Gift Ideas for Day Care Teacher
- Gift baskets come in a wide range of possibilities between store-bought and handmade varieties. Themed gift baskets include movie, spa, spirits and gourmet cheese gift baskets. For a homemade gift basket, first decide on the teacher's needs or interests. If you know he enjoys drinking tea, put tea-related items in the basket such as teacups, tea bags, packets of sugar and a bottle of honey.
- Give the day-care teacher a reason to relax and pamper herself with an aromatherapy gift. Aromatherapy items include oils and diffusers, lamps, bath salts, soap, body lotions, candles and candle holders. Create a gift set by including a variety of aromatherapy oils with a diffuser, or an aromatherapy bath set with soap, body wash, candles and bath salts.
- A personalized cookie jar is a gift that the entire day-care class can participate in. Choose a large glass cookie jar; either clear or colored will do. Let each child in the class paint a picture or his name on the jar with glass paint, then once it dries apply a coat of sealer to protect the painted designs. Include a batch of home-baked cookies inside the cookie jar.
- Teachers who run a day-care business out of their home often purchase the art supplies and activities from their own pockets. Help her with this extra expense by giving her a tote bag or gift basket filled with art supplies. Include the necessities such as construction paper, tracing paper, crayons, colored pencils, stencils, rubber stamps, tempera paint, watercolors, paint brushes, wax paper, glue, scissors and glitter.
- Everyone enjoys a night off, day-care teachers not excluded. Go to your nearest movie theater to purchase movie tickets for him to use at his leisure. As a bonus, you can also purchase a movie theater gift certificate that can be used for food, candy, popcorn and beverages inside the theater.
