homemade kids Christmas gifts

crazyhazy · 1 September 2005 at 1:11PM

Thanks to this site I know have inspiration for making most of my xmas gifts this year, however I'm a little stuck on ideas for kids. I have kids of the following ages to get gifts for, 12m, 18m, 2, 3, 5 and 9. Anyone any ideas what i could do on a budget?

16011996 · 1 September 2005 at 1:35PM

you don't say what they are (boy/girl)but my 9 yr old daughter loved the sowing box in the home made xmas pressie thread (is on the board) last xmas, and can now sew her own buttons on and stuff.

caffeinehit · 1 September 2005 at 1:39PM

Wooden jigsaws of the kids' names (with each letter a different piece) are nice for younger ones to play with. Paint each piece a different colour. They make good decorations when they get older.

16011996 · 1 September 2005 at 1:41PM

had another thought, do you have jars you could make snowscene shaker things in? my youngest loves those, and he's four.

omega_2 · 1 September 2005 at 1:57PM

160+ - do you have instructions for these at all? Thanks

barbie_babe · 1 September 2005 at 2:08PM

what about a small basket wicker one.put small set of knitting needles in and small odd balls of wall .a knitting basket .i have a girl that is eight i think she will love it.i used to have them at chritmas when i was younger.

crazyhazy · 1 September 2005 at 2:18PM

The 5 year old, one 2 year old and the 3 year old are all girls, the rest are boys. Thanks for the ideas so far!

barbie_babe · 1 September 2005 at 2:18PM

if you have girls to buy for you could also knit or sew dolls clothes .also if dolly has a pram or cot knit some blankets and make a small pillow cut down an old sheet and hem and make a sheet to.
you have got me thinking know my girls have so much stuff i might start making some bits they might like.that are a bit diffrent.

16011996 · 1 September 2005 at 2:22PM

snowshake jars are fairly simple, you need a tight fitting jar (i e the lid doesn't leak when full of water and upended) stick a little ornament on the lid with superglue, leave for 24 hours to make sure dry and fill with water and glitter, if you want and you have some lying around you can seal the lid with a bit of sealant (like you use round the bath) to make sure it doesn't leak.
for the sowing kit, just put in some needles, threads, scissors, needle threader, few buttons, etc and few scraps of material to practice on in a nice little basket or case the basket i used was like a shell shape that has a lid, was 20p from a charity shop.

hope that helps.

edited to add, for a girl my daughter loved the odd beads i stuck in her sowing basket, she sewed them onto a bag.

barbie_babe · 1 September 2005 at 2:24PM

i love the sewing kit to .

crazyhazy · 1 September 2005 at 3:03PM

just had another idea, but wanted opinions first. Was thinking of getting cheap t-shirts or jumpers and using fabric pens to write either their names on or something else. Does anyone know if the fabric pens are expensive? Has anyone done something like this before?

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