How to Give a Personalized Teacher's Gift

For Teacher's Day, Christmas or simply as an end-of-the-year thank you, it is a kind gesture for a child to give her teacher a heartfelt gift. It's even more special to personalize the gift by letting the child spell out the teacher's name on it, in a creative way. Try these tips to involve the child or student in creating a gift for a teacher, coach, teacher's aide or bus driver.

Things You'll Need

• Wide bottle of bath salts, preferably with with a wide black lid
• Bottle of lotion, with a wide diameter
• Small to medium plant in a clay or biodegradable pot
• Foam sticker letters in various sizes and styles, found in stores with scrapbooking supplies
• Extra stickers
• Ribbon
• Paper
• Paints
• Markers

Instructions

How to Give a Personalized Teacher's Gift

1. Buy a simple, elegant jar of bath salts, preferably with a wide black plastic lid. Tie a ribbon around the neck. Let the child spell out the teacher's name on the top of the lid with foam letters and add extra stickers, if desired, on the lid or along the sides of the jar. You won't need any wrapping paper after dressing up this gift.

2. Choose an elegant bottle of lotion and let the child decorate the top half of the bottle with the teacher's name (or a shortened version such as Ms. D for a longer name). Add extra stickers and tie a ribbon around the neck if desired.

3. Select an attractive plant, such as carnations, in a clay or brown biodegradable pot. The child can spell out the teacher's name around the pot with the foam stickers. A ribbon is optional

4. Suggest that the child draw or paint a picture for the teacher, perhaps of a favorite classroom activity. Make sure he includes the teacher's name and her own name on the drawing or painting.

Tips & Warnings

• An alternative is for the child to spell out "thank you" or even "teacher" with the foam letters.

• Be sure the child includes a small gift card with the bath salts, lotion, plant or flower.