I have to thank my brilliant friend Cassie over at Hi Sugarplum! for this darling idea. Have you seen all of the great summer finds at Target lately? They have an incredible line of paper goods. So Miss Cassie came up with the concept of tossing them all into a cute bucket and giving them as teacher gifts. Look how cute it is: 
I wrapped up two already and gave them to my son’s preschool teachers. I love this idea because these are cute things you would never by for yourself AND they are consumable which means they won’t end up taking up space in the house! And how fun to have all the makings for an impromptu summer BBQ or picnic. The bucket includes dinner plates, dessert plates, napkins, cutlery, cups, pinwheels, and a tablecloth. Each bucket cost under $15 to put together. 
Lastly, I added these jumbo tags to each bucket {sadly I forgot to snap a photo after I attached them}. Something tells me I was probably tying it on and tearing out the door to get to school on time! 
What about you? Have you put together some easy and inexpensive teacher gifts this year?
Love the teacher gift! {And that's coming from a teacher herself} Very cute!
What a super cute idea:):)
Hanging my head in shame here Courtney. This is such a clever idea. A great way to say thank you and to kick off summer.
What a great idea ! Those gifts are adorable & absolutely perfect for a teacher gift. Thanks for sharing !
Bisous 🙂
I have this saved on my Pinterest boards! It's so cute and easy. We'll definitely be usnig this idea next year, as school was already out when I found it.
Great idea using consumables. Teachers probably still get a lot of mugs. I think I might do a spin off and make a 'picnic for two' without the food. Have all the plates, napkins, bottle of champagne etc. Might be a good wedding shower or anniversary gift.
As a former teacher, I would have LOVED this. So simple, but so cute and practical. Great idea.
Such a great idea! I'm always looking for cute, functional gifts for my kids teachers. Saved this one. 🙂
Cute idea! I love Target and all the great $1 items they have just inside the door.
For my son's kindergarten teacher I went to Belk (a local department store) and purchased a gift card. But since I didn't want to just give her a card, I bought a Godiva chocolate bar there as well and then stopped by and asked the Clinique girl if they still had any free samples left (they had recently had a Smoothie promotion) and they did, so she gave me two lip glosses, a tube of lipstick, and a small bottle of lotion. I wrapped up all the goodies in some pretty tissue paper and tied it with a bow and attached the card. Makeup counters are usually very good about giving away nice samples that can be added to gift bags, etc.
SO funny – I copied this bucket idea from Cassie too. My son's teacher loved it!
Too cute. I keep saying I need to put together a post about teacher gifts. We have tons of ideas after 18+ years of giving them.
Adorable! I love this idea. And what you wrote on the tag is so sweet!
What a great idea! Target has the best of everything!!
Lori
http://www.lorimayinteriors.com/blog
What a cute idea!
Such a sweet idea to show the teachers that you appreciate them. The bucket is darling and a cute tag. Love the note from you and Grady.
I am totally loving those anchor napkins! What a sweet idea!
Luvs
Thanks for the love, dollface! (ha! My phone just corrected that to dillface! Huh?) I love your buckets…so cute with everything spilling out.
I've got a gift inspired by you coming up soon too! 😉
target has the BEST summer papergoods out there! LOVE this idea!
adorable!!! I'm so stealing this, oh wait, I guess thats why you put it out there, lol. xoxo shel
Those teachers must love you! Was G so excited to give it to them??!! 🙂
Hm I wonder if I could put a link to this post in my homework assignment sheet this week! Kidding. Mostly.