The back to school hustle and bustle is happening and you are probably running from store to store gathering all the supplies on each kid’s school supply list and making sure they have clothes that fit. During all the back to school hustle of buying new shoes, supplies, and lunchboxes you are also thinking about back to school teacher gifts that you can pick up as well as homemade gifts to give your new teachers.
We are sharing with you a great list of ideas for teacher gifts. These are gifts you can make or purchase for you to drop off. This is a great way to meet your kids’ new teachers this school year!
Back to School Teacher Gift Ideas
Supply Basket
As a teacher getting a basket of supplies like crayons, dry erase markers, glue sticks, paper, and even hand sanitizer. This can be such an awesome way to start off a new school year.
Teachers have to spend a lot of their own money to supply their classrooms. So, with extra materials, this would be every teacher’s dream gift for sure!
First Day Survival Kit
A first day survival kit will help your teacher get through the day. You can get a basket or a pencil box and fill it with items that can help a teacher survive their first few days of a new school year.
Things like chapstick, pain relievers, chocolate, gum, little snacks like nuts, or trail mix. A gift card or two for a sweet treat or even a coffee to treat themselves to is a great addition!
Sharpies
So much labeling, grading, and writing are done by a teacher. Treating them to some colorful sharpies or even multiple solid black colors can be a great back to school teacher gift this upcoming school year.
Personalized Door Hanger
If you are crafty you can make this yourself easily and gift or you can find lots of cute pre-made ones online to have made and personalized for you. All teachers love to make their rooms look more welcoming and a personalized door hanger for their room would be a perfect addition to their door.
Homemade Cookies
Grab some ingredients and bake your favorite homemade cookies and package them with a cute tag saying “I’m going to be one smart cookie because you are my teacher”. Teachers will love having a homemade treat to eat at the end of their day or even a snack to enjoy during their break.
Apple Wreath
Give your teacher something to be proud to hang either in their classroom or their door at home. A beautiful Apple Wreath would be a perfect gift to give that says we are excited about a new school year and hope you are too!
Potted Plant
Grab a cute small potted plant and add a sweet note saying “Excited for you to help me grow this school year.”
Water Bottle
Teachers are always on the go so why not give them a cute insulated water bottle that they can take with them to work each day? With a cute new water bottle, they can keep their water cold and with them all throughout the school day.
Lunch Box
Help your child’s new teacher start the school year off with a fun new lunchbox or food containers to pack in their lunch bag.
They too have to stock up on new school supplies and having a few lunch boxes can help with keeping things not only fun but clean and ready for the next day!
Umbrella
A new umbrella is always a great gift. Having one inside their classroom by the door and another stashed in the car helps them be ready for any rainy day.
Cleaning Supplies
A new school year means time to stock up on new supplies to help keep the classroom germ free. Getting cleaning supplies could be the highlight of your new teachers day.
Pick up some paper towels, Clorox wipes, and hand soap to make a cleaning supply basket and drop off when you meet your new teacher for the new school year.
Colorful Pens
Just like sharpies, having new colorful pens can be exciting. Even more exciting when you do not have to purchase them yourself!
Printer Paper
A Lot of school districts have a printing limit for teachers. When they supply their own paper they can print as many copies as they desire. Consider giving your teacher a ream of printer paper or maybe even a case as a back to school teacher gift.
With printer paper now your child’s teacher can make as many copies as she needs for a while and not have to worry about her copy count.
Gift Cards
A gift card tree is a super cute gift idea. You can purchase a few $5.00 gift cards from surrounding restaurants and clip them to a little tree using tiny clothespins.
Delivering it on meet the teacher day would be a great surprise and a wonderful way to introduce yourself!
Treasure Box Surprises
Teachers mostly in younger grades have treasure boxes and are always looking for donations to add to their treasure box for their students to pick out for rewards. You can shop the dollar store for little toys, candy, and art supplies to help stock up their treasure box!
Teacher Stamp Collection
Having cute stamps is a must for teachers. Teachers love stamps for papers to make their job easier. They love to return and sign stamps. Also, they love ones with messages for students as well. Look for ones that say good work, or correct and return, awesome job, etc. This saves them a lot of writing on each paper.
Finding stamps that last long can be challenging so gifting teacher stamp collection will come in handy at the start of a new school year.
Stationery Set
Teachers throughout their year write a lot of notes home to parents as well as thank you notes to volunteers in their classroom.
Purchasing your children’s teacher a nice set of stationery at the beginning of a new school year will for sure help them get a great start to their new year and ready to start writing notes that need to be done!
Tote Bag
Teachers take a lot of work home to complete after teaching all day. Having a sleek canvas bag to transport all the papers home would be a great gift. This back to school teacher gift will be one of their favorites.
Trying to find out their favorite color before purchasing for a sweet surprise!
What other back to school teacher gifts do you like to give? Share in the comments!