Most kids love to make stuff and they love to give gifts – why not combine these two interests and let them make Christmas gifts? Think of the advantages of making Christmas gifts with your kids this year:- It will probably take less time than a shopping trip to the crowded mall.
- It will save on your budget.
- It will give you fun bonding time with your children and good holiday memories.
- People love to receive items kids have made.
Know anyone who loves hot chocolate or mocha coffee? Chocolate spoons make a great, useful gift. All you do is melt chocolate and dip the spoons into the chocolate. When your chocolate-loving friends use the spoon to stir a hot drink, they get an extra dose of chocolate as a special treat.
Specialty stores sell pretty cookie, soup, and other mixes layered in glass jars for $10 and more. You and your children can easily make your own gift jars for far less. All you need is- Large canning jars
- The ingredients for whatever recipe you choose
- A recipe card so the gift recipient knows how to prepare the item
- Ribbon or fabric to decorate the jars
- Cut fun foam into various shapes and give as a bath toy to young children. The foam will stick to the tub walls when it is wet. You can also include a plastic colander to store the shapes in between baths.
- Glue or sew giant pom-poms together to make a pom-pom scarf.
- Glue old scrabble letter tiles to magnetic sheeting. You can cut out words or individual letters.
- Mix clear aloe vera gel and glitter to make body glitter.
- Decoupage pictures of superheroes to a magazine stand for a comic book lover to keep his reading material in.
- Decoupage pictures of cookies to a clear glass plate to make a unique cookie platter.
- Decoupage colorful candy wrappers to a clear glass bowl to make a candy bowl.
- Decoupage family photos around a picture or mirror frame to make a personalized wall hanging.
- Decoupage a pretty picture or dried flower onto a bar of soap to make a decorative but useful gift.
Fleece is a great material for working with children because it is soft, comes in many designs, and doesn’t ravel. You can use fleece to make blankets, hats, scarves, pillows, and more. You don’t even need a sewing machine for many projects: you can cut the fleece into fringes and then knot them together. (photo from www.makingfriends.com)- www.makingfriends.com
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What are easy Christmas gifts kids can make at home?
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Three crowd-pleasers that even young children can help with: chocolate spoons (dip spoons in melted chocolate and add sprinkles or crushed peppermint while still warm), gifts in a jar (layer brownie or cookie ingredients in a canning jar with a recipe card and a decorative ribbon), and fleece projects (cut fringe along the edges and knot them together — no sewing machine needed for a cozy blanket or scarf).
How do you make chocolate spoons as a Christmas gift?
Melt good-quality chocolate and dip the spoons in. While the chocolate is still warm and wet, sprinkle on mini marshmallows, crushed peppermints, or festive sprinkles. Once cool, pair them with a ‘cocoa cone’ — a frosting bag filled with hot chocolate mix and mini marshmallows, tied with a pretty ribbon. When the recipient stirs a hot drink with the spoon, they get an extra hit of chocolate.
What is a gift in a jar and how do kids make one?
A gift in a jar is a layered dry mix — brownie batter, cookie dough, or soup ingredients — displayed in a glass canning jar so the colorful layers show through. Kids help pour and tamp down each ingredient in order, you decorate the lid with fabric or ribbon, and you tuck in a handwritten recipe card so the recipient knows how to bake it. The Sand Art Brownies recipe in this article uses pantry staples and fits perfectly in a wide-mouth quart jar.
What simple crafts can kids make as gifts for friends or siblings?
A few quick favorites that need only basic craft supplies: cut fun foam into shapes for a bath toy set (they stick to wet tub walls), glue giant pom-poms end-to-end for a cozy pom-pom scarf, mix clear aloe vera gel with glitter to make body glitter, or glue old Scrabble tiles onto magnetic sheeting to create fridge magnets. Most of these cost very little and kids can personalize each one for the specific person they’re gifting.
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