Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[jama]

Anyone have any ideas for 11-13 year old boys? I have the cabin gift, the family/cute gift, stuff for the girls, but the boys are harder . . . hmmmm. I guess candy?

How about Silly Bandz? All the kids..including middle/high school.. are crazy about them here...a pack of 24 is ~$5
http://www.sillybandz.com/

 

[nettii]

Carabeaners or key chains would be good for older boys. or candy, theyd love some candy!

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

Boys are definately harder then girls. I made bracelets with the girls names on them last cruise and necklaces with the boys favorite sport team. Seem to go over well!
I haven't decided if I am doing the FE this coming cruise cause I am doing B2B and don't want to waste time delivering 2 days worth , once each cruise leg. I may pick to do either one or none. I started making somethng so I would hate to waste it! Well I love all ur good ideas. So creative us Dis'ers are!!!

 

[gerberdaisy1234]

How about Silly Bandz? All the kids..including middle/high school.. are crazy about them here...a pack of 24 is ~$5
http://www.sillybandz.com/

I have never seen these before. Do they go back to the shapes after you where them?

 

[Luckymomoftwo]

Can anyone tell me where I can get DISigns for candy wrappers?

THANKS!!

 

[4everluvDisney]

Can anyone tell me where I can get DISigns for candy wrappers?

THANKS!!

Here is a link to a great thread for you!

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1980430

 

[jama]

I have never seen these before. Do they go back to the shapes after you where them?

Yes..they go back to the shapes...so while on your wrist it looks just like a thin rubber bracelet and take it off and its back to the animal or whatever shape it is...

 

[birdie9]

Those silly bandz are the best. My 13 year old DD and friends wear multiples all at once, such a fashion statement. Boys love the Rock Starz ones.

 

[dolphingirl47]

For one of my upcoming cruises, I will make key chains spelling out the word "Magic" for the boys.

Corinna

 

[jessica52877]

Finally found my card with pictures of what I made. Not as professional with my scrapbooking skills as some of the others but I still had tons of fun!

I did crayon roll ups for the kids.

Pooh for the little girls.

Tink for the older ones.

Nemo for younger boys.

I also did Nemo for my son's Kindergarten class last year and kind of tired of looking at all those crayon roll ups with fish on them!

And then cars for the older boys. Thank goodness we only had 4 older and I think they ranged in age from 7-9. I am sure some weren't thrilled with crayons but decided to just go ahead and do all the kids.

I then made a little notebook with just blank paper for drawing.

and added in 4 DCL coloring pages shrunk to 1/4 of a page. No pictures of them.

For the adults, I made little notebooks.

and bookmarks. I did learn to not try and punch a hole through after laminating. It was thick and nothing was punching a hole even though I kept trying!

Then I had other store bought goodies to throw in also with everything.

 

[SmallWorld71]

Jessica
Those crayon holdrers are so cool! DD7 was looking over my shoulder and loved the Tink one.

 

[croppincolburn]

Very clever! That is a lot of sewing. Great decorations on the adult notepad. (I love Mickey)

 

[MMitchell29]

Jessica do tell how you made the crayon holder Please

 

[Happy Goofy]

Our transatlantic cruise is going crazy with FE. What started out as a small group has mushroomed. In group I there are 53 cabins ,95 adults and 48 kids. I had to change what I as going to give because it would of cost a small fortune. I am now in the process of making 100 adults gifts and 48 kids things. The older kids are hard to do. The little kids I have figured out. I read that candy is always a good gift for older kids. I will probably need another suitcase to carry all this stuff. But I is so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jessica52877]

Jessica do tell how you made the crayon holder Please

Here is a tutorial I used to give me an idea. My first one I made this size, now I make them to hold just 12 crayons and have modified it so the twist ups fit along with colored pencils too.

http://www.skiptomylou.org/2007/04/25/on-a-roll/

It did take me quite a while to make them all but it was so much fun!

Our transatlantic cruise is going crazy with FE. What started out as a small group has mushroomed. In group I there are 53 cabins ,95 adults and 48 kids. I had to change what I as going to give because it would of cost a small fortune. I am now in the process of making 100 adults gifts and 48 kids things. The older kids are hard to do. The little kids I have figured out. I read that candy is always a good gift for older kids. I will probably need another suitcase to carry all this stuff. But I is so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow! That is a huge group but will be super fun! I did have to take an extra carry on size suitcase. The only thing in it were FE gifts! I couldn't believe it! We only had 11 cabins with 17 kids!

 

[GoofyTraci]

Here is a tutorial I used to give me an idea. My first one I made this size, now I make them to hold just 12 crayons and have modified it so the twist ups fit along with colored pencils too.

http://www.skiptomylou.org/2007/04/25/on-a-roll/

It did take me quite a while to make them all but it was so much fun!



Wow! That is a huge group but will be super fun! I did have to take an extra carry on size suitcase. The only thing in it were FE gifts! I couldn't believe it! We only had 11 cabins with 17 kids!

Thank you so much for sharing. This is really a cute idea.

 

[wcw57]

This thread needs a good bumping!!!

 

[TotallyAngelic]

Finally found my card with pictures of what I made. Not as professional with my scrapbooking skills as some of the others but I still had tons of fun!

I did crayon roll ups for the kids.

Pooh for the little girls.

Tink for the older ones.

Nemo for younger boys.

I also did Nemo for my son's Kindergarten class last year and kind of tired of looking at all those crayon roll ups with fish on them!

And then cars for the older boys. Thank goodness we only had 4 older and I think they ranged in age from 7-9. I am sure some weren't thrilled with crayons but decided to just go ahead and do all the kids.

I then made a little notebook with just blank paper for drawing.

and added in 4 DCL coloring pages shrunk to 1/4 of a page. No pictures of them.

For the adults, I made little notebooks.

and bookmarks. I did learn to not try and punch a hole through after laminating. It was thick and nothing was punching a hole even though I kept trying!

Then I had other store bought goodies to throw in also with everything.

Your FE gifts are amazing. I might have to pinch that crayon holder idea for my next cruise ... I love that idea. The notebooks are great too.

Our transatlantic cruise is going crazy with FE. What started out as a small group has mushroomed. In group I there are 53 cabins ,95 adults and 48 kids. I had to change what I as going to give because it would of cost a small fortune. I am now in the process of making 100 adults gifts and 48 kids things. The older kids are hard to do. The little kids I have figured out. I read that candy is always a good gift for older kids. I will probably need another suitcase to carry all this stuff. But I is so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats a lot of participants
We are on the WBTA but we are splitting into smaller groups because of baggabe weight restrictions. I think we are having 25 cabins per group to make it more manageable.

This thread has been such an inspiration. I have loads of ideas for my FE gifts but will have to keep them all a secret until we return ... you never know which WBTA cruisers are reading this thread

 

[Mom323]

Here's a bookmark we received on our Dec cruise. I use it often.

 

[dstein12]

I'm not very crafty but would love to make a homemade FE. any ideas?