristmas/

ETA: Consider buying a stash of stickers that they can use the following year. Most primary teachers spend a lot of their own money on stickers and little treats; I'm sure they'd appreciate some that they didn't have to buy themselves. You can even order them with the teacher's name on them. I did this for one of DS's teachers, that said things like "Mrs X says great work!"

This post has been edited by roses99: 21/11/2012, 06:50 PM

[Ritaroo]

Alcohol.

Agreed.

[Koufuku]

I have to remind everyone that sometimes home made food isn't really a teacher's favourite. Not one teacher I works with will eat food made at home, unless they know the parent really well and are really, really, really certain about the standard of hygiene in their home. I don't mean to offend anyone, just making a point.

A really thoughtful card is lovely.

Wine glasses and alcohol

I love practical, yet cute stationery (memo pads, cute pencils/pens, paper clips, bulldog clips)

For a male teacher: Bunnings vouchers, beer, red wine, ties (as in neck ties, if they wear them - ie: private school teacher), personalied pen, key rings