gifts for parents
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Mother’s Day Keepsakes
If you’ve been reading Preschool Ponderings for a while, you know that my goal for holiday gifts for parents is that they should be something that Mom or Dad will actually want to use. I’ve seen a lot of crazy gift ideas – bracelets made out of toilet paper rolls, candles made out of melted crayons, popsicle stick picture frames – but there are also a ton of really incredible ideas out there too. Here are a few of my favorites: Keepsakes with children’s photos Photo Coasters Photo Pendants Photo Keychains Photo Magnets Thumbprint art Thumbprint Keychains Thumbprint Magnets Thumbprint Vase Things Mom can use at work DIY Notepads Post-It…
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Recyclable Jewelry
Yesterday I shared some thoughts on open-ended recyclable art, and today I’ve rounded up some more ideas for those recyclable materials. These fun projects all use recyclable materials to create jewelry, so if you love the way they turn out you could use them as Mother’s Day gifts too! Coiled magazine pendant Soda Bottle Jewelry Washer pendants Yarn wrapped bracelets Fabric and paper straw bracelet I can’t wait to try a couple of these ideas myself, I’d love to know how they work for you too!
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Last minute gift idea
If you’re still looking for something easy to make for your students or co-workers, check out the idea I have for you: I whipped up some of these snowman marshmallows over the weekend because I had some extra frosting left over from baking sugar cookies. These are so easy to make that you could even have your students make some of them for their families. All you need is marshmallows, black frosting, and orange frosting. I used piping bags to get the small details, but you could always pick up some tubes of the pre-mixed colored frosting for even less mess and hassle. Add a packet of hot chocolate to…
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Great gifts for preschoolers to make
You still have time to figure out those family gifts – I know, not my favorite thing either – here are some ideas that preschoolers can actually make, and they won’t break your budget! I’m a huge fan of ornaments, they are a great keepsake, they’re useful, and they don’t take up a ton of space. Here are 5 easy ornament ideas: from Happier Homemaker from Ginger Snap Crafts from Martha Stewart from Fireflies and mudpies from One Perfect Day If ornaments aren’t your thing, or you have a large number of families that don’t celebrate Christmas, here are some other ideas; from Easy Peasy Fun from Mama.Papa.Bubba from the…
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Great quotes for celebrating parents
The Week of the Young Child is the perfect time to let parents and families know how much you appreciate them. Whether you have parents who are constantly donating time and materials to your classroom, or parents who are just doing the best they can do to care for their children, every parent would love a reminder they they are doing a great job. Here are some quotes that would make great cards or framed prints for parents of the children in your class; From Venspired From Beauty and Bedlam From Inspiration Oasis From Sweet Makes Three I love to take a minute to write each family a note letting…
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Our Valentines
If anyone is looking for a great Valentine’s Day gift that kids can make, here’s what we did this year: These turned out even cuter than I had imagined, I would love to get one of these (if I had kids of my own, that is). The bottles came from Scrap 4 Art, one of my favorite places! After cleaning them thoroughly I dug through the scrapbook paper stash to find paper that was colored on both sides, I stuck with red, but you could do any combination of Valentine’s colors. The kids punched the hearts – they got to choose how many they wanted to put in their jar,…
