Another Christmas Gift for the Teacher Idea

Since I posted what my daughter is giving her kindergarten teacher yesterday, I thought I'd post what my preschooler will be giving her teachers today.  When we went to the Dollar Tree to get some of the items for the 12 Days of Christmas gifts, I saw these adorable travel mugs.  An idea instantly popped into my head.  After doing our shopping (yes me by myself with three kids shopping on a Saturday afternoon...exhausting but we had fun!)  Here is what we came up for my middle smarties preschool teachers and director:

Travel mug-stuffed with hot chocolate packets and some candy canes.  I thought about decorating the mug all Christmasy but then decided against it so the teachers can use it all year.  I did however use my daughter's thumb print to make a heart and then had her sign her name on the outside of the mug.  

I will also be making my mom's famous Derby Pie to go along with it.  I give these out every year and have had people (who have received them for several years) tell me that this is one of the things they look forward to getting at Christmas!  Yes they are that good!  Feel free to copy and paste the recipe.

Derby Pie

This has been a favorite in my family for as long as I can remember

Ingredients:

-2 eggs, slightly beaten

-1 stick butter, melted

-1 cup English walnuts, chopped

-1 cup chocolate chips

-1 cup sugar

-1/2 cup flour

-1 tsp vanilla

-1 (9in.) pie shell, unbaked

Directions:

~Combine all ingredients

~Mix well

~Spread into pie shell

~Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees

~Delicious right out of the oven or refrigerated

~Add a scoop of vanilla icecream for an extra yummy treat 

 * You can get really cute bags to put pies in at Dollar Tree!

I found a free printable that I attached to each travel mug. You can find it here.

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Christmas Gift for Teachers

When I was looking around for a cute idea for my daughter's kindergarten teacher, I came across the 12 Days of Christmas for Teachers on Pinterest.  I thought it was so adorable, I had to do it.  Over the weekend, we went out and got all the stuff we needed. My daughter will take one bag to school for the last 12 days before getting out for the holidays.  I love this idea because it's a little different and things the teacher can actually use. Here are the little rhymes that go with each day...

 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 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 ___ 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 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!

For the 12th day of Christmas,
12 apples you’ll find in here,
I wish you a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year!!
(I included two cans of condensed milk and instructions to make caramel to go with the apples.)

**I contacted the blogger who posted this idea, for her caramel recipe and she kindly emailed it to me so I could include with the apples on Day 12.

 Here's how our bags turned out...

Here are all 12 gifts

Here is a close up of the small bags and tags

Here's a list of what we found at the Dollar Tree:

-red sharpies

-binder clips

-dry erase markers

-paperclips

-candy canes

-pencils

-plastic bowl to put apples in

-small bags for days 2-5, 7-11

-larger bags for days 1,6,12

We found the rest of the items at Wal-Mart:

-clipboard

-popcorn

-hot chocolate & marshmallows

-gum

-magnets

-apples

-sweet & condensed milk

*they do have hot chocolate and popcorn at Dollar Tree but we have never tried it and we wanted to go with some we knew would be yummy

You can get printable cards with the little rhyme for days 1-6 here and days 7-12 here.

 

*Notice there is a blank on Day 4 for you to put your child's grade and Day 11 for you to put your child's school.

I didn't have any white cardstock to print the tags onto so I printed them off onto printer paper and then glued the whole sheet onto green cardstock before I cut each tag out.

  I didn't want to give a plain clipboard so I painted my daughter's hands red and she put her hands down to form a heart then added her name in the middle of the heart.

What are you giving for teacher gifts this year?

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