Looking for a unique gift that your kid's teachers will actually enjoy? Check out the list below! And best of all: support local businesses!
1. The Scented Garden Gift Shoppe - Wilbraham
Personalized cutting boards, fragrant lotions, boutique candles, colorful & trendy travel items, canvas prints - and more.
2. Delaney's Market - various locations, East Longmeadow
How about a gift card to Delaney's Market? Gift your favorite educator a night off from cooking dinner!
3. InChicShoenique - East Longmeadow
Handbags, shoes, clothing, jewelry & accessories. You can purchase a gift card or ask for help in picking out a gift that perfectly matches your needs.
4. InnerGlow Skin Studio - Wilbraham
There's spa care and there's skin care. InnerGlow mixes the two for wonderful, medical-grade skincare in a gorgeous spa-like setting. Any educator would love this gift! Read my review here.
5. The Urban Food Brood - Springfield
Stop by and check out the many options available either for gift cards or freshly baked breads and pastries. We like to pick up Nosh's cinnamon swirl bread at the Forest Park Farmer's Market. I can eat a whole loaf on my own! I am sure that anyone would love a freshly baked loaf of bread with a thoughtful card during Teacher Appreciation Week! Monsoon Roastery, Wicked Whisk, Nosh, Corsello Butcheria, Urban Artisan Farm and Happy Man Freeze Dried are some of the shops at the Urban Food Brood location on Albany St. Vegan options available.
6. The Stretch Solution - East Longmeadow
I can't think of anyone who wouldn't benefit from a stretch session! It helps with increased mobility, flexibility and stress release.
7. For the teacher who has kids of their own - Various locations
Tickets to Bounce (trampoline park), Interskate 91 South, Forest Park Zoo or Rice Fruit Farm (ice cream!).
A few more out-of-the-box gift ideas sure to be a hit:
Massage therapy
Restaurant gift certificates
Personalized or monogrammed gifts
Electronics or housewares
-Anything homemade by their student(s) letting them know what truly makes them stand out as a teacher!
