Some people are of course, notoriously hard to buy for, not the ones who "have everything" but the ones you don't feel you know well enough to personalise a gift for. Such as your child's teacher or coach. I tend to avoid commercialised products such as mugs, coasters, key rings and photo frames (bearing slogans like "Best Teacher" or "World's Greatest Coach") as I can't imagine what anyone would do with 20+ of those things to add to their home/office every year; year in, year out. I have enough trouble working out what to do with the Mum and Dad ones which are inevitably chosen for us by our children every Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Birthday and Christmas!
Try to think outside the box. Ask your child/ren what their teacher/s like; their favourite colour, favourite animal, what sort of jewellery they wear, their hobbies. These things might be be apparent in their teaching methods (for example a primary school teacher who is creative and enjoys creative pursuits is likely to provide a wider creative arts curriculum, one who is musical might use song or rhythm more often in her class) or in their appearance (a favourite, often worn colour, chunky or understated jewellery) or may have been brought up in classroom conversation.
This year R's (year 5) teacher was also one of their school choir leaders therefore we know she's musical, the children also seem to complete new art projects often and Mrs C also recently came back from an overseas holiday (where she went escapes me at the moment!) Therefore I could assume that a gift to suit these traits might be a little outside the box and personalised, rather than a generic "teacher gift".
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| Wooden Tambourine ($25.00 Three Worlds) |
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| 30cm Baby Djembe ($39.95 Three Worlds) |
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| Chromacryl Acrylic Paint ($3.50 75mL tube Eckersley's) |
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| Micador Metallic Pencils - Tin of 24 ($19.85 Eckersley's) |
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| Primary Art - Teachers' Resource ($52.95ea RIC Publications) |
This list was inspired by Mrs C.
Kindest Wishes,
AJ
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