The beginning of the year is a great time to let your co-workers know how much you appreciate them and share in the excitement about the upcoming year! Collaboration with other teachers is key to success as a teacher. The following back-to-school gifts offer a multitude of ideas with various price options to fit your budget. Just pick the back-to-school gifts you want to give your teachers/co-workers, print and cut the corresponding gift tag, attach the tag to the gift tag with Baker’s Twine or tape, and enjoy spreading some back-to-school kindness!
Who doesn’t love getting chocolate?! In my book, you can never go wrong with M&M's®. From our principal, custodians, teachers and our talented classroom aides, I am blessed to work with an amazing team of people in my building. By attaching the free printable gift tag to the candy with loops of tape, it was easy to make up enough of these to give one to everyone that works in my school.
Project By: Becca Foxwell
These notecards are adorable! As a teacher I am always looking for cute cards to write notes to encourage my students or to brighten another teachers’ day. Give the whole pack of 48 cards to one teacher or split the pack up. Just use baker’s twine to tie them up with the free printable gift tag.
Project By: Becca Foxwell
Markers are gold to teachers and Mr. Sketch® markers are always a favorite! I loved these scented markers as a kid and still love them as a teacher. These makers are perfect for charts and posters. What a fun, yet practical gift! Attach the free printable gift tag to the markers with baker’s twine.
Project By: Becca Foxwell
Teachers can never have too many sticky notes! Give these cute sticky notes to teachers and they won’t last long. Attach the sticky notes to the free printable gift tag with loops of tape.
Project By: Becca Foxwell
These dry erase markers and dry erase sleeves are the perfect way to show your appreciation! Use bakers twine to attach the gift tag and wrap up the dry erase markers and sleeves. If you have multiple teachers on your team, you can split the packs and tie a couple of dry erase markers and sleeves together. Have a great start to your year and enjoy spreading some back-to-school cheer!
Project By: Becca Foxwell
This is a super quick gift to put together that your colleagues can use again with their students! Place a handful of the Block Play Building Blocks Set into a Medium Cellophane gift bag. Print and cut the "Let's Build a Great Year" tag and punch a hole in one of the top corners. To finish, tie the tag around the Medium Cellophane bag with Red Baker's Twine!
Project By: Kristen Poindexter
When I saw these Apple-Shaped Sticky Notes, I knew they would be the perfect thing to gift to my colleagues! I loved how quickly these came together for quick gift giving! Download, print, and cut the "Here's to a "Note-worthy" Year!" tag, punch a hole in one of the top corners and use Red Baker's Twine to tie the tag around the stem of the apple.
Project By: Kristen Poindexter
The Paint Buckets used for this gift are so cute! I also love that you can fill it with what ever colorful supply works best for your budget! I used scented markers, but you could also use colored pencils, crayons, cute pencils, paints, or some Sharpie permanent markers! I added some sparkly filler that I had from another gift and then added in my scented markers. Download, print, and cut the printable tag, punch a hole in one of the top corners and use Red Baker's Twine to tie it around the Paint Bucket.
Project By: Kristen Poindexter
The Maze Puzzle Pens are the perfect gift that your colleagues can use over and over! Download, print, and cut the "A-mazing Year!" printable tag and tie it to the Maze Puzzle Pen with Red Baker's Twine. Super simple and super cute!
Project By: Kristen Poindexter
Last but not least, a mug for all those Superhero teachers! To create this look, I used my vinyl cutting machine to cut a superhero logo out of American Crafts Red, Yellow, and Blue Adhesive Vinyl. I then layered them and adhered them on to the side of the DIY Ceramic White Coffee Mug. I placed a Medium Clear Cellophane bag in the coffee mug and added some of my favorite coffee pods. Next, I print, cut, and punched a hole in the "Even Superheros Need Coffee" tag and tied it around the cellophane bag with Red Baker's Twine to finish off the gift.
Project By: Kristen Poindexter
These fun apple gifts are useful, cute and are sure to be a hit with teachers. Fill a red classroom storage basket with an apple classroom timer, apple shaped sticky notes, apple shaped pens, apple containerfilled with a few of their favorite treats, and some rolls of green and red washi tape. Print the tag onto white cardstock, cut out and place inside the gift basket. Download the FREE gift tag here.
Project By: Rachel McAffee
These fun apple gifts are useful, cute and are sure to be a hit with teachers. Fill a red classroom storage basket with an apple classroom timer, apple shaped sticky notes, apple shaped pens, apple containerfilled with a few of their favorite treats, and some rolls of green and red washi tape. Print the tag onto white cardstock, cut out and place inside the gift basket.
Project By: Rachel McAffee
This colorful gift is sure to brighten any teacher's day! Fill a tall jar with an assortment of colored pencils. Print out the FREE downloadable tag using white cardstock then cut out and punch a whole through the top of the tag. Thread blue polka dot ribbon through the tag and tie around the lid of the jar.
Project By: Rachel McAffee
This idea is sweet yet practical. The educator can use the clipboard for class and when not in use, they can hang them on the wall to remind them how lucky their students are to have such an amazing teacher. Download and print out the 3 different sentiment sheets onto white cardstock. Clip the sheets onto the rainbow clipboards and tie a few strands of colorful ribbon to the top of the clipboard.
Project By: Rachel McAffee
This sweet and simple idea is a great way to showcase how much the teacher has been a highlight for your child throughout the year. Fill a short jar with an assortment of highlighters and tie a bow around the lid using neon ribbon. Downloadthen print the tag onto white cardstock. Cut out and attach to the front of the jar using Glue Dots®.
Project By: Rachel McAffee
Fun, cute and useful, this teacher survival kit has all the essentials a teacher needs to get through their day. Chocolate, mints, glue sticks, dry erase markers,erasers and personalized pencils are all tucked into the cups of this cute caddy. Download and print the tag onto white cardstock and attach it to the caddy with a red polka dot ribbon.
Project By: Rachel McAffee
Your child's teacher will love jotting down their thoughts or lesson plans in this darling notebook. Download then print out the tag on white cardstockand punch a hole through the tag. Thread a strand of pink ribbon through the hole. Next, tie the ribbon around the notebook with the tag attached. Finally, tuck in a personalized pen and this quick gift is all set to give!
Project By: Rachel McAffee
This is a clever and useful way to tell your child's teacher thank you! Fill a short jar with a colorful assortment of washi tape then download and print out the tag using white cardstock. Attach it to the jar using a strand of yellow ribbon.
Project By: Rachel McAffee