10 DIY teacher thank you gifts

The end of the school year is almost here and it’s time to thank our amazing teachers for their hard work and dedication to their students. Here are 10 DIY teacher thank you gifts that you can whip up in no time. Handmade gifts are especially fun, so we have included a bunch that even young children can create with a little help from mom or dad. There are also several printables, which can be framed as an art piece, or can accompany a gift card if you wish. Each gift will bring a smile to your favorite teacher’s face, and your kids will love putting them together.

Teacher thank you gift – Our Family Journey

Kids Art Notepad – Spoonful

Teachers gift free printable – Just Between Friends

Fingerprint Heart Project – Busy Kids Happy Moms

Teacher thank you card – Rita’s Creations

School days thank you cards – Shaken Together

DIY glass marble magnet teachers gift – Makoodle

Teacher lunch box thank you tin – Two Peas in a Bucket

Color my world teacher gift – Kim’s Kandy Kreations

Class project – The Long Thread

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The other day I shared some cross stitch patterns with ornaments on them, so this time around I wanted to share cross stitch patterns that you can use as ornaments. It would be fun to do a whole tree in your craft room with cross stitch ornaments, or just add a few to your tree or give them as gifts.

These little quilt inspired cross stitch patterns from Flamingo Toes look like ornaments and fit in 3-inch hoops, which are perfect for hanging on the tree or using to decorate a gift. I love the pastel colors on these but you can use more traditional Christmas colors if you like.

This cute Christmas tree from Lagodargetoshop uses a single color and fits in a 4-inch hoop, but you could make it smaller if you wanted by trimming the last ornaments and gifts from the sides, or just stitch the tree without any other embellishments. Either way it’s a cute addition to your holiday tree.

Stitched Modern has a super cute collection of retro Christmas ornament cross stitch patterns from designer Gera. This is a printed pattern that will be shipped to you. Each pattern is about 40 by 56 stitches, or 2.9 by 4 inches/7.4 by 10 cm on 14 count fabric. To work the whole set you’ll need 20 colors of floss.

These snowflake ornaments from Our Little Handmade Home are each about 2.5 inches/6.4 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric, and they use a single color of floss. They are pretty in red but you could also do white on a blue or black background, or whatever suits your other Christmas tree decorations!

From the description it sounds like this set of vintage style cross stitch characters is presented as one large chart, but the photo from Sampler Antique Stitch shows each of them stitched up as their own little ornament, so it gets included here. You’ll find Santa and snowmen in different poses in this cute collection.

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