Sorry, photo didn’t upload. Hopefully it works this time haha

I ended up getting really sick and ran out of time to make any of the wonderful suggestions. We just made cherry ripe balls and put them in decorated jars. 2 on the left of the picture were for her teacher (rudolph jar had maltesers, santa the cherry ripe balls) and the other 3 were for my aunties

What did you end up doing for this?

a personalised snow globe or glitter globe is a great idea! so cheap to make as well!

a snow globe. a decoration, a jar big enough to fit it, water and glitter, o)r a super cute photo of her kid in a photo frame.

I do like the personalised card idea from Manda..84 too – lovely. Hope the ‘poster’ has some good ideas now – I love them!

Kasey – your succulent idea sounds so lovely!

How about a bookmark or a coffee cup you coukd personslise it wuth a sharpie pen. Or a gift voucher or home made treats.

i think the best thing you could do is write in a card what they mean to you, your child and your family being a family day care educator myself thats what makes it all worth while

For my kids teachers we got coloured icecream bowls from Kmart and planted a succulent, then on the top sprinkled red coloured mini rocks around the plant. To top it off we added a snowman tree hanger pushed into the dirt. It was something different and made with love.

I just love personalised photo frames. They can be beautifully handcrafted and decorated.

cookies were always the gift of choice when I was a kid. either package some lovely fresh baked cookies in a nice little box or put together a cookie/cake/brownie recipe jar. layer all the dry ingredients into a jar big enough to fit it all and put the lid on. make a label with a list of what wet ingredients are needed to complete the recipe and baking instructions and wallah!

Is this something that you want your daughter to make, or something for the day care leader to have to make herself? For the first option, a series of pictures made into a little book is fun. For the second option, a gift card from a craft store works well.