Whether it’s the end of the year, Thanksgiving, or paraprofessional appreciation day, you’ll want to show your paraprofessionals how much you appreciate them! A little gift can go a long way! If you have upwards of 10 or more aides in your classroom or staff members you want to give gifts to, it can easily become very costly to give gifts to your team. I’ve done some searching around and found some cute and punny appreciation gift ideas. So all you have to spend money on are the inexpensive gifts that are attached to the puns. Most of the gift ideas below are very cheap and you could do several of them and still keep your costs down!
A cute idea is to do a “# Days of Appreciation” (however many days of small gifts you want to give). For example, on day one you give the “extra” gum gift, on day two you give the “you’re the bomb” bath bombs gift, on day three you give the “you’re tea-riffic” gift…and so on.
, I combined a bunch of the gifts into one big end-of-year gift! I spent about $20 total per person with this gift. Most of the items came from Walmart or the Dollar Tree. I actually spent a good chunk of the budget on the stainless steel water bottles which can easily be replaced by $1 cups from the Dollar Tree. They always have cute seasonal cups or tumblers.
If you like any of the ideas below, you can pin the idea for later, or you can click on them to get a tutorial on how to make each gift. The best part is every one of these ideas comes with a FREE PRINTABLE! Enjoy!!
Summer Bucket List
Work would succ without you
Mani Thanks
I can Nutella How much I Appreciate You
Together we quench the thirst for knowledge
We won the Lottery with you
You’re Tea-riffic
You’re All That and a Bag Of Chips
Lemon”Ade” Jars
You’re “Soda” Bomb
Going The EXTRA Mile.
Thanks A Latte
You’re The Balm
Let’s Taco About…
This isn’t necessarily a gift, but you can easily make it into a gift by adding this as a tag to a gift, or adding a gift card. I love this idea because it is extremely important to let your paraprofessionals know you appreciate them, and why! Staff need positive praise as well, not just students!
You’re The Bomb
Donut Know What I’d Do
These are meant as Valentine’s day cards, but I spotted a few of them that can be applicable to paraprofessionals any time of the year to show your appreciation! You can also print the tag out larger and attach it to a Donut box rather than doing individual donut packages.
“Because” Cards
This isn’t necessarily a gift, but you can easily make it into a gift by adding this as a tag to a gift, or adding a gift card. I love this idea because it is extremely important to let your paraprofessionals know you appreciate them, and why! Staff need positive praise as well, not just students!
“Toe”riffic Summer
Back To School Tags
Thank you for your Thyme
A Real Lifesaver
Assortment of punny tags
Thanks for reading!
