Originally Posted By mcdisney Does anyone have any suggestions for relatively inexpensive (under $10 and under $5) gifts to bring back for teachers? If anyone is a teacher, what would you appreciate? thanks for any ideas...
Originally Posted By mickeynewe If you are staying on property, request a free 8 x 10 black & white of your favorite character autographed to the "teacher & class" to hang up in the classroom. You can request them from vacation planning. Otherwise, they have adorable Christmas ornaments in the New Orleans holiday shop. One of my favorite stops!
Originally Posted By dsnykid Please.... no coffee mugs I have more coffee mugs then I can count and I don't even drink coffee. The wall map is good.. I have one up in my room and the kids love to look at it, or some pens.. I can always use pens. the picture is a good idea too.
Originally Posted By mcdisney the photo is a great idea! we're staying at the GCH so i'll vacation planning - they were already leaving photos for my kids . i'll remember NOT to get a mug! usually at home i buy gift cards/certificates for teachers so they can get what they want, but i think something from DL could be special.
Originally Posted By 4Disnee On our last trip in Sept I got our son's teacher a really cute note pad with a pen in a set and it was only $6 and it was really really cute. They had just came out with them the day before we left to go home. I also bought her a really cute necklace in tomorrowland and it was $8 I think and she loved them both!
Originally Posted By joeysmommy We just went to DL last month and I got my son's kindergarten teacher a Minnie Mouse pin with the Disneyland sign. I think it was about $10. Also got a 50th Mickey pin for 3 yr old son's preschool teacher- $8. I have seen them both wear pins before so I figured it was appropriate. I didn't want to worry about a mug breaking and a pin doesn't take up much room in the suitcase!
Originally Posted By mamacita I have been missing the boat on the teachers' gifts. We go to Disneyland once sometimes twice a year and it has never occured to me to buy the kids' teachers a gift. I knew about no mugs as I have a good friend who teaches 2nd grade. This trip I am going to get all of teachers a present. My daughter's teacher has a very dry sense of humor so maybe something villiany would be good for him. My sons teacher is the cutest and sweetest thing ever so something Princessy might work for her like a cute pen and papaer set or stationary. My middle daughter's teacher is brand new and I don't have a good feel for her personality yet but maybe by December I will. Thanks for the ideas. :-D
Originally Posted By mamacita ^THE teachers ^paper Clearly it's too early for me to be typing on the computer- LOL.
Originally Posted By mcdisney If we were going in the summer I wouldn't bother, but since my kids are missing two days of school I thought it would be nice to bring something back. I LOVE the idea of the autographed photo to the teacher/class because it's so personal and it's for the whole class. I'm calling VP today. I will get them each something else too - either pins, pens, notepads, ornament - i'll try to have the kids pick out something themselves
Originally Posted By mcdisney i called vacation planning to order the photos - no problem but they would only put the teacher's name, they would not put "& class". Still, that's pretty special. thanks again for the ideas.
Originally Posted By atinkfan mcdisney, On our trip in Sept, I brought back really cute notepads for both my sons teachers. I got both of them in the Emporium on Main St. They were against the wall near the scrapbooking stuff, right as you walk in the 2nd entrance on Main St. One of them is a Minnie Mouse pad, she's watering her flowers and the other was a Tinkerbell one. Both were super cute, teachers both loved them and they were $6.00 each! PS......my SIL is a teacher and while we were on the trip I was asking her what should I bring back for the teachers? She suggested a new pad of paper!
Originally Posted By jdub The character photo is a cool idea. Other than that, my general feelings: * Just enjoy your vacation; I'd rather you not waste time & money getting me "souvenirs" from a trip I didn't take. * If you still feel really strongly about wasting time & money, then please go with consumables. The pad of paper, for instance--or maybe a box of crackers to share with the class. * But mostly, just enjoy your trip.
Originally Posted By raer My son loves bringing back a bag or 2 of Mickey pretzels to share as snack with his class.
Originally Posted By mcdisney do they sell all the food products at the world of disney store in DTD? i think consumables are the way to go...
Originally Posted By atinkfan Yes, they do. Before my kids were school age, I bought a bag of Mickey shaped pretzels in there for the kids at day care. For my son's pre-school class (9 kids) I brought back 2 bunches of those Mickey shaped lollipops. They are about $3.50 for a pack of 5. The kids loved them!!! While I don't spend my whole tripping worrying about what to get, I think it is thoughtful to bring things back. I know I love it when someone brings back something for me or my family!
Originally Posted By mamacita Those bunches of 5 character lollipops that they sell for $4 are a great idea for the classmates.
Originally Posted By momof4boys I buy gifts for the teachers if the boys are going to miss school. Last time I was buying for the teachers, we had 17 teachers to buy for so I was really looking for something not too expensive for them. We got some of them pens and others we got a little tin ( Altoid shaped)of character shaped mints. I think that was $2.50. When they were in Preschool we got a little container of chocolates ( coin shaped) that were individually wrapped with pictures of characters for them to give to their classmates.
Originally Posted By funnygarcia As a preschool teacher last year on vacation.. I brought back an art kit for classroom use. It had plastic stencils of Disney characters/scenes, durable and perfect for my preschoolers to enjoy. And Mr Potato Head parts to add to classroom's pieces. Other years I brought back candy for all to share or Mickey pretzles for snack time. For co- workers I found small tins of hard candies with a character on the lid (these I found at Character Warehouse buy 2 get 3 free). One year I picked up keychains, another a Pooh pin with teacher's first name on it. For a class gift that is cheap.. stickers, stampers, punches from scrapbooking selection. I like the tiny decks of cards. Very cute! If you're going to Character Warehouse anyway.. check to see what note pads and other small gift items that would be suitable at much lower cost.
