20 Best End-of-Year Teacher Gifts

After this year, every teacher deserves a solid-gold medal, but maybe this vinyl sticker would suffice in the meantime. It’s a great add-on to a gift card or class gift.

You can personalize everything about this stamp, from the look of the teacher (add glasses, facial hair or a tie), to the font and message. They’ll enjoy adding a personal touch to all of their assignments.

This gift does triple duty: It holds the all-important caffeinated beverage of choice, it works as a teacher fidget toy and it’s a nod to engineering concepts, making it perfect for a STEM teacher. It also comes in five colors.

Since the thought really does count more than the gifts, have your student fill out the prompts in this fill-in-the-blank book. Or, you can do it as a class, and have every student fill out one page.

If you’re looking for just a little something to go with that thank-you note, this notepad lets teachers see their week at a glance. Summer plans sorted!

Now, your teacher’s coffee cup won’t be jumbled up with all the reusable tumblers in the teacher’s lounge. You can choose the color for the ring around the coffee logo, and then add the teacher’s name to the side. These cups are made by adding permanent adhesive stickers to a reusable Starbucks cup.

Every teacher can use another plant for the classroom. Buy a cute, easy-to-care for succulent at a local flower shop, and you can make it pop with this customized wooden tag. Note: This one also works for after-school babysitters, nannies or other caregivers.

At the end of the day, anything you can give a teacher to relax is appreciated. This book offers coloring sheets with funny phrases like, “Thursday feels like Day 4 of a hostage situation.”

True fact: Teachers never have enough tote bags. Have the class chip in on this tote, then fill it with the teacher’s favorite snacks for a going-home treat. 

What a teacher really needs after this year? A minute to breathe and unwind. This candle, which smells of revitalizing eucalyptus, can help. Aromaology’s candles are all made from soy wax in small batches.

First-day-of-school photos get all the glory, but end-of-the-year photos show how much they’ve grown. Gift your teacher with a personalized poster of the entire class. You can get this in a range of sizes, from a desktop 5″ x 7″ ($24) to a huge 40″ x 54″ poster ($230). If you can swing it, you can make it extra special by getting each kid to sign their photo. 

Teachers can jot down all of their ideas for next year in this handy notebook. At 5.5″ x 8.5″ and with 50 sheets of paper, it’s the perfect size to keep stashed in a bag.

Since every teacher is a “multi-tasking educational rock star,” this hat could really fit any one of them. But if you add a name to the side, they’ll know it’s just for them.

Send your teacher home with a sweet note of thanks. Each set comes with one potholder (with one of three messages), one rubber spatula and baking mix.

Teachers are always sending notes home, so they appreciate customized stationery with their name and class on it. These notes come on thick card stock, and you can get them in one of six colors.

With this pencil set, the next time a student asks to borrow a pencil, they’ll get a little reminder about some oft-broken grammar rules. You can also go with a personalized pencil set to make for a nice, full pencil cup to replenish the one that’s been depleted throughout the year. 

This sticky set says what your teacher really feels, from “heck yes” to “oops,” with an extra-large “the struggle is real” to-do list. The set also comes with three medium notepads and four sets of assorted adhesive page markers. 

This book compiles the funniest, weirdest, wrong test answers ever put to paper — which means lots of laughs for teachers, who’ve all had a student say something out of left-field.

Show your teacher she’s the sharpest by putting her name on an oversized desk pencil. You can customized the sign, and choose if you want to go for a regular or distressed look on the wooden sign.

If everyone chips in, you can get this thank-you-in-a-box teacher gift. A personalized 20 oz drink tumbler, a t-shirt, a “Teacher off Duty” neoprene can holder, a “Chaos Coordinator” pencil set, a set of two “#TeacherLife” sticky notes and a “Teachers Are Awesome” enamel pin, all in a white gift box.