Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[nikkistevej]

Such cute ideas everyone!!!

 

[loewymartin]

Subbing so I can get caught up on ideas!

 

[nikicares]

You dont have to be "crafty" to have a great and fun FE exchange, its the thoughts and suprizes of getting goodies

Here is our SIMPLE homemade FE.

Here is our FE gifts we gave out... again simple and not much talent needed. We bought the pencil cases for under a $1, photo albums for $1 each, and Staples had the mini notebooks 4/$1, stickers 10 sheets for $1, box of pirate band-aides, cheap pencils by the case, and the pirate tattoos we got free at the movie theater when "Pirates of the Caribbean" came out!

Here is a pic of all the fun FE gifts we received on our Sept 11, 11 Disney Dream Cruise.... Loved the handtowels, mickey/minnie luggage tags, note pads, rum , picture frames, magnets, 1st aide kits, stickers for scrapbooking, postcards, book marks and we had sooooo much candy (not in the pic) we shared with CM's.

 

[4mousefans]

Just got our FE gifts done for our first cabin...now working on the gifts for the second cabin. I was a bit intimidated by some of the gifts that have been shown! There are really talented, "crafty" people out there!

 

[pluto1979]

Random question: Does anyone know how to make large, very large DCL Cast member name tags that can be made into magnets for the stateroom door? I saw them and they looked incredible and i would love to do them for my next cruise. They are probably the size of a full sheet of paper.
Thanks for the help if you can help!

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Random question: Does anyone know how to make large, very large DCL Cast member name tags that can be made into magnets for the stateroom door? I saw them and they looked incredible and i would love to do them for my next cruise. They are probably the size of a full sheet of paper.
Thanks for the help if you can help!

Have you been over to the Disign threads?
http://www.disboards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=105
I'm sure someone there does them. Then you just print them on the magnetic paper, cut them out, and you are done!
Hope this helps!

 

[Cruise]

You dont have to be "crafty" to have a great and fun FE exchange, its the thoughts and suprizes of getting goodies

Here is our FE gifts we gave out... again simple and not much talent needed. We bought the pencil cases for under a $1, photo albums for $1 each, and Staples had the mini notebooks 4/$1, stickers 10 sheets for $1, box of pirate band-aides, cheap pencils by the case, and the pirate tattoos we got free at the movie theater when "Pirates of the Caribbean" came out!

For anyone who isn't "crafty," I have to say - I LOVE the pencil cases like the ones that Nikicares gave out. (I wasn't on her cruise - I just love them) I usually take one on every trip to keep up with receipts.

They're also great for keeping things like magnets or clean cocktail napkins in....basically all the great little souvenirs that might otherwise fall into the cracks of your suitcase.

 

[Hollywood Glitter]

So here are a few photos of the FE gifts we gave out during our cruise.

This is kind of an overview. In this photo there are 2 crochet dolls we made for a 2 year old that was on the cruise. The first night we gave her the Dumbo and on Pirate night we gave her the Pirate

On the first night every Family got a Welcome Onboard Cruise kit. It had 2 magnets and lots of "lifesavers"

All the kids got a pen and notepad. One of the older boys got a pen and skeleton puzzle

For the night of the Golden Mickey's we made a special Golden Mickey for every family to toake home. These were my favorite to make.

For the days at see we gave everyone activities. There were puzzles, magic card decks and regular playing cards (in a special case for the adults)

For Mexico we had spanish/english cards

And before we left ... CD's with Disney music to help till the next cruise.

We had a few anniversary celebrations so we made a special CD for them also along with special Disney card

 

[DisneyDream2B]

You dont have to be "crafty" to have a great and fun FE exchange, its the thoughts and suprizes of getting goodies

Here is our SIMPLE homemade FE.

Here is our FE gifts we gave out... again simple and not much talent needed. We bought the pencil cases for under a $1, photo albums for $1 each, and Staples had the mini notebooks 4/$1, stickers 10 sheets for $1, box of pirate band-aides, cheap pencils by the case, and the pirate tattoos we got free at the movie theater when "Pirates of the Caribbean" came out!

Here is a pic of all the fun FE gifts we received on our Sept 11, 11 Disney Dream Cruise.... Loved the handtowels, mickey/minnie luggage tags, note pads, rum , picture frames, magnets, 1st aide kits, stickers for scrapbooking, postcards, book marks and we had sooooo much candy (not in the pic) we shared with CM's.

Wow! May I ask - how did you make the Golden Mickeys, and also the little black pouches with Mickey heads in gold?
Thanks!

 

[clarefb]

So here are a few photos of the FE gifts we gave out during our cruise.

This is kind of an overview. In this photo there are 2 crochet dolls we made for a 2 year old that was on the cruise. The first night we gave her the Dumbo and on Pirate night we gave her the Pirate

On the first night every Family got a Welcome Onboard Cruise kit. It had 2 magnets and lots of "lifesavers"

All the kids got a pen and notepad. One of the older boys got a pen and skeleton puzzle

For the night of the Golden Mickey's we made a special Golden Mickey for every family to toake home. These were my favorite to make.

OK HOW did you make those golden Mickeys? I LOVE them!

 

[morgansmom2000]

Cute stuff, Hollywood Glitter!

 

[Woobie]

So here are a few photos of the FE gifts we gave out during our cruise.

This is kind of an overview. In this photo there are 2 crochet dolls we made for a 2 year old that was on the cruise. The first night we gave her the Dumbo and on Pirate night we gave her the Pirate

On the first night every Family got a Welcome Onboard Cruise kit. It had 2 magnets and lots of "lifesavers"

All the kids got a pen and notepad. One of the older boys got a pen and skeleton puzzle

For the night of the Golden Mickey's we made a special Golden Mickey for every family to toake home. These were my favorite to make.

For the days at see we gave everyone activities. There were puzzles, magic card decks and regular playing cards (in a special case for the adults)

For Mexico we had spanish/english cards

And before we left ... CD's with Disney music to help till the next cruise.

We had a few anniversary celebrations so we made a special CD for them also along with special Disney card

WOW!! That's a TON of great stuff! I love the crochet Dumbo & pirate and the Golden Mickey. I'm in the process of making Minnie ornaments.

 

[nikkistevej]

Loving all these gifts!!

 

[iluvStitch29]

So here are a few photos of the FE gifts we gave out during our cruise.

For Mexico we had spanish/english cards

I LOVE these little cards - mind if I steal that idea? They're very cute!! All of your other gifts look wonderful, as well!

 

[Hollywood Glitter]

I LOVE these little cards - mind if I steal that idea? They're very cute!! All of your other gifts look wonderful, as well!

Go for it. I made them on the computer and had them printed thru Vista print ... I ended up only paying for the shipping because of the promotions they send to my email

 

[mainstreetmagic]

For the night of the Golden Mickey's we made a special Golden Mickey for every family to toake home. These were my favorite to make.

Can I ask how you made these? They are SOOOO cute!!!

 

[Hollywood Glitter]

OK HOW did you make those golden Mickeys? I LOVE them!

Can I ask how you made these? They are SOOOO cute!!!

I bought wood doll heads at Michael's and glued them together. It's easier to use the heads that have a flat bottom. You'll need to drill a hole on the sides of the top of the big ball to connect the ears and then skewer them in with skewers and glue. After that I painted them with 2 or 3 coats of gold paint and then lots of layers of glitter until I liked them. The box was a pre-made box from Michael's. I punched the star design on top and then made confetti with scrapbook paper and the same puncher. I ended up needing an extra to give out on the cruise so I don't even have one. I was going to make one next week. I'll do a step by step and post it on here once it's complete.

 

[cryssi]

I made large (1 7/8") glass magnets

and "pirate balm"

I don't seem to have any other pics, but for the rooms with kids, I gave some pens, stickers, and candy canes to each kid. For the rooms with only adults, I gave a bag of popcorn.

Best price on glass magnet supplies is at unitedcrafters.com, and thank you to the person who posted about bulkapothecary, as that is where I got the lip balm.

 

[iluvStitch29]

Go for it. I made them on the computer and had them printed thru Vista print ... I ended up only paying for the shipping because of the promotions they send to my email

Thank you so much!!

 

[Susiesark]

Crysii, I love your FE gifts. I've never seen the glass tile magnet. Is that expensive to do? Looks like it would be heavy if you taking a lot of them on a plane. I had hoped to get lip balm through Bulkapothocary.com, but I couldn't figure out how to print the picture to size. Did you have much trouble with it? Planning on those for our next cruise. I've already purchased the BONES Anti-Bac on clearance from Bath & Body to go with it.