Gift guide · For teachers
Teacher Gifts Under $25 (No More Mugs, I Beg You)
I have been the room mom. I have seen the break-room table in January. It is covered in mugs. So many mugs.
Teachers want things they’ll actually use: good pens, soft hands, hot coffee, and something that smells nice when the classroom doesn’t. Everything here works under $25, or pick your own gift card amount. Add a note from your kid. That’s the part they keep.
Classroom favorites
Paper Mate Flair pens, 24 colors
The pens teachers buy for themselves. Grading in purple just hits different.
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Keeps coffee cold through the morning, recess duty and one very long staff meeting.
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Choose the amount. They’ll buy classroom supplies with it. Maybe a treat for themselves too.
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Little treats, big thanks
Burt’s Bees Hand Repair gift set
Whiteboard markers and hand sanitizer are brutal. This fixes that.
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Split one set between several teachers, or give the whole bunch to the one who deserves it most.
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A little spa moment for someone who spends all day with 25 small people and one class hamster.
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The “what IS that amazing smell” candle, in a desk-sized tin. Break-room famous.
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