Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[Woobie]

There was someone looking for instructions for magnetic bookmarks a while back...I got this in an email today. Pook-a-Looz Bookmarks. HTH!

Great minds think alike. I was just going to post this.

 

[mommyofthreeboys]

A couple pages back there were some note cards. This is what I made and gave out on our cruise, January 2011.

then I piled them together and wrapped a ribbon around them

The "words" used are elements from digital scrapbooking kits that I have purchased.

 

[sorul82?]

Wow is all I can say after looking at this thread, I am so out of my league. I will be honest when I signed us up for the FE I had no idea how wonderful the gifts that were given were.....I really thought it was more of a goody bag type thing. I am so not crafty, I have no idea on what to do and our cruise is in 2 months. I really don't want to be the stateroom that everyone cringes from their gift....should I just not participate? Our cruise is a surprise to the kids so they know nothing....I am just so lost.

Don't give up! We have lots of ideas!!

I am very crafty, but I'm very frustrated with Diamond Glaze and glass tile at the moment. I'm heading to Michael's for some retail therapy. LOL

Just share your talents with us and we will give you some ideas!

 

[pjstevens]

A couple pages back there were some note cards. This is what I made and gave out on our cruise, January 2011.

then I piled them together and wrapped a ribbon around them

The "words" used are elements from digital scrapbooking kits that I have purchased.

These are amazing! wow!

 

[janey2000]

Can you guys give me some ideas please as I am new to FE and am worrying I made a mistake signing up for it! We have a 3 yr old and I thought FE would be great for her. I therefore assumed that everyone else who signs up for it has kids too but there are several adult only rooms who are signed up and I am worrying about gifts for them. Kids are easy to please with inexpensive items - stickers, sweets, colouring etc but what about just adults . I am not that crafty and also don't have a great deal of time or money and could really do with some encouragement!


Thanks everyone

 

[kveens]

Can you guys give me some ideas please as I am new to FE and am worrying I made a mistake signing up for it! We have a 3 yr old and I thought FE would be great for her. I therefore assumed that everyone else who signs up for it has kids too but there are several adult only rooms who are signed up and I am worrying about gifts for them. Kids are easy to please with inexpensive items - stickers, sweets, colouring etc but what about just adults . I am not that crafty and also don't have a great deal of time or money and could really do with some encouragement!


Thanks everyone

Why not find something that represents your hometown or region? We here in the States LOVE to get items that we cannot find here. Even coins or postage stamps are great for adults. My town has a great tea company, so I always include some tea bags from them in my gift bags for the adults. I am sure you will think of the perfect item that represents your home, and those on your cruise will be thrilled to get them.

 

[mellers]

Can you guys give me some ideas please as I am new to FE and am worrying I made a mistake signing up for it! We have a 3 yr old and I thought FE would be great for her. I therefore assumed that everyone else who signs up for it has kids too but there are several adult only rooms who are signed up and I am worrying about gifts for them. Kids are easy to please with inexpensive items - stickers, sweets, colouring etc but what about just adults . I am not that crafty and also don't have a great deal of time or money and could really do with some encouragement!


Thanks everyone

First off, don't worry. Whatever you give will be very much appreciated. For adults, small bags with a few combination dryer sheets/detergent sheets, a clothespin for the curtains, a few band-aids and a small thing of hand sanitizer would be very useful. An inexpensive journal from Michael's with a pen would be another good gift. If you really feel like you want to do a homemade touch (please, read on no further August 16th Alaska cruisers--nothing to see here )


I bought inexpensive Disney-themed lanyards from Party City and these (http://www.orientaltrading.com/ui/s...archMain&Ntk=all&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&N=0 ) from the Oriental Trading Company. I'm going to use a DISigner's neat pattern (Thank you, DISigners!) and iron on the pattern. It won't be too expensive, and shouldn't take too long, but I think it will be very helpful on the cruise.

 

[carmie3377]

Can you guys give me some ideas please as I am new to FE and am worrying I made a mistake signing up for it! We have a 3 yr old and I thought FE would be great for her. I therefore assumed that everyone else who signs up for it has kids too but there are several adult only rooms who are signed up and I am worrying about gifts for them. Kids are easy to please with inexpensive items - stickers, sweets, colouring etc but what about just adults . I am not that crafty and also don't have a great deal of time or money and could really do with some encouragement!


Thanks everyone

This is what I did for adults on our Panama Canal Cruise. It included a travel pack of tissues, bandages of different sizes, alcohol swabs, packs of antibacterial wipes, a few safety pins, and several rubber bands (both regular and some for hair). I just used a ziploc bag and labeled it "Excursion Survival Kit". I bought everything at dollar type stores and I had less than $1.00 in each bag:

 

[disfunfor3]

I hope one of the FE participants in my group does one of those water bottles!! Hint...hint...I'm on the Fantasy April Eastern Caribbean cruise, flying from NH without a whole lot of room in my luggage, so this would be helpful. For my FE, I'm thinking of 3 tall pockets-easier to hold all the loot. All of the ideas here are great...and it's giving me such inspiration for my group. Since we need to fly, I've been thinking of smaller items to bring. I now have my family saving their prescription bottles. I will wash them and put stickers on the outside and fill with some snacks, maybe make a cruise emergency kit like those mentioned here, thought about making some game tubes (put in some dice with instructions for games to play). And laminating those dot sheets and hangman sheets and include a dry erase marker...things that can be done over and over. I like the little crochet purses!! I wonder if there is a ship origami pattern?
I would definately like magnets for our door...saw the ones with the ship and the mickey stars and wish someone will do that on our cruise. But then again, I'm sure the other FE participants will come up with wonderful things that I haven't thought of. Still more than a year to go...the anticipation is awful now, imagine during the week before we leave!
To those worried about not being so crafty...don't worry! Your gifts, whatever they are, are fabulous. It is the thought that counts, and the fact that you are doing something to make magic for others on the cruise!!
Feel free to use any of the ideas I've mentioned...or improve upon your own version too.

 

[janey2000]

Thanks for your tips.

I like the idea of something from my hometown as being from the UK I would throughly enjoy getting American gifts.

I'm not so keen on the idea of the useful items as most people would bring any of these items if they needed them?

Thanks for the ideas though, it is just hard to keep the costs down as everything here is so expensive

 

[wdwfamilyinIL]

Don't give up! We have lots of ideas!!

I am very crafty, but I'm very frustrated with Diamond Glaze and glass tile at the moment. I'm heading to Michael's for some retail therapy. LOL

Just share your talents with us and we will give you some ideas!

My best talent is my job, I am a nurse so I work a lot and my job we rotate call....so time is going to be a major factor for me. I have a motto that tape fixes anything, lol. I am leaning hard towards just simple goody bags, due to our budget we are only doing one baggie per stateroom since there are around 30 on our FE.

 

[wdwfamilyinIL]

This is what I did for adults on our Panama Canal Cruise. It included a travel pack of tissues, bandages of different sizes, alcohol swabs, packs of antibacterial wipes, a few safety pins, and several rubber bands (both regular and some for hair). I just used a ziploc bag and labeled it "Excursion Survival Kit". I bought everything at dollar type stores and I had less than $1.00 in each bag:

where did you find the small sized baggies, I go to the dollar stores alot am i missing them

 

[LadyRob]

I love all the ideas on this thread! I'm going through every page looking for inspiration. Here are the crayon roll-ups I made for the kids on my February cruise.

 

[JSClemsonFan]

I love all the ideas on this thread! I'm going through every page looking for inspiration. Here are the crayon roll-ups I made for the kids on my February cruise.

LOVE! I've always wanted my boys to have crayon roll ups. If we got those...WOW-zers!!!

 

[dolphingirl47]

Wanted to share my FE gifts. Do not peek if you are onthe April 10 Mexican Riviera cruise. The first two are from me, and the last three are from my mother in law. Special thanks for disigners.
http://s1089.photobucket.com/albums/i357/mafpi1/FE Gifts/

They are fantastic gifts.

A couple pages back there were some note cards. This is what I made and gave out on our cruise, January 2011.

then I piled them together and wrapped a ribbon around them

The "words" used are elements from digital scrapbooking kits that I have purchased.

I really like those cards

Corinna

 

[jinia]

Thanks for your tips.

I like the idea of something from my hometown as being from the UK I would throughly enjoy getting American gifts.

I'm not so keen on the idea of the useful items as most people would bring any of these items if they needed them?

Thanks for the ideas though, it is just hard to keep the costs down as everything here is so expensive

I would def go for something cheap from the UK if I were you! I love the idea of something from someones hometown! A small cheap magnet about the upcoming royal wedding would be awesome...whatever you do will be wonderful! Have fun on your cruise!

 

[Tconst]

I've spent several days going thru this post & wow! I'm a non-crafty person & I've been inspired! I think I've found a project I can tackle for my FE gifts for an August cruise. Thanks for all the great ideas everyone!

 

[sorul82?]

My best talent is my job, I am a nurse so I work a lot and my job we rotate call....so time is going to be a major factor for me. I have a motto that tape fixes anything, lol. I am leaning hard towards just simple goody bags, due to our budget we are only doing one baggie per stateroom since there are around 30 on our FE.

30 cabins is a lot! As for your taping talent, you can tape the baggies shut!

 

[carmie3377]

I'm not so keen on the idea of the useful items as most people would bring any of these items if they needed them?

Gee, I sure hope somebody enjoyed our gift then. We had over 90 cabins, yes 90, so surely someone did. But based on your comment, makes me feel as if it was a useless gift for most people. My reasoning was it was all in a baggie, easy to through in a day bag for an excursion w/o having to gather all those things from your stateroom.

where did you find the small sized baggies, I go to the dollar stores alot am i missing them

I got them at the Dollar Tree. But they are quart size so they are also available at grocery stores and such.

 

[GatorandNole]

Here are some of the homemade FE gifts we made:

Personalized bookmarks for everybody

Mickey Mouse chalkboards for each cabin

Memo pads for each cabin

Backpack clips for the girls

We also made a CD with Disney music for each cabin.
We gave the boys Phineas and Ferb goody bags. We supplementd the girls bags with black and red, white and red and white and pink nail polish with mickey mouse cut out for mickey or minnie nails. The young girls also got polka dot head bands.