To have bought ds's teacher a giant kestrel?

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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?!

Brilliant!
It's about one and a half times the size of the real thing.

He def needs a hat like this! i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02276/3246293_2276477b.jpg

Is it wrong that I do want the hat for him?

He's like a kestrel that's eaten all the smaller lesser kestrels.

That's horrendous and hilarious. Someone once gave me a large metal chicken for my yard, it was equally awful. They say it's the thought but, as DH says, what the fuck were they thinking? I kept it as a 'conversation piece' for a while but luckily sadly it didn't survive a house move.
You owe it to us to give it to her, so you can report back on her struggles to keep a straight face before assuring her she doesn't have to keep it and then get your money back from wherever you ordered it.

He looks horrific in first pic, but given the tie-in and the later pic I think that's fab.

This is fab!

I think it's a brilliant gift.

He's definitely doing a MN head tilt isn't he?

I think she'll love him. Seriously. Really. I mean that.

She will love it. Dh's class are Frogs and he gets all kinds of Frog stuff that he displays in his classroom.

I think he's lovely

LongLostCherub How can you think he's horrendous? He's bloody gorgeous! The kids would love it!
Silver You definintely have to get him the hat now

'Thanks so much for all the help you've given ds. Here is a horrific kestrel as a token of our appreciation'

I definitely need to get the hat. I think that hat will improve things a lot.

Definitely get a hat for him!

That is a bloody genius teacher gift. She will love it.

Fantastic! DH is wondering what I am laughing at, so I showed him the thread, he says it is not that funny.
Should I LTB?

Great gift, agree with pp, send it in with wine.

Where would sell an outsize kestrel school teacher hat? It seems niche.

Was it for sale on a facebook page??

He's lovely

Ha ha does it have that look about it?!

No it was from a gardening place that has many ornaments. There wasn't much choice in kestrel ornaments - I know - surprising isn't it??

I'm a teacher. I would love this and the thought going into it. He would definitely become the class mascot. I would find it hilarious if he had a hat on.

He is giving it that beady side eye, isn't he?

I'd keep an eye on him if I was a kid in primary school.

I LOVE it! Do they do a buzzard?

DP and I are always sending eachother pictures of big wooden horses heads from National Trust shops that cost £150 because we are so amused/bemused by them. A kestrel is a cut above though.

Love it! Send it with a jokey note and a bottle of wine and it's perfect!!

Shmoo Actually he's kinda growing on me now. I think I'd much rather have him than the giant chicken - still horrendous but, you're right, in a gorgeous kinda way.

Wonder if this would fit, Silver?

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Childrens-Graduation-Gown-Accessories-Hat-Cap-Satin-with-tassels-10-colours-/160975397968?_trksid=p2385738.m2548.l4275

Maybe measure his bonce and ask the seller?

Hey, Ebay seller. How big are your hats? I wish to buy one forthwith for my kestrel...