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" />" width="500" height="214" alt="ccb" />" />We had to prepare for a birthday party recently. The invitation said "no gifts". Now, normally I would find it tactful to respect the "no gifts" request, but this party was in honor of a little girl that came to Chrysanthemum's party with a gift. I didn't feel right showing up empty handed. I told her mother so. Her mother said if it would make us feel better then we should just make something.
I thought that was a grand idea.
So we took our recipe for crayons (crayons and a candy mold) and made 6 of those suckers.
We stacked them up and tied a pretty ribbon around them.
But we didn't think that was enough. So we made a coloring book.
I took 6 or 8 sheets of basic white paper and folded them in half. Then I punched a hole in the fold on each end as far as the hole punch would reach, and bound it with a ribbon. I reminded Chrysanthemum that the pictures needed to be outlined drawings and she made the pages. She really enjoyed it too. It was sweet to see her putting so much effort into it.
Sweet stuff eh?
Aww...How sweet is that?!?!
ReplyDeleteYou and your daughter make a Great Team :)
Wow!! Writing her own book at age 5. That is AWESOME!! You are a great mom to come up with all these wonderful ideas. Personal gifts mean so much more. Tell Charley that Grandiddy looked at each and every one of her pictures and said they were all so so good. She is going to be a writer and an artist.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet and creative gift! I know the birthday girl had to love it.
ReplyDeleteThat is so cute and thoughtful. Personal gifts really do mean so much and your daughter is so lucky to learn that important lesson at an early age.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this gift idea! Other people should be posting this idea on THEIR kid/craft/family blogs with a link to yours. Charley did great with the drawings and the crayons are done up so cute. How did she like her present?
ReplyDeleteAw shucks ya'll. Thankee, thankee. The idea isn't original but that doesn't matter to me anymore. Completing a project makes me happy. And yes, the little girl really did love it. She was very appreciative.
ReplyDeletei love how you wrapped the crayons up in a stack. I'm thrilled to find gifts my kids can make too.
ReplyDeleteThat is so sweet :) Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your Sunday!
LaVonne @ Long Wait For Isabella
What a great gift. I love it when my kids receive fun, thoughtful, handmade gifts.
ReplyDeleteI would love for you to link it up to my party that is running now. Any linky goes.
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Come strut your stuff.
Thank you for linking up to Bacon Time. For the first party it was a huge success with over 300 links. I am going to have a special give away next week just for linkers. I would love it if you would add a link to Bacon Time with the Hungry Hungry Hypo or grab the party button for your post or blog. Thanks again.
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