Gourmet Gifts

• Delectable gourmet gifts make a fine consumable item. Put a new spin on the idea of an apple for teacher with a gourmet caramel apple. MrsPrindables.com offers Triple Chocolate or Milk Chocolate Walnut Pecan Apples with a special bow and notecard attached to the handle reading "#1 Teacher!". A gift basket of gourmet coffees, teas or chocolates makes an excellent gift as well, especially if you know your teacher has a penchant for a special beverage or snack.
  
  

Reading Material

• Many teachers enjoy reading and will happily spend an evening off curled up with a good book. A variety of gift baskets from NovelGiftBaskets.com serve bookworms well with a combination of snacks and beverages along with a good book or two. If you know of a great read that is in a genre the teacher enjoys, select some enjoyable weekend reads for her. If you're unsure about her tastes, tuck a bookmark and gift card to a nearby bookstore into a card.
  
  

Homemade Goodies

• Teachers receive a lot of decorative plaques and knickknacks with a teacher theme to them. However, a carefully made homemade gift is more precious than another store-bought figurine. Enlist your child's help in baking up a batch of homemade cookies or brownies. Encourage artistic students to paint a flower pot or string together a bracelet or necklace for their teacher.
  
  

Classroom Gifts

• A classroom gift is an item that the entire class, as well as the teacher, can enjoy. A collection of story books that the teacher can read during story time, a set of art supplies or a coveted piece of new classroom equipment makes an excellent gift. If the class has a special pet, such as a hamster, you can give a selection of treats and toys for the pet.
  
  

Group Gifts

• If the whole class is interested in pooling their money together for a gift, the gift possibilities widen to include more expensive items. A picture of the class nicely framed makes a charming gift, and the students can each sign the matting around the picture. Or, have each child draw a special picture or write a message for the teacher, then bind these together in a book. Give younger children a prompt, such as "What has your teacher taught you this year?" to put together a cute collection of "Things We've Learned."