What to get for nursery staff?

[PDR]

DS goes to nursery 2/3 days a week and I would like to get something nice for the girls.

He does have a "Key Worker" but I feel it would be unfair to only get her something as all of the staff look after the children.

I was thinking of getting them all something about £10 each but there are 5 of them in his "room" and then the girls in the office are always very helpful so that means about 7/8 in total.

Would it be better to get them something like
this

What do other people normally do?

Or maybe you work in a nursery and have an idea that went down well for me?!!

They are drowning in chocolate

I just get a case of wine and give them one each

It's fairly cheap and when you think how craply they are paid, it seems fair enough...

I usually get a mix of M&S/Boots 3-for-2s and put them in a big gift bag with the card from ds. Usually a couple of bottles of something, some chocs/sweets, smellies etc.

You could make up a big basket from Lush so everyone can pick some treats or a basket with various items in like nice coffee, biscuits, toffees etc for breaktime.

I like the gift bag idea as well with various items as not everyone drinks or like smellies etc.

I did perfume and chocolates last year for after school club staff etc.

posy of flowers for each one and then a big tin of shortbread for them to share

I do bath bomb/soap type things. This year I've ordered them on line for the first time (they've yet to arrive though) from here I liked their Christmas ones.

Agree they have loads of Chocolate

I've also done a mixed goodie bag of Christmas decorations in the past.

Last year we took in some 'lovely' biscuits that DS has made.

Based on their reaction, this year I am taking them a case of wine to share!

OK no chocolate!

What about this:
www.waitrosewine.com/230653239/Product.aspx

I will have to get some of those bottle gift bag wotzits!

Will look like a right boozer when I have to lug all the clinking bottles in !

They are generally poorly paid, so we do vouchers as far as possible: petrol vouchers go down surprisingly well as do cinema vouchers, beauty vouchers, etc. etc.

I gave M&S vouchers last year.

last yr i made a huge tray of cream meringues and took them in one day near to christmas... don't know how it went down... but i work in a school and know it would go down a treat there...

Gosh I'm cheap I'm surprised at how much some people spend to be honest.

In my defence DD only goes 2 mornings

i've got ours a case of wine, 6 bottles from m&s on offer 25% off, plus i get 20% staff discount so cheap as chips really for decent wine. got 2 white, 2 red and 2 rose.

oh god, this wouldn't have occured to me
DS only goes one day a week though... but I should get his key worker something, shouldn't I?

What about a mug ( maybe with thier names on or something) with some little chocs or smellies in.
The mugs can only be a few quid each. It doesnt matter how much it cost, just the thought behind it

As a previous Nursery nurse, the fact that you have though of them each individually would be great. I agree that we used to get 100's of large tins of chocolate- which were great. In the end we saved them all up and shared them out just before xmas. We did this because A) there were too many and b)Some staff were greedier than others and would pinch all the nice chocs out of the box first!

What's good to share? DS has a keyworker, of course, but he's recently moved room and they moved staff around and so most of the staff have looked after him this year. But I can't really get 75% of the staff an individual gift and nothing for the rest (who have probably looked after DS at some point anyway) so the best solution would be to get something that everyone can share.

They'll have a million boxes of biscuits and chocolate though, won't they? What else can I get?

How about a subscription to Heat/Glamour/Red/Marie Claire or a magazine you think they would like (if they are all a similar age). That way they can have a peruse during their breaks and they all get to share it. i did this for the nurses who looked after me when I broke my leg last christmas and they seemed to appreciate it.

Oooh, good idea Twofalls! Thanks.

I like the mug idea! [Goes off to learn names of all the staff]

And the magazine idea sound good too - also had another thought that if they are having a staff party maybe I could put £50 behind the bar or something but I would have to do that via the manager and it might get "lost in translation" and they'd all think I was a miserable cow who hadn't got them anything !

I usually get the huge tins of chocs - they only cost £3.50 - £5 at the mo though so not much thought. Wine good - but not everyone drinks. Do you think a small smellie gift is appropriate?

I have 2 kids there so that makes about 14 gifts to get. How much would you give each in vouchers?

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IIWY I would ask (maybe the helpful office girls?) how they work it. At DD's nursery they 'pool' all presents and then share them out - so I take in 2-3 presents (normally home-made christmas cakes ) and they go into a sort of raffle as the manager feels that is the fairest way to do it - which means that presents meant for sharing would be a bit pointless.

This year, the deputy manager and baby room leader is also about to go off on maternity leave though - she is very popular (since most of the toddlers/preschoolers 'started' with her) - I think this may well be the most over-equipped baby in history by the time people have finished giving it stuff

I am thinking about homemade choc truffles with a couple of bottles of Champagne to share between them all?

Can't see myself lugging a bottle of wine for each of them...

i would make a hamper of breaktime treats
posh coffee,tea and hot choc, tins/boxes of biscuits and maybe a tin of chocs..
also add a couple of thoseposh bottles of flavoured water for the people hwo dont drink tea/coffee.

PDR, I asked my nursery staff (the helpful office girls!) if they had a christmas night out and did/could people contribute. They do, and I gave DS's staff an envelope with a contribution to the party in it. (So they'd know I hadn't forgotten.)

For the life of me I can't recall how much I gave though.

www.firebox.com/firebox/search?searchstring=wild+hibiscus I got these last year and a bottle of bubbly for there work xmas do, they loved them and everyone else bought chocs.