Gift Guide: Eco Friendly Teacher Gifts under $50

Teachers get given a lot of thoughtful presents from parents each year as a way to say thank you to the person that's educating your child. While we think that home made consumable gifts (like cookies) are right on the money, we also offer a selection of thoughtful eco friendly gifts.

Teacher Gifts Under $10

Plastic free, compostable, lightweight and something everyone uses is a dish cloth. Terrible present right? If you buy something with a beautiful design or something that's made for a laugh, all of a sudden it's something thoughtful. Our biodegradable cloths start from $6.95 and our range from The Happy Sparrow include cloths with song puns on them and funny cartoons for plant lovers.

Teacher Gifts under $20

Weleda Australia have three different scents of hand creams - Citrus, Sea Buckthorn and Pomegranate. Hand creams are more nourishing than a straight moisturiser and can be helpful in any professional where repeated hand washing occurs and can easily dry out the skin. Each one is fast absorbing, nourishing and natural.

Teacher Gifts under $30

You can get a Camelbak water bottle for under $30 in the Eddy+ 750ml size. There's a couple of reasons why these make the perfect choice for a drink bottle for your teacher, regardless of whether it's for a sporty teacher, someone who spends all their time indoors. The Camelbak Eddy+ series of water bottles are build with the same bite valve design as the hydration backpacks. You can leave them in the open position, knock them over, and you'll be lucky if a drop accidentally falls out. When you want to drink, you bite to open the value and water comes out. If it's next to a laptop or other technology and you accidentally knock it over, disaster won't loom. If your teacher is marking papers, they won't wet anything if they bump it. These valve design is unique to Camelbak and the design is embraced all over the world by sports people, the disabled community and every day people alike for the clever way you can keep it open and drink without touching the bottle and disaster not looming if you knock it over.

Teacher Gifts under $40

In our metal tongue drum range, our entry level drums fit in the palm of your hands and are like a musical stress ball. You get a little mallet to hit it with and with this drum, you can't hit a wrong note. There are 6 notes on the drum and they are tuned to the pentatonic scale. Have you ever walked up to a piano and improvised only using the black notes? You can't do anything wrong because this is based on the pentatonic scale too, notes 1, 2, 3, 5, & 6 of the major scale. Buy me in gold, silver or black (pictured)

Teacher Gifts under $50

Don't have the budget for a Stanley Cup or a Yeti Tumbler? Don't worry, we have the best Stanley Cup Dupes Australia has on offer at half the price but still with top quality lids. Don't be fooled by the ultra cheap knock-offs at places like K-mart, the lids are extremely poor quality. Our dupes range are excellent quality with sturdy lids and quality insulation.

Check out our Smoothie cup and tumbler category to see them all, but the Oasis range are actually under $40 and the Ever Eco tumblers are just under $50. They feature a handle, a straw, vacuum insulation to keep drinks hot or cold and the lids can serve as massive coffee cups with the cafe cap style drinking spouts. Smaller cups without handles are available at a much cheaper price point too.