Good Morning Gabz and everyone!
I try to keep the clutter factor down with teacher/staff gift giving. I have given baggies of wildflower seed wrapped in pretty fabric...got the seed mixture in bulk from outsidepride.com. Orange jelly bellies in a carrot shaped bag, and other types of candy, also have done gourmet popcorn. Two days ago I gave our girl scout leaders hanging pots with a beautiful vining portulaca. I'm going to get something similar for the two pre-K teachers. Hmmmm....there's gotta be more ideas in my brain somewhere, but I haven't had enough caffeine to shake them out....will check in later! :)
Oh! I just thought of something....flylady.com usually has a section on ideas for clutter-free gift giving, I've gleaned a lot from that. I'm glad you brought this up, I need to think of something for my older kids' teachers and staff.
I haven't been to the flylady.com site in a while - I'll check it out later this afternoon.
I totally understand the clutter free concept for gifts - I just wish I could get the concept in my head for my own life :)
Last year I found these really neat sundae/parfait cups/bowls - the insulated plastic kind that you put in the freezer before using and filled them with cookies.