A personalised Christmas gift for a teacher works best when it carries the name the class uses, Miss Khan or Mr Okafor, and suits the last week of the autumn term. From one child, that could be a Christmas mug or a snowflake ornament with the teacher's name. From the whole class, it could be a print with a star for every pupil and all their names. Each idea below is printed to order in the UK with the name you type.
In short:
- From one child: the Personalised Teacher Christmas Mug with Name or the Personalised Teacher Christmas Ornament with Name.
- From the whole class: the Personalised Teacher Print with Class Names.
- For the teaching assistant: the Personalised Teaching Assistant Mug with Name.
These are suggestions, so pick what suits your child's teacher. The whole teacher range is in our Teacher Gifts collection.
A Christmas mug from one child
The Personalised Teacher Christmas Mug with Name sets the teacher's name in the possessive over one of four lines you pick: Miss Khan's Tea & Marking Mug, Mr Okafor's Staff Room Mug, or the Hot Chocolate Mug or Christmas Mug line. A little marshmallow-topped mug and a sprig of holly are printed beside the words. The name takes up to 15 characters, so Mrs Fitzgerald fits. Like every mug in this guide, it is an 11oz white ceramic mug, printed on both sides, and dishwasher and microwave safe.
If you would rather give a mug with nothing seasonal on it, the Personalised Teacher Mug with Name has Best Teacher above a small apple, the name in italic beneath, up to 20 characters, and an optional line of up to 25 characters, such as Thank you from Year 3.
A snowflake ornament with the class or year
The Personalised Teacher Christmas Ornament with Name is a round ceramic ornament 7.5 cm across. The teacher's name, up to 15 characters, sits in the middle in deep green serif, inside a ring of fine snowflakes, with a larger snowflake above the name. Beneath it you can add the class or the year, also up to 15 characters, such as Class of 2026 or From Year 4, or leave the line blank. The same design is printed on both sides, and it comes with a red ribbon for hanging. It is a decoration, not a toy.
With the year on it, the ornament marks this class and this Christmas. Our guide to ceramic or aluminium Christmas ornaments explains how the two materials differ.
A class gift with every pupil's name
If the class is clubbing together, the Personalised Teacher Print with Class Names puts everyone on one page. A serif title of up to 40 characters, such as Miss Khan's Class of 2026, heads the page. Below it, a sage wreath holds one small star for each name, and the pupils' names sit together underneath. An optional line of up to 40 characters, such as Thank you for a wonderful term, goes under the names in terracotta italic.
The names box takes up to 250 characters, roughly thirty first names, set on up to three lines, and the lettering gets smaller as the list gets longer. The print is on 220gsm matte fine-art paper in 12 x 16 in (30.5 x 40.6 cm) or 8 x 12 in (20.3 x 30.5 cm), supplied unframed.
It helps if one person collects the names and checks each spelling, while everyone else chips in. Decide early whether the teaching assistant belongs in the title or the line, so nobody is left out.
Do not forget the teaching assistant
The Personalised Teaching Assistant Mug with Name has the words Teaching Assistant in our serif over a terracotta star, and their name below in italic, up to 20 characters, such as Mrs Patel or Mr Hughes. An optional line of up to 25 characters can say who it is from, such as Thank you from Year 2.
It works just as well for a learning support assistant or a one-to-one helper. If you are giving to the teacher and the assistant together, the snowflake ornament can also be a pair, one with each name.
A tote for the marking
The Personalised Teacher Tote Bag with Name is a lightweight white tote in 100% cotton (140gsm), printed in forest green. Choose the line, Marking Bag, Teacher's Bag, Best Teacher or Thank You Teacher, and the teacher's name sits beneath in italic serif, up to 20 characters. The tote folds flat when it is not in use, and it suits a teaching assistant or a nursery key worker too.
For the nursery key worker or childminder
Younger children have someone else to thank. The Personalised Thank You Christmas Ornament with Name opens with Merry Christmas in small capitals and two small terracotta hearts, then the title you pick, Thank You, With Thanks or Thank You So Much, in large forest green serif. Their name sits beneath in terracotta italic, up to 30 characters, so two key workers such as Jo and Priya fit together, with the year at the base if you add it. It is a round ceramic ornament 7.5 cm across, with the same design printed on both sides and a red ribbon for hanging.
Before you order
Type the name the way the class says it, with the title the teacher uses, Miss, Mrs, Ms, Mr or Mx. Each piece is printed as you spell it, and some designs set a line in capital letters. We do not send proofs, so check the spelling before you pay.
Order to your own address so your child can hand the gift over. We cannot include a gift message or a printed gift card at the moment, so add a card of your own, or use the optional line where the design has one. Our FAQs explain more.
For timing, work back from the last day of term rather than from Christmas itself. Delivery times are on our Delivery page, and the last order date for Christmas is on our Christmas order deadlines page. The mugs and both ornaments here are also in our Gifts under £20 collection, and for thank-you gifts beyond the classroom, see Thank You Gifts.
Teacher gift questions
What is a good personalised Christmas gift for a teacher?
Something with their name on it that suits the end of the autumn term. From one child, a Christmas mug with a line such as Tea & Marking, or a ceramic snowflake ornament with the class or year. From the whole class, the print with every pupil's name. The full range is in our Teacher Gifts collection.
Will the whole class fit on the class print?
Up to 250 characters of names fit, about thirty first names, on up to three lines. The lettering shrinks as the list grows, so for a long list use first names only.
What can we give the teaching assistant?
The Teaching Assistant mug has their name and an optional line from the class. The snowflake ornament and the tote suit a teaching assistant too.
Can the gift say who it is from?
Where the design has an optional line, yes. The Best Teacher and Teaching Assistant mugs take up to 25 characters, the snowflake ornament up to 15 and the class print up to 40. The Christmas mug, the tote and the Thank You ornament have no free line, so add a card.
When should I order a teacher's Christmas gift?
In good time before the last day of term, because each piece is printed to order. Delivery times are on our Delivery page, and the last order date for Christmas is on our Christmas order deadlines page.
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