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Present ideas for kids to buy/make?
We have a big family and my oldest son wants to buy his own present or make something for everyone. It comes out to about 21 gifts to buy or make (4 grandparents, 5 aunts/uncles, 1 brother, 6 kids, and 5 friends).
Any ideas of something cheap and easy that we could make (not food) for everyone so they have the same present (or variations on that present)?
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Re: Present ideas for kids to buy/make?
A christmas ornament? You could get those clear glass balls and fill them with "stuff". Sequence, pictures from magazines, pipe cleaners, colored cotton balls, whatever you find. I'm sure there are tons of other ornament ideas online.
Bookmarks? Take a piece of construction paper or poster board and have him draw or cut out letters from old magzines to spell the person's name and help him laminate them.
What about magnets? I have made magnets where you cut out a picture in a circle to fit over the magnet, then glue a clear flat marble on top. They're cute, easy, cheap.
Here's an example.
Mama's Gonna Buy You A Mockingbird
We did picture frames before. Buy plain or basic frames with larger "sides" at thrift stores, or clearance somewhere.
The boys painted them, glued things to them, and decorated the crap out of them. Then we covered anything necessary with a thinned-out Modge Podge mix (about 1/2 water, 1/2 MP) and they turned out great.
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Great ideas - I'm going to look into these tonight!
I'm missing Hobby Lobby and Micheals a little this year... Our local craft store is way more expensive - wooden frames were $2.50 each undecorated. We do have JoAnns so maybe I could find some deals on crafty-stuff out there.
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I love this idea! i'm going make some for the family.
Mustache Mugs!
http://www.kandeej.com/2011/12/diy-craft-gift-idea-mustache-mug.html