Christmas ideas

[Walter Oobleck]

That's a very sweet story.

A day or two later it all caught up with me as Ma had to bring me to see Dr. Kolb, there on Hecla in Laurium? Where the massage place is now? Earaches. Two of them...cause, well I have two ears. And Mrs. Burge was there, big surprise, to see my 2nd grade teacher there. She moved with us to 3rd grade, too, taught us again there...she was a gunslinger...was missing a couple fingers on one hand, victim of some sort of sewing machine, big one, on the east coast.

I get a chance to make jam, Lin...maybe I could send you a jar or two...running low. Need time. Time is coming. Over and out.

 

[king family fan]

Walt you have been awesome.You story is great.I remember as a kid,my brother placed a tape recorder in mas room. Recorder as the gift were wrapped.So and so got this.whos that for?All the talking ma did in there. Made his day. Anyway long story short we all knew what we was getting. But damn my brother had our allowance.Now we all laugh about that.

 

[Todash]

I got the newest Better Homes & Gardens today, and there was a nice article called "Make and Share"--food gifts that look divine, easy, and mostly inexpensive! I just looked, and it's not online yet, but should be soon

I love food gifts! For cookies, cranberry hootycreeks (on allrecipes.com) look pretty and taste wonderful. (They're actually in my regular cookie rotation just to bake.) But ... I've been thinking that any food gifts I give for Christmas, from now on I might lean toward soup mixes and such, just because by Christmas/New Year's, most of us have probably had enough cookies for a while, but there's ages left of cold weather, and wouldn't it be nice to just dump something into a pot, add a few ingredients, and have a lovely soup?

 

[cat in a bag]

I bought all the stuff for my kids to do this last Christmas for all the grandparents, then didn't get it done. I am going to get them done this year, though!

Not too expensive for the supplies, and you get a nice keepsake.

Handprint Snowmen Christmas Ornaments - Simple Fun for Kids

Thank you to Spidey, she sent me the idea last year!

 

[king family fan]

I bought all the stuff for my kids to do this last Christmas for all the grandparents, then didn't get it done. I am going to get them done this year, though!

Not too expensive for the supplies, and you get a nice keepsake.

Handprint Snowmen Christmas Ornaments - Simple Fun for Kids

Thank you to Spidey, she sent me the idea last year!

Great idea and kids would enjoy making them for their mom.

 

[mustangclaire]

Some lovely ideas on here! This board is just....... you know

 

[Todash]

Some lovely ideas on here! This board is just....... you know

Yep. The shiznit.

 

[skimom2]

That reminds me: have you ever done printed paper? My kids did they for Mother's Day one year, and the grandmas loved it. I bought a roll of brown Kraft paper, and they printed roses (have you ever looked at the base of celery when you cut off all the stalks? looks just like a rose ) on it with craft paint (very cheap). That would be easy to do with the grand kids, for their parents. We've made stencils with carved potatoes, sponges (dollar store), etc.

 

[king family fan]

Some lovely ideas on here! This board is just....... you know

Yes Iam loving all the ideas.And lots of time to decide which to do. Thanks everyone

 

[king family fan]

Was a Wal-mart today and they had a clearance on back packs $1 each. So I bought several and going to make up like art kits.Crayons,markers,paint and so on,

 

[Kurben]

You are so creative in thinking out things. I give foodstuff, creams, bathing salts and, of course, books. But then, my family is very small now. It is just my mother and me and she cant go out so buy my own christmas presents now. Once, when my father was alive he gave me the first season of the tv-series Fame from 1982 or something like that. I was a complete nut for that series when i was that age, 16-19 about, and wouldn't have missed an episode if the world had gone under beside me. That was in the times when a whole season cost quite a bit but he know how much i loved it. It really touched me. I'm getting touched again just thinking about it. Gotta go find myself a handkerchief

 

[skimom2]

Was a Wal-mart today and they had a clearance on back packs $1 each. So I bought several and going to make up like art kits.Crayons,markers,paint and so on,

GREAT idea!

 

[Neesy]

It's basically a hollowed-out book that you can use to store/hide things. You can decorate it however you like, but if you really want it to be a useful hiding place, it's best to use a book that doesn't look out of place with your other books (I chose a contemporary dystopian novel and kept the dust jacket on for my nephew, for example, because that's the kind of thing he likes to read) and simply shelve it with your other books.

I believe I lined the hollow with black felt or velour or something, but of course that's not necessary. It just made it look a little nicer, especially because if you hand-carve it, you have to do a few pages at a time and end up with not-precisely-even edges. I rather wished I had a jigsaw while I was doing it. Would have made it so much faster.

Oh! - so that's what I could do with that extra hard copy edition of 'The Tommyknockers'!

 

[king family fan]

You are so creative in thinking out things. I give foodstuff, creams, bathing salts and, of course, books. But then, my family is very small now. It is just my mother and me and she cant go out so buy my own christmas presents now. Once, when my father was alive he gave me the first season of the tv-series Fame from 1982 or something like that. I was a complete nut for that series when i was that age, 16-19 about, and wouldn't have missed an episode if the world had gone under beside me. That was in the times when a whole season cost quite a bit but he know how much i loved it. It really touched me. I'm getting touched again just thinking about it. Gotta go find myself a handkerchief

Such a beautiful memory to treasure.

 

[Haunted]

 

[king family fan]

better get that FB first.LOL

 

[Sundrop]

I'm bummed.......I was going to get my guy two Gargoyle candle holders from Disney's Haunted Mansion collection for Christmas.
Turns out they were limited edition, and no longer available.

 

[Spideyman]

I'm bummed.......I was going to get my guy two Gargoyle candle holders from Disney's Haunted Mansion collection for Christmas.
Turns out they were limited edition, and no longer available.

Sundrop is this what you need
http://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Mansion-Gargoyle-Figurine-Candleabra/dp/B00C0YP0QI

 

[Sundrop]

Sundrop is this what you need
Amazon.com : Disney Park Haunted Mansion Gargoyle Figurine Candleabra Candle Holder NEW : Other Products : Everything Else

Yes!!! Thank you!!!


Edit: Awwww, but I need two, and Disney's price was $39.99 each. That's what I get for waiting......dangit dangit dangit dangit

 

[Out of Order]

Did you check eBay?