Tomorrow marks the last day of my son’s first official school year. He will officially be a 1st grader after tomorrow. And I’m not sure I’m ready for that. But you know what? He is. And most of that is because he had an amazing teacher this year.
As a way to show thanks for all she’s done we wanted to gift our son’s kindergarten teacher with a fun book filled with all of the things she’ll do this summer complete with gift cards to do them.
Now this can be something the whole class pitches in for where each child writes/illustrates a page and includes their own gift card or it can be something everyone pitches in funds for. There are so many ways to make a fun Teacher’s Summer book.
End of Year Teacher Gifts: Summer Book of Gift Cards
What You’ll Need:
- Gift Cards (see below for ideas)
- Blank Book OR Cardstock to make a book
- Pencil
- Markers
- Crayons
- Glue Dots
What You Do:
1. Have your child write on each page what their teacher will do this summer. Have it correspond with one of the gift cards you’ve purchased.
2. On the opposite side, let your child illustrate what their teacher will do.
3. Add the gift cards to the book with the glue dots. Let your child sign the end of the book and include a note if you’d like at the end on the last page.
4. Let your child give the book to their teacher on the last day of school to give them an awesome start to summer.
What Our Book Included:
Title page: Mrs. X’s Summer
First page: “This summer Mrs. X will sleep in”
Second page: “Then she’ll go to Starbucks to grab some coffee” – with Starbucks gift card
Third page: “She’ll stop by the book store to read a book” with Barnes and Noble gift card
Fourth page: “She’ll go to the movies with her family” with AMC gift card
Fifth page: “And spend lots of time shopping” with Macys gift card
Sixth page: “Then she’ll get ready for the new school year” with Target gift card
Seventh page: “We hope Mrs. X has a great summer!”
Eighth page: Note to teacher and signature
Gift Card Ideas
- Favorite department store for shopping
- Local discount store for school/classroom supplies
- Movie theater
- Book Store
- Favorite restaurant
- Local coffee house
- Local attractions
