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9 holiday teacher gifts
Spoil your kid’s teacher with one of these thoughtful and creative ideas
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Now it’s personal
Order pencils, tote bags or even stickers with customized messages for your child’s teacher. Messages can be simple, like the teacher’s name, or more elaborate, such as an inspirational quote about teaching. Use your child’s own art for stickers or a tote bag to amp up the adorable factor.
Personalized gifts, from $7Where to Buy?
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Book it
Classrooms can always use extra books. Choose an age-friendly title on a topic your child will be studying in the coming months. Teachers will appreciate having extra resources around to make their lessons come to life.
Books, various pricesWhere to Buy?
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Get schooled
Help offset a teacher’s out-of-pocket costs with a box of classroom supplies. Pick up scissors, tape, glue, pencils, crayons, notepads, construction paper and classroom decorations. Consider adding a gift certificate to an office supply store so he or she can get other items you might have overlooked.
Classroom supplies, from $3Where to Buy?
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A dinner out
Partway through the term, a teacher could use an excuse for a night out. Indulge them with a gift card to a restaurant — perhaps one that caters to adults — so they can enjoy a kid-free night.
Milestones Grill + Bar gift card, from $10Where to Buy?
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Hand-designed journal
Have your child decorate a Moleskine journal by gluing drawings, cut-out pictures or stickers in a collage on the front and back covers. The first page is the perfect spot for a thank-you note from your child.
Moleskine journal, $24Where to Buy?
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Free flicks
Make it easier for a teacher to unwind after a long day with a subscription to Netflix. You can purchase one, three, six-month or yearly subscriptions to the streaming TV and movie service. Certificates are printable so you don’t have to know the teacher’s email address.
Netflix gift card, from $8Where to Buy?
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Gone to pot
Take your child to a ceramic painting studio to have him create a unique piece of art on a planter pot. Complete the gift with a brightly-coloured gerbera or air-purifying leafy plant, like golden pathos.
Painted pot, from $10Where to Buy?
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Get outta town
By November, teachers are planning their spring break trips. A travel gift card of any denomination can help out when he or she sits down to book a much-needed vacation.
Flight Centre gift card, from $10Where to Buy?
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Farm-fresh
Give the gift of healthy meals. Buy a teacher a subscription to a food share program, which will deliver a selection of local seasonal vegetables or fruit to a pick-up location in their neighbourhood.
Food share program subscription, various pricesWhere to Buy?
Check online for a food share program in your area
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