What can dd make for her teacher for christmas?

[asdx2]

Last year she made Rudolph with a flannel like this which was easy cheap and her teacher appeared to like it Any ideas for this year please?

awww that is CUTE!! im DDs making xmas pud truffles for her teachers this year (nigella recipe) or a nice decorated cake

Plant a hyacinth bulb or two for her? Personally I can't stand them, they smell to uriney to me. DD did this for her teacher a couple of years ago. An old bowl and a hyacinth with some winter pansies. Teacher seemed to like it, although on second thoughts she did leave it in the classroom over the holidays.

I was going to offer my poncetastic bulbinavintageteacup idea but Kreecher beat me. Snowdrops or paperwhite narcissi are nicer than hyacinths though.

I think teachers would prefer even a cheap bottle of wine to a teacup full of flowers. Whilst we adore our little ones' handicraft efforts, I think Miss or Sir prefers something to wind down with after a busy few weeks of nativity rehearsals and overexcited children. Let's face it.......so would we :o

I wouldn't tulpe and I'm a teacher, same as most of my friends and family. Neither would the ones that don't drink for religious reasons. The OP is looking for home-made ideas.

Truffles i think.

We made tia maria ones one year and the teacher actually offered to buy them from me - I did over measure the tia maria though.

My mindees for parents last year made herb oil,

A bottle of nice olive oil, (Open and take a little bit out), then put mustard seeds, black pepper seeds, garlic and springs of rosemary in them.

Peel off the label and make a homemade label.

They made a chilli one when Father Christmas came to our party, and gave it to him.

( Very nice too, said Father Christmas)

tulpe's idea has home-made potential though. You could use glue pens/stickers to decorate the bottle and make it all sparkly?

Make it a little santa hat from some felt and a white pompom?

Make this to put it in?

Or you could make gingerbread men and ice them?

Buy her a cheap mug and fill it with those little sachets of hot chocolate you can get and some marshmallows and chocolate sprinkles?

Good point blathers, or a decorated bag. I did mean the looking bit in my post to be in case you'd missed it on the OP Tulpe (and thought we were mental), not in a sarky way btw.

Most teachers would be delighted at anything to be honest.

I had some (very) homemade fudge a year or two back that was lovely. Presented on a paper plate with drawings round the edge.

Good ideas here.Dd likes to have a hand in making the gift and as it's from her then think she should have some input.Not mean as such but wouldn't buy teacher a gift myself and definitely don't want to get into the competitive gift giving that happens at schoola homemade gift seems to avoid all that

It's madness isn't it asdx2? I bought for 50p an Emma Bridgewater teacher gift mug at a charity shop this week, it was going to be a joke gift but as they're £20 on Ebay I may think again!

pinched from the Poncetastic Chrostmas thread :)

blimey my typing is awful this morning. I need more sleep!

Blatherskite - I have 4 bottles of red wine ready to make those kits up! I bet they'll still be down the side of the fridge in the new year because I've forgotten to do them!

Marzipan fruits. Fun to make and delicious.