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 book – We like these patterns and these imaginative colouring pages and we like to make our own from photos and drawings.
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!
4. Make a special play dough set, my big girls made this Jungle Play Dough Set for their brother’s birthday.
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.
11. Collect some wood and make your own threading beads.
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.
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!
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 :)
bubble936 says
super cool ideas…loved all of them…
surely going to try them with my kids …:)
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…
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 …)
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