It’s crazy to think that we’re already at the end of the school year. I feel like I was just searching for holiday gifts for my kids’ teachers. Charlotte’s school actually ends in mid May and while James is in school until mid-June, but I know summer will be here before we know it, so I’m starting to shop for end of year teacher gifts now. I’m feeling particularly sentimental as we close out this school year. I really love my kids’ teachers this year. Both of them thrived and I know it was, in large part, because they had such amazing teachers. They’re the kind of teachers that we’ll always remember and I’ll be sad to say goodbye to. Luckily, we have Brooks to go still, so he may have some of them! With the year coming to close, I wanted to find a thoughtful way to thank Charlotte and James’ teachers for all they’ve done for them with thoughtful end of year teacher gifts.
I don’t know about your experience, but I find end of year teacher gifts to be quite hard to select. Teachers get so many mugs and notebooks and pencils and totes. I don’t want to give them another thing they don’t need or that they gotten a million times over. At the same time, I wasted my go-to teacher gifts over the holidays, so now I have to come up with something new. While I was researching the best end of year teacher gifts and asking all my teacher friends, I found a bunch of great ideas. I thought I’d share them with you if you’re struggling to figure out end of year teacher gifts too. FWIW my mom found one gift that really worked and repeated it ever year — she’d order ornaments or bookmarks that benefited a wildlife charity. Teachers get lots of trinkets, so I loved that she thought of giving them something with a charitable angle, and because it was always a hit, she just repeated it so she didn’t have to think about it, something I’m realizing is genius. I still have yet to find my go-to gifts, but I feel like all of these are things teachers will actually use and could be good to use year after year. Now with that all said, I have been told by many teachers that gift cards and cash are preferred and I totally get that. For the holidays, I included gift cards with a little gift from Park City that is special to us — Deer Valley’s famous turkey chili mix. Last year, we went in as a class on a gift certificate to a local spa and restaurant and then I did a small gift just for something extra. I love the idea of doing a gift card and a small personalized or useful gift like one of the end of year teacher gifts I’ve rounded up as a way to thank your teachers in a thoughtful way.
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