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Let’s show our gratitude for all they’ve done to help our kids with one of these practical teacher appreciation gifts kids can make.
This year especially, teachers have had a rough end of the school year.
These homemade gifts are a great way to show your appreciation of teachers!
You could also check out 14 children’s books about teachers here.
Teacher Appreciation Gifts of Supplies
Many teachers buy school supplies using their own money.
Donations of pencils, dry erase markers, crayons, washable markers, tissues, and Clorox disinfecting wipes are all very useful.
Spruce up the presentation of these supplies with the following crafts.
Kids can help pick out the supplies and decorate. The end result doesn’t need to be perfect!
- Use glue dots to create this pencil vaseseen on Amanda’s Parties to Go so the teachers can actually use the pencils.
- Present some pencils with this pencil butterflyshown on Hands On As We Grow.
- Fill these tinted mason jarsseen on Hands On As We Grow with markers or pencils once completed.
- Paint a canvas bagas seen on Hands On As We Grow. A great way to carry school supplies!
- Show just how sharp the teacher is with a decorated can filled with sharpiesas seen on Sweet Charli.
- Create a beautiful glue stick wreathas seen on I Heart Crafty Things. (As a side note, I highly recommend Elmer’s Disappearing Purple School Glue Sticks.)
- Give pencils with this flower garden pencil holdershown on The Spruce Crafts.
- Fill the teacher’s supply cupboard with this school supply cakeshown on The Craft Patch.
- Even the center of this school supply cakeshown on Hometalk is filled with school supplies!
Handmade Cards for Teachers (Made By the Kids)
What teacher wouldn’t love a sweet handwritten note?
Older kids can practice their handwriting skills with their own little notes.
Younger ones can have their parents write the note as the child dictates.
A gift card could be included in any of these cards as an added bonus!
- Gather a few students together for this fingerprint balloons cardshown on Paging Fun Mums.
- Put together a video to say thank you to the teacher with this unique QR code cardmentioned on Innovation Kids Lab.
- Try this simple crayon resist cardas seen on Happy Hooligans.
- Show how super the teacher is with superhero chocolateshown onArtsy Momma.
- Create a garden with this crepe paper flower carddescribed onArtsy Craftsy Mom.
- Thank teachers for helping your child grow with this handprint plant cardshown on There’s Just One Mommy.
Kid-Made Bookmarks for Teacher Appreciation
- Braid two colors together to make this beautiful chevron braided bookmarkas shown on My Thoughts Exactly.
- Even monsters can stick their noses in books! Check out these monster bookmarksshown on Make and Takes to see how.
- Create these button bookmarksshown on Kids Activities with just a few supplies.
- These Sharpie tie dye bookmarksseen on Happy Hooligans are gorgeous!
- Use any card to create a card bookmarkas seen on Hands On As We Grow.
- Give the teachers a thumbs up with these sweet thumbprint heart bookmarksas seen on Crafts For All Seasons.
- Practice fine motor skills as you create these tear art bookmarksshown on Buggy and Buddy.
- Create a beautiful design with salt on these salty bookmarksshown on Art Club Blog.
- Make this cute bookworm bookmarkshown on The Spruce Crafts to add to the teacher’s next book.
More Teacher Appreciation Gifts
- Decorate a kindness rocklike the one shown on The Crafting Chicks however you would like.
- Give a plant in this cute crayon vaseas seen on Sugar Bee Crafts.
- Write a sweet note in a personalized notebookas seen on Mum in the Mad House.
- This decorated potshown on Giggles Galore is so sweet. But the pots could be painted however desired.
- Create a one of a kind artwork candleas seen on Come Together Kids.
- Fill these apple potsseen on The Krazy Coupon Lady with candies or little notes.
What is your favorite teacher appreciation gift to give?
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About Brigitte Brulz
Brigitte Brulz is a homeschooling mom of two daughters, wife of her high school sweetheart, and author of Jobs of a Preschooler and Pickles, Pickles, I Like Pickles. She offers free coloring pages and activity ideas on her website at BrigitteBrulz.com.
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