Gift closet 2017
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Hello Everyone!
I'm back after a long absence. I usually jump back on this forum this time every year! Christmas is getting close and I love reading all the posts here!
This year I'm going to try something different for gift giving. My children are both grown adults and my parents and in-laws are elderly and have little need for anything. I'm trying to return to a more simplistic less commercial Christmas. I want to stop giving thoughtless gift cards and meaningless stuff just to have wrapped presents under the tree. I am going to try creating something for each person this year. I'm thinking scrap/memory books for my parents and in-laws. I think they would enjoy that over a bought gift. My children are a little trickier. They are 21 and 19 so I haven't figured out what to make them. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I will still buy somethings but I really want more emphasis on the spirit of Christmas this year!
Thanks in advance for any ideas!
I'm back after a long absence. I usually jump back on this forum this time every year! Christmas is getting close and I love reading all the posts here!
This year I'm going to try something different for gift giving. My children are both grown adults and my parents and in-laws are elderly and have little need for anything. I'm trying to return to a more simplistic less commercial Christmas. I want to stop giving thoughtless gift cards and meaningless stuff just to have wrapped presents under the tree. I am going to try creating something for each person this year. I'm thinking scrap/memory books for my parents and in-laws. I think they would enjoy that over a bought gift. My children are a little trickier. They are 21 and 19 so I haven't figured out what to make them. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I will still buy somethings but I really want more emphasis on the spirit of Christmas this year!
Thanks in advance for any ideas!
19 and 21 that is tricky conniemac. How about a blanket or a scarf made with the colors of their favorite teams?
FS, I like the ideas of craft gifts for DD. I think she would really enjoy making some items.
DH bought our kids when they were young sketch books and pencils and they would sit for hours by the lake and sketch away. They both really enjoyed that as it was not just drawing it was sketching an actual scene.
DH bought our kids when they were young sketch books and pencils and they would sit for hours by the lake and sketch away. They both really enjoyed that as it was not just drawing it was sketching an actual scene.
Great idea Katrina.
FS what about watercolour pencils- like paint but without the mess or clean up.
FS what about watercolour pencils- like paint but without the mess or clean up.
Conniemac, do you have any of their t-shirts from school events or vacations, etc? If you don't sew you can always have somebody do a t-shirt quilt for them.
I did purchase some magnetic to do pads last night from Dollar General. I give to almost everybody. Family members, co-workers, friends and the 2 beauty shop women along with their other gifts.
Got Teigan a watering can half price there too.
Got Teigan a watering can half price there too.
Theme gifts? Does one like to cook/bake? Cook book, apron, specially sauces/spices.
Like coffee/teas? travel coffee mug with the their favorite picture on it along with some specialty teas or coffee.
Reheatable/freezeable rice bags in assorted sizes in a print that they would like. Makes for great warmers/icepacks.
Assorted picture frames for their bedroom/apartment and maybe prefill some with family pictures,.
Minta, I like the idea of the rice bags. They would be great here for the winter to warm frosty toes.
She really wanted to learn how to knit, and I got her the needles and yarn last year, but she wasn't co-ordinated enough yet. She had vision problems early in life, and her co-ordination hasn't completely caught up yet. I wonder if crocheting might be a little easier where she only has to hold one hook at a time. She definitely loves crafts.
Did the groceries yesterday and managed to pick up some stocking fillers for DH, a paperback novel, a car air freshener and some sports drink. Will make his stocking a bit fuller. One of the big department store had some Christmas decorations out but nothing that I needed so it all stayed there.
What about a first aid kit (Filled with the bandaids, gauze and all), flashlights, led lanterns weather radion. Or with the season ending a lot of grill stuff and such on clearance.
Do they have any hobbies that you could link gifts too? I thnk 21 and 19 are an awkward age - mine are only young so its still toys for the youngest and the 13 year old has discovered clothes and smellies :-/
That's a good idea too. I always gave them colouring books and crayons, but she says she's too big for crayons now.
I've never heard of those..I'll have to see if I can find them.
I've been knitting since I was 12, so it seems easy to me, but crochet is new to me. I have a book that teaches you one bit at a time, and you make a wardrobe for an 18-inch doll as you move through the lessons. She already knows about the book, but I could get her some pretty coloured hooks and some brightly coloured yarn - whatever she'd need to work through the lessons.
FS i think that crochet will be a skill that DD will enjoy and it will be great as it is something that you can both learn together.
In the next few years oldest DD can teach her younger sisters how to crochet.
In the next few years oldest DD can teach her younger sisters how to crochet.