10 Amazing Gift Ideas for your Favorite Teaching Teammate

Looking for the perfect gift you can get for that super cool elementary teacher or teaching teammate? Whether you're on a budget or looking to spend a little more, you can find the perfect teaching work-spouse gift somewhere in these 10teacher teammate gift ideas. Check out these ideas you can use for Christmas, back to school, birthday, teacher appreciation, end of the year (We made it!), Valentine's Day, Halloween, or any time you want to treat a deserving elementary teacher to that perfect cute and useful gift! 

Not only are these gifts perfect for any elementary teacher, they can also be ordered right from the comfort of your couch on Amazon! No trips to the craft store needed here! Whether you're shopping well in advance (way to be a planner Super Teacher!) or last minute (I feel ya, and will also be there), most of these items can be sent to your home or school (wrapped!) in 2 days. Thank you Amazon Prime! {This post includes affiliate links.}

Teacher Gift #1 Personalized Lanyard and Whistle

How perfect is this Wonder Woman lanyard for your super teacher bestie? Get a set and a some new whistles (you know it's time to retire your old one), and be recess police twins until you have to blow that (shiny new) whistle and head inside.

Price: $10 for lanyard + 2 whistles

Teacher Gift #2 Comfy Slippers for Under her Desk

After a day on your feet, and most likely a long night of grading and planning ahead, slipping into a nice pair of cozy socksor slippers is the best. These polka dot slipper socks are so, so cute and have great reviews! Put some ribbon on a pack of Airborne for the perfect "Welcome to cold and flu season" gift (you know you'll both be needing these come January).

Price: $10 slippers, $15 Airborne (large pack)

Teacher Gift #3 A Cute Bag (with bonus bag inside!)

You know her old bag is frayed and worn from toting all of those guided reading books and folders full of grading home and back every night.  Replace her old bag with this cute hobo (personally approved by my stylish mother-in-law!) This super darling bag is large, comes in multiple colors, and even includes a surprisingly large matchy bonus bag perfect for carrying Flair pens, your cell phone, or field trip First Aid Supplies in style. 

Price: $25ish (surprisingly reasonable!)

Teacher Gift #4 Electric Kettle & Teapot

Not only can you use this kettle and teapot after school or during planning time to whip up a nice hot cup of yumminess, an electric kettle is so nice to have around when you need hot water FAST. (Think science experiments and hot chocolate read-ins where your parent volunteer sends powder sans water). Add some loose leaf tea and a bag of chocolate to add to her chocolate drawer. You'll end up getting at least half of it back on one of those hard days when you need a little time to vent anyway, so that part of the gift is really for you.

Price: Kettle $25, Tea pot, $25, loose leaf tea $15

Teacher Gift #5 A Piece of Jewelry you know she'll love

These green and silver cuff bracelets reminiscent of Wonder Woman are the perfect chunky wrist-wear. The hammered metal interlocking circles necklace is perfect for your favorite teammate who likes a sleek piece of statement jewelry, plus the cute interlocking circles are a metaphor for your fantastic friendship {I call gold circle!}. 

Price: Bracelets $8.50 & $13, Necklace $65 {Yes, this one is spendy but I used it as a goodbye gift and felt it was worth it. Sigh . . .}

Teacher Gift #6 iPad Accessories

If your teacher bestie is always creating conferencing notes on her iPad, or looking at the newest apps, how about getting her a new iPad cover (that actually stands up like it's supposed to), or a set of colorful styluses to keep her looking good while getting her tech on? Plus, with the set of 6 she can have a stylus in every one of her teacher bags!

Price: $15 case + $9 styluses

Teacher Gift #7 Picture Book + Stuffed Animal

If your teacher bestie is always adding to her mentor text library (who isn't?) then try a picture book with matching stuffed animal she can use to brighten her classroom shelves. If she's a teacher mom (bless her!), she can also add this to her little one(s)' room someday. Finding Winnie + Classic Winnie the Pooh, Knuffle Bunny + Plush Knuffle Bunny, We are in a Book + Elephant and Piggie, Dragons Love Tacos + Dragon, Don't Let Pigeon Drive the Bus + Pigeon, and Olivia + (the one and only) Olivia are my faves.

Price: $30-50 for hardcover book + plush

Teacher Gift #8 One of your favorite books that you know she'll love too 

Wanna go serious, try The Glass Castle. Need something to make you both giggle try Tina Fey's Bossypantsor anything by David Sedaris (Me Talk Pretty One Day is a personal fave). Want to stay within a teaching theme? Try 32 Third Graders and 1 Class Bunny. Phillip Done's rant against the school laminator is genius! Make sure you inscribe the cover thoughtfully so she can look back on your fabulous teacher teammate-ness for years to come.

Price: $10ish per book (All of the above titles are available in paperback)

Teacher Gift #9 Single Cup Coffee Maker

Wanna go big? A single cup coffee maker she can keep in her classroom along with a variety pack of K-pods is the ultimate "Let's chat over a warm cup of something yummy during our planning time instead of updating our data wall" gift. The multi-colored Keurigs can compliment any classroom decor. Before paying full price, make sure you check Ebates for coupon codes and use their links for cash back. This seriously works! Just make sure you click through Ebates or activate their browser button BEFORE you put items in your cart. (This is my Ebates affiliate link. I love them!)

Price: $65-80 for coffee maker (depending on color), $25 for set of 40 K-cups

Teacher Gift #10 Journal and Flair Pens

It's hard to go wrong with something pretty to write in and something colorful to write with. (Your super teacher senses just tingled a little didn't they?) You'll be hard pressed to find a single elementary teacher who doesn't love a good journal andFlair pen combo.  This is a useful and inexpensive gift that every teacher will love! 

Price: $12 for Journals (set of 3), $8.50 (8 pack)-$20 (24 pack) for Flair Pens

BONUS Teacher Gift #11 Gift Cards!

So many perfect gifts, it's hard to choose just 10! If in doubt - everyone loves gift cards! Get one for a place you both love to shop so you can make an after school activity of it together (Homegoods! Target!), or a card to a favorite restaurant where you can take your non-work spouses for a fun night out. Before paying full price, make sure you check out Cardpool, where you can buy unused gift cards and sell ones you don't need. You won't always find what you're looking for, but if you can you can get a few bucks off while looking extra generous. (This is also a very helpful site if  you get giftcards for holidays that you really won't use.)

Price: $1-Whatever you want!



Do you have an amazing gift idea that your teacher besties have loved?  Tell me about it in the comments!

Have a fab day Super Teacher,
 







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