Aaaah. The end of the school year. It’s the time of year when I start thinking of some little sirsee for my children’s teachers that will 1) remind the teacher of my child’s class in the years to come and 2) be something the teacher might enjoy using.
A few years ago, we created a class cookbook with photos from the school year. My son has aged out of this teacher gift, and my daughter is on the cusp, but if you have nursery school or kindergarten aged children, this is a fun end of year gift.
The year we gave this particular gift, the children were on a snack rotation (a little like Miss Priss’ snack schedule this year). The students had a letter of the week, and families started sending snacks that related to the letter of the week. By the end of the year, the kids had eaten a snack for each letter of the alphabet.
Parents sent me photos from events during the school year and any recipes they had; I compiled the photos and recipes into a Shutterfly photo book. We ordered copies for the teachers, and many of the families ordered copies as well.
I love this little book. I still use it when I need kid snack ideas (like the Worms in dirt or the Veggie dip). The nursery school teachers continue to use it as a resource for their classroom. The book has the class name on the front cover, a picture of the class and class year on the inside cover page, and a student list on the last page.
Here is what the children had for snack that year:
- Apple sticks
- Blueberry muffins
- Cupcakes
- Doughnuts
- Elephant Ears
- Finger sandwiches
- Ghoulish Granola mix (served at Halloween)
- mini Hot dogs in buns
- Ice cream sandwiches
- blueberry Jam
- Key lime pie
- Lemonade
- Marshmallows
- bird Nests
- Oatmeal aggression cookies
- Pizza
- cheesy Quesadillas
- Root beer floats
- Sugar cookies
- Tortilla wraps
- Upside down cake
- Veggie dip
- Worms in dirt
- chocolate X-plosion
- orange Yogurt
- Zucchini bread
I don’t know if all the snacks fall into the “healthy snack” category, but it is a great kid cookbook. I will mention that we did attach AmEx gift cards for the teachers to the cookbook, but I think they would have appreciated the little memory book anyway!
