Gifts

• Gift cards to a coffee shop
• Favorite snacks, magazines
• Ice cream gift card
• Plants
• Tea or coffee in a mug
• Lunch
• Prepared dinner from Camilla’s or Whole Foods
• Fruit basket
• Homemade baked goods as special snack for whole class
• Guilty pleasures day – parents brought/sent in items like chocolates, popcorn, magazines, etc.
• A book or two for the classroom connected to the curriculum
• Basket with baked goods – muffins, biscotti, cookies, etc.
• Ask parents to send in a small item related to the teacher’s interests – cooking items like a spatula, hot mitt, towel, crossword puzzle book, etc. Fill a basket with the items.
• If your teacher likes to cook, have families send in a favorite recipe.
• Breakfast – coffee, breakfast treat using favorites list
• If your teacher has a favorite candy, buy a bag of small sized candies, give each child one, and ask the children to surprise the teacher with the candy throughout the day.

(also see Gifts – End of Year, and Milestones - New Baby Gift Ideas)