Christmas present ideas for dance teachers ????

[Lema]

Hi just wondering if 1) anyone else buys their dance teacher a gift for Christmas and 2) does anyone have any good ideas on what to get? Just though would be nice to swap ideas, this also goes for school teachers too ???????????????? got my Christmas head on today!!

[LovetoDance2003]

Foot spa kit for those tired feet?

Is your dd auditioning for Royal Ballet school Lema. I note she has auditioned for Tring and Elmhurst. If so what about something from their shop? A nice pen, or a teddy bear? My dd got a nice pen for her teacher from the shop when she auditioned for associate classes.

[Lema]

Ooh good idea!! And yes she is although she didn't audition for Tring just Elmhurst ????

[LovetoDance2003]

Well good luck for your dd forthcoming auditions!

I hope she gets a place at her preferred choice. I'm sure her associate classes will be of great help!

And good luck with the Xmas present!

[Lema]

Thanks lovetodance2003 xx

[2dancersmum]

We've in the past bought a Christmas tree ornament. The dance school always has a dance themed Christmas. You can often find little pointe shoes, nutcrackers, tutus or ballerinas to go on the tree.

[Lema]

Oh that's also a great idea!! I was going to get a box of cupcakes made with a Christmas/dance theme as there are a couple of teachers so thought a box could be shared. I'm loving the ideas your all giving me though, very different!! Thanks!!

[akh]

A rose bush for the garden, there are plenty with dance themes

Edited November 14, 2014 by akh

[akh]

How about the cupcakes with a little tree decoration that picks up the theme used on the cup cakes?

[Lema]

That's a great idea!! Could find the tree decoration first and give it to my cake maker to inspire the theme for the cupcakes!! ???? thank you!!

[Anjuli_Bai]

When I was actively teaching, some of the things I was given that I really enjoyed:

 

A hand made card

 

Hand knitted/crocheted scarf

 

A beautiful aqua silk scarf

 

Hand knitted slippers

 

Hand made tote bag

 

Anything hand made - including cupcakes

 

Satin covered hangars for sweaters

 

gift card to a dance shop

 

Fruit and nut platter

 

A beautiful dance figerine

 

A basket of freshly picked blueberries from the student's garden

 

A potted plant that I could put in my garden if I wished

 

A gift card to an  ice cream shop

 

A dance calendar for a wall, desk or purse  (but make sure the pictures are worthy - not sloppily done by non-dancers}

 

A pad of memo notes with or without my name on them

 

A homemade apple pie

 

One very little girl sang a song to me that she had obviously worked on  (I loved it!)

 

 

 

Things I didn't enjoy (although, of course, I appreciated the sentiment):

 

foot bath - too bulky to store - too much trouble to set up, then wash out, dry and store

 

a bottle of wine - I never drink alcohol - 

 

Any card or picture of a hippo in a tutu  - it was cute 1000 times and 39 yrs ago.

 

Coffee or tea selection - but they included caffeine - so were unuseable 

 

Listening to someone tell me they were too busy to buy a gift - I didn't expect a gift  - you don't need an excuse and I don't want to listen to it - feeling terribly embarrassed for both of us.  

 

 

I often found it was not the gift but the manner of giving it which made it memorable.  

[Fiz]

I have bought candles for my own ballet teacher in the past, and silk scarves, RB calendars and flowers for the girls' teachers.

[Lema]

Thank you both some great ideas, we have done a few of these in the past but one of my favourites was a personalised notebook we got for dd school teacher, he does his own comic book and we managed to get a comic themed personalised notebook which he was

[Lema]

over the moon with, dd also wrote a note and done a drawing for him just inside which he really liked ????

[hfbrew]

If I had a pound for every candle Ive ever received I could retire!

I like wine!

But I do also like getting plants and I christen them after the people who give them! A christmas cactus from two years ago is flowering magnificently at the moment.

Home made cards and drawings are always appreciated too.

[Picturesinthefirelight]

They have some lovely ballerina Christmas tree decorations in Asda at the monent.

[Lema]

Funny you should mention that pictures as I brought my dd a lovely ballerina decoration, white and covered in glitter from asda as a little congratulations present the other day!! They are all only £2 each too!!

[Picturesinthefirelight]

That's the one!

 

I bought 6 gold glittery ones from Wilkinsons a few years ago for our tree. People always comment on them.

[BadBallerina]

This Christmas I'll make a large batch of gingerbread and put it out at my studio for any pupils/parents/teacher to eat! Or there are some really funny 5,6,7,8 dance time clocks (20 year teaching anniversary present!) x