CM's or Parents!, My very first mindee is leaving on Christmas Eve..i need a special present for her...

[SweetSnowflake]

dont know if many around tonight so throwing it wide open.
My first mindee will be leaving(for at least a year, then hopefully come back)and will leave Christmas Eve when i break up for the holidays.
I am planning a little party anyway but it will not be more towards mindee's leaving..got other mindees little gifts for christmas, but wanted something a little bit special for this little one..shes 4....any ideas?

I think I know who you are?

How about a lovely fairy costume or something like that? Or a teddy from teddy bear factory with name on or special voice message when press tummy?

Not sure how much you were wanting to spend?

Hi chick im not in disguise, im in Christmas get up and didnt want last years( strawberrysnowflake) as theres a strawberrymartini now and things would get confusing!

i dont know what i was spending, hadnt really put a price on it, but wanted something special, didnt mind spening a few quid as its Chrismtas and leaving rolled into one?

Maybe something personalised..but what?..was thinking of doing a photo frame/album with us all in?, like a collage..but something for her to play with/keep and use would be nicer?

What about a personalised book - there's always loads sold this time of year - I still have one from when I was about 6 - and it's all about me and Peter Pan

How about a memory book from snapfish with photos of your time together inside, They start from about £10 I think I gave one to one of the children I used to nanny for when I left and she loved it.

My CM got us a calender for Xmas one year and put pictures of the children on it through out the year... I loved it.. it was my favourite present...

my first mindee left recently i'd had him for over a year and i bought a 6x4" little 20 page display booklet which i filled with photo's of him during our time together - special times when we went to the beach farm park etc i kinda did it in a scrapbbok style with stickers and dates and quotes - i loved making it and he loved it and so did his mum - it was really cheap to do as i just printed off photo's from the computer on to normal card rather than photo card

ps loving the festive name pc

Thanks Chick, wow those ideas are fab!..so i thikn i will go doen the 'homemade' and sentimental route, maybe a calendar with pics from when she was here in each month and she can count the months till she [hopefully] comes back!..knew i could count on you guys!, thankyou.x

I think I saw the calenders in Boots the other day..

thankyou, will check them out, just got email from creatagift too, theyre very good...