I can't remember seeing a post with people saying what they are giving their daycare providers for the holidays this year. If you are giving gifts, what are you giving?
Last year I went low budget and gave fuzzy socks (10 teachers for 2 kids). Previous years, I have given gift cards, plants, toiletries. I'm running out of ideas!
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
I put together little goodie bags of hot cocoa mix, chocolate covered pretzels, and then a gift card.
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
@T-Mom: I am usually never on the ball, but having another baby coming soon has been motivating! I am done with all my Xmas stuff, yay!
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
i would prefer to gift something to the daycare so the kids could use it (the teachers are owners), but cash is king!
GOLD / papaya / 10166 posts
I gave them a box of baked goodies, a Christmas-y wine glass, a picture of DD, and $100 for the FT ladies and $50 for the PT girls. The ladies have been SO good to DD and treat her as if she was their own so I wanted to do something really special for them.
@Mrs. Bee: That's a great idea - I wish I had done that instead!
eggplant / 11824 posts
At our daycare the parents of each room pool $ and buy the teachers and assistants gift cards; so we put in $ for that.
I’m also putting together gift bags for LO’s 3 main teachers and the 2 main helpers. I got a bunch of chocolates from a really nice local chocolate shop (chocolate covered chips, pretzels, chocolate bars that say “#1 teacher”, raspberry truffles, white chocolate truffles, milk chocolate truffles, some other sort of truffles, marshmallow trees dipped in chocolate) as well as caramel popcorn and candied nuts and a bottle of (cheap! haha) wine.
honeydew / 7488 posts
@Mrs. Bee: There was one year that the teachers requested we purchase a manipulative for the classroom in lieu of gifts, but it hasn't happened since!
@winniebee: gift cards to target are awesome. Maybe I'll do that.
@BabyBoecksMom: @yoursilverlining: your teachers are going to love you. My husband truly believes that giving nice gifts will influence how your children are treated. I don't think that is necessarily true, but it certainly can't hurt!
persimmon / 1205 posts
LO is only in daycare one day a week, so for those teacher we purchased a little gift set from Bath & Body Works for each of them. LO is with an aunt the other 4 days and we bought her a necklace from Tiffany's. It's silver, so it's not over the top, but we wanted to get her something nice from our daughter to demonstrate how thankful we are for her. She is going to be mad at us for getting her anything, but we had to.
honeydew / 7488 posts
@chrispygal: that's a really considerate gift! I'm sure she will love it.
| Today | Monthly Record | |
|---|---|---|
| Topics | 0 | 1 |
| Posts | 1 | 1 |
Ask for Help
Make a Suggestion
Frequently Asked Questions
Bee Levels
Acronyms
Most Viewed Posts
Hellobee Gold
Hellobee Recipes
Hellobee Features
Hellobee Contests
Baby-led Weaning
Bento Boxes
Breastfeeding
Newborn Essentials
Parties
Postpartum Care Essentials
Sensory Play Activities
Sleep Training
Starting Solids Gear
Transitioning to Toddler Bed
All Series
Who We Are
About the Bloggers
About the Hostesses
Contributing Bloggers
Apply to Blog
Apply to Hostess
Submit a Guest Blog
Hellobee Buttons
How We Make Money
Community Policies
- Google Plus
- Stumbleupon
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Pinterest
- Favorite0
10 comments