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Ideas for kids homemade pressies for Grandparents please

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youngmumoftwo · 17/11/2006 17:57

So far each christmas my kids have made their presents for their grandparents. We have made christmas magnets (a snowman and xmas tree decorated with a magnet on the back!) and christmas themed biscuits. I am trying to think of what they could make this year....any suggestions?

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CorrieDale · 17/11/2006 18:01

Home made choccie truffles? Very yummy, and great fun to make.

youngmumoftwo · 17/11/2006 18:04

Do you have a receipe??

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Blu · 17/11/2006 18:05

NOT those picture frames 'decorated ' with pasta....

Posey · 17/11/2006 18:06

How old are they? Woolies at the moment is doing 3 for 2 on paint your own mugs, bowls, plates etc, complete with the paint. Both sets of grandparents have had home painted mugs and treasure them
We've been through nearly all the Baker Ross stuff too, keyrings, magnets, coasters...

lucycat · 17/11/2006 18:07

How about laminated placemats/coasters

see my thread here

PandaG · 17/11/2006 18:08

DEcorated aprons / teatowels? Buty plain and cheap - Asda did aprons for £3ish last year. Buy fabric feltips and let DC draw away, or use Christmas stencils if you like.

Christmas tree decs - salt dough cut out with christmassy shape cutters, bake at low temp, paint, glitter, varnish with 50/50 pva glue and water

decorated photo frames - buy cheap from Ikea, decorate and add photo of DC

can you tell we've done this a few times too!

youngmumoftwo · 17/11/2006 18:09

They are 4.5 and 1.5. Dont want to spend much as we are quite tight this year. Agree with the pasta picture frame, want to give them something sweet but not naff!!! (if possible!!)

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WideWebWitch · 17/11/2006 18:09

I made all my suggestions here

youngmumoftwo · 17/11/2006 18:12

Thanks! The tea towels sound like a good idea, Thelast time I asked my son to do a picture for my dad to cheer him up (he was in bed with a cold), he drew a big red blob. When asked what it was he said it was a picture of red wine!!

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youngmumoftwo · 17/11/2006 18:35

Thanks WWW, just read your suggestions!! Have got your receipe for the truffles saved now and will prob. do some plant pots too!!

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Katherine · 17/11/2006 18:35

What about getting them each to make a picture (painting, sticking, potato prints whatever) and then frame them. Our school did this and then sold off the pictures to the parents to raise money for charity. Grannie got two of the pictures for chistmas. They look really cool in their frames and she loves them.

HowTheFillyjonkStoleChristmas · 17/11/2006 18:47

I plan to do some sort of picture or other wholesome crafty thing and give that to whoever I can think of really, but also take photos of the work in progress and give the photos as part of the gift (nicely presented somehow, jury out)

sanchpanch · 17/11/2006 18:56

piece of card with there painted hand prints on, sprinkled with glitter, tiny square calendar stuck on the bottom

duke · 17/11/2006 19:53

How about making a christmas cake and take a photo of them making a wish whilst stiring it. Then give them the cke and photo. I've 22 close family members to get presents for and I'm doing portraits for them all with my ds 2.4 They are coming out really well. I have just cut out the faces eyes ears etc out of coloured paper and he's sticking them on, they work best on dark backgrounds. found some great paper in the £1 shop today.

nikkie · 17/11/2006 20:48

Like the apron /teatowel idea!

UniSarah · 18/11/2006 22:22

My boy is only 8 m/o so rathe rlimited in abailty- but ....
I made some chep and cheerfull christmas tree hanging things for boys Grandparents and uncles/aunts yesterday- stripped him off and sat him on big bit of paper with some blobs of green poster paint- he likes this and smears paint all over himself and some of it on the paper. then I traced christmas tree shapes onto some of the more painty bits of paper, stuck them onto green paper ( recycled from a posh shop paper bag!) and cut out the tree shapes, punched a hole in the top and threaded onto some ribbon. I'll pop them into the christmas cards for imediate family as a "by boy" pressie. cost-time only, as paper was all recycling and ribbon was scraps I had already.

juliaplustwo · 18/11/2006 22:44

We're doing the painted plate thing this year.

expatinscotland · 18/11/2006 22:47

DD1 did hand painted Xmas ornaments - salt dough.

She has also stamped some wrapping paper.

My pal's older kids did tie-dye tea towels for their hippie grandparents.

Skribble · 18/11/2006 22:49

Tablet, peppermint creams, fudge, chutney.

expatinscotland · 18/11/2006 22:51

The ILs are diabetics, so we can never take the easy way out w/sweeties.

But I have made some liquers that were a hit!

Skribble · 18/11/2006 23:35

I did a hand print calender for PIL with the little poem...

Poems

PandaG · 19/11/2006 18:57

If anyone fancies doing decorated tea towels, Ikea have some plain white ones with a red border for 19p each! - I bought a job lot today.

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