14 DIY Back To School Gifts For Favorite Teachers

diy back to school gifts for favorite teachers

School has almost begun, and it’s high time to craft a couple of gifts for your favorite teachers to show how you appreciate them and their teaching. Here’s a bunch of easy crafts that won’t take much time or money to realize and will make your teachers content.

One of the most popular ideas is making a box of practical supplies like rulers, pens, crayons, glue sticks and pencils that your teacher may need any time during the lessons. The thing is to make a comfy box for storing and presenting them all, and this tutorial will tell you how to pack all these things at their best.

DIY back to school teacher gift in a ruler box (via www.craftcreatecook.com)

DIY back to school teacher gift in a ruler box (via www.craftcreatecook.com)

A notebook is always a useful thing for a teacher, and you can personalize it a bit with monograms. What you need is to create a design you like, print it, cut out and attach as a cover for the notebook, voila!

DIY mini monogrammed notebooks (via maritzalisa.com)

DIY mini monogrammed notebooks (via maritzalisa.com)

Buy a pack of candies and create wonderful chocolate flowers using skewers and cardboard. Put candies into a jar and then the flower you’ve made to top the jar, so easy and fast!

DIY chocolate flower gift for teachers (via ourhollydays.com)

DIY chocolate flower gift for teachers (via ourhollydays.com)

Another cool idea to pack candies into a cool apple jar. Take a mason jar that reminds of an apple in its shape, spray paint the jar with red, and the lid with green. Attach a stick of the width you like and felt leaves you’ve made. Put candies inside, voila!

DIY apple jar with candies for a teacher (via creativemeinspiredyou.com)

DIY apple jar with candies for a teacher (via creativemeinspiredyou.com)

Pack colorful sharpies into a mason jar and add a printable gift tag. Another idea is to create a sun with rays of pens and pencils. So easy and so cool!

DIY sharpie teacher's gift (via www.therealisticmama.com)

DIY sharpie teacher's gift (via www.therealisticmama.com)

Good at baking? Make some cookies and pack them in an awesome way using a cardboard or lunch box and printable gift tags or make some chalkboard tags and chalk your thanks on them.

DIY cookie gift box with printable chalkboard tags (via apumpkinandaprincess.com)

DIY cookie gift box with printable chalkboard tags (via apumpkinandaprincess.com)

This cool favor box is built of wooden planks and painted orange. Then the author attached some metal letters and filled the crate with various writing and drawing supplies.

DIY back to school teacher's gift in a wooden crate (via endlesslyinspired.com)

DIY back to school teacher's gift in a wooden crate (via endlesslyinspired.com)

Greet your teachers with color pencil coasters. Cut the pencils, then attach these pieces to the cork coasters, finish with Mod Podge and voila!

DIY colored pencil coasters for teachers (via blog.consumercrafts.com)

DIY colored pencil coasters for teachers (via blog.consumercrafts.com)

A simple blank journal can become a cool teacher’s gift. Cover it with tape measure washi tape. Add chalkboard labels and various decorative brads.

DIY personalized teacher's journal (via blog.consumercrafts.com)

DIY personalized teacher's journal (via blog.consumercrafts.com)

Buy an alphabet rubber stamp set and pack it into a cool mason jar decorating it with labels and stickers – so easy and so fast!

DIY alphabet stamp teacher's gift in a jar (via www.thecasualcraftlete.com)

DIY alphabet stamp teacher's gift in a jar (via www.thecasualcraftlete.com)

Plant something for your teacher adding a ruler drawing to the pot and making it cool. You may also add various stickers and maybe gift tags.

DIY potted plant in a personalized planter (via www.sheknows.com)

DIY potted plant in a personalized planter (via www.sheknows.com)

A galvanized vase can be turned into a cool gift holder. Attach pencils to it and then put everything you wanna give inside, it will look super original and cool.

DIY school supply bouquet in a galvanized vase (via www.sheknows.com)

DIY school supply bouquet in a galvanized vase (via www.sheknows.com)

Make a personalized wreath for the teacher using rulers and an embroidery hoop. Add a ribbon and a bunting, and a couple of paper flowers.

DIy personalized teacher ruler wreath (via blog.consumercrafts.com)

DIy personalized teacher ruler wreath (via blog.consumercrafts.com)

One more easy teacher’s craft is put into a simple plastic crate. Put all the supplies there and then attach a ribbon with some cute gift tag.

DIY sharpie teacher's gift in a plastic crate (via happyhourprojects.com)

DIY sharpie teacher's gift in a plastic crate (via happyhourprojects.com)