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End of year gifts


Posted: May 25, 2010

I'm out of ideas for end of year gifts for teachers. My son will be "graduating" 5th grade Thursday and he's had kind of a rough year. I'd like to get his teacher something out of the ordinary. I usually do gift cards, but anyone out there have any better, more unique ideas? I don't want to spend lots of money, maybe $20 or so...Thanks y'all!

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end of year gifts - nan

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You could give the teacher a mouse pad or a starfish. LOL

Seriously, I think a gift card is nice. That way the teacher can get what they want instead of several of the same gifts.

teacher gift - aw

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I know we had a dollar store that sold these little popcorn buckets or either a basket with some microwave popcorn and a giftcard either to the movies or to a rental store of something like that with the popcorn

Teacher's gift - KYMT

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You could maybe make some cookies or muffins and add some coffee and/or tea, a nice mug, and create a basket. Check out your local dollar store or dollar tree if one is available for the coffee, tea, basket, etc. Most people appreciate a gift that obviously took some thought and time to put together.

Perfect cute gift ... - sm

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These apple cozies are perfect...a sweater for the apple for teacher!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/UnravelMe?ga_search_query=apple+sweater&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&includes[]=tags&includes[]=title

or these with collars on them!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/37231589/cozy-apple-jacketsweater-handknit-off?ref=sr_gallery_8&ga_search_query=apple+sweater&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&includes[]=tags&includes[]=title

End of year gifts - ColtsFan

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My niece is a first grade teacher. She spends quite a bit of her own money on supplies for her classroom. She always says she would love it if she would receive more gift cards. She has so many apple-related trinkets, she doesn't know what to do with all of them.

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