This post is brought to you by Dollar Tree Value Seekers Club and Blueprint Social. All opinions are mine.
I have fond memories from my elementary school teaching days. I miss the hugs, the smiles when the kids mastered a difficult concept, and the joy of knowing I was having an impact on future generations. What I don’t miss is the lack of classroom supplies. I found I was spending a good chunk of my paycheck just to keep my classroom stocked with the basics; pencils, crayons and glue. That’s why each year, when the kids head back to school, we make a “Teacher Survival Kit.” It’s a nice pick me up for the teacher, lets her know she is appreciated, and helps save her some money! Making a Teacher Survival Package doesn’t have to cost a fortune either. We found an ideal from the Dollar Tree Value Seekers Club, a free website filled with crafts, recipes, décor, tips, contests, insider information, frugal fun ideas, and more!
The content changes monthly and the project sheets can be saved and printed off for an easy shopping list at the store. You can find the complete instructions on how to make a Teacher Survival Kit here.
This year I decided to make our Teacher Survival Kit more health focused. I spent a lot of my time as a teacher catching colds and stomach viruses. I am all for sparing my child’s teacher from illness! I found a small basket and filled it with (mostly) necessities, including a package of tissues, hand sanitizer and a bottle of headache medication. I added a layer of Blow Pops that could be placed in the teacher treat bucket or to be nibbled on by our teacher if she was having a bad day! Believe me, there were a few times I needed to dip into the treat bag!
I rounded it off by making a small tag saying, “Have a Happy Healthy School Year” which I tied on with a ribbon for a cute finishing touch. I can make a cute treat basket, depending on all the “ingredients” I add, for $5 to $10.
What are your favorite ideas for teacher gifts?
I would love to make the Cheesy Chicken Pasta Bake. Would be a great quick dinner for my family especially when school starts.
Oops, I forgot —> Recycled Desk Caddy
Thanks for the giveaway…we like to give gift cards: Starbucks, Target, Staples, etc., and they are much appreciated; we once gave our kids’ teachers gift cards for Jiffy Lube oil changes for their vehicles.
Definitely a candy basket is my favorite idea!
I signed up. I would do the recycled desk caddy!
the shower caddy desk organizer
signed up using tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
I think gift certificates are always a good idea.
Frugal Parent! I’m a single mom of two! fits us good! signed up with macendaxislove@yahoo.com
I would love to try the Crayon Letter Art! looks adorable!
the personality time capsules..i love 🙂
I like the Recycled Desk Caddy project and would make a fabulous gift for a friend of mine.
CharlieGurl57@aol.com
I would try the Fun Lunch Skewers project first. I just got some flexible skewers and can’t wait to try them.
Signed up with the email I used here. I would love to try the mason jar oatmeal!
I signed up and I want to try the Clothespin mirror memory keeper
i want to make the personality time capsules. they look like a lot of fun!
Signed up and I like the Personality Time Capsules
I would like to try the motivation station!
I like the recycled desk caddy.
Signed up under mightynaynay at cs.com
i signed up with theatre396 at gmail dot com
Im going to try the mason jar oatmeal project!
I like the shower caddy desk organizer. Belong with this email.
Thanks for the contest.
I joined the Value Seekers Club from DollarTree. I love the Fun Lunch Skewers idea from the site.
I joined the club and I want to make the Recycled Desk Caddy to clean up my desk area.
I love the Dahlia Paper Wreath! It’s so pretty and inexpensive to make. I joined the Dollar Tree Value Seekers Club.
Already a member of the Dollar Tree Value Seekers Club and I’d like to try the mug cake project.
I would really love to make the Recycled Desk Caddy! I am all signed up
I joined the Value Seekers Club, and I’d like to try Mason Jar Oatmeal.
I like the shower caddy desk organizer.. That would work perfect for my sloppy desk! There is lotsa good ideas there! Im signed up..
I signed up for the Dollar Tree Value Seekers Club.
I like the Monster Boxes from their Project ideas section.
Shower Caddy Desk Organizer! (email left in email section of this form)
We love to give gift cards. everyone loves them
I would love to make the Dahlia Paper Wreath! I also joined and signed up for emails!
I joined. I would like to try and make the Clothespin Mirror Memory Keeper. It looks so easy to make and is such a great idea to display memories.
I love the Night Glow Bowling idea and am going to try this soon with my 4 kids.
My son and I like the Monster boxes. cowboys.wife@ hotmail dot com
I love the monster boxes I can’t wait to make them with my kids. I signed up under the email jestingsmom@aol.com
I like the recycled desk cand
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I would love to try the crayon letter art! christinejessamine at hotmail dot com
I’d like to make the recycled desk caddy
Love to do the Framed Flatware, and it looks easy i Know to do 😀
I’d love to try my hand at the Dahlia Paper wreath!
I like the hand sanitizer.
I would like to try the photo coasters with my girl scout troop
The recycled Desk Caddy is super cute – I’d love to give that a try!
I signed up and would like to make the Mason Jar Oatmeal
I signed up for the Dollar Tree Value Seekers Club and would love to make the Monster Boxes with my kids
Personality-Time-Capsules
I see lots to do but first I want to try the Mason Jar Oatmeal for my Mom.
I like the recycled desk candy. I’m already signed up at Dollar Tree
I’m going to try the mason jar oatmeal
I like the Summer Party Craft Idea: “Palm” Tree Centerpieces
I would like to make the Clothespin Mirror Memory Keeper.
I am registered as jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com (Jill Myrick) and would love to create the Motivation Station.
jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com
I would buy games and activities for my daycare,, they need so much, this would really help!!
I signed up for the club and I would like to make the Motivation Station for my daughter who starts kinder next week
I signed up and think the Recycled desk caddy is super fun looking!
I like the Monster Boxes and the clothespin mirror
annabella @ centurytel dot net
I’d like to try the clothespin picture hanger craft.
Hi! The Clothes Pin Mirror Memory Keeper is the project I would like to try.
I want to try the Recycled Desk Caddy. I’m sure its going to be fun and I can make it my own.
I signed up via vjm123@yahoo.com. The project from the club I want to try first is Personality Time Capsules.
I like the recycled desk candy, I’m already a member
I love this idea! I signed up and am getting some fun ideas for my kindergarten classroom. I like the clothespin circle frame for me to put memos and pictures on and the photo coasters for my students to make as gifts. Maybe for the holidays?
I’m a member and I like the recycled desk candy idea!
I love the Recycled Desk Caddy. I may have to do that for my desk here at home.
I can always use more organizing!
I like the desk caddy. I subscribed under sweepgator@hotmail.com
My favorite Teacher gifts are gift baskets filled with extra school supplies.
I’d first like to make the desk caddy.
Thanks so much
I already have an account on there using the same email address as I did here & I want to try the Dahlia Paper Wreath.
I love the monster boxes to hold students pencils.
I would try the Paper Clip Bookmarks
I would love to do the photo coaster project first so sdarable.
I love the craft ideas but really want to do the Fall Family Tree idea!
I would love to try the Crayon Letter Art. Dollar Tree is the best! I’d love to win this prize!
I want to try the Motivation station
I love the crayon wall art!
I don’t just want to try the Shower Caddy Desk Organizer, I need to try it. I’ve been looking for a solution to desk clutter for awhile now, but everything I found was something that sat on the desk. This is just great!
I signed up with the email smchester at gmail dot com. I would like to try to make the cute Flip Flop cookies!
I most like the Recycled Desk Caddy. I could use this and I love that it is upcycled.
I just joined, the Dahlia Paper Wreath project looks so easy and beautiful!
The e-mail I used to sigh up with is melissaarcher30@yahoo.com
I like the shower caddy desk organizer.
austma7@aol.com
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the single serving mug cake looks fun and yummy
I think my kids would love seeing the Monster boxes with their lunch utensils in them each day while packing their lunches- looks like a great one to do together!
I joined! I’d love to make the Shower Caddy Desk Organizer.
I love Dollar Tree! I signed up and I think the Coffee Filter Garland is really cute and so easy!Be great for parties!
tat2gurlzrock at hotmail dot com
I signed up and want to make the Flip-Flop Wreath
The coffee filter garland is really nice! I’d make that.
I really want to make the Dahlia paper wreath. Thanks
fatmeatloaf1 at g mail dot com
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I like the coffee filter garland
I would love to try the crayon letter art. It would be a perfect accent to my wall.
I like the recycled desk caddy. There are some neat things on here my students would love.
I joined!!! I would love to make the photo coasters.
Those mason jar oatmeals look delicious! My email is leahacton@gmail.com
The Crayon Letter Art
That a sweet idea to give to a teacher. Teachers need to feel appreciated!!!
Super cute idea. Love this DIY.
I can’t wait to try the coffee filter garland! How fun to spice up all seasons!!
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What a great idea, and she can reward the kids with a blow pop! This is great gesture to start off the school year!
So awesome as I didn’t know that the Dollar Tree had a deal seeker club with awesome ideas – thank you! I was drawn to the fun and colorful coffee filter garland on the website. I adore the dollar store!!
What a neat idea! I really enjoyed this post. I have a few friends whom are teachers and they would have loved this once school started.
What a cute giveaway! It’s so nice to give a little gift to teachers right off the bat!
I want to try the paper clip bookmarks 🙂
I love the idea of itself of making the teachers a basket!! It would be fun for thw kids at the same time helping make it & a reward in feelins for them to give to their teachers!! I don’t remember ever giving my teacher much when i was little except thank u’s & hugs now that I’m older & see how hard they work I have a lot of appreciation for them!! 🙂
I love the clothespin photo holder project.
I signed up for the club.
lol, I am already a member. jaynep140@gmail . com I love dollar tree. My dad informed me last time i visited him I should be a spokes person for them. I made the flip flop wreath for summer, I think I should tackle the dalhia wreath next!
I want to try the coffee filter garland.
This is a nice idea. We might try that next year. Our school requires kleenex as part of the back to school supplies though.
Love it. Teachers definitely deserve a little something extra.
I love that idea. How thoughtful.
I want to do the Fun Lunch Skewers!
This is awesome I had no clue they had a Value Seekers Club! I just joined can’t wait to see what all I can learn! I love the Shower Caddy Desk Organizer, this is something I really need!
i love the teacher basket
I am going with the recycled desk caddy.
What a fun way to start the year off! We like to get $1 plastic tumblers from the $1 store, then personalize them with the teacher’s name with some vinyl we cut out of our cameo.
I want to create the Crayon letter art!
Great idea! My daughter had her first day back today. We might do something like this and send it to school with her next week.
That is a thoughtful gift since teachers have to buy everything for themselves nowadays! The hand sanitizer is a must!
I love this idea for your child’s teacher. I made a big basket of school supplies that were on my daughter’s list a couple years ago for her teacher. She was so appreciative because she said she would come out of pocket for supplies for the kids that didn’t have what they needed.
We make a happy school year package for the teacher we had last year and drop it off. It’s always fun for the kids to see their old teacher and the teachers appreciate it too. 🙂
I signed up and with the kids going to college soon I am going to try The Perfect College Care Package
This is a cute little teacher gift basket. I am sure any teacher would be happy to receive it!
Oh gosh, I think the recycled desk caddy looks so neat. I also like the coffee filter garland! Thanks for this great giveaway!
What a beautiful gift. A teacher that gets that is definitely a lucky teacher!!
Signed up. I would like to try the Tie-Dye Cake. It looks yummy!
Monster Boxes are my favorite! So cute.
What a cute idea. I just sent mine off to school today for a fresh new year. Maybe we’ll make something like this next week for their teachers.
I love the dollar tree and these baskets look darling. I also love these great school gift ideas.
I love the recycled desk caddy!
I love the basket idea. Every teacher deserves to be loved!
I would make the Recycled Desk Caddy
signed up with this email: elena150980@yahoo.com
i belong to the club Mason Jar Oatmeal id like to try
I belong to the club and I would like to try the shower caddy desk organizer.
What a great idea to do beginning of the year gifts! I love the idea of giving them school supplies and extra kleenex always helps.
I like the clothspin clock the best.
What a fun teacher gift idea! I love it!
Post-its and pens always come in handy! Love the idea to include hand sanitizer!
That’s a nice idea for the teachers. I love shopping at Dollar Tree.
This is a really cute idea. I love the basket.
Such a great idea!!! I might have to make one for my child’s teacher!
That desk caddy is awesome. I love giving teacher a gift basket for back to school.
Very cute basket. i am sure the teachers will appreciate it!
That is such a cute gift. I bet any teacher would love that!
You’d totally be teacher’s pet bringing that in the first day of school. What a cute idea.
I was elected v.p. of our PTA this year and I can’t wait to try some of the welcome gift ideas with the new teachers at our school.
That is so thoughtful! I’m not sure I ever got my teachers anything when I went to school… maybe an apple? I love all of the vibrant colors too!
This is so thoughtful and something a teacher would really appreciate.
I would like to make the coffee filter garland with my kids.
I am a 3rd grade teacher and I would love to give my teammates a welcome gift, like the one you have shared. I think it’s a great way to build comradery and friendships! Sure hope I win!!! Thank you for your generosity!!!
I want to try the recycled desk caddy.
That’s a great gift basket! And I used to buy the large size bag of blow pops for myself, I love the gum inside!
What a sweet idea! I usually just make sure to grab a few extras from our teacher request lists.
Oh I love the gift basket idea for the first day of school! What a great way to butter up that teacher! LOL! Thanks for the idea 🙂
What a great idea! I don’t have school-aged children, yet, but I love the idea of the beginning of the year gift! I will have to remember this!
I love the dahlia paper wreath. I’d make this for my classroom!! Your idea of the teacher basket is a great idea; I should do one for my children’s teachers.
I would like to try the Shower Caddy Desk Organizer.
I would like to try the Recycled Desk Caddy craft idea.
What a cute idea! Just add an apple for the teacher!
I’m signed up and Id love to make the motivation station
What a great gift basket. I always try to bring something for the teachers when we meet them. 🙂 And the Dollar Tree is a great place to shop for them.
I would like to try the Personality Time Capsules
The Crayon Letter Art is so cute! Great for the kids’ rooms!
I signed up for the Dollar Tree Value Seekers Club and would like to try Clothespin Mirror Memory Keeper project.
The crayon letter art looks like a project my little niece would love to help me with!
This is so cute. I bet teachers would love that!!
I’m never very good at giving teacher gifts. I go for easy simple gifts!
I had actually never thought of a back-to-school teacher gift, but that is a great idea. These are some great suggestions!
I’d like to try to make the clothespin clock mbreed@rochester.rr.com
Dollartree is one of my favorite stores. I cant count on them for odds and ends on the cheap!
You obviously put a lot of thought into this. It wasn’t until your other recent post that I knew you had been a teacher before. Teachers know what teachers want!
This reminds me of all of the items I need to pick up this weekend. My husband works in the classroom, and he heads back next week.
That would be a cool back to school gift for teacher. A lot of cool things in it.
That is so cute! I want to do something like that for my kids teachers. Thank you for the great inspiration.
I really like that motivation station, but some of the recipes look great too!
What a cute back to school teacher gift. I’m sure the hand sanitizer and facial tissues are greatly appreciated!
LOVE the recycled desk caddy! Great use for all those tp rolls I’ve kept and extra scrapbook paper:)
Def doing the Recycled Desk Caddy!! Thank you
Great gift basket! I love that there are practical items in it that teachers will actually use.
So cute. We shop for back to school at the Dollar Tree and buy extras to send for those who weren’t able to.
Recycled desk caddy. I could use that.
That is an awesome teacher gift! We gave my kid’s teachers gifts last year and they really appreciate the gifts that have much needed supplies in them.
I want to make the Shower Caddy Desk Organizer! I can really use this great idea in my Home office.
email used to sign up
jewelwood55(at)gmail(dot)com
I signed up for the club. I really liked the look of the clothespin clock
Kleenex and hand sanitizer have been all over school lists this year. Great idea.
This is such a sweet idea. Teachers do a lot for our kids. They also put up with a lot FROM our kids. This is a great way to say, “I appreciate everything you do, and I’m sorry little Timmy won’t be quite.” =D
I like the recycled desk caddy.
Hi I’m a 5th grade teacher and would love to make the paperclip book marks. It seems students in my room lose bookmarks all the time and maybe with it being a paperclip they won’t fall out of the books so easily. I also love the shower caddy idea too. Would love to win this for back to school!
I would like to make the single serving mug cake for a little treat during my prep hour 🙂
Already a member of the Dollar Tree Value Seekers Club. I love the shower caddy desk organizer! That is definitely on my project list.
this is such a wonderful idea, a great gift! I would love to make one of these for my daughters new teacher.
I like the recycled desk candy…I’m already signed up at Dollar Tree. Hollyhunt23@gmail.com
Love the idea!
I signed up with fossil316@aol.com, and I am going to try the Mason Jar Oatmeal! I am also trying to pack Mason Jar Salads, and prepare them for the whole week of school- I am a teacher, and then just grab one to go out the door!
We’re helping my nephew and his girlfriend with an outdoor wedding. Her colors are teal. So when I saw the coffee filter garland in teal hues, I knew it would be perfect. Plus we could continue with the decorations by making “coffee filter” paper flower accents to go with the table cloths, paper goods and utensils we’re getting from Dollar Tree.
Rondooado@yahoo.com was registered e-mail
the recycled desk caddy looks great 🙂
I agree! You did a really good job on it.
I love that idea. I never thought to give my kids teachers gifts for back to school!
Me neither but I homeschool. Maybe I should make a gift for myself 😛
grrr,I hate being first,they never win,but here goes anyway,,maybe my luck will change,,
vlbelk@hotmail.com is the email I signed up for the value seekers club and id like to make: Coffee Filter Garland for a birthday party for the the grandkids to help