Easy Christmas present for --lazy-- busy 6-year old to make?

[LaBelleDameSansPatience]

Hi. I need to convince dd that we need to make presents for grannies, dad, teacher etc. She loves drawing and painting, can't sew at all. I work part time and care for aged parent as well as dh, dd and numerous animals, so not a huge ampunt of time. Getting worried that she only sees Christmas in terms of what she is getting, so need to push her into giving. Giving her money to buy stuff won't do it, I feel.

We did these:

Fabric Bags from

thecleverbaggers.co.uk/

and decorated by the kids with T-Shirt Graffiti pens.

www.amazon.co.uk/T-Shirt-Graffiti-Pens-Permanent-Markers/dp/B001NF61JK

Very please with the result.

Or home made Christmas decorations: salt dough and painted?

Peppermint creams? Or Turkish Delight? Or biscuits?

I've next Saturday afternoon set aside to get dcs to do ^ for their teachers and a couple of elderly aunts. Easy and effective with good results in a short space of time.

Ds has made Hama bead Xmas decorations, they are v quick and easy and look pretty good - just need usual Hama stuff plus thin ribbon and / or wire.

Another vote for Hama Beads! There's a cheap kit you can get to make stars & it really doesn't matter what colours she wants to use.
Or how about Shrinkles? You can get clear ones that look like stained glass if you use permanent pens!

Love the bag/apron idea, but might leave it until she is less likely to have a total meltdown if it doesn't look perfect. (She has high standards and a short temper.)

Off to look at hama beads and shrinkles now.

I bought some coloured candle decorating wax from Amazon and we are sticking it onto plain wax candles. It softens with your fingers and goes on cold - no melting involved. 9yo is doing quite complicated designs but 4yo's multicoloured splotches also look nice. TBH, I was partly thinking of the gps who already have umpteen bits of wonky and lovingly made pottery, coasters, picture frames, drawings etc and thought these would be pretty but also not last for ever - a potential plus. We will also probably make sweets and biscuits.

Shrinkles it is! Thank you!

Oh no - x post - now terribly tempted by candle making!

My kids are older, but I bought plain white mugs and some porcelain pens from Baker Ross and they personalised them. Once they're dry you put them in the over for an hour on a low temp to set the glaze. Worked really well.

The DSs all make kits from here for relatives.

More ideas!!

I bought some of the kits in ELC half price that make felt Christmas tree decorations (each kit makes 4 and it was 2.50 and they look really good)

Cracker kits from ELC. Fill with a small gift / toy depending on recipient but the kit contains everything you need.

Now I hadn't thought of elc ...