10 Easy Handmade Gifts for Teacher, Because Nothing Says Thank You Like a Homemade Gift

Teachers usually choose their professions because they naturally like caring for children, watching them learn and reach for the stars, and really not because it’s a high paying job or they get recognized often! No one really cares for the teacher’s day or efforts at the end of a school term. So choosing a gift that not only expresses a student and his parents’ gratitude and appreciation for their role in the child’s life needs to be thoughtfully executed.

Rather than going for expensive gifts or things that may be not be acceptable given the teacher’s work ethics and responsibility to the school, what would be a more appreciable initiative would be getting school supplies, or sponsoring a school activity or contributing towards a common cause for the students.

It may take a little longer than the usual gifting process, but would mean the world to a teacher to receive thoughtful letters or notes from the student or parents, or a handcrafted gift. If the teacher has a sweet tooth, a little box of candies with a thoughtful message to brighten his/her day, a basket of fruits that don’t require refrigeration or a home-made meal would any day be more valuable and heartening for the teacher.

Teachers plant and nurture the seeds of knowledge that last for life in an Individual’s learning journey. The cycle of learning continues, whether it is in school, college or life! Hence it is only appropriate that you recognize your teacher or mentor’s efforts and guidance with a plant or flower pot. To create a nice assortment of small plants or flower pots, follow the directions below.

The mini art easel is a compact gift that can be displayed on your teacher’s desk. You can buy all this material from itsybitsy.in store either online or locally.

Sugar scrubs are excellent for exfoliating and smoothening the skin, with their busy schedules both at home and at work, teachers are always nearly as busy as any other working professional. To express your gratitude and care for the teacher, it would be nice to present these DIY scrubs made from some easy home ingredients, easy on the pocket and wonderfully soothing! You’d make a set of two scrubs with different fragrance and things.

You can buy the essential oils and vitamin E from any cosmetic items store or online at nykaa.com.

Express your gratitude with this delectable combination of Bananas and Nutella. Pick up a bunch of bananas with a jar of Nutella from your nearest grocery store, a couple of tags, a few gel pens, some ribbon or twine. If you don’t find shaped tags, then just take a piece of paper, thick enough to hold as a tag/label, cut it into a circle shape and paste it on the jar lid. Hand write a message of your choice on the top or use this – “thanks a bunch! I can NUTELLA how much I am gr8ful to you!” complete the gift by tying a twine or a ribbon around the jar with a complementary card addressed to your teacher with your name on it.

Buy a pack of sharpies (bright colored marker pens) from a stationary store or an online web store, and print a designed label template that can complement a colorful present to appreciate a teacher. Choose your design from a variety of pre-designed templates at onlinelabels.com, customise them with text of your choice, for instance – Thank you for coloring my life and making me a sharpie!, print the label and cut it to a shape of your choice, pasting it on the gift box or container you’ve shown to stack the pens. Sharpie markers are available in varying sets of 2-24 ranging between Rs. 250-1500.

With an ancient art of rolling colorful papers into some amazing designs and shapes, you can now light up your teacher’s life by gifting her a set of Quilled Candle Holders.

For ease of reference you can use this video tutorial on instructables.com.

Gift the teacher a unique handcrafted pencil/pen stand that she can use on her desk, and it will bring a smile to her and remind her of you, each time she uses it!

You can purchase the Gorilla Glue from evitamins.com for Rs.649.

For this one you can make a 'things-to-do' template yourself or print a pre-designed template from vertex42.com.

Teachers, like mothers have a thankless job of nurturing a child and developing a child’s confidence and intellectual skills and that’s no easy task! For those days when the teacher’s pressed for everything, needs an extra dose of caffeine, some supplements for the drain in her energy, relief from a headache or even a quick bite, this survival kit would be a blessing in disguise!

We forget just how important a teacher can be in a child’s life. Even though, school life is a non-stop roller coaster ride for teachers and students alike, there are certain times that stand out in our memories of our interaction and learning journey with our teachers. There’s nothing like a good old’ handwritten letter of gratitude, affection and inspiring memories your teacher won’t warm up to. Take out some time to pen down your thoughts of how your teacher has affected your life, what have you enjoyed learning about the most, or few choicest memories that have left an impression on you for life and what are some of the best things you liked in your teacher.

Like everyone else, teachers are humans with real feelings. They may have a strict personality, a firm demeanor or a less expressive nature, but they too have their personal interests, likes and dislikes. Gifts for teachers need not be just limited to desktop objects or knick-knacks! You choose things that are of practical use for them, either by way of enhancing the classroom experience for the students or one that makes the teachers’ work a little easier.

The gifts need not be expensive either. When you make choices like getting age-appropriate book sets for their class, stationary sets of pens, pencils or small notebooks or an annual photo album, it would not only serve a purpose but would be much appreciated as well.