Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[carmie3377]

Ok, So here's the girls, you can't really tell from the pictures, but this over an inch thick, it has the pencil case attached with the rings at the back. The pencil case has a set of coloured pencils, a whiteboard pen with eraser (for the laminated activities like 'tic tac toe' etc), some lead pencils and a sharpener.
I also have attached an envelope of princess and other disney stickers and some laminated sticker pages.
Any other ideas?

I'm doing something similar. DD and I have spent quite a bit of time making crosswords, word searches, mazes, ect, and finding really cute coloring pages. They will be geared toward certain ages with younger kids having mostly color pages and the older kids having more games. However, I was planning on giving them to boys too, but geared to boys. I hope they're not disappointed.

 

[DisneyDuo]

Let me float our idea by all of you - not saying which cruise we're on, but for that cruise they are not doing a separate FE list, just giving for as many as we can from the total list.

So we were thinking of a generic gift for each person since we have no idea who is doing FE and who isn't - not everyone, unfortunately, we couldn't afford that

We're doing a pack of goodies from our state (Pennsylvania) - a big hershey bar, snyder's pretzels, an amish candy stick, with a card personalized to the trip with a calendar for the year on the back.

What do you all think? Any other (affordable!!!!) ideas?

Thanks! Blessings - Lin

 

[DisneyDuo]

Duh, my trip counter says which cruise it is anyway

Lin

 

[smeecanada]

We're doing a pack of goodies from our state (Pennsylvania) - a big hershey bar, snyder's pretzels, an amish candy stick, with a card personalized to the trip with a calendar for the year on the back.

This sounds great. More like the idea of what I think original FE's were intended to be.

 

[LittleDisneyLovers]

I'm doing something similar. DD and I have spent quite a bit of time making crosswords, word searches, mazes, ect, and finding really cute coloring pages. They will be geared toward certain ages with younger kids having mostly color pages and the older kids having more games. However, I was planning on giving them to boys too, but geared to boys. I hope they're not disappointed.

I think some age groups would still love an activity book. My boys are 7, 13 and itellectually challenged 20 year old, so I thought this would work for all of them? I PMed the 20 year olds mum, she seems to think he will.
I actually made a book for an 11 year old boy friend that we are meeting in WDW, I put mainly POTC stuff in his.

I am looking for ideas... What else...

The girls are so much easier in my mind...

I agree girls are easier! Idea's I also thought of for boys were - disney bow ties for formal night, pirate stuff, a water gun for pool, disposable camera, ...... you should know better than me, you have a boy!

LittleDisneyLovers~ that is so cool! When I was reading about it I thought, I want a set. I think boys will like the same type of set, maybe the "boy" character on the front.

I forgot to add, I am also sewing a small polka dot tote bag to carry it in!

 

[carmie3377]

We're doing a pack of goodies from our state (Pennsylvania) - a big hershey bar, snyder's pretzels, an amish candy stick, with a card personalized to the trip with a calendar for the year on the back.

I think that sounds awesome!

 

[K8T]

Thinking about gifts for my FE list...

Can I ask those of you in the US, do you have Beefeater Gin? Do you have tubes of Smarties, do you have Kit Kat chocolate bars? Do you have Sherbert Fountains (a tube of sherbert with a licorice inside).

Just a few ideas from the UK.

Thanks

Kate

 

[carmie3377]

Thinking about gifts for my FE list...

Can I ask those of you in the US, do you have Beefeater Gin? Do you have tubes of Smarties, do you have Kit Kat chocolate bars? Do you have Sherbert Fountains (a tube of sherbert with a licorice inside).

Just a few ideas from the UK.

Thanks

Kate

do you have Beefeater Gin? - ??? Never heard of it but I don't drink Gin
tubes of Smarties, - Yes
Kit Kat chocolate bars? - Yes YUMMY
Sherbert Fountains (a tube of sherbert with a licorice inside). I don't think so - never heard of them

 

[DisneyDuo]

K8T - how about jelly babies? Yum! We don't have them here!


Blessings! Lin

 

[K8T]

K8T - how about jelly babies? Yum! We don't have them here!


Blessings! Lin

What NO jelly babies!!!!!!!

Thank you, I didn't know that. Any other suggestions welcome!!!

Kate

 

[smeecanada]

What NO jelly babies!!!!!!!

Thank you, I didn't know that. Any other suggestions welcome!!!

Kate

Treacle toffee, chocolate eclairs (the candy ones), kit kat's - the chocolate is different, nougat

 

[aanderson5]

Thinking about gifts for my FE list...

Can I ask those of you in the US, do you have Beefeater Gin? Do you have tubes of Smarties, do you have Kit Kat chocolate bars? Do you have Sherbert Fountains (a tube of sherbert with a licorice inside).

Just a few ideas from the UK.

Thanks

Kate

Americans have Smarties but they aren't the chocolate kind. They are like our Rockets (in Canada), not sure what the equivilant is in the UK.

As for suggestions, some of our favorites are Dolly mixture, Buttons, Flake bar and walnut whips (although they are not as good as when I was a kid). Really any chocolate - British chocolate tastes better and it is so expense to buy it from our local Scottish butcher. I wish I was on you cruise.

 

[tjbaggott]

Also, Kit Kat bars in the U.S. are made by Hershey and the Canadian ones (and I think UK) are made by Nestle. They do taste a bit different. Some go for one, others go for the other. I did Canadian kind of smarties on our Cruise last fall and they were THE BIG hit!!!!

 

[ilovedevin]

do you have Beefeater Gin? Yes we do have this in the US

 

[LittleDisneyLovers]

K8T - how about jelly babies? Yum! We don't have them here!


Blessings! Lin

NO JELLY BABIES!!!! They are a must, especially for the kids, they will love them!!

 

[paulasillars]

YAY! Supplies are the first step, so you have technically started on your FE's!

Aha but I have to actually do something with the supplies but I did go browsing the craft section of a variety store today - didn't buy anything except for a snazzy pair of leggings but that wasn't for a FE gift

 

[K8T]

Still getting over the shock of NO Jelly babies!!

Obviously a must for my cruise, along with the tubes of Smarties.

As you may have guessed, I am absolutely no good making stuff

However, I can't believe how inventive and clever people are on here.

Thanks for the suggestions and if anyone else has experience of something that came from the UK that you particularly liked, do let me know.

Thanks for all your help.

Kate

 

[LittleDisneyLovers]

Still getting over the shock of NO Jelly babies!!

Obviously a must for my cruise, along with the tubes of Smarties.

As you may have guessed, I am absolutely no good making stuff

However, I can't believe how inventive and clever people are on here.

Thanks for the suggestions and if anyone else has experience of something that came from the UK that you particularly liked, do let me know.

Thanks for all your help.

Kate

I absolutely love the strawberry bon bons, the ones that are covered in strawberry sherbet, the little round balls, they are soooo good.
Or how about something from Harrods, tea bags, sweets?

 

[TotallyAngelic]

I am looking for ideas... What else...

The girls are so much easier in my mind...

Definitely girls are a lot easier .... I have lots of ideas for the girls in my group.

I think some age groups would still love an activity book. My boys are 7, 13 and itellectually challenged 20 year old, so I thought this would work for all of them? I PMed the 20 year olds mum, she seems to think he will.

Your kids' gifts are great
So what are you making for the adults in your group

 

[mrp4352]

Hi Lin-

I think that sound great!

(and not just because I'm really intrigued by the Amish candy)

Let me float our idea by all of you - not saying which cruise we're on, but for that cruise they are not doing a separate FE list, just giving for as many as we can from the total list.

So we were thinking of a generic gift for each person since we have no idea who is doing FE and who isn't - not everyone, unfortunately, we couldn't afford that

We're doing a pack of goodies from our state (Pennsylvania) - a big hershey bar, snyder's pretzels, an amish candy stick, with a card personalized to the trip with a calendar for the year on the back.

What do you all think? Any other (affordable!!!!) ideas?

Thanks! Blessings - Lin