Holiday Gifts for Students
Posted by Diane Badden on 17 Nov 2010 | Posted in: Drawings and Giveaways, Holiday and Seasonal
Hi, y’all! Today seems like a great day to tackle an item from the to-do list we compiled last week. (See “Feeling the Pinch” for details and to make additions!) In fact, let’s make Wednesday our official to-do-list day every week!
Each Wednesday I’ll post a topic from our list with the promise of a surprise giveaway drawing to be held the following week. To enter the weekly drawing, simply take a minute or two to share your ideas before the end of the following Sunday. Here we go!
Today’s topic is holiday gifts for your students. Do you give your kiddos holiday gifts? If so, what ideas do you have for purchased or handmade gifts that are affordable on a teacher’s budget?
Thanks for sharing!
Diane
Congratulations to our winner, Beth M.!
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I make a coupon book for the students. I include things like no shoes in the classroom, read a picture book to the class, sit in the teacher’s chair, etc. I usually attach a pencil or bookmark to it.
For all those knitters or crocheters out there, make a simple Christmas stocking and stuff it with a candy cane and other treats that the kids will love. My class learns to knit after Christmas. We are always looking for donations of yarn for the project. Another idea is finding stuffed animals, etc. on sale after Christmas for next year.
Scholastic seems to be the winner. Great books for a grat price. I love books and like to pass them on whenever I get the chance.
I too give books from Scholastic. The children love having their own books. I also include a craft kit of some sort that I get from Michaels’ when they have their big clearance sale at the end of summer.
I also give each child a book from Scholastic, along with an ornament with their name and date written in paint, and a coupon from me that is good for another free book ($2.95 or less) from any future Scholastic book order that year. (I usually have enough bonus points to cover most of those orders.)
I would also love a blog on gifts the students can make for their parents.
Scholastic it is! Those dollar books are a life saver! (and bonus points help too) Reading is my favorite past time so I like to pass it on to the kids. Our students receive so much so we stop at just the book and a candy cane. I gave one of my Jehovah Witness children a book too, just not a Christmas story. His parents seemed ok with it.
I also purchase books from Scholastic. One year I gave mini reading lights that went with the books. I was able to pick these up at Menards at the after Thanksgiving sale for a buck or two. For the parents we do a Christmas cookie bag that we fill with cookies chosen and prepared by the children. I pull the recipes off the Santa Workshop website. We take pictures during the preparation which makes a cute little card.
I give my students a book from Scholastic. I also make them an ornament for their tree. Sometimes we make them in class and put them on our tree. The day of our Christmas party I send them home. They love the ornaments we make with their pictures on them.
I make each of my students a bag of trail mix that cots me about ($25).
I give my preschoolers a snack-sized baggie of red or green playdough. I make up a big batch of peppermint dough at home and divide it up. I buy old cookie cutters for a few cents apiece at a thrift store and include one for each child with the playdough. I also give them a box of crayons or colored pencils, purchased very inexpensively at the Back to School sales. Then I make up blank coloring books and bind them with my comb binder. It’s a great way to use up unmatched or leftover paper and ends of plastic combs. Many of the children bring back one of the pages from these books in January to show me their artwork! One year, I bought a classroom pack of watercolor paints when they were on sale. I included a blank pad of paper and a brush for each with the paints, and they liked these for holiday art too!
I buy each student a book. I also give them notebooks & pencils. I try to encourage reading & writing.
Last year was my first year of teaching math intervention. I gave my students a set of games that we played together bound into a little book. I purchased 5 x 8 inch playing cards and used them for the front and back covers. I included some fun dice and playing cards to play the games as well as some fun game markers.