Secret Santa Gifts that Kids Can Make themselves

My son’s Year 2 teacher this year decided the class would do a Secret Santa, but with a twist. The kids had to make their gifts. There was to be a boys gift and a girls gift. Boys make for boys, girls make for girls and then it would be lucky dip on the last day of school.The lucky dip bit threw me a bit – it was hard to know what to make when you didn’t know who would be getting it. So I figured the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach so let’s bake something.

It was also a project I knew my son could be involved in. So we baked some simple vanilla cookies and before baking studded them with red and green M&M’s. We then baked them, and once cooled pack them in a plastic bag tied with ribbon. It was an easy and effective gift that the recipient loved! We also packed up the leftover ones and gave them out to all the boys’ cousins.

Next I’ll show you some simple Teacher’s Gifts.

The Handmade Swap Australia – It’s finally here!!!!!

After several months of hard work, I am pleased to announce that The Handmade Swap has finally launched. The Handmade Swap is an organised craft swap for Australia – it’s like secret santa for crafters only 5 times a year!

Once you join, we will email you 5 times a year your recipients name and address and a little bit about them. You then craft something special for them, pop it in the post by the closing date, and wait patiently for your own handmade gift to arrive!

So for all you crafty folk out there, if you want to receive handmade gifts 5 times a year head over to www.handmadeswap.com and become a member. Our first swap kicks off on 1st July, so sign up by 30th June to participate in our very first swap. Use the coupon JUNE13 to get $5.00 off the joining fee.