Teachers What do you give your students for each holiday?

[teach2nuts]

At my particular school it is expected that we give some type of goody bag at Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter and an End of the Year treat. Classes sizes vary each year from 15-21 students. I always buy the seasonal cups and fill those with pencils and treats. This runs into a lot of money throughout the year. Any suggestions on cheaper gifts for the kids? Thank you!!

[conj]

not a teacher... but my kids have received similar things... think Oriental Trading..... and Dollar store for places to fill up.

[Rockfordmom]

buy the cups after the holiday when they are on clearance and put them away for the next year, same thing with pencils

 

my daughters teacher gave the entire class pads of paper, pencils and crayons for christmas one year and my sons teacher gave the kids a pad of paper and pencils at the end of the year to keep writing through the summer, all of those school supplies you can get pretty cheap on clearance after school starts and put them away for later

 

here's the thing though, know how much they cost on sale! those cups Walgreens sells for like 5/$1 on sale in their ad, so if they are regularly .59cents and go on "clearance" for 30% or 50% off of the .59 cents then it's not really a great price for them until they are 75% or 90% off

[JohnnyLaRue]

Those coupons from the fast food coupon books from a fast food place are good to compliment a gift. I used to buy the BK books for Halloween and hand them out for treats and use quite a few myself too..

[nick_jenni_jocelyn]

my kids' teachers usually give out goody bags of some sort, depending on the holiday.

 

I asked 1 male teacher at my dd's elementary school what he gives out for the holidays(it was around christmas time) and he said a 2 week vacation from school, lol.

[Kim3498]

My sons teachers have always sent home a note asking for parents to send in stuffers for the goody bags or cups. I always order my stuffers from Oriental trading. Edited September 14, 2010 by Kim3498

[biomajor]

I usually fill a cup or bag or stocking with little stuff from the dollar spot and some candy. For Christmas I add a cute puzzle or Play Doh to the usual pencil/eraser/tattoo I have a little dilemma this year, though. they split my class into 2 this year. I have the younger kids (freshman/sophomores) and the older group is next door. I'm thinking I'll buy for all 14 kids because the older group were my kids for 2 years and it's not their fault they got split

[momof3luvs1]

I am a teacher myself and usually buy in bulk at oriental trading!! LOVE them!! They have great items for good prices and always have coupons...

[amyers12345]

How old are they? A friend of mine has been saving the Hasbro card games all year ($1 each after coupon) to give as gifts to her students.

[siczlo]

I used to use my points from Scholastic book orders and give them a book wrapped with a candy cane attached.

[lukesmom01]

I used to use my points from Scholastic book orders and give them a book wrapped with a candy cane attached.

I think books would be a great idea. I'm not a teacher but a couple of times DS teachers gave him a book from scholastic and we both loved it!

[KBsDarling]

I think the most impressive thing I have ever seen a teacher do was last year one of our 3rd grade teachers made a fleece hat/scarf set for each kid. We have LARGE classes (28-31) so was bowled over to see her do this. She even matched the colors to the kids jackets. I told her how impressed I was and she said its for her peace of mind. Would drive her insane to see kids w/out these items so this way she knew they had a set and her class ALWAYS had them on. She mentioned she rarely had a kid lose them because they were always so impressed with the fact someone MADE it just for them. She used the JO-Anns coupons for 50% off a cut and watched for remnants.

 

We have had teachers in the past do books. If you go this way we really enjoy seeing a note wrote in the inside cover. It makes it more special for the kid.

 

Another fav of mine was a teacher made a tag for an ornament that had a poem about when you look at the ornament you will see someone dear to me. It is a must hang on our tree (goes back to that whole made *FOR* kid that they are so impressed w/)

[lotion]

I agree with books!!! Scholastic has great prices! I also like the ornament idea. It is something that they can keep and look back on each year at Christmas!

[conj]

keep in mind that not all students celebrate Christmas... so if you are giving something, don't exclude them.... books are great... heck, the kids would probably be thrilled with a "homework pass" which will not cost you anything!