Would your children like to create a birthday present for their grandmother? First of all, that’s great that your kids are willing to express their creativity, pick up a new skill, and make something with their own hands. Now, you need to find an easy yet exciting gift idea for your children to realize. What makes a great handmade present? It has to be meaningful, personable, and easy to make at the same time, especially, if your children are small. But no worries, keep on reading and you will learn a few simple yet inspiring ideas that your grandmother will appreciate.
- Decorate a Mug, a Vase or a Frame
Kids love decorating, and grandmothers love vases! Give them an object to express their craftsmanship on, some glue, glitter, paints, brushes and you’re all set. Let them try different things out, make mistakes, and learn from them. A piece of advice: let them practice first. Purchase not one but three or four mugs or frames, and let them go nuts. After they figure out what looks best and what doesn’t work, they will make their final decoration.
2. Make a Birthday Collage
If you don’t want the hustle of cleaning glue and glitter after your children ravage the apartment, consider going digital. You will enjoy Photo Collage Maker – a simple tool to create a birthday photo collage. It is also a great way to involve your children – they will be curious about the birthday collage maker – a new program they can mess around with.
The software has over 370 design presets (including a bunch of birthday collage templates) which you could browse through together and pick something their grandmother will like: probably a classic pattern with flowers and balloons. The number of photos you can put on the collage varies, however, you could always add extra frames. Further, you can decorate your photo collage for birthday with cute clipart and heartwarming birthday wishes as well as change the background image and the color of frames. Finally, you can print it out in any size and resolution and wrap it up.
3. Design a Love Map
Is your mother a big traveler? Has she visited a lot of places where she has had tons of fun and memorable experiences? Get a map of the world, highlight the most remarkable places that your mother has visited and cut them out in the shape of a heart. Then take a board or a thick poster and glue these heart-shaped experiences to it. If you remember any tales she told you about her adventures, write them down next to the hearts to put a smile on her face. She will be delighted to relive her memories and to tell you some of the stories again.
4. Customize a Pillow
Does your mother like flowers, old movies, or maybe inspirational quotes? You and your little ones can put those on a pillowcase and create a personalized gift for their grandma. Brainstorm together with your kids to pick the perfect image and spice it up with a quote and some saying. Print the image on the iron-on transfer paper, prepare scissors, an iron, an old pillowcase as well as a needle and a thread. The process is self-explanatory: use the iron to transfer the image to the pillowcase, and use a needle to patch it up.
Your mother will definitely appreciate this adorable and thoughtful idea. And the best part is that you can have a family evening together solving this puzzle afterwards! But first things first, print out an image you would like to use, purchase a puzzle box, a pair of scissors, a pencil, and glue. Apply the picture to the puzzle pattern and use the pencil to draw the lines – maybe, you should do it by yourself, it involves a lot of precision. Afterwards, cut the photo into puzzle pieces and glue them to the store-bought pieces. Let your new toy dry for several hours, put the pieces back into the box, wrap it up nicely, and your amazing gift is ready.
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My great Aunt is in her late 80’s and always says to me not to buy something as she has everything she needs so we always make her something for her birthday or Christmas. Great ideas x