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To have bought ds's teacher a giant kestrel?

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SilverLining17 · 04/07/2017 11:55

I mean at least she won't get a duplicate and it make a change from 'best teacher' mugs?!

Asked ds what she liked - gardening apparently. DS's class is kestrel class so aha I thought. A little kestrel ornament for the garden. Except it is not little. No no. It is a gigantic genetically modified kestrel. Maybe she can put it at the bottom of the garden so it looks smaller?!

To have bought ds's teacher a giant kestrel?
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ILoveDolly · 05/07/2017 23:18

I love kestrel. He is magnificent

Stillwaitingforsummer · 05/07/2017 23:16

I'm a teacher and I'd love that Wink
Very thoughtful x

PacificDogwod · 05/07/2017 23:08

Zebra, how on earth would one drop subtle kestrel related hints?! It's not easy to fit in to conversation, is it?
Any help gratefully received.

I am going to have to be more creative with my teacher presents in years to come, clearly.

Tattybogle89 · 05/07/2017 23:07

Place marks for update on teachers reaction

DreamingOfAFullNightsSleep · 05/07/2017 23:05

Ahhhh, bloody genius! You have made me go 'shiiiiit, end of year teacher presents' in a flap though

katycb · 05/07/2017 22:55

I'm a teacher and I was once brought a Saxophone Playing Gnome as a present by a pupil! It wasn't completely random as I do play the saxophone and had taken it in to use with the kids and then aparently one of them and seen it in the garden centre and insisted that it was a perfect gift for me. I did have it in my garden for some years until it sadly got frost damage and lost it's head! Gave me lots of smiles first though and almost 10 years on I still remember that child!!!

cakesonatrain · 05/07/2017 22:55

Brilliant.
Oversized avian yard art FTW.

Hairclip could be affixed with a magnet?

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ZebraOwl · 05/07/2017 22:20

Stargirl
The giraffe possibilities are pretty much endless. You could maybe start a herd going as a subtle hint at a pretty low cost...

Pacific
I think you need to start dropping hints to patients. I get my awesome!GP book tokens/Amazon vouchers because she likes to read & Choosing New Books is fantastic. I would happily buy her a Kestrel Of Doom (& accessories - a wee stethoscope would seem appropriate...) if she made any suggestion such a thing would be welcome in her life. Am now slightly tempted to get her a Doom!Kestrel for the craic/as a Get Well Soon present, but then I'd have to explain myself. And while I can't imagine how anyone could NOT want a Doom!Kestrel (there's even the PERFECT spot where it could sit & look all judgy at patients in her consulting room) if she somehow wasn't enraptured with a Doom!Kestrel all her very own that might be...awkward Confused

acsec · 05/07/2017 22:11

I am a teacher of a 'bird' named class and I would LOVE him! I'd call him 'Our Kes' like Craig David from Bo' Selecta and he would definitely live in my classroom! I'm sad I'm not a kestrel now 😞

ClusterBustering · 05/07/2017 22:03

I was bought a HUGE stone duck one year, absolute dead weight.

I had no links to ducks of any kind

I cycled to work and never actually got the thing home ( though by the time I left the school the child had too).

Pammie70 · 05/07/2017 21:54

I am a teacher and I think it's fantastic so much better than another box of chocolates. Don't mean to sound ungrateful but it's not helping the diet

indigox · 05/07/2017 21:54

He needs a mini graduation hat

Patriciathestripper1 · 05/07/2017 21:53

😂😭😂😍 I want one I want one!

TiggyD · 05/07/2017 21:49

All teachers should have giant kestrels.

PacificDogwod · 05/07/2017 21:48

He is marvellous!

I am not a teacher, but I want one
Grin

TheSquatLobster · 05/07/2017 21:44

He's wonderful Silver. How can teacher possibly not love him?

That origami hat looks very complicated. might be easier if your crafting skills are nearer to my level!

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SilverLining17 · 05/07/2017 21:24

Imagine a giraffe that was twice as big as an actual giraffe.

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Stargirl82 · 05/07/2017 21:13

I'm giraffes class this year and next, maybe I should start dropping hints!!

Jellypudmum · 05/07/2017 21:04

I love this. Wish my pupils would be so original!

paddypants13 · 05/07/2017 20:59

I really like the resin kestral. Blush

I think TKoD is an excellent present.

NorksAreMessy · 05/07/2017 20:58

THIS!
THIS is why I love MumsNet Star

SingaSong12 · 05/07/2017 20:45

Placemark- I need to know how the teacher reacts. It's brilliant

belgina · 05/07/2017 20:44

Now I am wondering if you are local to me, because my dd2 is in Kestrels and will be in Kestrels again next year...
But I do think it is a great present. I will now be on the lookout on the last day of term. Grin

Stormtrooper676 · 05/07/2017 20:28

I think it's awesome SilverLining, great idea