Homemade FE gifts - Part 2

[erk711]

For the teen boys in my group (over 14) I got foldable water bottles, like this http://vapur.us/?gclid=CKfv3fHc1LECFUcbQgodUyUAqA
from the 99 Cent Store. I struggled to figure out something for that age.

Thanks. Just after posting I saw somewhere else about using a water bottle and I thought about using a regular one and stuffing it with candy! Two gifts in one

 

[erk711]

Glow sticks, flashlights, wallet, deck of cards & hand held games

Thanks for the flashlight idea. Reminds me a saw a battery operated glow stick/strobe light/flashlight "stick" at Walmart last week!

 

[PA Princess]

Anyone looking for an easy FE, the Dollar Tree has small (locker sized) magnetic white boards which include attached pen with eraser for $1. We added some Mickey and the gang stickers also from Dollar Tree (50 stickers - 4 pages in a pack) and they turned out super cute! We made these for our own two doors (FE is finished), but I thought I would pass it on for someone looking for a stateroom gift.

 

[C8eOg]

We put together a few different items for our FE gift. One is a pirate bookmark and they are turning out so cute! I used my cricket last night to cut out the base and "Donald's" anchor - then I put Riddles on one side and the answers on the other. I have to take them over to be laminated today and then I'll punch & ribbon then. My husband actually helped me put them together last night which I was totally shocked and was so not expecting! It's certainly not a difficult craft - he's just not the crafty type at all.

He went shopping with me too on Sunday and we picked out some ship shaped foam and some Disney chipboard cutouts which we are making into door magnants. We added a little bit of Mickey/Pirate to the mix and I think they're going to turn out really cute. I lettered some with "Disney" or "Fantasy" but I didn't have enough to do each one with. Without last names, I can't really put the family name on it so I'm just working with what I got.

 

[crushonjessica]

I've searched the thread for FE gifts for boys age 16+ and have come up with pirate medallion, candy and glow balls (not sure if I've seen those).

Does anyone else have any other suggestions?

Many thanks

drawstring backpacks from Oriental Trading

http://www.orientaltrading.com/api/search?Ntt=backpack

if you think some colors are "girly" then you can dye some black or blue.

 

[Wendy&Grumpy]

We put together a few different items for our FE gift. One is a pirate bookmark and they are turning out so cute! I used my cricket last night to cut out the base and "Donald's" anchor - then I put Riddles on one side and the answers on the other. I have to take them over to be laminated today and then I'll punch & ribbon then. My husband actually helped me put them together last night which I was totally shocked and was so not expecting! It's certainly not a difficult craft - he's just not the crafty type at all.

He went shopping with me too on Sunday and we picked out some ship shaped foam and some Disney chipboard cutouts which we are making into door magnants. We added a little bit of Mickey/Pirate to the mix and I think they're going to turn out really cute. I lettered some with "Disney" or "Fantasy" but I didn't have enough to do each one with. Without last names, I can't really put the family name on it so I'm just working with what I got.

Can't wait to see these!

 

[lsjones]

This will be first FE...and I'm not sure on the equitte. If doing something like a sling bag, do you do one for each person in the cabin? And do you only deliver one gift per cruise?

 

[Wendy&Grumpy]

This will be first FE...and I'm not sure on the equitte. If doing something like a sling bag, do you do one for each person in the cabin? And do you only deliver one gift per cruise?

I would only do one per cabin.

If there are any kids in the cabin, you could always add something small for them.

 

[5crazyfordisney]

Just jumping in to discourage the "minnie" emergency kits or "bare" necessities kit... over half the people in my last cruise did something like this. I think the idea has become really popular. It's a great idea and very cute, but not when half your exchange does it! lol

I am getting ready to buy supplies for my FE gifts and wanted to check with recent cruisers and see if this is true -- in your recent FE did you get multiple emergency / necessities kits? If so, could you give me an idea of the number - say, out of 25 gifts, 3 were kits? Did you think this was too many? What did you do with all the kits - will you use them all or end up keeping one and throwing away the others or giving them away?

Although I'm in the camp that you can never have too many (spread them around - put one in car, medicine cabinet, swim bag, diaper bag, traveling bag, etc.) and I'd like to think my kit will be unique, I don't want to make something unoriginal or not useful...

Thanks so much!
Shea

 

[DisneyOHFan]

I am getting ready to buy supplies for my FE gifts and wanted to check with recent cruisers and see if this is true -- in your recent FE did you get multiple emergency / necessities kits? If so, could you give me an idea of the number - say, out of 25 gifts, 3 were kits? Did you think this was too many? What did you do with all the kits - will you use them all or end up keeping one and throwing away the others or giving them away?

Although I'm in the camp that you can never have too many (spread them around - put one in car, medicine cabinet, swim bag, diaper bag, traveling bag, etc.) and I'd like to think my kit will be unique, I don't want to make something unoriginal or not useful...

Thanks so much!
Shea

Shea -

Personally, we loved getting them. We received 4 in our group of 35 but they were all a little different.

 

[gilsan]

I think I've figured out how to post photos so here goes:

My daughter and I made bottle cap stuff. We were on the Magic to Canada last week.

For the women we made necklaces:

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii467/mauram1999/FEnecklace.jpg

We were excited to see two girls wearing them one night (OK, their mom's gave them their FE gifts! But nice to see someone wearing our gift!)

For the men we made keychains:

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii467/mauram1999/FEkeychain.jpg

We were on the Canadian cruise and the plaid background is the tartan of Nova Scotia. I found a woman on etsy who believe it or not was from Nova Scotia so she made the image for me!

For the family, we made magnets. You can't really see it on the edges but we dusted them in a fine glitter.

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii467/mauram1999/FEmagnets.jpg

My daughter and I had fun making everything! It was an easy craft project for us to do together! And she loved delivering everything!

(I couldn't figure out how to turn the photos around! But the necklace says Keep Calm and Cruise On with a Mickey head)

Your bottlecaps turned out nicely!

 

[Wendy&Grumpy]

I am getting ready to buy supplies for my FE gifts and wanted to check with recent cruisers and see if this is true -- in your recent FE did you get multiple emergency / necessities kits? If so, could you give me an idea of the number - say, out of 25 gifts, 3 were kits? Did you think this was too many? What did you do with all the kits - will you use them all or end up keeping one and throwing away the others or giving them away?

Although I'm in the camp that you can never have too many (spread them around - put one in car, medicine cabinet, swim bag, diaper bag, traveling bag, etc.) and I'd like to think my kit will be unique, I don't want to make something unoriginal or not useful...

Thanks so much!
Shea

We've received many different varieties, and yes, on one cruise almost half of the gifts we received were these type of kits - many of them simply ziploc bags filled with things and tagged.

The ones that I have tucked in travel bags and glove boxes are the ones that actually have some type of creative/crafted kit to hold them.

Make or buy some type of pouch or container and be creative with it and I'm sure folks will love them!

 

[daigs5]

What awesome ideas! I am just preparing for our sailing on 8/18 - and it's my first time on DCL. Looking foward to trying out some of the ideas!

 

[alicia1506]

we made disney bookmarks, mickey stationary (notecards), mickey photos in frames, postcards and magnets, with disney paper bags to hold them for our FE gifts... then we had to cancel our cruise.

we plan on re-booking in sept next year, and most of the FE gifts we can simply use next year, but i now have a bunch of postcards which say 'disney fantasy nov 24-dec 1, 2012' on the back of the card, so they can't be used as FE gifts next year...

anyone have any thoughts as to ways they may be repurposed?

 

[Cruise]

we made disney bookmarks, mickey stationary (notecards), mickey photos in frames, postcards and magnets, with disney paper bags to hold them for our FE gifts... then we had to cancel our cruise.

we plan on re-booking in sept next year, and most of the FE gifts we can simply use next year, but i now have a bunch of postcards which say 'disney fantasy nov 24-dec 1, 2012' on the back of the card, so they can't be used as FE gifts next year...

anyone have any thoughts as to ways they may be repurposed?

What's on the front of the postcard?

You could glue it to the front of a plain notebook to make a journal for people. Or, if your FE group is larger and you need more frames, you could use those in the frames instead of a Mickey pic. Or, you could even just buy large address labels, print out sheets of labels with your new cruise details and slap that right over the original writing. The labels come in all sizes.

HTH.

 

[solfan68]

Well, we are back. Sad to say, but it was an awesome time on The Dream ! Do ya feel me Aug5 Double Dippers ? Anyway, time for this non-crafty guy to share his bit of FE fun. Remember kids, ADVENTURE IS OUT THERE !

Thanks to these nice folks who gave us the inspiration. Alright... and the directions.

 

[love280mickey]

Thank you so much....these are perfect! Now I need to get to work on printing!

just wondering - how do you print ribbon?

 

[Cruise]

Lot of cute ideas. I'm one of the ones holding mine back till after my cruise so as not to spoil the surprise.

 

[Rather Be At WDW]

Well, we are back. Sad to say, but it was an awesome time on The Dream ! Do ya feel me Aug5 Double Dippers ? Anyway, time for this non-crafty guy to share his bit of FE fun. Remember kids, ADVENTURE IS OUT THERE !

Thanks to these nice folks who gave us the inspiration. Alright... and the directions.

Nicely done!!!

 

[Leish]

Wonderful ideas, especially for a first timer like me. Thanks for sharing.