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« on: Monday 17 December, 2007 »
Hi everyone, I thought I'd start a place where we can share gift ideas for children...

I have 3 nieces (currently 8, 6 and 2) and they don't live near me so I'm always wondering what to get them.

This year, this is what I have so far:

Books

    * Books by Sy Montgomery.  A friend highly recommended her books for adults and then said Montgomery has also written children's books.  I'm ordering this one:

      "Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon" by  Sy Montgomery.

      Age:  9 and up I believe


    * "The Peace Book" by Todd Parr -- colorful, bold pictures - 1 sentence per page about different examples of peace.  It gets the reader thinking:  What is peace to you?....

Age:  varies..3-10?



    * "Blueberries for Sal" by Robert McCloskey - a girl fills her bucket with blueberries...nice old-fashioned illustrations.

      Age:  under 10?



      I'm going to give small metal, colorful buckets to my nieces and fill them with food -- and then later go "blueberry hunting" with them (even if it's at the supermarket - lol).

    * Lunch tupperware-type sets they can bring to school...and fill it with food.  I like this idea...
    * A container filled with some food and goodies from the dollar store.  There's a "Japantown" dollar store here -- lovely unique gifts for a few dollars.
    * T-shirts with a slogan that represents them.  For example, the 8 year old is a vegetarian.  Maybe "veggie girl" for her, "future Steven Spielberg" for the 6 year old (she wants to make movies) and for the 3 year old...don't know yet...

Anyone have ideas to share?


Note: Rosal - I replied but by mistake I hit edit instead and typed over your post... I was able to save the text by going back but the images are lost. So sorry! Sheryl
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« Reply #1 on: Monday 17 December, 2007 »




This isn't a gift idea.. but close. This year Piers and I have decided to sew our own bags for all our Christmas presents. We went out and chose gorgeous material, and nice ribbons/ties, and are custom making bags for each present. We chose colours in such a way they look festive, however can be used for any occasion. That way we have gorgeous looking presents, and every time they are used it's great for the environment too. I'm sewing them extra heavy duty with reinforced seams, so they should last a long time.

If I have a chance I'll post some photos once I have everything wrapped.

We're also sewing today a little jacket for our new puppy... she gets cold! We've had almost 2 feet of snow today, and it's still snowing so hard I can't even see across the lake.

Thanks for the thread idea Rosal... and those looks like fantastic. I love the idea of books like that... my nephew at 3 months will need to wait at least until next year though.

Love,
Sheryl

PS Rosal - your photos of book covers were gorgeous... so sorry I lost them on you.
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« Reply #2 on: Monday 17 December, 2007 »
Yahhhh I got the photos back in again. They were so pretty I had to try. I especially like the idea of the metal bucket for blueberries.
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« Reply #3 on: Monday 17 December, 2007 »
Here's the link for the Christmas gift bags I'm sewing in case anyone wants it...
http://www.canadianliving.com/crafts/sewing/holiday_craft_easy_to_make_gift_bags.php
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« Reply #4 on: Monday 17 December, 2007 »
this is awesome Rosal,and Sheryl.....
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« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 19 December, 2007 »
For the past couple of years I have done the Oxfam Unwrapped thing for my nieces and nephews because I reckon they get enough material items each Christmas to last them a lifetime.  This year I have avoided any of the Oxfam gifts that contribute to the use of animals - don't know if this makes a difference.

To add to it this year, I have made each of them a small present - a rubber band ball, a box with the bits to make a bead bracelet, bath fizz, muffin tray coin toss.

Om Shanti,
Jack
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« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 19 December, 2007 »
My childrens stockings will be stuffed with mandarins, brazil nuts and walnuts in the shell and maybe a precious mango each.
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« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 19 December, 2007 »
Great thread and resources Rosal, Sheryl. I love your Christmas stocking idea Becki(nice one:)!

A great resource for parents, teachers and children is :wwwpapertigers.org 
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« Reply #8 on: Friday 21 December, 2007 »
I love the Oxfam Unwrapped gifts, the organisation TEAR Australia does a similar thing too.  yahh
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