Then there is the school nurse who may as well be a close personal friend.
Last year, I wrote a post detailing my choice for teacher gifts. Since it is only December 7th, and my teacher gifts are not yet prepared, I am re-posting from last year.
While gift cards are always an excellent choice, (and Mommyhood recommended as long as they are cleverly packaged) last year I gave very meaningful gifts that were different from the norm.
They are also extremely affordable. Always a plus.
If you teach any of my children stop reading now. This will ruin one of the 25 gifts you will receive this holiday season.
I'm 99.9% certain I didn't need to write that forewarning.
This year, I continued on my quest to give teacher gifts that were useful. I can only imagine how much stuff teachers accumulate. If they have 25 students, that's 100 gifts every four years.
That's a lot of candles.
This is why I struggle with the teacher gift shopping. I have given the almighty gift card. Teachers must sing to the heavens when they open that little sucker.
This year, to change things up, I went a different route.
Samaritan's Purse
I gave something that wouldn't take up space. And it wasn't a gift card.
I gave something that wouldn't take up space. And it wasn't a gift card.
I gave the gift of helping to teach a child to read. A donation in their honor*. How perfect, the teachers are helping children to read and they don't have to teach them. It's like giving a paid vacation.
And even though I was loving my gift, I couldn't stay away from a little "stuff" to go with it.
I figured hand soap is always a good bet with all the germs floating around those classrooms. And chocolates are a good bet with all the chaos floating around those classrooms. And once used, you throw them out. They disappear. I LOVE when my munchkins get fun gifts that disappear.
Like a craft set. Craft one night and it's gone. Poof!
To view the online Samaritan's Purse catalog, click HERE.
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