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6 Incredible Candle Gifts for Teachers to Show Your Appreciation

6 Incredible Candle Gifts for Teachers to Show Your Appreciation

Posted by Anchored Northwest on Dec 7th 2022

The holidays are back and that means shopping for everyone on your holiday list – including your kids’ teachers, or the teacher in your life. If you’re looking for the best candle gifts for teachers, Anchored Northwest has exactly what you’re looking for.

Year after year, teachers take home tons of mugs that say “best teacher ever” with motifs of red apples, books, bookworms, and pencils. Why not give the teacher(s) in your life something different? Candles can be used to freshen up classes at the end of the day, or teachers can take them home to enjoy.

Below, we’ve rounded up our list of the best hand-poured, triple-scented candle gifts for teachers.

The Best Candle Gifts for Teachers from Anchored Northwest, a Pacific Northwest Candle Company

Best Teacher Candle: Apples & Maple Bourbon Candle

Apples are a classic motif for teachers, and this Apple & Maple Bourbon Candle elevates that tradition.

With notes of Apple, Cinnamon, Orange, Bourbon, Butter, Coconut, Maple, and Vanilla, it’s warm and comforting after a long day of lectures and grading assignments.

Plus, the Apple and Maple Bourbon Candle is available in many different forms, including wax melts, amber glass jars, classic clear jars, and rustic tins.

Shop Apples & Maple Bourbon here.

Funny Teacher Candles: Chai A Little Harder

Does the teacher on your wish list love to make jokes? The funny teachers are almost always the favorite. From the jovial to the punny, funny teachers will love the Chai A Little Harder candle - for its name and its scent.

The Chai A Little Harder smells like your favorite aesthetically-pleasing coffee shop, with notes of Orange Peel, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Pumpkin, Clove, Black Tea, Vanilla, and Graham Cracker. The aroma wraps you up and stops just short of pouring you a cup of vanilla chai.

Find this scrumptious candle scent in available in a variety of containers including wax melts, amber glass jars, classic clear jars, and rustic tins.

Shop Chai a Little Harder here.

Thoughtful Candles for English Teachers: The Bookworm Candle

They teach you to read. They teach you to write. And in many ways, they teach you to create. English teachers are natural bookworms, with a fierce love for reading and literature to guide them through their careers. This is why the Bookworm Candles are perfect presents for English teachers.

Of all the candles for teachers, the Bookworm candle smells the most like nostalgia and libraries. With notes of Teakwood, Cedar, Leather, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Amyris, and Dark Musk.

Your favorite English teacher can add the Bookworm candle to their personal library as wax melts, amber jars, classic clear jars, white tumblers, large classic jars, rustic tins, black travel tins, and room sprays.

Shop Bookworm here.

Candles for Dance Teachers: Sea Salt & Orchid Candle

Dancers move with a grace and flow that’s beautiful and delicate. The perfect gift will be something that plays off of that elegance. The Sea Salt & Orchid candle is one of the best candle gifts for teachers, but especially for dance teachers and instructors.

The Sea Salt & Orchid candle has fragrances of Sea Salt, Ozone, Jasmine, Lily of the Valley, Green Leaves, Wood, and Tonka Bean, creating a blissful experience with the strike of a match.

Help your favorite teacher de-stress from a long day with the Sea Salt & Orchid candle. The Sea Salt & Orchid candle can be found in wax melts, amber jars, classic clear jars, white tumblers, large classic jars, rustic tins, black travel tins and room sprays.

Shop Sea Salt & Orchid here.

Candle Gifts for Teachers in History and STEM: Spruce It Up

The Spruce It Up Candle is one of the best candle gifts for teachers who study the earth, stars, and nature in between. This scent smells of wisdom and intelligence. Spruce It Up the perfect addition to your favorite history teacher and STEM teacher’s candle collections.

The Spruce It Up Candle fills wide open spaces with the aromas of Cinnamon, Cypress, Moss, Spruce, Pine, and Cedar.

Bring out the natural scents of the Earth with a bit of sophistication with the Spruce It Up candle. Spruce up their space with the Spruce It Up candle, available in wax melts, amber jars, classic glass jars, large classic glass jars, and rustic tins.

Shop Spruce It Up here.

Candle Gifts for Teachers Who Do It All

For the teachers who do it all, it can be stressful. They do so much and it means the world to their students and their families. However, the job can often feel like it doesn’t have enough breaks between summers.

Add a bit of sunshine to your favorite hard working teacher’s home with the warm scents of summer. We’re talking about the Beach Vibes Candle, with fragrances of Pineapple, Amaretto, Coconut Milk, Coconut, Banana, Tonka Bean, and Vanilla.

Add the warm scents of summer to their home with the Beach Vibes candle, available in wax melts, amber jars, classic clear jars, white tumblers, large classic jars, rustic tins, black travel tins and room sprays.

Shop Beach Vibes here.

Anchored Northwest Has the Best Candle Gifts for Teachers to Unwrap This Holiday Season

Teachers have such an important role in the lives of youth. They teach and help children learn. But they also inspire them, help them see the world through a new lens, and give them the tools to problem solve. Say thank you to them this holiday season with a hand-poured, small-batch soy candle by Anchored Northwest.

Our triple-scented and use wood wick candles made from untreated cedar wood. The result is a gorgeous scent that fills the room with warmth. Shop our selection of the best candle gifts for teachers today!