Summer break is fast approaching, signaling the end of the school year and saying goodbye to teachers. This is especially hard this year, because one of my children is graduating high school. He’s had the same English/literature teacher for his entire high school career and the same Social Studies teacher for three years. These ladies are amazing; they’re caring, make classes interesting, and push for their students to excel. I wanted to thank them for all their hard work, but wasn’t sure what they would want. Then I remembered my teaching days and thought of some days when I needed a ton of caffeine to make it through the day. Why not make them a gift allowing them to create their own coffee drinks? Plus,I loved saying Thanks A Latte.
I started by purchasing a cute oversized cup and a matching saucer from the thrift store. You could also get cute cups and saucers at the dollar store. I knew I wouldn’t have a lot of room in my cup, so I purchased smaller sizes to fill it.
The cup would be adorable filled with shredded paper and placing the items on the paper, but, in a sad testament to my DIY organizational skills, I couldn’t find my shredded paper. I decided to fold a sheet of parchment paper instead. I lined the cup with the parchment paper and placed a two ounce package of coffee in the middle of the cup.
I positioned two bottles of syrups around the coffee bag and a small bottle of vanilla sugar in front of the package of coffee.
I added two chocolate dipped spoons behind the package of coffee making it good to go. The cutest way to present this would be to wrap it in a cellophane bag (available at the dollar store) and attach “Thanks A Latte” Gift Tag, which I have included below. Just right click and print.
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I totally love this idea. Would it be wrong to whip one up for ME as a homeschool educator, too??
This is a great gift idea! I love the cup you found it is super cute.
This is so super cute. Any teacher would love this! I might have to make one for myself!
I’ve seen variations of this floating around, but I really like your idea! This is such a cute idea for a teacher’s gift.
That is a pretty neat idea for end of the year gift for teachers. I am sure any teacher would love to get something like this.
That is a very cute idea. I love it!
This is such a cute idea! I know any teacher would love to receive this gift basket.
What an adorable appreciation gift! It’s so easy to grab a coffee gift card, but this shows true appreciation. 🙂
This is fantastic! I’d love to make this for my kids teachers! They are so wonderful and my kids adore them!
OH this is great! I’ve been trying to find the right thing to get and make for the teachers this year
What an adorable gift. It’s such a sweet way to say thank you.
Very cute idea. I am now my kid’s teacher as we are homeschooling, and I would love this gift! 😉
Looks like a cute gift idea! I really love the idea of tea cups and Starbucks gift card. Any teachers would definitely love this gift for sure. Love this share.
Very cute teacher gift – I am always looking for new gifts to give the kids teachers.
My daughter was just asking about gift ideas. I will have to tell her about this.
I love DIY projects. This would be a great gift for a teacher.
I agree! I think DIY gifts are much better!
This is a cute gift idea! I will have to keep this in mind at the end of the kid’s school year.
What a great little gift! Teachers work so hard to teach our children and encourage them to be the best that they can be. Small things like this can really make all the difference.
What an amazing teacher’s gift. I bet my daughter’s teacher will be thrilled to have something like this
Such a great idea. But I think I am more a gift card kind of parent to give to my son’s teacher.
This is such a great idea. Perfect gift.
So cute! I love this idea – it is perfect for my son’s teacher!
Oh that’s cute! I love the coffee cup you chose!
What a great idea. I don’t know some of my kids’ teachers that well, but who doesn’t love coffee? I need to get busy making gifts.
I was just wondering this morning about what to do for teachers this year. Your suggestion is thoughtful and just perfect!
This is such a cute idea, I really love the pun a lot “Thanks a latte”. It is so adorable, this is a great gift for a teacehr!
That’s a really sweet parting gift! I’ll have to remember to send something just as fun for my girl’s teachers at the end of the year!
This is such a thoughtful gift for a teacher. I think that any teacher would really appreciate receiving it from one of their students.
I was a former special ed teacher, this is great, the apple thing gets OLD really fast! LOL 🙂
I realized just recently how little school we actually have left. With three teachers to buy for, something like this would be a lifesaver.
Nice gift and nice play on words.
This is such a nice gift for a teacher. I am sure the teachers really appreciate getting such thoughtful gifts.
This is such a cute idea, I love the pretty tea cup. I’m sure every teacher could use some good coffee to help make it through the day.
Such a cute and beautiful gift! She is going to be so happy! Thanks for sharing 😀
Pam I swear we are sisters of the crafting idea world. I just love what you create. This is such a great idea and very pretty. 🙂 I just love following you 🙂
Laura, I agree! I love the crafts you make too! That cupcake birthday train you made today was adorable!
Wow! What an awesome gift. Very thoughtful too. I’m sure any teacher would love to get this! So very nice!
I think this is such a sweet idea! Our teachers give so much of themselves so our kids can be successes. They deserve something like this.
This is such a nice gesture! That cup and saucer are so cute! Any teacher would love this gift!
I really need to get better at getting my kid’s teachers gifts. I am so bad about this part of parenting.
What a super cute idea! I’ve been looking for new teacher gift ideas!
My son’s kindergarten teacher was SO easy to buy for because she had a thing for bees. 🙂 This year his teacher doesn’t like the kids to bring in gifts, but the aid would like them (I know because she was in the K room last year) so it’s such a bummer! I like your Thanks a Latte idea. 🙂
What a nice simple idea, any teacher would love this gift I am sure! I know I would!
I really like this for a teacher gift. I know my son’s teacher drinks coffee so this would be a perfect gift for her.
That Latte gift makes me wish I were the teacher that is going to receive it. What a great idea!!
I know so many educators who would love this as a gift! It’s adorable, too!
I love the idea of using a tea cup for your gift! Such a pretty addition
That cup is a major score!
My favorite teachers would love these!! They deserve it!
I think DIY gifts are perfect for teachers. They seem to have more thought put into them, and you know they appreciate the creativity!
I’ve done something similar like this for my mom on Mother’s day before. I put a Starbucks giftcard inside too.
Thank you you just gave me a gift idea for my daughter. She loves Starbucks and always welcomes a gift card.
Adding a Starbucks gift card sounds like another great touch! Thanks for the idea!
I love giving gifts like this to teachers. They are such an important part of our kids’ lives.
That is such a great idea! I think teachers deserve gifts like this. They do so much for our children. They also PUT UP with so much from out children. =D