Hello Friend,

I am a person who loves to give and receive homemade gifts. If you need a gift for a child, I suggest that you look around and see what materials you have on hand. Then, if necessary, purchase inexpensive new materials and save any leftovers for future projects. Here are some ideas:

• Bean Bags - Use durable material scraps and dried beans or dried corn.
• A Dress Up Box or Tote - Fill with yard sale finds or items donated by Great Aunt Hazel.
• ​Play Dough - I like to place what I make for child birthday parties inside those clear empty lunch meat containers with red lids, so they can see what color they will be using.

• A Treasure Box - Made from a durable wooden box with a lid, add the hardware and small padlock and key.
• Play Food - Save all small food containers like spice cans, mini parmesan container and plastic containers with no sharp edges. A small cardboard container, like a colorful gelatin or instant pudding box could be filled with recycled paper or leftover pieces of fabric for durability and then taped all over and sealed with clear packaging tape or clear contact paper to make it easy to wash.
• ​Homemade Painted Shirt - I have made these for my own children when they have a favorite character. Pro tip: find a coloring book with the character, use tracing paper and trace the picture you want with a pencil, flip it over and trace the other side with an iron on pencil, iron it onto the front of the shirt so you can see lines to color in, but then use my tutorial for the other steps and materials so you know how to make the paint stay through many washes.
• Cookies - Make them extra special by using frosting to write the child's name on the cookies that are on top of the batch. These could be place in an empty ice cream bucket that you decorate. Cover wording with contact paper or stickers.

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