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for Handmade Gifts
This need not be difficult as is often
portrayed. Take some time today and write down a list
of those you wish to give a gift to and what you need
to make these gifts. Go out shopping together to purchase
the necessary supplies. Each day next week sit down
with your family and put the gift together. These gifts
will be the most meaningful gifts your loved ones will
receive this year.
Sweatshirts
with Handprints
Make sweatshirts or T-shirts with hand
print Christmas trees. Your local craft store should
sell many sizes and colors of sweatshirts and T-shirts.
Many also sell plain canvas tote bags, or plain aprons.
All of these would be wonderful gifts with your childrenâs
handprints and age stamped on them.
Sweet
Treats Attractively Packaged
Use any of the recipes from Day
11. Package them in a decorative box or bag. Make
sure to include the recipe on a pretty card so the recipients
can make more for themselves if they eat it up faster
than expected!
Peppermint
Bath Salts
2 c. Epsom salts
1/2 c. sea salt
4 to 6 drops peppermint oil
2 to 3 drops red food coloring
Place one cup of Epsom salts and 1/4 cup sea salt in
a bowl or resealable plastic bag. Add 2 to 3 drops peppermint
oil. Mix the remaining ingredients in a second bowl.
Layer the red and white salts in a clear bottle or jar,
tilting the bottle or jar as you fill it. Tie with a
ribbon and some small candy canes.
Child's
Handprints
Use the recipe from Day
3 for self-hardening clay. Roll out a circle and
have your children press their hand into the soft clay.
Put the year and the childâs name on it and attach
a wire hanger on the back.
Christmas Placemats
Option 1
paper
old Christmas cards
glue |
crayons
markers or paint
clear contact paper |
Cut the pictures
from cards. Draw a picture on a piece of paper and this
is the back. Then glue on the card pictures. Cover both
sides with contact paper.
Option 2
plain cloth placemats with no design
chunky stamps
colorful cloth paint
Stamp the placemat with the stamps. Make sure to allow
to dry thoroughly before wrapping. Weâve done
the “Fruits of the Spirit” using grapes
and apple stamps, and then using a paint pen and writing
the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) around the
edge of the placemat. They are now Grandmaâs favorite
placemats!
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