Traditionally, my kids make gifts for those family and friends that they want to give something to. And there was quite a bit of making this year! I however missed capturing most of it on film.
Here, however, is one of the items. My kids love to take fabric markers and draw dolls on white fabric. We then cut out around the image, pick a piece of random fabric for the back, stitch it together and stuff it. It's a very quick, simple and satisfying way to make dolls. This "robot doll" was for a best friend.
My eldest had fun sculpting a cat from Sculpey - giving it unpainted as a project/gift for her best friend to paint.
We then made bookmarks (becoming a family tradition). I have a simple Scotch laminator and was able to use this to take their art, laminate it, punch a hole in it and take two strings of yarn, twisting them together to make a nice string/tassel. You can write on the back of the drawing/creation and put the year/date/etc and it shows through the back lamination.
We also took inspiration from these and these to make some Santa and Snowman Christmas ornaments (becoming another family gift tradition).
