20+ DIY Teacher Appreciation Gifts They Will Be Obsessed With!
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Instead of getting your kids teacher another mug, recreate one of these insanely thoughtful and easy DIY teacher appreciation gifts!
Hi friends,
It’s that time of school year. Teacher appreciation week is just around the corner from May 1-8! The official Teachers Day is May 3rd – the perfect day to bring in your child’s teachers gift!
If you’re still on the hunt for the best teacher appreciation gifts to give your kids teacher this year, I totally get it! It’s hard trying not to get them the same teacher appreciation week gifts as everyone else.
We’ve pulled together some great, thoughtful and homemade teacher gift ideas that are super easy to recreate!
This post is all about DIY teacher appreciation gifts they will be totally obsessed with!
DIY Teacher Appreciation Gifts
Homemade Teacher Appreciation Gifts
Let’s start with a few great hand made diy projects you can easily put together for your kids teacher!
1. Teacher Emergency Stash
This is a cute and super simple gift for the all around candy loving teacher! Add a bow and tag and you’re done!
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Clear Compartment Container Storage
2. Cute teacher potted plant
Love this idea because you can almost bet they won’t receive a gift like this from anyone else! Pick up a small plant pot, grab some chalkboard paint, yellow paint and you’re good to go!
3. Classroom door sign
How adorable is this? Another chalkboard paint craft that any teacher would love!
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4. Cute teacher letter board
This letter board might be my favorite handmade gift idea! Letter boards are super trendy and this could easily become one of their most used gifts in the classroom!
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5. Pencil holders
Simple and sweet! Paint some mason jars, pick up a few cute pens add throw it all in a small wooden box!
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Candy Teacher Appreciation Gifts
You can’t go wrong with candy! At the beginning of the year our kids teachers handed out “about me” letters that told us their favorite candy, color, food, etc. If your kids teacher did the same, picking up a pack of their favorite treat is an easy gift idea you know they’ll enjoy!
6. Starburst gift
“Bursting to you you – You’re an amazing teacher!”
7. Swedish Fish gift
“You are o-fish-ally the best teachers & staff!”
8. Skittles teacher gift
“Thanks for coloring my school year with happiness”
9. Reese’s Pieces teacher gift
“Thank you for the pieces of knowledge!”
10. Kit-Kat Teacher Gift
“You deserve a break!”
Bulk Teacher Appreciation Gifts
If you have a slightly bigger budget and time for your gift, these are some totally impressive gift ideas!
11. Teacher supplies “cake”
A teacher supply “cake” is super cute! If you’re not as crafty, you could totally just find a cute caddy and put all the supplies in there! Plus, the caddy is useful on its own too!
12. Pink teacher gifts
If you know your kids teachers favorite color, this would be such a fun idea!! You and your kid could hit the dollar tree and go on a hunt for things in their favorite color!
13. “Jackpot” teacher gift
Okay, how stinkin’ awesome is this idea?? Who doesn’t love scratch offs? Totally a unique idea! I’ve also seen “thanks a lottery for being an awesome teacher!”
14. Baking set teacher gift
This is such a sweet and simple gift idea. Fill an oven bit with cookie or cake mix, add a cute spatula, sprinkles and a label for an adorable gift they can enjoy at home!
15. Movie lover teacher gift
Okay, this gift is absolutely perfect! Anyone, teacher or not would love to receive something like this. Teachers work so hard, they definitely deserve a movie night out!
16. You have the “write” stuff
This is one thing both of my daughters teachers mentioned on their “about me” page we received in the beginning of the year! They love cute notes and pens and honestly, what teacher doesn’t??
Last Minute Teacher Appreciation Gifts
Here are few DIY teacher gifts that you can throw together last minute! They’re sweet, simple and to the point!
17. Clorox wipes
Teachers live for cleaning supplies!
18. Nail polish gift
A little self care item for the teachers who give so much to others!
19. You’re the “balm”
You can never go wrong with some good quality lip balm!
20. Thanks for keeping me “sharp”
We all know teachers use sharpies for just about everything!
21. “Popping” by to say thanks
If an entire movie night gift isn’t in the budget, this is a simpler but still a fun gift idea!
22. Hands down the best
You know teachers can never have enough hand sanitizer! Especially in recent years with all the big germs going around!
23. Target gift card
There are two gift card places you seriously cannot go wrong with! One is Target, who doesn’t love Target?
24. Amazon gift card
The other gift card you can’t go wrong with is Amazon of course! Always a no-fail option!
