How Do You Brainstorm A Teacher Appreciation Gift?
Want to acknowledge and show appreciation for your child’s teacher? Or your own teacher? FOOD: What teacher doesn’t appreciate something yummy! A box of chocolate, a canister of nuts, smoked salmon, crackers and gourmet cheese, etc. All the basic food gift ideas work when looking for a teacher gift. However, something homemade is always more special when it’s possible. And if this is for your child’s teacher, how about involving your child in the process? What about tracing your child’s hand on paper and then transferring to stiff cardboard…then using that as a template for cutting out some sugar cookie dough? Each handprint cookie could have a candy glued in the palm (with frosting) or painted fingernails with red fruit roll-up or red candies (for female teachers). Or sugar cookie hearts, flowers, the teacher’s favorite animals, etc. If you want to go more gourmet and like candy-making, homemade truffles or peanut brittle, peppermint bark, fudge, meringues, or cookies of all varieti
