Look no further for the most comprehensive list of creative and fun staff and teacher appreciation event themes to help your and your PTO celebrate the people who make school happen for your kids!
This post runs down a whole host of teacher appreciation week themes for staff and also links to theme specific articles with ideas for decorations, daily events, gifts and food ideas for teacher breakfasts, staff luncheons or even staff dinners too.
Having a theme is a fun way to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week and way to show your staff how much you appreciation all they do for the students and school and can put a fun spin on the entire event.
Let’s dive into the theme ideas!
It takes heart to be teachers and your staff will love to be loved on with a Heart themed week of events.
Activity Appreciation Ideas
Light up a (decorative) camp fire for the staff to gather round and feel appreciated with a Camping inspired week of events.
19. Put up a big top to celebrate teachers and staff with a Carnival or Circus function.
You really won’t be rolling the dice with a Casino theme for teacher appreciation week!
It’s all Fun and Games as teachers, right? Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case, but you can game-ify staff appreciation weeks to boost spirits!
Pamper your staff to special Spa themed treats throughout the week.
Make the staff feel like they’ve won the lotto with a Lottery themed week of fun.
Another fun theme for an almost mid point of the school year is Mardi Gras. Toss those beads!
Build the most perfect Teacher Appreciation Week with a Construction theme!
Teachers are Magic makers, but surprise them by pulling out some tricks of your own.
Entertainment and Pop Culture Appreciation Themes
Calling all Swifties! Here’s a ton of ideas for a Taylor Swift inspired week of appreciation events.
How to put on the most perfect Survivor Themed Teacher Appreciation Week! Complete with decoration and food ideas, plus an entire week of events to celebrate your school staff. Style it like the television show or lean into the potential-campiness that staff are the true school survivors.
Show the staff you’ll be there with them with a Friends themed week of appreciation events. Sorry for the ear worm!
Treat the staff like the Movie Stars they are and roll out the red carpet to pamper them!
An ever whimsical theme is Dr. Seuss or any of his fabulous books.
Throw it back to the golden oldies with a 50s / Sock hop jubilee.
Bust out the crowns and scepters for a Royal event theme.
Teachers are actually Super Heroes in disguise, so order up some capes and masks for your crew and throw them a party fit for heroes.
I know it’s hard to hide your feelings about how much you love your staff, so an Emoji themed appreciation event is perfect, no?
Set the stage for your Rock Star staff so they can jam out and enjoy the party.
A-hoy, mateys! There’s surely lots of treasure to be found with a Pirate themed appreciation week.
Another word for teachers should be wizards given all the amazing things they conjure up to make schools so fantastic, so bust out the wands for a Wizard themed week of fun.
Invite staff to follow the yellow brick road to the teacher’s lounge you’ve decked out with wicked Wizard of Oz decorations and treats!
Food Appreciation Themes
Let’s Taco about how to treat your staff to a fiesta to remember, since Teacher Appreciation Week falls during the first week of May and often Cinco de Mayo too.
Perhaps a coffee themed celebration the whole week is in order, especially during a high stress time of the year like testing month.
Donut know what you’d do without your fab teachers and staff? Sounds like a doughnut themed celebration is in order!
Pack a fabulous Picnic lunch one day or stretch it into a full week of festivities.
Give them what everybody wants… Candy! Build a fantastical Candy Land for them to enjoy.
Sometimes there’s nothing better than to serve up some comfort food to celebrate your staff and Pizza certainly fits the bill! Here’s an entire week of pizza themed appreciation events all figured out for you.
A Lemonade themed week of appreciation events would be easy, peasy, squeezy!
Let the compliments for the staff drip like Ice Cream on a hot day for a teacher appreciation week they’ll never forget!
Raise a glass of your favorite beverage (sans the alcohol if on school grounds, of course) and say Cheers to You to the teachers and staff during a week long of appreciations events.
Nature and Seasons Appreciation Themes
Schools can be wild places, so a Jungle Safari theme is quite spot on.
At the end of the Rainbow, you’ll not only find a pot of gold if you’re lucky, but your awesome staff since they’re as good as gold, right?
On land or Under the Sea, put on the best week of appreciation events for your school staff.
Get the staff buzzing with excitement with a Bee themed appreciation party!
A Garden party would be so loves as a theme for Staff Appreciation Week since it falls during Spring.
Bring in the relaxing vibe of the beach to help stressed out staff unwind and relax after a long year during Teacher Appreciation Week with a bunch of beach themed events and goodies.
Come May, all teachers cannot wait to get to Summer break, so give them a taste of what’s soon to come with a Summery party!
Sports Appreciation Themes
Show your staff you think they’re hitting it out of the park with a Baseball bash.
A Football themed festivity is perfect for a Fall appreciation event, or one planned for late January or early February, in time for the Super Bowl!
School spirit will be boosted when you chant “2-4-6-8, who do you appreciate? Teachers, yeah, the Teachers!” as a part of a cheerleader themed week of gratitude.
Everything will come up with roses should you decide to host a Derby themed week of appreciation celebrations.
Travel Appreciation Themes
Staff are sure to love a Hawaiian themed party since who wouldn’t want to be treated to the delights of the island!
Show the staff a rootin’ tootin’ good ole time with a Western themed appreciation week.
A travel themed week to destination appreciation will have them packing their suitcases for the fun.
Who could resist a free trip to Paris? Well, at least you can transport them there via a super decorated teachers’ lounge.
Tell your staff “you lift us up” with a Hot Air Balloon themed celebration.
A Space or Out of this World themed teacher appreciation week has a lot of potential to leave staff feeling like they’re over the moon loved.
Over to You!
You’re all done with my bad puns and jokes, so hat’s off to you for making it through this list of staff appreciation week themes!
Hope these ideas have given you inspiration when you needed it the most to help plan a fabulous event to let the teachers and school staff know exactly how much you appreciate them.
