Gift in a Jar ideas

bunbun2

rainmac wrote: »

Thanks for that recipe link ginvzt, i may give that a go too (for us to eat Xmas morning!).

rainmac - your house sounds like it's going to fab over Christmas - christmas eve hampers, muffins Christmas day, breakfast in gold bowls plus loads of other things I have prob forgotten! anything else you are planning is there no end to your talents?!!

lucylema

I am loving these jars. My mind is a bit blank though as to what to do so ideas would be welcome for.....

5 yrs old girl
Couple expecting a baby
A baby

Any ideas?

rainmac

bunbun2 wrote: »

rainmac - your house sounds like it's going to fab over Christmas - christmas eve hampers, muffins Christmas day, breakfast in gold bowls plus loads of other things I have prob forgotten! anything else you are planning is there no end to your talents?!!

Yep you've probably listed them all there

ps: our breakfast bowls are cheap plastic Xmasy ones from Morrisons, gold bowls sound great though, maybe next year...

rainmac

lucylema wrote: »

I am loving these jars. My mind is a bit blank though as to what to do so ideas would be welcome for.....

5 yrs old girl
Couple expecting a baby
A baby

Any ideas?

Baby - How about baby socks in a jar, I've seen these in a shop somewhere, was about £6 for a glass jar with 1 or 2 pairs of socks in :eek:

Couple expecting a baby - a new parents survival kit e.g. matchsticks to prop eyes open; mints or sweets for energy...

5yo girl - not sure? Jar of crayons or craft stuff - pieces of fabric, bits of coloured card/paper, glitter, glue etc

HTH

mcdelarich

Help!! I'm stuck with ideas for journal jar prompts, I'm making a jar each for my 3 teenage sisters, and I'm on number 101! Still have 264 to go

Is it easier just to do a weekly promt rather than daily?

rainmac

mcdelarich wrote: »

Help!! I'm stuck with ideas for journal jar prompts, I'm making a jar each for my 3 teenage sisters, and I'm on number 101! Still have 264 to go

Is it easier just to do a weekly promt rather than daily?

I did weekly ones so have done 52. There's no way I would be able to come up with one per day, I think you've done brilliantly to get to over 100

mcdelarich

Ok, I've decided to do two per week, just leaves me with 65 left to think up lol!!!

This post is addicitve, I was scouring through it until well past midnight last night!!!!

Pooky

mcdelarich wrote: »

Help!! I'm stuck with ideas for journal jar prompts, I'm making a jar each for my 3 teenage sisters, and I'm on number 101! Still have 264 to go

Is it easier just to do a weekly promt rather than daily?

I've only done weekly ones.....I could think of loads of questions/prompts but want to save some for next year as I intend to make the journals an annual thing - I intend to save them up until they have kids of their own.

Sian_the_Green

I haven't numbered mine so there is no 'daily' or 'weekly' idea which might make it easier, they can do them when they want. You could make it easier by referencing questions to the specific day rather than big questions like "what are your ambitions" you could use "what has been the best thing about today so far" or "Describe what you can see around you now" or "list 10 things you are looking forward to in the next week"

HTH

Pooky

Finished my 2 DD's journal jars today - just need to get an expanding folder each to put the bits and bobs in (raided my craft supplies so didn't need to spend much) I've got them a plastic underbed storage box each to keep it all in - the boxes were only 99p in sainsburys - and whilst not pretty - they will keep everything together and it's all a bit more secret if it's stashed away under their beds....I know my eldest DD will love it - not so sure about the younger one but it will be a great way of her expressing herself a bit more.






The books I used were from Sainsburys - A4 spriral bound watercolour papers - nice and thick and plain (I wanted plain for them to decorate)..they were £4.99 each but they have nice hard covers that were ready to be decorated.

Jars were full of yucky sweets from the £1 shop - chucked the sweets and used the jars