Looking for the perfect gift idea for your child’s teacher? Here are a few don’ts that you may want to consider before you go shopping!
Many of us have little ones in school and as the school year nears it's end, it is time to start thinking about teacher gifts. Questions is "what do those teachers want?" Better yet, what could they do without? Drum roll please as we enthusiastically reveal the Top 6 Gifts Teachers DON'T Want to Receive…
6. Coming in strong at number 6 is none other than Mug Mountain! Yes, those mugs that teachers receive year after year. Imagine how lonely those poor mugs, piled mountainously one on top of the other, sitting in a corner of a dusty cupboard somewhere. They have been long forgotten and woefully abandoned. They cry out at night for just a touch of hot coffee or tea to grace their porcelain bits, but alas, nobody hears their plea.
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5. Homemade baked goodies! Yes, those germ-ridden little hands that get into everything, the little avid scavengers of "floor food" have decided to bake their favourite teacher some cookies. Envisioning where those little hands have explored makes your appetite diminish by just a little.
Oh, little chefs, are you really going to make those cookies? 
Yum! Handmade cookie goodness.
4. We've talked about homemade baking wonders, how about previously sampled baking goodness? Oh yes, sometimes those eager little mouths can't resist taking a bite out of your gift? Imagine your surprise when you see teeth marks in that cookie with a sheepish: "Please don't tell my mom! I just really wanted to taste it." Memorable for sure!
3. Coming in at number 3. The eternal flame. Those pillars of wax. C-c-c-candles! All of those candles, row by row, surely to light them all would light up the world! Alas, they too, like their comrades the mugs, are often cast aside. Instead of lighting up life, they wallow in darkness.
Wax wonders
2. Standing tall at number 2 are statutes. Yes, those porcelain figurines or more truthfully, unwanted tchotchkes. Surely there's an exotic land far far away where the pretty ballerina; farmer; and fiddler player all are frolicking together.
The fiddler
1. Let's let out some hooting and hollering for our number 1. A coconut. Yes. It has happened. The legend goes something like this: One mother, steadfast in her devotion that her daughter must bring a gift to school gave her child a coconut to present to her teacher. Given we live in Canada, this is quite a unique feat!
We hope you've enjoyed our tongue-in-cheek little countdown.
In all seriousness, we know and understand that the greatest gifts are those that come from the heart. Handmade cards with thoughtfully written messages are absolutely wonderful.
If you know the charitable cause that your child's teacher supports, consider making a donation in his/her name on your child's behalf.
School supplies (note pads; sticky pads; markers) and craft supplies are especially useful for teachers!
Gift cards to Indigo, LCBO, Tim Horton's, Starbucks, are always great gift ideas as well.
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Written by Liz Marques Kogan, a momstown Milton member and mother of two children.
You can check out her site at: OrchidaWords
