End of the School Year Gift Ideas From Parent to Teacher or Teacher to Volunteer

Here are some ideas that should be adored by whoever the gift receiver is.

I had a teacher friend ask for gift ideas for her (classroom) “room-parent” volunteer. Keeping price options in mind and a little creative captioning, after looking at this list I was like- these would be great from teacher to parent or parent to teacher!

So take a gift that can be practical, appreciated, or simple and sweet AND add a fun or thoughtful sentiment. You can truly capture depth of your appreciation!

Hopefully some of the captions will get your creative heartstrings flowing…

*Caption under each image will take you to image site.

I hope that you get to feel the warmth of sunshine on your face and be reminded of the warmth you brought to this class. You really have been a ray of light.

Turkish towel. ($12.50) A place I found to have quality that is so good and the price is even better. Found at The Longest Thread on Etsy.

You light up our classroom and our hearts! You are a shining light that will never go out.

These candles smell amazing. The 8oz. is $22.00 at Francesca’s and on Amazon.

Teachers can get tied up with all there is to do. But with parents like you, we can pony up and take on anything!

I love the customization on these cute hair ties. Here is a great tip. Wedding shops often have the cutest and affordable gift items. These are $5.99 each. If customization will take to long to get here skip that part and give it your signature on the bottom.

When people care this much about us, we drive to be the best we can be. Thank you for being such a powerful force in our lives.

These keychains are so charming to attach to a beach tote or an everyday bag. They make it just a little more special. Found these for $10.00 at Etsy with Mignon and Mignon.

There are people who come into our lives and do so much for us. We want you to know we love you a latte and are so grateful for filling our classroom to the rim with so much care.

Monogram coffe cups. These are $10.00 at Anthropologie. But they can be found at different places. A really cute idea is for students to write mini notes and they can go inside the cup.

We can’t high five you enough for all that you do. So believe us when we say- Hands down, you are the best ever!

I adore these little hand sanitizers (also at $4.00 each), but how charming that they say “Merci”. So cute. And how appropriate are they! These too are from Anthropologie.

We sea all that you do and know how much you care. We hope when you wear this bracelet you will sea how much we appreciate you.

This is The Stone Wave Bracelet from Pura Vida at Nordstrom (just marked down to $10.80). Loved that the description for this was “carry that feeling with you all day.”

We will always remember this unforgettable year. So take some time with all that is going on to- smile and laugh, as often as possible. We can’t rewind, but we are moving on stronger and better because of you.

I have hats from Mother Trucker and the fit is great. I say share the humor. This time has been like no other and this is something you can wear all summer long (and longer). There are so many fun ones at their site ($25.00).

This year has been an unforgettable year for sure!

I hope this helps and would love for you to share your ideas.

So down below is a template idea for teachers if they wish to do a letter to go along with that special gift- a shared writing project with the class (gift from teacher to classroom parent volunteers). You might want to stop reading so you don’t get bored.

Sample of class writing teacher can do with class

Teacher writing begins.

Dear Ms. Violet,

We wanted to show you how much we appreciate you, but how could we ever put into words the enormity of what you do for us. So this is us, together, telling you how you make us feel. For the following sentences, ask for responses from the students. Examples like- Ms. Violet, I am thankful for all that you do for our class. Love, Mark I think you are kind and I feel lucky to have you to help us. Sincerely, Lisa I know how much you care about us and it feels good. Your friend, Tony

Continue on until all students have contributed one sentence.
Who does the writing? Well, what do you have time for? You can solicit answers one at a time with a class or have it at a station and let students go one at a time to complete their sentence.
A great idea to wrap the letter up is by bringing it back to the gift (like what we did with the creative captions up above).

And don’t fret. Just thank them. Let them know you care and how much it means. We all just want to be acknowledged and know that we matter. And you are amazing for taking the time!