5 Inexpensive Back to School Gifts for Teachers – FREE Printables!

Teachers went back to school this week and it has been completely craaaazaaay.

First of all, I need to tell y’all some news!  I am NOT teaching my sweet little 2-year-olds this year!  Through a wonderful series of events, the Lord dropped a new position at our preschool into my lap.

I am now the Preschool Administrative Assistant!  I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am about this job!  I absolutely love to bless and serve families and this new role gives me many more opportunities to do that.  On top of caring for the preschool wing, I will also have several other responsibilities that will keep me very busy and still occasionally in the classroom – which obviously is very dear to me!  I will be the PK2 and PK3 library teacher as well as coordinator for a monthly chapel service.

So don’t worry!  I will still have lots of fun ideas to share with you here! 🙂

Like today!  I wanted to do a little something for our preschool teachers every day during our teacher work week.  Because I had to buy multiple gifts, I had to make sure that the items were under $1.50 each.

Sounds impossible, but would you believe I DID IT?!  WOOTWOOT!

Check out what my girls are receiving as they prepare to welcome back all of our precious students…

I found these orange candles at IKEA for $1.50.  They smell UH-MAZING.  If you don’t have an IKEA near you, just pair this FREE Printable tag with an actual orange fruit or mandarin.

*Click HERE for your FREE Printable Orange You Glad to Be Back to School Tag!*

I found a pack of 8 bags of popcorn for about $4.  Such a healthy, easy snack!

*Click HERE for your FREE Printable Just Popping By to Say Have a Great Year Tag!*

I wanted to give each teacher a big bag of coffee grounds, but those ran about $5+ per bag.  I found these individual serving-size instant coffee packs at Target.  They were $4.99 for a box of 8.

*Click HERE for your FREE Printable Welcome Back to the Grind Tag!*

These hand lotions were only $1.50 each – and I just love everything the eOs brand makes.

*Click HERE for your FREE Printable Wishing You a Smooth Year Tag!*

And finally, every teacher needs a little chocolate to get them through the first week back!

*Click HERE for your FREE Printable Hope You Enjoyed Your Break Tag!*

I have been sneaking these goodies onto each teacher’s desk each morning.  It’s fun playing the magical preschool hallway fairy!

I will be back soon with some more Back to School posts for you!

Joyfully,

Julie 🙂