Free Teacher Appreciation Cards & Thank You Cards for Teachers 2025
Last updated: April 4, 2025 by the Homemade Gifts Team
Send gratitude to your or your child's teacher this school year with free printable teacher appreciation cards.
During my time as a teacher, I experienced a mix of incredible days, challenging ones, and many in-between. Teaching is an ongoing process of reflection, requiring a lot of mental energy—from finding ways to support every student’s needs to staying on top of grading. On the tough days, a thoughtful teacher appreciation card from a student could truly brighten my spirits.
Take a moment to let your teachers know you appreciate them and all the hard work they've put in this school year by using our free printable teacher appreciation cards! What do you say in a teacher appreciation card? Take a look at our Thank You Messages for Teachers and our Thank You Messages for All Occasions pages for simple, heartfelt quotes.
Teacher Appreciation Cards to Download
Scroll through our full collection of free teacher appreciation cards. There are bright and colorful cards, floral cards, and punny cards, all sure to strike the right tone to make your special teacher feel like a star!
These printables are for personal, non-commercial use only.
Printing Tips
The printable teacher appreciation cards on this page are a single-fold design to create a 5x5 or 5x7 inch card. To make your card, simply print, cut around the outline, and fold down the center. To achieve store-bought quality, we recommend printing out your card onto quality thick paper, matte photo paper, or card-stock.
How to Show Teacher Appreciation
While National Teacher Appreciation Day falls on May 6th, 2025, you can show your teacher appreciation every day! Send your kid to class with teacher appreciation cards for all of their instructors. A personalized note from a student or parent can really make a teacher feel like they are making a difference. The best part is that our teacher appreciation cards are free!
- Personalize the card: Add that special touch by having your students color our teacher appreciation cards and write a message in the card themselves.
- Baking Gifts: Print out one of our teacher appreciation gift cards and attach it to a bag of fresh chocolate chip cookies.
- Teacher Plant: Glue a copy of our teacher thank you cards, such as the one that says "Thanks For Helping Me Grow" onto a potted plant as a beautiful end of the year teacher gift!
- Teacher Appreciation Luncheon: Have each student color and write out a teacher appreciation card for their teacher and then put them on table number holders throughout the lunch room to make your teachers smile.
What is the best message for a teacher?
The best message to put in a teacher appreciation card is one that comes from the heart. You might even let your little one take the lead. We have many teacher appreciation cards that your students can color to add that personal touch!
More Thank You Cards
If you're looking for more teacher appreciation cards, take a look at our collection of beautiful free printable thank you cards. Plus, if you want to start the school year off right, find our Back to School Cards. These are wonderful little cards for teachers and students to welcome their classmates at the start of the school year.
