A gift for a teacher

About two years ago I came across this cute gift idea for teachers and filed it away as a cool idea to remember (this was pre pinterest so I must have bookmarked it!). I have a bit of a thing for those plastic compartment organisers (sad but true) and I love stationery and I do so love putting little items into those little compartments so this gift was a lot of fun to make ;) There are a lot of ideas on pinterest now for 'teacher appreciation' gifts and with my 5 year old starting her second year of school today I thought I'd make a little kit up for her new teacher. Now I was in two minds about sharing this on my blog as I really don't want mums to feel that they should be giving a gift to the teacher on the first day but it's a bit different for me as I was a full time teacher before having children (now I do relieving which is great) so I remember how full on that first day of term is, meeting up to 30 new people as well as most of their parents so I thought a little 'emergency kit' would be a fun little thing to give (and putting the kit together was a lot of fun!) This would also make a neat gift for someone training to be a teacher and off on their first teaching placement, or a gift for a friend who is a teacher too.

Here's what I put in the kit...

-tic tacs

-hand sanitiser

-lip balm

-panadol

-magnets

-staple gun staples and bull dog clips

-mini Whittakers hokey pokey chocolate bars (these are soooo delicious!)

-barley sugars for energy

-mini post its and paper clips

-lemon and ginger tea bags for a sort throat after a day's teaching

I also thought I'd share this idea as it could be used for so many other themed gift ideas -these are a few I've thought of or come across....

-fill one with hair accessories and other girly things- girls love having containers to put all of their little treasures in!

-give on as a kids craft kit- I made this one up to keep our collage things in

-fill one with lego pieces or little cars for a fun travel gift

-make up a crafty kit for a friend- fill with buttons, ribbon, threads, needles and other handy notions

And here are a few teacher quotes I found via pinterest too...all the teachers I know are amazingly passionate, hard working and dedicated people so I wish them (and the lucky children in their classes) a great first day today :)

http://pinterest.com/pin/210684088789730453/

http://pinterest.com/pin/70579919130425405/

http://pinterest.com/pin/254312710179943544/

http://pinterest.com/pin/80572280803401398/

So true!  http://pinterest.com/pin/517421444658263338/

Megan x