| Creating a gift basket for your child's teacher is a | | | | Movies, music, and sports are other themes that |
| great way to show your gratitude for the attention | | | | should be appropriate for many teachers. Simply |
| and assistance paid to your children. The time you | | | | choose a container, filler materials to help hold your |
| dedicate to putting together an assortment of gift | | | | gift items in place, and well wrapped food and gift |
| and food items, chosen just for the teacher, is your | | | | items. Gift cards are always great gifts when you are |
| way of personalizing your gift as a gesture of your | | | | unsure of the preferences of the teachers. |
| appreciation. | | | | An assortment of bath products and aromatherapy |
| If the teacher drinks coffee, make this your theme. | | | | items is a nice idea for a female teacher. Fill in empty |
| A natural colored wicker basket is the ideal container. | | | | spaces with rolled washcloths, bars of soap, votive |
| Place straw, crumpled brown paper, or shredded | | | | candles, a loofah, net sponges, etc. If you include |
| newspaper in the basket before placing the gifts. | | | | food gifts make sure they are well wrapped as the |
| Add a decorative coffee mug, gourmet coffee, | | | | scents from the bath products may seep in. |
| envelopes of flavored coffee, and small packages of | | | | Your gift basket can be as simple as a wicker basket |
| cookies or chocolate candy. You can wrap the | | | | lined with a colorful cloth napkin or tea towel. Place a |
| finished gift in cello paper or a cello bag tied at the | | | | loaf of freshly baked bread (or several muffins) |
| top with raffia or curly ribbon. Place the gift card in | | | | wrapped in see through bags or wrap and tied with |
| the basket with the gifts so it doesn't get lost. | | | | raffia in the same color as the napkin or tea towel. |
| It's not necessary to spend a great deal of money | | | | Add several tea bags and a couple of small jars of |
| on these gift baskets. Visit your local dollar type | | | | preserves or jelly. |
| store for baskets, organizers, or large coffee mugs | | | | Visit my website for more information about creating |
| to use as containers. They usually carry an | | | | gift baskets for teachers as well as homemade gifts |
| assortment of colorful shred to use as filler, ribbons, | | | | you can place in your gift baskets or give as |
| bows, gift tags, and lots of small gift items that are | | | | standalone gifts. |
| nice when making gift baskets. | | | | |