Gifts Kids Can Make For The Holidays
Making holiday gifts with your kids can be a meaningful activity and a wonderful way of sharing the holiday spirit. If you need some inspiration, here are a few suggestions for fun and creative handmade gifts.
Revive the handwritten letter! Decorate plain paper or blank note card with colored pens and a few heartfelt words. The recipient will be touched, and the sender may also receive a piece of mail in return.
Beaded bookmarks are the perfect gift for bookworms – young and old. Your child can personalize the bookmark by picking beading cord and beads in the recipient’s favorite colors. Don’t forget teachers and librarians – they are sure to appreciate this thoughtful yet practical present.
A wooden bead key chain is a great gift for all the drivers in your child’s family, and also for your teen’s friends who are getting their licenses. If your kids can string finished or unfinished wooden beads onto faux leather cording, they can create these custom keychains.
Handcrafted notebooks make for useful, affordable gifts. The notebook can be a composition book or journal. Use watercolors to create unique designs on thick watercolor paper for the front and back covers. Cover the notebook with the custom cover and voila!
Christmas cards recycled from old school art projects are one-of-a-kind. Do you have stacks of artwork from your child’s school? Recycle them by taking your favorite ones and turning them into Christmas cards. It’s a spin on the traditional card and is a way of sharing your child’s artwork with family members.
Collage boards, filled with words and images that describe the recipient, can be a fun and very personal gift from a child to an adult. Ask your child to write words or glue pictures on card stock that sum up what that person means to them. Don’t be surprised if grandma is teary as she reads her grandchild’s thoughts about her.
There’s nothing like giving a personalized gift. Making a handcrafted item can be fun and meaningful. All it takes is a handful of materials and a creative mind. The joy of seeing the gift being opened is always worth it!
