Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[Cptjackandcrew]

Here is the blank clock design.
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Thank you so much. I've measured and printed, now to take the face off the clock?!?
Again, all of your FE gifts were just amazing.

 

[Yazlow]

Here is the blank clock design.
Just print it out on cardstock, cut it out, then place inside a basic clock from Target .. They are about $5
Pop off the top ( I had to use a butter knife to get the top off)
Carefully remove the hands (remember what order they go on)
glue the design in
Replace the hands and top
Viola! A custom Clock!
You may have to play around with the size of the design, depending on the size of your clock

You're the best!!! Thank you for sharing your hard work!

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

Here is the blank clock design.
Just print it out on cardstock, cut it out, then place inside a basic clock from Target .. They are about $5
Pop off the top ( I had to use a butter knife to get the top off)
Carefully remove the hands (remember what order they go on)
glue the design in
Replace the hands and top
Viola! A custom Clock!
You may have to play around with the size of the design, depending on the size of your clock

Good luck!

Thanks for sharing. My family room is Disney...red, white walls with yellow and white molding and boat loads of Disney motiff so this clock will be perfect....you are the best.

Love the necklaces....my DD loves zebra so I am gonna make her one for a stocking stuffer. I made bracelets for our last FE so I have making them downpat but can you tell me where you found the Mickey charm, pendent that is hanging off at the end and what jewelry attachment did you use...head pins, etc??? Thanks for your help!!

 

[ladybug23]

OH! That is SO very sweet of you to share.

Thank you very, very much!!!!!!!!!

Will definitely make one soon!!!

Only ONE??? Silly girl....should we set up a working session to start on all our crafts for the 12/12 cruise?

 

[tiggercraZ]

Great ideas everyone! Can anyone give me information on shipping FE gifts to port in advance? I'm sure I will have a full suitcase and don't want to worry about being overweight.

Also, is there a limit on how much candy can be brought on-board? I will most likely package it up in goody bags for the kids. Does anyone see a problem with that?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Miz Diz]

Those are phenomenal. Do you have an embroidery machine?

Thank you! I have a commercial embroidery machine. I did all the designs myself, except for the Donald Duck one.

I did stick families for most of the families with kids, but it was taking over an hour to stitch out and clean up on the underside, so I did the dcl logo with the family name on others. I did the blankets for most of the couples without kids.

I did some other things, too. We had 50 families on our exchange, so I did various things according to what I could find on sale/clearance.

 

[CrosslandClan]

WOW! We have some talented DISers!! Very impressed!!

Here is a picture of my homemade FE gifts...

 

[sullins5]

Great ideas everyone! Can anyone give me information on shipping FE gifts to port in advance? I'm sure I will have a full suitcase and don't want to worry about being overweight.

Also, is there a limit on how much candy can be brought on-board? I will most likely package it up in goody bags for the kids. Does anyone see a problem with that?

Thanks in advance!

I shipped 3 Boxes to the port (for our 3 cabins). You can't ship candy to the port, so you'd have to put it in your suitcase. Don't see any problem with that as we had tons of movie boxes of candy/bagged candy and cookies for the cm's. The only thing I'd do different? Wrap the things in the boxes in some kind of plastic. We had a downpour so all of my boxes were soaked, ruining some labels and magnets that couldn't be laminated. HTH !

 

[viniesmom]

Cost WAY LESS than you think! Everything I made was found at the Dollar Store! I found the canvas bags, metal water bottles, little boys' watches and Pez all at the Dollar store! When I found the bags, I went to every Dollar store (Dollar Tree) in town! I have looked, and haven't seen them since ... got them this summer

We only had about 20 cabins in our FE, so it wasn't too overwhelming ... It did take up an entire suitcase, but we were driving, so that wasn't a problem.

The beads for the necklaces, I ordered from China (super cheap from Pandahall)!

We were in an amazing FE group!!! We received TONS of things EVERY DAY!!! It was incredible! Homemade necklaces, candy from Austrailia, note pads, custom pens, custom magnets, more candy!, and Disney band aids, which came in handy when my DD6 fell in the hallway running to see the princesses, and skinned her elbow Beautiful Mickey ornament from my SIL, luggage tags, pirate goodies (including custom M&Ms!) , lotions, fingernail stickers, and so much more!

It was the most amazing vacation we have ever been on!

Mindy

How did you get the logo and words on the water bottle? What did you use? Thanks for your help!

 

[sullins5]

Just got off our cruise yesterday, so get to share our FE gift idea. Had a wonderful time, and gifts were amazing!!!

Every cabin got one of these (Mickey Pirate Chalkboards)

Our bride and groom got this chalkboard with a removable bride veil to reveal a pirate underneath...

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And we made bookmarks, bandana's, and goody bags for all the kids..:

It was great fun!

 

[Susiesark]

WOW! We have some talented DISers!! Very impressed!!

Here is a picture of my homemade FE gifts...

Nice. What is the clear item on the right?

 

[BryBry3]

Just got off our cruise yesterday, so get to share our FE gift idea. Had a wonderful time, and gifts were amazing!!!

Every cabin got one of these (Mickey Pirate Chalkboards)

Our bride and groom got this chalkboard with a removable bride veil to reveal a pirate underneath...

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And we made bookmarks, bandana's, and goody bags for all the kids..:

It was great fun!

The chalkboard is FABOULAS!!! how cuuuuute...wouldnt those be cute as purses too...................wish i was on that cruise...all of the gifts are just AMAZING... i am so wow'd everytime i see everyone pictures....woo hoo one week today and i will be be meeting all our new friends on the WONDER FE...i did something halloween....cuz I AM THE QUEEN OF HALLOWEEN....but wish i would have had more time to really do it up...next time for sure...so hope you all like when you get it

Halloween Queen Dawn

 

[Susiesark]

Did you make or buy the chalkboard? Really cute!

 

[aberrydisneygirl]

This board is so awesome, such great ideas. For those that have participated in FE exchanges before I would love an opinion. I have been playing around with some pictures/disigns and can't decide if I want to make them into post cards or magnets. Any suggestions on what would be better/liked/used more?

 

[Luckymomoftwo]

Great ideas everyone! Can anyone give me information on shipping FE gifts to port in advance? I'm sure I will have a full suitcase and don't want to worry about being overweight.

Also, is there a limit on how much candy can be brought on-board? I will most likely package it up in goody bags for the kids. Does anyone see a problem with that?

Thanks in advance!

This is from the FAQ's...I called recently and was told there is no weight limit to the boxes and they could be bigger than 12 inches on one side. If you are sending regular parcel post make sure to give plenty of time. They say 7-14 business days but they can't guaranty that. So it's better to pay the extra and send it priority or Fed Ex or UPS.

Boxes Sent the Ship Ahead of Cruise - PLEASE follow these instructions carefully!!!!!! UPDATED AS OF 2/25/2009
• ONE box per stateroom, no exceptions.
• The package must have the guest full name, ship, sailing date, stateroom number or GTY if you have not been assigned a stateroom number.
• The package also must have a packing slip attached to the outside of the box that details the contents of the package. For prescriptions, a copy of the prescription is sufficient. Your list may or may not be read but it must have one. Write packing slip on the outside of the envelope.
• NO FOODS/DRINKS OF ANY KIND, LIQUOR OF ANY KIND, FIREARMS, ETC.. Items that cannot be shipped to the Disney Cruise Line Warehouse and delivered to the ship include: food products (any and all food products including baby food/formula), beverages (liquor, water, etc.), chemicals, and luggage. These items will not be accepted at the warehouse and will be returned. This may cause the dogs to hit on your box and that would be a bad thing.
• The required size of the cartons you are shipping down have to be about the size of a record storage box 12 inches on a side and should not weigh more than 20 lbs. (This has been asked personally by Dave Adams who is the owner)

Address your package(s) to:
Disney Cruise Line Warehouse
Guest Name / Stateroom # (GTY, if you don't know what it is when you send the package)
8633 Transport Drive
Orlando, FL 32832
Phone: 407-566-8196

In the bottom left corner of the top of the package put the following information: ATTN: HOUSEKEEPING
*Name
*Sail Date
*Ship
*Stateroom Number
*Packing slip that details contents of the package (for prescriptions, a copy of the prescription is sufficient)
• Packages must arrive by Friday by 3:00pm for the 7-Night Cruise on the Disney Magic (Saturday).
• Packages must arrive by Friday by 3:00pm for the 4-Night Cruise on the Disney Wonder (Sunday).
• Packages must arrive by Wednesday by 3:00pm for the 3-Night Cruise on the Disney Wonder (Thursday).

If your box is hit on by the screening dog or chosen for additional screening they will open the list and the box and look through it. They will close it back up and provided nothing bad is in it then it will be in your room as usual later after boarding. These boxes will be coming on the ship with the crew mail among other things so they may be in the staterooms later then they were before as they are low priority in the scheme of things for Disney.

 

[sullins5]

Did you make or buy the chalkboard? Really cute!

I 'dis'igned' and made them. I started back in March for our Oct cruise. Bought round plywood circles, primed and painted chalkboard (3x) and made the pirate bandanas out of material and then hotglued the material to the Mickey. The backs were covered in felt with a 'chalk' holder. After I made these, I thought, "Gee, I should've made an Anniversary, Birthday one"...But time snuck up on me. Pretty easy to make, but there is a little time involved.

 

[happytime]

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[wachnicki]

Nice job on the frames!

 

[Octoberbride03]

This is from the FAQ's...I called recently and was told there is no weight limit to the boxes and they could be bigger than 12 inches on one side. If you are sending regular parcel post make sure to give plenty of time. They say 7-14 business days but they can't guaranty that. So it's better to pay the extra and send it priority or Fed Ex or UPS.

Boxes Sent the Ship Ahead of Cruise - PLEASE follow these instructions carefully!!!!!! UPDATED AS OF 2/25/2009
• ONE box per stateroom, no exceptions.
• The package must have the guest full name, ship, sailing date, stateroom number or GTY if you have not been assigned a stateroom number.
• The package also must have a packing slip attached to the outside of the box that details the contents of the package. For prescriptions, a copy of the prescription is sufficient. Your list may or may not be read but it must have one. Write packing slip on the outside of the envelope.
• NO FOODS/DRINKS OF ANY KIND, LIQUOR OF ANY KIND, FIREARMS, ETC.. Items that cannot be shipped to the Disney Cruise Line Warehouse and delivered to the ship include: food products (any and all food products including baby food/formula), beverages (liquor, water, etc.), chemicals, and luggage. These items will not be accepted at the warehouse and will be returned. This may cause the dogs to hit on your box and that would be a bad thing.
• The required size of the cartons you are shipping down have to be about the size of a record storage box 12 inches on a side and should not weigh more than 20 lbs. (This has been asked personally by Dave Adams who is the owner)

Address your package(s) to:
Disney Cruise Line Warehouse
Guest Name / Stateroom # (GTY, if you don't know what it is when you send the package)
8633 Transport Drive
Orlando, FL 32832
Phone: 407-566-8196

In the bottom left corner of the top of the package put the following information: ATTN: HOUSEKEEPING
*Name
*Sail Date
*Ship
*Stateroom Number
*Packing slip that details contents of the package (for prescriptions, a copy of the prescription is sufficient)
• Packages must arrive by Friday by 3:00pm for the 7-Night Cruise on the Disney Magic (Saturday).
• Packages must arrive by Friday by 3:00pm for the 4-Night Cruise on the Disney Wonder (Sunday).
• Packages must arrive by Wednesday by 3:00pm for the 3-Night Cruise on the Disney Wonder (Thursday).

If your box is hit on by the screening dog or chosen for additional screening they will open the list and the box and look through it. They will close it back up and provided nothing bad is in it then it will be in your room as usual later after boarding. These boxes will be coming on the ship with the crew mail among other things so they may be in the staterooms later then they were before as they are low priority in the scheme of things for Disney.

You are NOT kidding!!

I did not mail my FEs down, but some of my threadmates did. Well we sailed on 10/8 and it poured buckets. I saw some of the boxes in the hall and they were lucky to have survived the rain enough to make it the ship. a finger touch would have been enough to have boxes fall apart

Fortunately, the gifts inside survived very well. Got a lot of great items this time around

 

[Susiesark]

You are NOT kidding!!

I did not mail my FEs down, but some of my threadmates did. Well we sailed on 10/8 and it poured buckets. I saw some of the boxes in the hall and they were lucky to have survived the rain enough to make it the ship. a finger touch would have been enough to have boxes fall apart

Fortunately, the gifts inside survived very well. Got a lot of great items this time around

Do you have pictures of some of your FE gifts?