Teaching can be a difficult and thankless job with complaints and problems coming from students, parents and administrators at times. If you’re grateful for the instructions and patience that your child’s teacher has shown him, express your appreciation with a small gift. The act will illustrate your thoughtfulness and make the educator’s day a bit brighter.

Scrumptious Snacks

Treat your child’s teacher with food gift baskets featuring sweet treats that she can enjoy at home with her family or even share with her students. Consider a healthy assortment of items such as fresh fruit, cheese, nuts, protein bars and herbal teas. Conversely, you can also go the decadent route with a selection of cookies, chocolates, popcorn, summer sausage, crackers and cheeses, for instance.

Thermal Mug

If your child’s teacher always has a cup of coffee in hand at the morning drop off, consider giving her a reusable cup in school colors or that features a teacher-related design. Consider travel mugs can keep her beverage hot through the morning or late at night as she’s grading papers. If it’s summer, give her a large, stainless steel water bottle that can keep her drinks icy cold all day.

Gift Cards

Teachers are often put upon to purchase classroom supplies with their own money. Offer assistance with a gift card to a local office supply or educational store where she can purchase paper goods, items for art class or materials to create project boards and decorations for the room. You can also give her a certificate to a general merchandise big-box store that she can use to buy a treat for herself if she prefers.

Because students might not express their appreciation enough, gestures from their parents can say thank you on their behalf. A practical gift can go a long way toward helping an exhausted teacher feel respected and beloved.

Becoming a mother is one of the most cherished and treasured life events of all time, and it comes with a bunch of love, adoration, and, no doubt, extreme exhaustion. That said, there are several ways to wish a new mother a happy Mother’s Day, especially when she is the proud first-time parent of a bouncy, beautiful newborn.

Sentimental Wall Décor to Commemorate Little Fingerprints, Handprints, and Footprints

It’s no secret that newborns don’t stay small and sleepy. They blossom and grow into walking and talking toddlers, curious with the world around them. So, moms need a sentimental way to commemorate their babies while they’re still little and loving.

Fingerprints, handprints, and footprints are all unique to everyone, and those things are especially adorable when it comes to newborns. Give a mom the gift of a forever print of their little one with DIY wall décor for the nursery. Use paint, ink, or clay to create or mold an imprint of their baby’s adorable hands or feet.

Customized Necklaces and Rings with Gems to Represent Little One’s Birth Month

Astrology has long extended to gemstones and colors; hence, everyone has a color and gemstone associated with their birth month. Customized necklaces and rings give new moms the chance to wear commemorations of their little ones around their finger or collarbone. Multiple kiddos? No problem. Most gemstone necklaces and rings, like angel wing jewelry, allow up to 6 gems at once.

Gift Baskets with All of the Essentials and a Few Just-for-Mommy Favorites

Newborns require a lot of time and care, plus a few essentials, like gentle lotions, shampoos, washes, and swaddle blankets. DIY a gift basket that packs the punch of baby essentials, as well as a few mommy favorites, like chocolates, wine, and some smell-good bath stuff.

Time (One of the Best Gifts You Can Give a New, Tired Mom)

New mothers are short on time and shorter on sleep. Their bodies have begun to slump, their brains are fuzzy, but they persevere to take care of their beautiful babies. Give these moms a break. Offer to take care of the babe for a few hours so a new mother can get some sleep, take a bath, and relax for a while. Order in her favorite foods, and give her space to remember who she was before she became mom.