Christmas Gifts for Parents

**patevans** · 09-12-2009, 07:48 AM

What has everyone made as gifts for the parents or do you just do lots of different crafts and just send them everything? over the years we have done a box of love, peppermints stars, personalised soap etc I am out of ideas!

**sarah707** · 09-12-2009, 07:49 AM

We are doing calendars this year.

Each month will have a mixture of photos, pictures, collages etc done by the children.

They are all really enjoying putting them together

**patevans** · 09-12-2009, 07:53 AM

so far we have done calendars, cards, baubles, reindeer food (still to do), stockings, masks, porcelin ornaments, choc tree decs, snow scene pics, foam mittens...i think thats all so far!!

**patevans** · 09-12-2009, 07:54 AM

Oh and crackers!

**miffy** · 09-12-2009, 07:56 AM

I don't make presents for parents but the children do lots of crafts that they can give to their mums/dads if they want.

It sounds like you've been very busy and made lots of things

Miffy xx

**patevans** · 09-12-2009, 08:13 AM

I might do peppermint stars again, how long will they last once sent home?

**angeldelight** · 09-12-2009, 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by fluffyemma22

I might do peppermint stars again, how long will they last once sent home?

Not long in our house

Angel xx

**Mollymop** · 09-12-2009, 10:24 AM

I am the same as Miffy - we don't make gifts for the parents, though I do at birthdays but not xmas. We make lots of craft and cards, but that's it

**Graham** · 09-12-2009, 10:25 AM

Last year our kiddies made key rings for their parents and we put a photo of the child in them, we were pleased to see the other day when one of the mum's came to collect that she still had her key ring so it has lasted a year. Very impressive.

**singingcactus** · 09-12-2009, 11:55 AM

I don't make gifts for parents. Yes we do art sessions here, and with the older preschoolers there may be a finished project to take home, but definitely not a gift for the parents from me.

**mrs c** · 09-12-2009, 12:05 PM

Yes, I also don't do presents other than the crafts the children have made and parents always seem pleased with these.

**mum2two** · 09-12-2009, 01:23 PM

I did little photobooks last year. Mini ones for a couple of pounds. This year I have the keyrings, to put photo's in.

I have done a bigger photobook for one parent, as she loves everything they do & I know she'll appreciate a year in photos.

xx

**Heaven Scent** · 09-12-2009, 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by sarah707

We are doing calendars this year.
Each month will have a mixture of photos, pictures, collages etc done by the children.

They are all really enjoying putting them together

Do you make the calendars or do you buy them and add the photos - this year I've just bought A4 card calendars from Baker Ross and will just be adding 1 photo.

We will be decorating photo frame picture frames to hang on the tree then we have decorated some crackers - left over from last year and some cards also left over from last year plus we have made some snow storms - left over from last year - I've ordered £20.00 worth of stuff from Baker Ross crowns, those picture frame decs, other decs etc we will probably wrap up the picture frame decs for kiddies to give to parents as presents and hope it arrives soon will be making my world famous christmas trees with those who attend in christmas week and some card stars to go on the top.

Other than that its a gift and card for the kiddies and a christmas message for the parents which will include a thank you for any gift they may buy me -hopeful aren't I

Actually I know C will get me one he always does and K's mum said she has bought me something - so there I'm not so cheeky - I know I'll be getting 2 and I bet G&L's mum will get me something small cause she bought me chocs at the end of the school year last year and I only had G one day per week then well she gave me a card today when I dropped the girls off after school and they both gave me ones they made for me last night. - there I go rambling again!!!!

**Hebs** · 09-12-2009, 04:05 PM

we have done...

Calanders
Paint you own mugs
Crackers
Baubles

need to do....

Christmas Cards (one mindee is finished her's)
Reindeer food

**Mouse** · 09-12-2009, 04:13 PM

I bought some little wooden christmas tree photo frames from B&Q (I think it was someone on here who posted about them), so the children are decorating those. They'll also do cards & pictures. It really depends how much time we have as they all keep going off sick!

For the babies I'm doing handprint calendars.

I've also made the parents some photo collages (only £1.69 from Costco) which have lots of pictures of their children on them. And I've put all the photos I've taken through the year onto CDs for them, so they get a copy of them all.

**mushpea** · 10-12-2009, 09:58 AM

i'm going to get some flower pots and they can decorate them with stickers then play a bulb for mum, not sure for dad yet

**venus89** · 10-12-2009, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by miffy

I don't make presents for parents but the children do lots of crafts that they can give to their mums/dads if they want.

It sounds like you've been very busy and made lots of things

Miffy xx

Me too - they could pass as gifts if the parents thought of it that way - things to hang on the tree etc

**francinejayne** · 10-12-2009, 11:31 AM

as a parent I would prefer a craft something made by my child as a present anyway!

**Monkey1** · 11-12-2009, 06:41 AM

We have decorated a huge old tin ( baby milk size) that i got from the recycling centre, painted them red and turned them into santa's suit flower pots, then we bought some ponsettas from tesco (£1.50) and placed them in.....they looked fantastic!

**singlewiththree** · 11-12-2009, 07:07 AM

Originally Posted by sarah707

We are doing calendars this year.

Each month will have a mixture of photos, pictures, collages etc done by the children.

They are all really enjoying putting them together

I'm doing the same but for the mindees who are 8mths, 20mths I am painting their hands and feet with lots of different colours and then when they are dry putting them together to make pics, like reindeer for Dec mixed with photos of them. The 4yr old is sharing the 8mth calendar so I only have to do 6mths for her as he has done some lovely pics for the other months.