Christmas Gift Idea – Teacher
December 3, 2009 by Missy
12 Days of Christmas!
We had this idea to give our kids’ teachers a bunch of school supplies that they needed with some treats for a gift for Christmas. My friend Jen took it one step further, and added to it much more fun, by turning it into the 12 Days of Christmas. Each day your kid can sneak in and leave a little goodie on his/her desk. My son is SO EXCITED about this sneaking part! She made up creative little rymes that go with what is being presented. Some of my favorites are:
For the 2nd day of Christmas,
Your students are busy, little bees…
You can correct their papers
with these 2 red sharpies!
For the 3rd day of Christmas,
I give 3 binder clips,
I’m sure it could be tempting
to use them on my lips!
For the 4th day of Christmas
Dry-eraser markers come in four…
As my 3rd grade teacher,
You really help me soar!
For the 5th day of Christmas,
Some popcorn for a snack,
Sorry, that‘s all the food
I could fit in my backpack!
For the 12th day of Christmas,
12 apples you’ll find in here,
I wish you a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year!!
Hurry and get going with this, as there aren’t too many days of school before Christmas break!
OR…
You could just put all the goodies together and give them all at once. You could use your new Cricut to personalize the basket and the clipboard like the one shown.
Thanks Jen for letting us share this super fun idea!!!
Update
Some of you have requested the rest of the rymes – here they are…
For the 1st day Christmas,
something for you to use,
I’m giving you this clipboard,
so your papers you won’t lose!
For the 6th day of Christmas,
cold hands, face, and toes,
Warm up with these 6 packs
of cocoa with marshmallows.
For the 7th day of Christmas,
I’ve brought you chewing gum,
It feels like Christmas break
is never going to come!
For the 8th day of Christmas,
here are 8 paperclips multiplied by 10,
Hope you’re enjoying this
’cause tomorrow I’ll do it again!
For the 9th day of Christmas,
9 canes of red and white…
Guess who my favorite teacher is…
if you guessed YOU, you’re right!
For the 10th day of Christmas,
10 magnets I bring to you,
You surprise me every day
with all the fun stuff we do!
For the 11th day of Christmas,
Some pencils I hope you’ll need,
(school name) is so lucky to have you, indeed!
What are you giving your teachers? Let us know in the comments.
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I would LOVE to have all of your cute little poems if you don’t mind sharing! As the PTO President at a middle school – we could totally use this for our hospitality committee! Budget cuts have made simple supplies in high demand! Thanks for sharing!
do you have the rest of the poems that were used? this is way cute and I know my kids’ teachers will love this!!! thanks for sharing!
This really is adorable! Why didn’t I know about this idea?! I admit, its super fun not to know what post is going to pop up!
Great job Missy!
I LOVE this idea. I was just thinking today what I was going to do for my kids teachers. They ALWAYS need these things. Thanks so much. You ladies are AWESOME!
Soooo clever!
Please post the entire poem w/ideas! LOVE YOUR WEBSITE!!
Would LOVE all the poems. Love your website! I’m making 2 laundry room signs for gifts this year. Thanks for all the ideas!
I added the rest of the rymes at the bottom of the post! Jen, thanks again for sharing!
Will you post more ideas for teacher gifts? I really want my daughter to make something for her kindergarten teacher…I do have access to a Cricut.
Hi! I also have a cricut and I wondered what cartridge you used to get that font?? It is adorable and I can’t figure out which one it is?!?
Thanks for your help!
I need to know the cricut cartride for that font too!!!
Hi Leigh
When I made this craft I just had access to my vinyl cutter so I used the font ‘Black Boys on Mopeds.’ With the Cricut I would have used the stone script font or tear drops and it’ll be just as cute!
Send us a pic when you have it done…we’d love to see it!
Alison
I love this idea! Unfortunately, the teacher’s name on the gift in the picture just happens to be my daughter’s teacher! LOL
What a GREAT idea!!
It’s so cute! Thank you for this great idea!
Question for you; does the student reveal their name on the 12th day? I think that would be so fun for the student…
I love this idea and will be doing it for sure!
You could do it either way, but my kids can’t wait to tell their teacher who has been leaving all the gifts!
I was so excited to see this on here!! We made up a few of our own. We shopped at staples, office max and office depot this year and got a lot of 1 cent school supplies that worked perfect for this. We probably spent $4 on this entire gift!! We are so doing it next year too!!