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20 Last Minute Gifts You Can Make For Your Kids.

Posted on December 17, 2011 5 Comments

Looking for some last minute gift ideas for the kids in your life? Lets get a little crafty and avoid the shops, here’s a list of ideas to help you do it!

1. Download some audio books and put them on an mp3 player, or burn them to a CD.

2. Make your own colouring or drawing book. Print some of our fabulous free drawing prompts and make them into a super cool drawing book!

3. Make a newspaper sword – my kids are crazy about the Narnia stories at the moment and they’d love this for a bit of role play!

Jungle Play Dough - an easy invitation to play which also makes a fabulous gift!

4. Make a special play dough set. You could make a jungle play dough set a space play dough set, an ocean playdough set, or choose a theme that matches your child’s current interests

5. Make an old puzzle into a magnetic puzzle!

6. Make a crystal tree! (we bought one of these last Christmas and it was a HUGE hit!)

7. Make or collect some dress ups.

8. Make a simple stone noughts and crosses set.

9. Make a catapult game.

10. DIY side walk chalk.

11. Collect some wood and make your own threading beads.

printable forg puppets

12. Print and make some of our puppets – Five Green Frogs, Five Little Ducks or Three Jelly Fish.

13. Make a hula hoop, or three!

14. How about a bug catcher necklace?

15. Bake them their favourite sweet treat.

16. Collect up some interesting shaped containers and make your own moon sand.

DIY Marker Paint - from old dried up markers to liquid water colour paints!
17. Make some marker paints.

18. Alphabet rocks for those letter obsessed kids like my four year old!

19. Make a sleeping bag for their favourite soft toys.

20. A set of pom pom magnets would be fun on the fridge!

Please leave a comment and add your own ideas and links!

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  1. Heather @ Life, gluten free says

    I like the pompom magnets. We will make some of those. We just made a pompom garland for our tree that Sophie mostly made herself! It was fun and easy.

    I made her some felt tea bags and cookies for her kitchen set, that is a simple last minute gift that could be made:

    http://www.lifeglutenfree.com/mama_baby_gluten_free/2011/12/diy-felt-tea-bags-cookies-homemade-gifts-for-kids.html

    I also made my mom and Sophie felt flower pins to wear on their jackets, scarves or hats. I hope they like them!

    I didn’t get to make these, but I want to:

    Story stones
    http://pinterest.com/pin/133559945168690043/

    I want to try the marker paints too :)

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  2. bubble936 says

    super cool ideas…loved all of them…
    surely going to try them with my kids …:)

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  3. rakster says

    love them kate! great ideas to remind us of… I think I’m going to go with the 5 little duck puppets. And I’ve pinned a few for another time…

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  4. Karen says

    What a great list! What about a bookmark with some leftover fabric and buttons? Or a marble bag?
    If I have time I’ll be making some of these for my older boys. (Famous last words …)

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  5. Mardi says

    You’ve just inspired a great Pressie! My Mum is heading overseas for another 6 month placement. She’s really been struggling with what to give Miss C.

    A little CD player is perfect! That was she can email me recordings of her reading bedtime stories & I can burn them into CD’s. Miss C can hear “Mar Mar” whenever she wants!

    Thanks Kate!!! x

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