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Best Teacher Appreciation Week Ideas

By: Britni Vigil
4/16/2021Updated: 11/16/2022
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These teacher appreciation week ideas are the perfect way to spoil and appreciate your teachers that have worked so hard during the year! These ideas work great for members of the PTA, parents, and even staff who want to do something for their teachers!

Teacher appreciation week ideas on a blue background

Every year during teacher appreciation week (typically the first week in May) my son’s school puts together a week full of awesome activities and treats for the teachers to show our appreciation. Parents volunteer to put things together, donate items (or money), and the teachers get to feel appreciated for at least a week.

And hello, teachers deserve the world, especially after the past year. My son’s teacher is phenomenal and I’d donate all sorts of time and money to make sure he knows how much he appreciate him and his assistant! I ran out of boredom busters to keep him busy after about two hours.

Since I know most PTAs, parents, and schools don’t want to do the same thing every year, I thought I’d put together a list of the best teacher appreciation week ideas I could find! I’ve also got some fun teacher appreciation gift tags if you just need a gift for a teacher!

I’ve included ones that work great whether you have a lot of parent support and budget or not!

Teacher Appreciation Week Food Bars

If you want to give your teachers treats and eats during the week, these food bars are a fun way to do that!

one smart cookie bar setup
Smart Cookie Bar
Since we all know that teachers are all one smart cookie, I love the idea of this smart cookie bar setup to celebrate them being smart cookies! You can either get parents to donate homemade cookies or buy store-bought cookies of all different flavors!
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If you need some homemade cookies to add to your cookie bar, these are some of my personal favorites that tend to be universally loved by everyone!

  • Snickers Cookies (skip if you’re at a nut-free school)
  • Rolo cookies
  • Cherry cheesecake cookies (super easy to make)
  • Sugar cookie bites
  • Andes Mint Cookies

Any of these yummy homemade pastries would make a great addition to a coffee bar!

  • Strawberry scones
  • Strawberry danishes (a semi-homemade recipe and so yummy!)
  • Cranberry orange muffins
  • Cranberry orange bread
  • Pumpkin cream cheese muffins
Donuts with a sign hanging above them
Donut Know What We’d Do Bar
Put out pre-topped donuts with cute signs that say something like “donut you know we appreciate you,” or put out donuts and toppings for teachers to make their own favorite combinations!
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You Have a PIZZA Our Heart Bar
Grab some pizzas from your local pizza place and serve up all sorts of different pies for teachers to choose from to show your appreciation!
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Don’t just stick with pizza, add one of these fun pizza alternatives to your pizza bar for even more variety!

  • English muffin pizza (with four different topping varieties and instructions)
  • Pizza loaf
  • Pizza with a twist
  • Pepperoni roll ups
  • Homemade pepperoni rolls
  • Mini calzone
  • Mini pizza pies
Love this DIY nacho bar with free printables for a football party, how fun are those football playbook printables?
Nacho Average Teacher Bar
Show teachers that they’re nacho average teachers with a fun nacho bar! Put out a variety of chips, dips, and toppings and let them make their own Mexican inspired lunch!
Check it out!
Desk with a lemonade bar on it
You Make Us Happy Hour
Make it a happy hour for everyone with this fun lemonade bar full of delicious lemonades, mixins, and other mocktails for your teachers to enjoy a little refreshing drink!
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Any of these delicious drinks would make a great addition to a teacher happy hour!

  • Cotton candy drink
  • Caramel apple drink
  • Tropical mocktail
  • Strawberry mocktail
  • Mixed berry drink
  • Strawberry lavender lemonade
Sonic drink cups on a table
Cheers to Amazing Teachers
Or instead of having lemonade, grab a bunch of pre-made drinks from a local drink place like Sonic and have pick me up drinks for the teachers throughout the week!
Check it out!
Bundt cakes with gift tags
No Bundts About It Bar
You know those little mini bundt cakes that everyone loves? How about giving those out with cute “no bundts about it…” gift tags for each of your teachers? Our school did with the cutest tags ever and it was a big hit.
Check it out!
No “Subs” Bar
Grab sub sandwiches and write a little note about how there is no “subs”stitute for the great teachers in your school! Don’t forget the chips and drinks! My son’s school did this – such a fun idea!
Check it out!
Snacks on a table with a sign
No Mask About It Snack Bar
If you’re doing something this year, this “no mask about it” bar full of snacks and treats would be a great option as a finale for this crazy year! Put individual snacks in baskets or make a dessert or snack tray like this (but with packaged snacks).
Check it out!
Thanks for making the year SMOOTHie bar
Make up some smoothies, put them in individual cups (with cute straws) and let teachers enjoy some fruity goodness throughout the day! Check out these yummy smoothies recipes for options teachers will love!
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You Make Learning Fresh Salad Bar
Make it a healthy lunch with this fun salad bar idea! You could either have a bunch of salad items for teachers to make their own or put out a bunch of pre-made salads that teachers can choose from!
Check it out!
Pink candy buffet
You’re Sweet Teacher Candy Buffet
Serve up a variety of candies, candy bars, and other sweets for one sweet ending to teacher appreciation week!
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If you want to add something other than just candy to your sweet teacher buffet, try one of these yummy treats! They’re all easy to grab and go sweets!

  • Mint chocolate bombs
  • Old fashioned 7 layer bars
  • Chocolate dipped rice krispie treats
  • Brownie balls
  • Oreo truffles
table with a bunch of soups
SOUPer Teacher Bar
If it’s not too hot during teacher appreciation week, serve up a variety of soups for teachers to choose from! Don’t forget the crackers and rolls to go with the soup!
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Make sure to serve a variety of soups so that there’s something for everyone! Here are a few of our personal favorites that are always crowd pleasers! You could even serve them with these easy bread bowls and/or homemade yeast rolls.

  • Homemade chicken noodle soup
  • Strawberry soup recipe
  • Butternut squash soup
  • Beef and barley soup
  • Whole 30 Zuppa Toscana
We Do KNOT Know What We’d Do Pretzel Bar
Grab a bunch of different types of pretzels and some cute printables and setup a pretzel bar! Try different flavors of pretzels and different shapes!
Check it out!
Popcorn bar
Poppin’ By to Say Thank You Popcorn Bar
Setup a bar full of yummy flavored popcorns – sweet and savory! Add a tag that says poppin by to say thank you and you’ve got a snack that everyone will love!
Check it out!

Other Teacher Appreciation Week Ideas

If you don’t want to serve up food for your teachers, how about one of these fun ideas to gift your teachers to show your appreciation!

“Picked” You Flowers
Give teachers flowers or another plant that you might “pick” with these cute gift tags for a simple token of appreciation!
Check it out!
Teacher Target gifts
Keeping Kids on Target Gift Cards
If you have the budget for it, gift cards are always a winner and who doesn’t love Target? Our school gave these out to teachers and I know they were greatly appreciated by all!
Check it out!
Such a simple way to thanks to someone who has done a little extra for you this year, with free printable gift tags
We Think You’re EXTRA-Ordinary Gift
Grab a pack of Extra gum for each teacher (buy in bulk to help with budget!) and give out these cute gift tags to tell your teachers they’re extraordinary!
Check it out!
Teacher appreciation week ideas for kids on a paper
Show Student Appreciation
Last but not least, I saw this on Pinterest and loved this idea of getting your students involved with doing something to thank their teachers every day! High fives, selfies, notes, and anything else to say thank you would be much appreciated!
Check it out!

More Teacher Gift Ideas

  • Back to school Cricut gifts – cute gifts you can make for teachers using a Cricut and some tape!
  • Teacher thank you tags – add these cute thank you tags to some fuzzy socks to tell teachers how much they rocked your socks off this year!
  • Orange gift tags – orange you glad you teach my kid? Fun gift tags inspired by the orange knock knock joke, kids will love picking out all sorts of orange gifts for teachers to go with these tags!
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