Christmas presents: are you making some yourself?

[nhockaday]

I saw this http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChasingCheerios/~3/yvBJdHmZW5g/animal-puzzle-blocks.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email idea today. Melissa and Doug make something similar. You put something on every side and it's like having 6 puzzles in one.

Here's another M&D- like toy for the little ones http://www.icanteachmychild.com/2010/11/peek-boo-house.html

[Ezhik]

My family is big but I am certain most toys we get will be plastic and noisy   I have been picking up things that I *want* him to have all year and now I have loads!

Then I found PY's lovely blog and started thinking that I should make him things, since I love crafting. So now I've started making beanbags. Handstitched and with letters applique- capital on one side and small on the other. Great fun, but I've got 38 more letters to do, and I've only stitched up two of them!  

I think next year I will try and make it a completely homemade Christmas... mostly  

[Twinergy]

My kids really enjoy watching the birds at the birdfeeder.  I found this simple to make log bird feeder that you fill with suet.  Here is another link on how to make suet.

[mother of faith]

http://www.angelfire.com/planet/mcshelpsite/sewingstuff/freepatterns.html/#toys
This website has tons of ideas. Happy crafting!

[bella]

Dear friends
i am really getting frustrated missing out on so many interesting posts and probably it might sound dum but what is the best way to follow brillkids posts , and how you find the time ,only to go through daily digest will take for ever , than i too dream of making my own toys but i end up with tons of unfinished projects . i fell in love with montessori and all i have now is pile of three part cards waiting to be cut and laminated . my first is specialneed daughter i did doman with her and the physical intensive program , and we did lots of crafty things , we did a successful intellectual material made all by hand cutting gluing and writting , i had no computer . now with my two youngest it seems i have no time for anything they both open their eyes with me in the morning and by the time they are in bed mama is exhausted . they are very independant but at their age they like to do things with mama . little time is left to organize the house think of food to eat , lessons to teach the next day ,how can you find kid free time to do what you do ?? please tell me .
viv

[PY]

This is gift that it will last forever.
http://olivesandpickles.blogspot.com/2011/10/handmade-christmas-present.html
py

[mother of faith]

Once again it is that time again and this year I am going with felt toys, and handmade tote bags for presents. i love making things out of felt. This year it is felt educational books, and felt toys. We have the Bible People Dress Me Up Doll Book with his/hers clothing, we have Kids of Courage Multi-cultural Dress Me Up Book, and then last we have Career People Dress Me Up Doll book. We have asked our teen co-op members to create and design their own line of clothing for the dolls. It is turning out great! We also are making shape game toys for the smaller kids, and construction toys for the boys. By LO's love playing with the dress me up doll book even though they are boys.

what is everyone else working on this year?

[khatty]

This year's theme is games/puzzles.  For my Brother in Law I am making a Bean Bag Toss.  I am going to make the bean bags from wheat we grew and sew the wheat into old quilt scraps I have in the house.  That is the easy part.  My Dad is helping me make the wooden frames from some scrap 2x4s and some reclaimed laminate.  I have the materials set aside, now just to find the time to make it.

I like the idea of some felt puzzles, I just need to clarify the idea in my head and search for supplies.

When will I find the time to make this projects????  Sometime in the middle of the night when I am suppose to be sleeping

[Mandabplus3]

This is the first year I am making Christmas gifts but these are for the adults. I have made flower pot pens for all the kids various coaches and teachers and they were so well received I will make them for all those difficult nanas, aunties etc. The instructions are simple and my kids 6,8 did most of it. You need to paint a .small terra-cotta pot and  fill it with beans or little smooth rocks. Take the top end off a pen and and insert a fake flower using a hot melt glue to stick it in firmly. Then wrap the pen with green florest tape. When it's dry put  5 flower pens into each pot and wrap with cellophane.it looks like a bunch of fake flowers but it's useful and pretty and their hubby's won't Steel the pens! if you don't understand google it for pictures in Australia it cost me about $5 for each one but I didn't shop around at all and the kids loved the craft project.
When I was little my dad made us a set of large blocks for outside use in the sandpit (which was actually a pile of gravel) he made it from house framing pine lengths pulls from skip bins at a house being built next door. We loved the blocks so much I have a request for him to treat my kids to some soon. It's a simple cut and sand job and we used those blocks for over 10 years!

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