Homemade Christmas gifts for Reception teacher and TAs?

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DS1 is in Reception and I have NO idea what I'm supposed to give to people as Christmas gifts. DS has one teacher, 2 TAs and quite a few other people who seem to do the same job as the TAs. There are always to adults with the children, but it's different people in different days.

Should I give something to all of them? Or only to teacher and TAs? Or something "more special" to the 3 of them?

Is it ok to give them homemade maron glace? Will it sound weird?

I have just learnt how to make maron glace and I thought of making little jars of the thing for them. It is cheap and tastes as good as the "real" one (although it doesn't look as good). A jar of "real" maron glace costs more than 10 pounds (it takes 4 days to make, that's why it's so expensive!)

I just have no idea if people like maron glace.

I'll wrap them in foil, so should I give them to the office ladies as well?

(I hate social etiquette!!! I always end up doing something rude or OTT - never "right")

A christmas tree decoration is the way to go IMO for little kids. You could make it out of any craft stuff your child likes using. It's even better if it doesn't shed glitter everywhere!

My daughter is in a special school with 9 members of staff, a couple of years ago somebody on this site recommended doing a hamper for the staffroom (or in my case the classroom) of a selection of tea's, coffee's, biscuits etc as most staff have to pay for their own supplies.
I found out that it was very very appreciated so I am doing it again this year.

I'm a TA and am lucky enough that a fair few parents include me in their Xmas gift giving. I am slightly worried what they will think of me this year though as when I was marking books yesterday one of the children had written, 'The Romans introduced wine. Mrs Blueandwhitelover was very pleased because she cannot live without it.'
I may well get a few AA books this year :-)

Class collection is never embarrassing!! It is a Joy ...

• vouchers !!! Failing that- alcohol... Never anything homemade and or edible!!! Shop bought chocs ... Sometimes flowers...Seriously, everything is appreciated but most teachers and TAs I know are in agreement with the above order... Thankyou

When DD first started school, I asked round my teacher friends and they all said nice booze or a very small box of really nice chocs (you can only eat so much Quality Street).

I always wait during the year for the champagne special offers in Tesco. They had £25 bottles reduced to £8 in November so I bought one for each of DD's 3 teachers.

Baby-sitters in London cost £8 an hour. I don't begrudge spending the same on the poor teachers that have my DD on a daily basis all term.

Always reckon that if they don't drink it themselves, they could happily re-gift it to someone else.

We've made some tiny flat salt-dough hearts which DD has painted as a label and she's drawn them each a card.

I'm not sure about collections much as I can see it being a nice idea for the teacher. I'm fortunate that I can afford to put £30 aside for gifts, but many people couldn't and I would hate to feel that people were embarrassed or spending more than they can actually afford in order to avoid looking cheap or not participating.

Depends on what kind of school it is. Having worked in 'well to do' areas/ schools, parents have individually or collectively given store vouchers. We staff, teachers and TAs have always appreciated them.