Last year I made some of these things.
Here is a list of some food gifts.
Here are a few ideas for kids that I am planning on doing:
Kids knit pjs
Car Mat
Baby Doll Diapers
Foam Bath Dolls
Farm Hand Puppets
Playhouse - the ideas and the PVC Picture
Now for what else I am doing. I am making an Advent Jesse Tree Calendar. I ordered the book The Advent Jesse Tree: Devotions for children and Adults to Prepare for the Coming of the Christ Child at Christmas. I am using this book plus this tree tutorial to make our family's own calendar. Now if you go to this tutorial it teaches you how to basically do what I am doing but mine is tailored to the Jesse Tree and its symbols. This blogger is Mormon and her's is tailored to that, just so you know.
This is a picture of her tree. |
So starting Monday I will be sharing how to make an ornament a day so that you could have this done by December 1st to start with teaching your children about the real meaning of Christmas. I love this book because it starts at the beginning of the Bible and goes through to the birth of Christ. Of course you can teach them anyway you want, but I know my kids would like this and so this is what I am doing.
You can read more about Jesse Trees here.
If you are interested in doing this you will want to get the following supplies:
Felt - several colors including orange, gray, black, white, green, blue, pink, yellow, brown, gold.
Felt by the yard - 3/4 to 1 yard of green and white
Heat n bond light OR fabric glue - you don't have to get the Heat N Bond but it makes things a lot easier
Hook and eye closures (25 of them)
As I said to make this less overwhelming just do one ornament a day and have your kids help too! For Monday we will be doing the earth:
And just so you know I did something wrong from the original pattern. I put the symbols on the colored side of the ornaments when I should have put them on the white side but it doesn't really matter and since this is for my family I just went with it.
There you have some simple homemade gift ideas to get you started AND a felt calendar to work on (like you didn't have anything else to do right?). For more frugal tips, visit Life as a Mom.
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