Favorite Fish Extender Gifts for Kids

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

These are AMAZING! I'm sorry you got a negative comment because these are really incredible gifts. If my daughter got that seagull hairbow and "mine" earrings I would be thrilled for her (and jealous). Where did you find them??? You obviously put a lot of time and thought into these gifts and it shows.

Thank you, it's been a lot of fun for my family and I to sit together and do these!! We found them as buttons at Hobby Lobby and just cut the shanks off the back and glued to where we needed them

 

[CherylA]

Thank you, it's been a lot of fun for my family and I to sit together and do these!! We found them as buttons at Hobby Lobby and just cut the shanks off the back and glued to where we needed them

Super cute!! My kids have always loved the food items best. It's all about candy for them! And cookies and chips!! I love the food items too but especially things from other regions or countries that I haven't tried before! Another cruiser got me hooked on Jaffa cakes!

 

[Kittyoko]

These are AMAZING! I'm sorry you got a negative comment because these are really incredible gifts. If my daughter got that seagull hairbow and "mine" earrings I would be thrilled for her (and jealous). Where did you find them??? You obviously put a lot of time and thought into these gifts and it shows.

Wow, I agree, amazing!! Your gifts are super creative and cute! As a newbie to crafting FE gifts, I was wondering if you would mind sharing how you secured the bow to the vinyl bag? I was guessing hot glue gun.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Wow, I agree, amazing!! Your gifts are super creative and cute! As a newbie to crafting FE gifts, I was wondering if you would mind sharing how you secured the bow to the vinyl bag? I was guessing hot glue gun.

Thank you very much! No hot glue, I wasn't sure how it would react to the vinyl and I had bought just enough! I used E600 and it has worked liked a charm!!

 

[SoozCruise]

My DD10's favorite gift was a set of ice cream toppings and my DD13's favorite was a pair of earbuds.

I think you go with what you know, to some extent. My girls don't wear hair accessories, so I don't make them for FE gifts. (When we receive them, we admire the craftsmanship of the items, appreciate the effort, and then regift them.) For kids, we give bottlecap magnets with Disney characters, dry-erase boards with Disney-themed duct tape borders, glow sticks, and key wristlets. For our next FE I might make small messenger bags or juggling balls with Disney fabric; I made these with baseball fabric for a school event and they were very popular with the elementary-age set.

Messenger bag tutorial
Juggling balls

 

[SarahandPaul]

We were in a 10 cabin FE, but I sewed a Disney pillowcase for each kid based on favorite character listed. If I couldn't find coordinating fabric, then I bought character ribbon at JoAnn or Etsy and sewed it on. We received multiple messages and a Thank You card so I think they were popular! It was a bit spendy as I had 18 kids, but I enjoy sewing and combined sales and coupons to get good deals!

 

[diznymom]

DS always took the bookmarks. He likes to read.

 

[CherylA]

We were in a 10 cabin FE, but I sewed a Disney pillowcase for each kid based on favorite character listed. If I couldn't find coordinating fabric, then I bought character ribbon at JoAnn or Etsy and sewed it on. We received multiple messages and a Thank You card so I think they were popular! It was a bit spendy as I had 18 kids, but I enjoy sewing and combined sales and coupons to get good deals!

Oh yes my kids even at 11 and 14 would have loved those!

 

[CherylA]

DS always took the bookmarks. He likes to read.

Yes the bookmarks get quote a bit of use in my house too. Although mostly by me!

 

[Kaleea]

Yes the bookmarks get quote a bit of use in my house too. Although mostly by me!

We all love to read as well, but we use our Kindles for it. I love how bookmarks look, we just never use them.

 

[SoozCruise]

We were in a 10 cabin FE, but I sewed a Disney pillowcase for each kid based on favorite character listed. (snip) It was a bit spendy as I had 18 kids, but I enjoy sewing and combined sales and coupons to get good deals!

What a great idea! Those would pack nicely too; I am always concerned about being able to fit all our gifts (coming and going) into our luggage.

 

[tim1978]

Hi im going to be on the dream in december 8th has anyone started a fish extender yet

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Hi im going to be on the dream in december 8th has anyone started a fish extender yet

Here's a link to your Cruise Meet thread: https://www.disboards.com/threads/disney-dream-dec-8-2017-port-canaveral.3572515/

Fish Extender exchanges are handled on cruise meet threads.

Couple of things - not all cruises have FE groups, especially short ones. And cruise meet threads don't typically start being very active until about 6-8 months out from a cruise.

 

[scrappinginontario]

When my dd was 5 she received a small cloth roll-up of crayons and a book to colour. It was great to take to the restaurants with us.