Personalised Gifts for Teachers

Personalised gifts for teachers carry the teacher's name, a class photo or a short thank-you line, which makes them easy to keep on a desk or in the staff room. This page has customized and customised gifts for male and female teachers: caricatures, wooden plaques, name plates, photo diaries, pen stands, engraved pens, wallets and mousepads. These personalized teacher gifts and custom gift ideas suit one class teacher or a whole class pooling money for a larger gift from students.

Teacher's Day gift ideas from students

Teacher's Day in India falls on 5 September, and search interest for these gifts rises through August. A custom Teacher's Day wooden plaque with a message from the class is the usual choice from a whole batch, and the wooden photo plaque or engraved photo plaque adds a class picture. A You Are Appreciated acrylic table plaque suits a smaller thank-you. For a gift from one student, a personalized pen with the teacher's name or a photo notebook costs less and still feels chosen for that person.

Gifts for female and male teachers

For a female teacher, mam or HOD. The teacher caricature for mam is the most ordered gift on this page. The wooden plaque Teacher's Day gift for mam, a photo wallet and an LED acrylic lamp are other good picks, and a caricature also works as a birthday gift for a female teacher you want to thank. For a gift for an HOD mam, choose an engraved plaque with the department name.

For a male teacher or sir. The male teacher caricature, a wallet with his photo, a wooden photo diary with a pen or a metal ball pen with his name suit most male teachers and work as a birthday gift for a male teacher too. The best gift for a college teacher or professor is often a name plate for the cabin desk, because it gets daily use.

Desk gifts for school, college and coaching teachers

• Name plates: a principal name plate for the table or office desk with a pen holder, or an LED name plate for teachers that lights up.
• Pen stands: a pen stand gift for teachers, a photo printed pen stand, a retro camera pen holder with the name, or a wooden desk organizer with a clock.
• Diaries and notebooks: a diary gift for a teacher can be a wooden diary with a photo, a photo diary with the name, a diary with a pen set and a teacher notebook with a photo.
• Pens: engraved teacher gifts such as premium, metal, wooden and luxury pens with the name.
• Mousepads: retro art and typography designs made for teachers, for anyone who works at a computer.

Farewell and retirement gifts for teachers

Search demand for farewell gifts for teachers peaks between January and March, when senior batches leave school. A wooden slice photo frame with a batch picture, a framed engraved plaque or a caricature works well here, because the teacher will keep it after leaving the classroom. For retirement, an engraved photo plaque with the years of service is a clear way to say thanks from a staff room.

Teacher gifts by budget

What to put on a teacher gift

To customize a gift for a teacher, use the name the way the class says it, such as Sharma Sir or Priya Mam, and check the spelling before ordering. Where the product has space, add the subject, the school or college name and the batch year. For a caricature or photo plaque, a clear photo with the face well lit gives the best result. Each product page shows which details it can carry.

For other professions see our gifts for doctors. For students finishing the year, see graduation gifts, and for more character gifts browse all caricatures.