Unique Teacher Gifts for 2009
Most people think of getting an apple for teacher is a good gift idea. While this may be true a few decades ago, giving an apple to your favorite teacher is not on our list of unique teacher gifts in 2009. If you are going to give some who truly inspired you a gift, it’s worthwhile to think of the things that they don’t already have. It’s even better to think of things that they haven’t even heard of. Thinking of unique gifts for your teacher is a great way to show them that you or your child really appreciate the effort that they put in during the year.
Here’s a good technique that we’ll share to help you come up with a good gift idea. Try to think about what you know about that your teacher would not. For example, for an English teacher you might get a current novel that he or she may be unfamiliar with. This can make a very unique teacher gift because it can allow the instructor to explore a new writer. English teachers in particular love discovering new authors, and they would love to see what their students are reading.
One of the most unique teacher gifts is a mix CD. I know that a lot of people are shy about sharing their music with their teachers, but your professor might be surprisingly hip. Not every teacher is going to be square, after all. Even if they are, everyone enjoys hearing new music. The worst thing that will happen is that they won’t enjoy it. In the best case, however, you might have turned them on to something that they never would have known about otherwise.
An easy alternative to the mix CD would be to give your teacher an e-Gift Basket that contains an original song. Each e-Gift Basket is delivered instantly to their email. Inside their e-Gift Basket, they will find your
>> personal message
>> music video
>> uplifting quotes
>> an online game
>> a gift certificate — if you choose
>> and the song “A Song From Your Soul” by 2008 Grammy Winner Patti Austin!
How cool is that? I bet there isn’t a more unique gift that you can give to your teacher — who may have inspired you to do great things. So how about inspiring them back?
Click here to check how the e-Gift Basket looks like:
http://onlinegiftbasket.org/preview-unique-teacher-gift
Afterward, click here to order your gift for your favorite teachers:
http://onlinegiftbasket.org/order-unique-teacher-gift
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The rest of this article will be anti-climatic after the truly unique gift idea that we just mentioned. But here goes … A lot of people like to use handmade gifts for teachers. This is especially true for teachers with younger students. Elementary and middle school teachers love anything that their students make. If you have any artistic skills whatsoever, you might consider making your own unique teacher gift. It can be a poster, a painting, or even a craft project. It doesn’t matter as long as it is from the heart.
Personalized stationery is a favorite standby gift for many people. Everyone loves getting nice paper as a present. This is an especially a good idea if you have a teacher whose aesthetic sense you know well. Some teachers are very obvious about what their tastes are. If your teacher loves a certain period in history, for example, you might be able to find stationery that reflects that interest. If your teacher is very into a certain type of flower, you can get flower stationery. This is a gift that is both beautiful and practical. Everyone has a use for stationery sooner or later.


