Kids and school guides

Teacher end-of-year gifts and cards, class parties, sleepovers, pocket-money gifts and sticker reward charts. There are 8 guides in this section, all free to read and copy from.

Every one is written for a specific moment rather than in general, so pick the closest fit and take the lines you need.

• Teacher end of year gifts
  What teachers genuinely want at the end of the summer term, and what to spend.
• What to write in a teacher end of year card
  Wording for teacher thank you cards, from parents and from children.
• End of term class gift ideas
  Running a class collection without the group-chat awkwardness.
• Class party ideas
  Games, food and timings for a class party with thirty children.
• Sleepover games
  Loud games first, quiet games later, and how to land the evening.
• Sleepover party planning
  Numbers, timings, food and the bits parents forget to agree.
• Pocket money gift ideas
  Gifts children can afford themselves, including free ones.
• Sticker reward chart ideas
  How to set up a chart that lasts longer than a fortnight.

Other guide topics

• Best of: cards and gifts
• What to write in a card
• Messages by recipient
• Sorry, etiquette and awkward moments
• Money-free gifting
• Gift wrapping and presentation
• Pets
• How much to spend
• Jokes and humour
• Puns and wordplay
• Rhymes, poems and quotes
• Riddles and quizzes
• Games and activities
• Party planning
• Decorations and how-to
• Fancy dress and themes
• Family milestones
• Celebrations
• Work and colleagues
• Speeches and toasts
• Cheering someone up
• Feel-good reading
• Christmas and seasonal
• Secret Santa
• Festivals and world celebrations
• Christenings and faith milestones
• Charity and fundraising
• Badges and pins
• Card design and how cards work
• How to: the questions people ask most
• Relationships, apologies and celebrating together
• Sympathy and difficult moments
• Card templates, gift ideas and game instructions

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Frequently asked questions

How many kids and school guides are there?

There are 8 in this section, and the full directory has 339 guides across 34 topics.

Are these free to use?

Yes. Copy any message, joke or checklist straight into a card or a party plan. You do not need to buy anything.