DIY Gifts for Teachers

Researching ideas for making teacher gifts, I kept seeing words like this...."a handwritten note from either the child or the parent is the icing on DIY gifts for teachers". (Whichever DIY teachers gift you choose to make, don't forget to add this personal touch.)

Place homemade goodies (or an Amazon gift card) inside these handmade tissue paper dahlia flowers gifts for teachers to complete this diy gift. (Read about it here.)

(Photo credit Pam Irie)

Personalize DIY Gifts for teachers by making a charming pencil monogram and framing it. Cara in TX has the how-to here.

(photo credit Cara in TX)

You'll need some pretty vintage buttons to create this diy teachers gift. Let your child select the buttons and you can handle the hot glue gun. Here's how at a pretty cool life.

(photo credit Cheryl at a pretty cool life)

These pretty binder clips make a welcome DIY gift for any teacher. Gather binder clips, scrapbook papers and decoupage glue along with these instructions from jane's apron and get started on these easy to make DIY gifts for teachers.

(photo credit Jane's Apron)

Finding Pins and Needles.com is where you go for the instructions to make a coffee sleeve for a favorite teacher. It's a personalized gift that will surely be appreciated.

(Photo credit Bethany Lois)

This DIY seed tape idea from giverslog is a DIY gift your child can make with only a little help or supervision from you. It's a fun and time-saving idea for teachers who like to garden.

This is one of my favorite DIY gifts for teachers. Here's how to make DIY seed tape.

(photo credit Learning and Yearning blog)

This brown lunch sack wrapping is perfect for all sorts of DIY gifts for teachers. Personalize the wording, select a DIY gift to put inside and you've got your DIY teachers gift all wrapped up. Visit didsomeonesayparty? for the how-to.

(photo credit HeatherV at didsomeonesayparty?)

Any teacher would appreciate home baked cookies in a snack size ziploc bag (or a gift card to Amazon) which happen to fit perfectly in this super simple to sew fabric gift pouch. Go to A Spoonful of Sugar to see how it's made!

(photo credit A Spoonful of Sugar blog)

Amazon.com Gift Cards

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Looking over this lens I'm sure you've noticed the lack of coffee mugs as suggested DIY gifts for teachers. Here's why (and I LOVE the sound reasoning in this teacher's words).