Need Gift ideas for school bus driver

readerof3 · **12-6-2006, 9:54 AM**

Hi My kids school bus driver is awesome and I would like to get her something but am not sure what. SHe has seven kids plus drives the bus all day . I cant spend too much though about 10 or 15 dollars. Any ideas? Thanks

koby · **12-6-2006, 9:59 AM**

We gave our bus driver an ornament from Pier1 last year that was an actual school bus. I also make loaves of pumpkin(also there is cranberry and banana) bread from Pillsbury to give out. This bread is awesome!

beena_17 · **12-6-2006, 10:13 AM**

How about a mug with a school bus on it (you can even get it personalized with her name on it) and maybe fill it with different candy..

christib327 · **12-6-2006, 10:58 AM**

I think the bread is a good idea. Or some homemade cookies. I'm guessing with 7 kids and driving a bus she doesn't have much time to do a lot of baking.

pottsie66 · **12-6-2006, 11:17 AM**

I always give a plate of homemade cookies and a loaf of homemade bread. I buy a cute Christmas plate from the dollar store and load it with cookies. All of the teachers and bus drivers tell me it is the best gift they receive every year. It doesn't cost much to give because I do a ton of baking anyways. Keep us posted as to what you ended up giving as a gift . . . it might give others ideas, also.

SamDi · **12-6-2006, 12:12 PM**

My mom was a school bus driver for 10 years and she tired of the school bus themed gifts. I give home baked goods like pottsie66 as well as restaurant gift cards.

Hope this helps!

readerof3 · **12-6-2006, 12:15 PM**

Thanks everyone for the ideas.

decafmom · **12-8-2006, 6:10 PM**

We give our bus driver a Wal*Mart gift card for $10.

amberleigh2 · **12-8-2006, 6:36 PM**

I sell Home interiors so all our teachers & the bus driver gets candles!! Most people love candles so I always hope they do too!!

jonesy · **12-8-2006, 6:39 PM**

I would go with the gift card. If she has 7 kids I bet she can find a way to use it for sure!

elena_398 · **12-8-2006, 9:25 PM**

Last year we got my daughters bus driver a glove and hat set. With her opening and closing the bus all day she appreciated it. She thanked us up and down. Found the glove set (leather) at TJ Max. Great deal

sunnysky24 · **12-8-2006, 10:02 PM**

Hubby drives bus and loves cookies and items that are homemade.

soeluckydmg · **12-8-2006, 10:40 PM**

Check out this site:
http://www.sweetumschocolate.com/cat...2&category=154

I have ordered from here before and the stuff is great. I actually ordered my daighters teacher the filled teacher can for christmas. If you email her she can make anything you request on the cans, like the bus driver. I think the jiffy pop is cute too.

Linbil5987 · **12-9-2006, 9:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by readerof3

Hi My kids school bus driver is awesome and I would like to get her something but am not sure what. SHe has seven kids plus drives the bus all day . I cant spend too much though about 10 or 15 dollars. Any ideas? Thanks

I give the bus drivers a disposable camera [Walgreens usually has good deals... I got Kodak ones last week for $3.99 each] and an inexpensive photo album [dollar stores have these.]

Just about everyone takes pictures, right?
A holiday themed album would also be nice being that she has 7 kids. She could put this years holiday photos in the album.

readerof3 · **12-9-2006, 4:10 PM**

These are all such great ideas Thanks everyone.

bugsette · **12-9-2006, 5:02 PM**

does she like coffee... maybe some different coffee's or her favorite

chickynik · **12-9-2006, 7:34 PM**

I love to do the "movie night" theme for people i'm not sure of what to buy for. I buy a gift certificate for 1 or 2 movies from the local videostore, a bag of popcorn, a bag of candy, and 2 20 ounce bottle of coke, and pack it in nicely to an inexpensive tupperware bowl and wrap it in a clear plastic wrap! If you can afford a little extra, you could also throw in a $10 gift certificate to pizza hut (or your local pizza place) to make it pizza and movie night!!! perfect for the winter!!

bargaingal2 · **12-9-2006, 8:59 PM**

I adore my kids bus driver. We usually give her either a gc for the local really nice mall or this year she is getting a candle and a set from bath and body works

sissykus · **12-10-2006, 11:09 PM**

any kind of food

nikkilugi · **12-10-2006, 11:26 PM**

I am a school bus driver and I can say that pretty much anything is great. It is nice to be remembered. I especially love cookies - LOL. Gift cards are fabulous as well. I don't drink coffee so no mugs for me but the gloves and hat would be well received - you can never have too many sets of gloves - maybe even a set that can be kept on the bus.

12-6-2006, 9:54 AM	#1
readerof3 Member Joined: Sep 2006 Location: Somewhere Posts: 174	Hi My kids school bus driver is awesome and I would like to get her something but am not sure what. SHe has seven kids plus drives the bus all day . I cant spend too much though about 10 or 15 dollars. Any ideas? Thanks

12-6-2006, 9:59 AM	#2
koby I'm Banned Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 686	We gave our bus driver an ornament from Pier1 last year that was an actual school bus. I also make loaves of pumpkin(also there is cranberry and banana) bread from Pillsbury to give out. This bread is awesome!

12-6-2006, 10:13 AM	#3
beena_17 Member Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 12	How about a mug with a school bus on it (you can even get it personalized with her name on it) and maybe fill it with different candy..

12-6-2006, 10:58 AM	#4
christib327 Member Joined: Oct 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 3,310	I think the bread is a good idea. Or some homemade cookies. I'm guessing with 7 kids and driving a bus she doesn't have much time to do a lot of baking.

12-6-2006, 11:17 AM	#5
pottsie66 Member Joined: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,167	I always give a plate of homemade cookies and a loaf of homemade bread. I buy a cute Christmas plate from the dollar store and load it with cookies. All of the teachers and bus drivers tell me it is the best gift they receive every year. It doesn't cost much to give because I do a ton of baking anyways. Keep us posted as to what you ended up giving as a gift . . . it might give others ideas, also.

12-6-2006, 12:12 PM	#6
SamDi Member Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7	My mom was a school bus driver for 10 years and she tired of the school bus themed gifts. I give home baked goods like pottsie66 as well as restaurant gift cards. Hope this helps!

12-6-2006, 12:15 PM	#7
readerof3 Member Joined: Sep 2006 Location: Somewhere Posts: 174	Thanks everyone for the ideas.

12-8-2006, 6:10 PM	#8
decafmom Life goes on. Joined: Oct 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,839	We give our bus driver a Wal*Mart gift card for $10.

12-8-2006, 6:36 PM	#9
amberleigh2 Member Joined: Sep 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,258	I sell Home interiors so all our teachers & the bus driver gets candles!! Most people love candles so I always hope they do too!!

12-8-2006, 6:39 PM	#10
jonesy Member Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 240	I would go with the gift card. If she has 7 kids I bet she can find a way to use it for sure!

12-8-2006, 9:25 PM	#11
elena_398 Member Joined: Oct 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 16,927	Last year we got my daughters bus driver a glove and hat set. With her opening and closing the bus all day she appreciated it. She thanked us up and down. Found the glove set (leather) at TJ Max. Great deal

12-8-2006, 10:02 PM	#12
sunnysky24 Member Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Northern, NY Posts: 277	Hubby drives bus and loves cookies and items that are homemade.

12-8-2006, 10:40 PM	#13
soeluckydmg Member Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 108	Check out this site: http://www.sweetumschocolate.com/cat...2&category=154 I have ordered from here before and the stuff is great. I actually ordered my daighters teacher the filled teacher can for christmas. If you email her she can make anything you request on the cans, like the bus driver. I think the jiffy pop is cute too.

12-9-2006, 4:10 PM	#15
readerof3 Member Joined: Sep 2006 Location: Somewhere Posts: 174	These are all such great ideas Thanks everyone.

12-9-2006, 5:02 PM	#16
bugsette Member Joined: Oct 2005 Location: oh Posts: 5,417	does she like coffee... maybe some different coffee's or her favorite

12-9-2006, 7:34 PM	#17
chickynik Member Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 6	I love to do the "movie night" theme for people i'm not sure of what to buy for. I buy a gift certificate for 1 or 2 movies from the local videostore, a bag of popcorn, a bag of candy, and 2 20 ounce bottle of coke, and pack it in nicely to an inexpensive tupperware bowl and wrap it in a clear plastic wrap! If you can afford a little extra, you could also throw in a $10 gift certificate to pizza hut (or your local pizza place) to make it pizza and movie night!!! perfect for the winter!!

12-9-2006, 8:59 PM	#18
bargaingal2 Member Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 517	I adore my kids bus driver. We usually give her either a gc for the local really nice mall or this year she is getting a candle and a set from bath and body works

12-10-2006, 11:09 PM	#19
sissykus 2centsgivenhere Joined: Nov 2006 Location: va Posts: 312	any kind of food

12-10-2006, 11:26 PM	#20
nikkilugi Member Joined: Nov 2005 Location: Olathe, KS Posts: 915	I am a school bus driver and I can say that pretty much anything is great. It is nice to be remembered. I especially love cookies - LOL. Gift cards are fabulous as well. I don't drink coffee so no mugs for me but the gloves and hat would be well received - you can never have too many sets of gloves - maybe even a set that can be kept on the bus.