25 Budget Friendly Christmas Gifts for Teachers

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Looking for budget friendly Christmas gifts for teachers? In this post, I’m sharing my favorite affordable gift ideas, perfect for special teachers.

Want to get the teachers that do so much for your kids a gift this Christmas? Show your appreciation and thank them with one of these perfect Christmas gift ideas!

What do teachers really want as gifts? What are good Christmas gifts for teachers?

Small, thoughtful gifts are perfect for teachers. These inexpensive gifts are perfect gifts to give teachers from kids.

25 Budget Friendly Christmas Gifts for Teachers

Shop these unique and inexpensive Christmas gifts for teachers perfect from kids or from students. DIY gifts, gifts under $10, and gifts under $25.

Find the perfect Christmas gifts for your teachers below! Pick a DIY gift idea, something under $10, or something under $25.

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Many of the gifts on this list are budget friendly and are available on Amazon Prime with 2-day shipping if you procrastinated on buying a gift. If you don’t already have Amazon Prime, you can always grab a free 30-day trial for the holidays!

DIY Christmas Gifts for Teachers

These are some great inexpensive, handmade Christmas gift ideas for teachers.

1. Ornament

Have your kids make or decorate plain ornaments.

Here’s a few ideas:

Tie red and green ribbon around cinnamon sticks and glue a button at the top to create a Christmas tree ornament.
Paint small pieces of scrap wood, add an eye hook and ribbon to hang it, and use stamps to spell a Christmas message.
Use paint markers on plain ornaments to decorate a unique ornament.
Get a small chalkboard, add ribbon to hang it, and write a special message in chalk.
Use vinyl decals to decorate plain ornaments.
Buy these unfinished wood ornaments and decorate them with paint or paint markers.

Ornaments are always a great gift, especially for teachers. I also love to look at Cracker Barrel for rustic and unique ornaments.

You can also shop at local craft fairs or from small, handmade businesses on Etsy here.

2. Planted succulent

Plant a small succulent in a pot with a cute note saying “Thanks for helping me grow!”

3. Baked goods

Make some yummy baked goods and wrap in treat bags or in a Christmas tin from Dollar Tree.

You could make Christmas cookies, puppy chow mix, trail mix, brownies, or Christmas candy.

4. Hot cocoa mix

Add hot cocoa ingredients to a mason jar, or in a cute mug from Dollar Tree for a warm and cozy gift.

Make a gift tag that says something like, “Have a cozy Christmas!”.

5. Mason jar with fun size candy

Get a mason jar or cute tumbler from Dollar Tree, and fill it with your teacher’s favorite fun size candy.

6. Decorated tumbler or mug

Get a plain tumbler or mug from Dollar Tree, and add a vinyl decal personalized for your teacher with their name or another favorite phrase.

Christmas Gifts for Teachers – Under $10

These are good, cheap gifts for teachers – all under $10.

7. Cable Clips

These cable clips would be an awesome gift idea for teachers to control all the cord clutter in their classroom, or to use at home on their nightstand.

We were gifted a set of these, and love using them to hold our phone chargers on our nightstand. They keep the cords off the floor, and just where we need them.

8. Tumbler with $5 gift card and favorite candy bar

Grab a cheap tumbler from Target or Dollar Tree, and place a $5 gift card and the teacher’s favorite candy bar inside.

You could get the gift card to Starbucks, a fast food restaurant, or Redbox movie rental.

9. Favorite snacks

Get the teacher’s favorite snacks and place in a gift bag or bucket from Dollar Tree.

Don’t know their favorite snacks? Try pretzels, popcorn, crackers, chocolate covered peanuts, or trail mix.

10. Lotion or hand soap

Bath and Body works lotion or hand soap is always a great gift for teachers!

Need to shop for a few teacher gifts? Grab a set of these foaming hand soaps and split them up into 5 gifts!

You can do the same with this Bath and Body Works winter lotion set and make 3 different gifts.

11. School supply basket

School supplies would be a great gift for a teacher.

Grab a $1 bucket from Dollar Tree, and fill it with school supplies – all from Dollar Tree for an affordable, practical gift.

12. Scrunchies

Scrunchies are so popular right now and such a fun gift!

I love this set of multi colored scrunchies and they would make a great Teacher gift!

You get 18 bow scrunchies in this set for under $10, so you can split these up into multiple gifts and stockings to keep things affordable and give more gifts!