Classroom Volunteer Gift Ideas and a Freebie!

  At the holidays or as the school year is winding down, it's time to start thinking of ways to THANK your classroom volunteers for helping to make it such a great year. Maybe you are looking for some fresh gift-giving ideas. If so, I think this post is one you will enjoy!

I'm here today to share ideas for some fun, thoughtful and EASY gifts your volunteers will really appreciate (and a little FREEBIE too). 

If there is one thing I am good at... it's shopping! :) 
I've been on the hunt for my own special gifts that won't cost a bundle, but something my volunteers will really LOVE. Mostly, I just think about what I would like and hope they will too!!!

I visited Target, Hallmark, Walmart and Bath and Body Works for ideas. Take a peek at the rest of these finds, then read on to see how they might just be the PERFECT gifts!

After searching around on Pinterest and other places, I found some really cute themes for volunteer appreciation. 

Here they are... with a few gift ideas for each one:

• Burt's Bees Products
• Bee Household Items
• Bigby Gift Card
• Anything with Honey
• Flowers

• Garden Gloves
• Hand Lotion
• Hand Soap
• Gift Certificate for a Manicure
• Nail Polish

• Candy
• Baked Goods
• Gift Card: Dairy Queen or Orange Leaf
• Sweet Fragrance Items
• Cookie Bouquet
• Sweet Tea

• Stationery Set
• Personalized Notepad
• Blank Cards
• Pencil/Pen Set
• Recipe Cards and Box
• Planner

• Plant/ Hanging Basket
• Vase
• Garden Tools/ Planting Kit
• Flower Sugar Cookie
• Floral Themed Household Items
• Bouquet
• Flower Jewelry
• Floral Patterned Scarf

• Lemonade/Drink Mixes
• Tumbler
• Fruity Lip Balm
• Citrus Candle 
• Facial Mask
• Cooling Eye Mask
• Cutting Board/ Bar Items
• Sangria Mix

• Mug
• Starbucks Card
• Specialty Coffee Beans
• Cold Coffee Drinks

• Candle
• Body Lotion
• Room Spray
• Body Spray
• Shower Gel
• Diffusers
• Wallflowers

• Pitcher
• Beverage Mixes
• Outdoor Tableware
• Picnic Items
• Mason Jar Beverage Dispenser

No matter what your budget is... I bet your parent helpers would be thrilled to get any of these gifts! Some of these suggestions might even be great for your teaching partners as an end-of-the-year present.

No gift would be complete without a cute little TAG, so I made these Volunteer Thank You Gift Tags to share with all of you! They include each of the themes listed above.

Sometimes, we have MANY volunteers to thank like at a volunteer tea or luncheon. These black and white tags may be just what you need for an occasion like that! They can be copied on Astrobrights paper or cardstock.

You can get cutesy and tie them on with a ribbon or just tape them on your gift or gift bag.

Click {here} to download the freebie tags.

 Hope you like them!

For more ideas, including some REALLY inexpensive  ones, check out my Pinterest Board.

Feel free to Pin away here too and SAVE these ideas for when you need them!

Have a great finish to the school year everyone!

Volunteer Gift Ideas and FREE Printable Tags

Hello everyone!

I'm just popping in to let you know that I am blogging over at Primary Powers today!

I'm sharing some SUPER ideas for volunteer appreciation gifts and this little FREEBIE I think you will LOVE!

Click {here} to head on over!

Unique End of the Year Gift for the Class Ideas

There are so many great ideas out there for end of the year gifts! I wanted to give my students a little piece of the classroom in our black and bright theme to take along with them and something from the heart. In addition to giving them their pizza box keepsake projects, I am making my students each a little word cloud in a frame with special character traits I have observed in each of them.

I purchased a set of wedding table seating frames from the Dollar Tree. It was hard to find a class set of larger frames that all matched and I was very impressed with the nice quality of these tiny frames! Smaller frames means that this saved on ink as well.

I thought the kiddos could keep them on their dresser or night stand. They seem to like little things so I hope they will love them! I am pretty sure the parents will!

You can find the template I used in Powerpoint here. You can edit all of it and change up the fonts too for more of a subway art look, if this is something you might like to try!

I will pair up the frame with some Smarties candies for a crowd pleaser! 

I created this sign to staple to the top of the gift baggie. I plan to copy it on bright papers.

 You can download an editable copy from my Dropbox here.

My room parents have been so helpful this year. I bought them each a bangle bracelet from Alex and Ani. We have a shop at our local outdoor mall, so these are all the rage right now. I picked the one that symbolizes community. This is my newest obsession too and ironically, I spent the gift card they gave me on my own collection!

If you are looking for more super cute and easy end of the year ideas either for your last days or to save for the next time around, you can check some of them out on my Pinterest board!

Follow Creative Lesson Cafe's board End of the Year on Pinterest.

Classroom Volunteer Gifts and a Freebie Gift Tag

Have you seen the photo on Instagram and Facebook of the frazzled and disheveled owl at the end of the school year? That's me~on the inside anyway!

I'm exhausted and my mind is racing. I have this reoccurring nightmare that I'll forget to pass out the report cards on the last day! But tomorrow is finally it! Summer vacation here I come!

It takes a lot of energy these days to be thoughtful! I found some cute and sparkly gifts this year for my teammates, volunteers, university student and room parents. Good things come in small, brightly colored packages, right?

In case you don't recognize them from the photo, these are bags from the Brighton store. My followers know about my Brighton bling addiction! :)

What's inside? The cutest key fobs ever! Can you believe I didn't even buy one for myself? I'm going back.

The last one is hard to tell but it's a puffy heart. LOVE! Click on any one of the pictures to see more of my infatuation at the Brighton Store!

I think they'll really like them! I'm going to attach a little gift tag to the bags by the ribbon. I made these to go with the summer theme.

Click here to download a copy.  Hope you can use them or file them away for next year!

Now that I'll have some more free time and be able to unwind and concentrate, I hope to get back to blogging more often. I've got some great giveaways planned during the summer months too! Fun stuff! :)

Hope those of you on vacation already are making the most of every precious day!