20+ Teacher Appreciation Week Ideas – Gifts for 2020
Teacher Appreciation Week is a great time to show the teachers in your life how much you appreciate them and their hard work. Teachers do SO much and it’s important to celebrate the amazing teachers in your life. Let this Teacher Appreciation Week idea list be your guide and help you craft the best gift or classroom decoration for your favorite teacher.
When is National Teacher Appreciation Week?
Teacher Appreciation Week is a national holiday celebrated in the US and takes place in the first full week of May.
Teacher Appreciation Gifts
Gift Basket
Create a personalized and fun teacher appreciation gift basket for your Teacher Appreciation Week gift. You can fill it with candy, notes, a gift card, or any other fun school items.
Cup Holder Caddy
For this project, you can use a cardboard cup holder like those used for restaurant to-go orders. You can fill this caddy with classroom supplies, a gift card, or baked goods.
Personalized Calculator
This fun teacher gift idea involves gifting your educator a calculator with a punny note attached. Some examples include “2 nice + 2 be = 4 gotten” or “According to our calculations, you are a great teacher!”
Gift Card Bouquets
Can’t decide between flowers or a gift card? How about both? Essentially all you do is attach a gift card to some nice flowers. Easy. Or if you are feeling crafty, you can cut flowers out of paper and then include a gift card. This gift is for sure one of the top Teacher Appreciation Week ideas.
Give a Self-Care Gift
A great teacher appreciation gift idea is giving your teacher something to help them practice a little self-care, like a journal, hand lotion, or a nice-smelling candle.
Coffee Gift
Give your teacher the gift of coffee. They really need the caffeine. Plus, you can buy coffee grounds from a local business and maybe even include a fun teacher coffee mug.
Plants & Cards
Another great idea for a teacher appreciation gift would be to attach a gift tag to a plant for a simple and sweet gift.
Love Jars
A love jar is when students write notes to their teachers telling them what they love most about them. This is one of the many ways that you or your child can show their gratitude.
Summer Relaxation Tote
You can load this tote up with a bunch of goodies to set your teacher up for the best summer ever. Your or your child’s teacher will love this gift idea.
Virtual Teacher Appreciation Week
Write a Letter and Send it in the Mail
Even if you aren’t in the classroom and are currently in the middle of some remote learning, a hand written letter goes a long way. It is always a great idea to practice your penmanship as well!
Show You Care Over Social Media
During Teacher Appreciation Week, use the social media hashtag #ThankATeacher from the National PTA.
Send an E-Card
An E-card is a great card to send if you have to celebrate a virtual Teacher Appreciation Week. You can pick fun templates and formats for this nice gesture of appreciation.
Start an Online Fundraiser
This Teacher Appreciation Week gift can be used to raise money for classroom supplies that your teacher will need for next year.
Plant a Tree
This gift will be in honor of your teacher and all they do to support and help you or your child as a student. You can honor your teacher by planting a tree though the Arbor Day Foundation or The Trees Remember.
Send Flowers
This sweet gesture can be done even during times of distance learning. Flowers can be delivered right to your teacher’s door, making this gift not only very kind, but very easy.
Donate Books
These books can be used in your teacher’s classroom library next year.
Draw a Picture or Write a Poem
Get a little creative and draw a picture or write a poem about what you love about your teacher and how they brighten your day at school.
Make a “Thank You” Video
A “thank you” video is a teacher appreciation gift that will last a lifetime! It would be great to work with other students or parents and make a video that has all of the teacher’s students saying what they love most about their favorite teacher.
Teacher Appreciation Week Classroom Ideas
Applause Parade
This fun initiative is pretty simple to organize. For this applause parade, you direct students to line the hallway one morning during Teacher Appreciation Week and clap and cheer as the teachers enter the building. Plus, as a kid, who doesn’t love clapping?
Class Song
While this might take a bit to rehearse and you might also need parent volunteers, your or your children’s teachers will love a cute song performed just for them! Plus a class song is a great way to wrap up the school year.
Class Cleanup
A class cleanup is a great Teacher Appreciation Week idea to show you appreciate both teachers and staff. Any staff member will agree, a clean room is always ideal.
Teacher’s Lounge Cleanup
This staff lounge cleanup will make it the best teacher appreciation day ever!
School Supply Cake
A school supply cake is actually a really fun and a great idea. For national teacher day (May 4th), you should bring this “cake” into school. While this is NOT an actual cake, this “cake” is made of essential school supplies that all teachers need. Some suggestions include glue, glue sticks, markers, crayons, and pencils.
Word Cloud Poster
A word cloud poster is a fantastic Teacher Appreciation Week gift that any educator will love and want to hang up in their classroom.
Organize a Snack Bar
Who doesn’t love snacks? It can be a candy bar, a popcorn bar, or a mix of both. With the snacks the possibilities are endless!
Create a Class Photo Collage
Give your or your child’s teacher something to remember. A photo collage is an awesome teacher gift that will make this week the best week yet. Plus, these photos will last a lifetime so your teacher never forgets their incredible students.