Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[ddeal1957]

Thank you so much for posting the guide for making the FE! I can't wait to start making one!

 

[dreams of disney]

Oh my god! I did something totally similar for our cruise last summer!

Only thing is, I made it to represent our home country.

Lederhosen for the boy and

Dirndlkleid for the girl (me )

I love it! It's adorable!

 

[erinjean1277]

I have been meaning to post this for awhile now. Sorry it has taken this long. I want to thank all of you who helped me with this, from those of you who have posted here in the past with all of your great ideas to those who helped me through my "paranoia" stage and pm'd me with thoughts and help in my FE gift infancy. Also, to all the DISigners who gave me inspiration too. You all ROCK!!!

So here is what I did for our Dec 1-4, 2011 Dream cruise.

First here are the tags that I used for all the gifts. One of which doubled as an additional keepsake. The “hand” crafted was a label I used on the back of the main gift.

Everyone including the kids got a personalized Mickey head with their first initial cut out. Also, for each cabin I made cutouts with the Dream logo and the dates of our cruise. These could be used as scrapbook embellishments, bulletin board decorations or as magnets. Or anything that I didn’t think of LOL.

Here are a couple more of the embellishments along with a photo frame. *note: this frame is missing the dates on the top portion. I lost the last rub-on for it.*I included the second photo in the frame so everyone could know and have a template to cut their favorite picture from the cruise. It’s original version was a 2.5” circle.

And finally the main gift was a dry erase reusable countdown calendar for their next Disney adventures where ever it may take them. Although not pictured each had a magnet and ribbon to be able to hang where ever and however needed.

For the kids we did age appropriate goodies like crayons, notebooks, stickers, tattoos, cards, bracelets, hair thingys, etc. I did not take a pic of all that.

Sorry for the long post. Now I have to decide what to do for our April cruise.

 

[smeecanada]

=erinjean1277;43671355Here are a couple more of the embellishments along with a photo frame. *note: this frame is missing the dates on the top portion. I lost the last rub-on for it.*I included the second photo in the frame so everyone could know and have a template to cut their favorite picture from the cruise. It’s original version was a 2.5” circle.

How did you make the rub-ons???

 

[erinjean1277]

How did you make the rub-ons???

I got the rub on paper from Dick Blick's. The rub on paper comes with great instructions. It took a bit of trial and error to get the right arcs and sizes. i used regular white paper to check to see if right. That part was the hardest. I used adobe Illustrator to be able to the text on the arcs. Hope this helps!

 

[Marshay]

Here is the basic tutorial I followed

Supplies:

base fabric
lining fabric or interfacing
heat bond tape, scrap material, buttons and embelishments for the pockets.
pocket material
bias tape
dowel rod
ribbon
thread
sewing machiene

1. Cut fabric to be used as the body of the FE to be 9 in. wide by 60 in. in length. When folded the FE will be 30 in. in length.

2. Cut fabric for the three pockets, cut each pocket 12-13 in. wide by 16 in. in length. When folded each pocked will be 8 in. in length.

3. On the inside of the FE body piece add an extra peice of material or interfacing.

4. On each of the 3 folded pockets I made pleats so that the pockets were 2 in.-pleat-5 in.-pleat 2 in. To secure the pleats I stiched them. This was done on the cut side so that the top edge would be folded and clean.

5. Next I embellished each pocket to create the outfits.

6. Next I stiched the pockets on. then added the bias tape to the bottom of the pockets.
7. I used the double fold bias tape for the perimeter of the body of the FE.

8. I then folded down the top of the FE about 2 inches and secured to the back of the FE by the iron-on hem creating a little opening to insert the dowel rod.

9. Using ribbon I made it long enough so that the FE would hang approximately 7-8 in. from a hanger.


I then just googled images of the outfits and use them as a guide. Belle's dress was the hardest, but I love how they turned out!

Now onto making my fish extender gifts! I plan on making all of them and will need the full year to complete them all!

Thanks for the instructions! I may work up the courage to try this ... or bail out and just do the duct tape one that was posted on another thread!

 

[mlc1985]

I'm new to the fish extenders and may need a little crash course on them.

I will be cruising for the first time on April 30th, with a friend of mine who is new to cruising as well.

From what I gathered from reading the majority of fish extenders are usually a 2 or three pocket hanging that hangs off the fish on your stateroom door. I have also read that other fish extenders can be little things that people make.

Do I need to make/buy the 2 or 3 pocket extender and make trinkets to give to others that I see are participating?

 

[MickeyMinnieMelanie]

I love it! It's adorable!

Good idea. Very cute and personal.

 

[Marshay]

Do I need to make/buy the 2 or 3 pocket extender and make trinkets to give to others that I see are participating?

Yep, this is the basic idea, as I understand it.

Join your disboards thread for the cruise you are going on and they should have the rules for the FE and list of people participating.

I haven't done this yet ... first DCL cruise will be Jan 2013, so I'm still gathering ideas. I love making magnets though, so that will definitely be one of the things I'm making.

 

[mlc1985]

Yep, this is the basic idea, as I understand it.

Join your disboards thread for the cruise you are going on and they should have the rules for the FE and list of people participating.

I haven't done this yet ... first DCL cruise will be Jan 2013, so I'm still gathering ideas. I love making magnets though, so that will definitely be one of the things I'm making.

thank you! i have joined the cruise meet, and there have been a couple posts asking about the fish extenders, but nothing has come back about them, no rules, just people saying they would like to be involved! but thank you i appreciate the clarification!

 

[wildforgoofy]

These are great HM FE gifts!!! What great ideas. We're going on our first cruise in May, and we're doing a FE exchange. I can't wait.

 

[smint]

Lots of fun stuff in this thread. Thanks so much everyone for posting!

 

[Pixiegran]

I'm new to the fish extenders and may need a little crash course on them.

I will be cruising for the first time on April 30th, with a friend of mine who is new to cruising as well.

From what I gathered from reading the majority of fish extenders are usually a 2 or three pocket hanging that hangs off the fish on your stateroom door. I have also read that other fish extenders can be little things that people make.

Do I need to make/buy the 2 or 3 pocket extender and make trinkets to give to others that I see are participating?

Your Fish extender should have a pocket for each person in the cabin. So you would want a 2 pocket one for you and you friend. Most people make them out of cloth or all sorts of materials and put each persons name on their pocket. I just did a quick 2 second search on ebay for fish extenders and check out this link http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Made...057?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cc0b79f21 yu can easily buy one if you prefer. That is what I did because I do NOT sew .

I am going on my third Disney cruise in April to Hawaii but I did not know about or participate on my first cruise and quickly realized I was missing out on a fun thing so really got into it on my cruise last April. Already working on ideas for FE gifts since we leave in 110 days!

Hope seeing the link helps...do a search yourself,probably have great results.

 

[Cptjackandcrew]

I'm new to the fish extenders and may need a little crash course on them.

I will be cruising for the first time on April 30th, with a friend of mine who is new to cruising as well.

From what I gathered from reading the majority of fish extenders are usually a 2 or three pocket hanging that hangs off the fish on your stateroom door. I have also read that other fish extenders can be little things that people make.

Do I need to make/buy the 2 or 3 pocket extender and make trinkets to give to others that I see are participating?

We use a roughly 8 x 10 white tote bag that I purchase at Michael's. Each trip my DD decorates it with our names, the ports, dates, Mickey's, etc... The tote costs around $3.00 and we reuse the fabric markes each time.

 

[Panfan86]

These are great HM FE gifts!!! What great ideas. We're going on our first cruise in May, and we're doing a FE exchange. I can't wait.

What date in May? We are going on the May 28th Alaska cruise. Im just wondering if you will be on it as well.

 

[wildforgoofy]

What date in May? We are going on the May 28th Alaska cruise. Im just wondering if you will be on it as well.

We're doing the May 9th cruise to the Bahama's. We can't wait. And I've got a great idea for my FE gift.

 

[Crazybusy1]

Wow you're a tough act to follow

We are tsking our kids DS15,DS13 and DD8 on our first Disney Cruise JUly 8 on the Dream. We are really excited and looking forward to it. I heard about the FE and magnets and wanted to get some tips but Gawrsh....you guys are amazingly creative and crafty! Id better get on it

Thanks for sharing all your ideas!

 

[sdeal]

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.

This gives me hope...I have been looking for an option that does not involve a lot of sewing! Thanks for sharing.

 

[ge0rgette2]

I have been meaning to post this for awhile now. Sorry it has taken this long. I want to thank all of you who helped me with this, from those of you who have posted here in the past with all of your great ideas to those who helped me through my "paranoia" stage and pm'd me with thoughts and help in my FE gift infancy. Also, to all the DISigners who gave me inspiration too. You all ROCK!!!

So here is what I did for our Dec 1-4, 2011 Dream cruise.

First here are the tags that I used for all the gifts. One of which doubled as an additional keepsake. The “hand” crafted was a label I used on the back of the main gift.

Everyone including the kids got a personalized Mickey head with their first initial cut out. Also, for each cabin I made cutouts with the Dream logo and the dates of our cruise. These could be used as scrapbook embellishments, bulletin board decorations or as magnets. Or anything that I didn’t think of LOL.

Here are a couple more of the embellishments along with a photo frame. *note: this frame is missing the dates on the top portion. I lost the last rub-on for it.*I included the second photo in the frame so everyone could know and have a template to cut their favorite picture from the cruise. It’s original version was a 2.5” circle.

And finally the main gift was a dry erase reusable countdown calendar for their next Disney adventures where ever it may take them. Although not pictured each had a magnet and ribbon to be able to hang where ever and however needed.

For the kids we did age appropriate goodies like crayons, notebooks, stickers, tattoos, cards, bracelets, hair thingys, etc. I did not take a pic of all that.

Sorry for the long post. Now I have to decide what to do for our April cruise.

How did you make the dry erase boards?

 

[ge0rgette2]

I have been meaning to post this for awhile now. Sorry it has taken this long. I want to thank all of you who helped me with this, from those of you who have posted here in the past with all of your great ideas to those who helped me through my "paranoia" stage and pm'd me with thoughts and help in my FE gift infancy. Also, to all the DISigners who gave me inspiration too. You all ROCK!!!

So here is what I did for our Dec 1-4, 2011 Dream cruise.

First here are the tags that I used for all the gifts. One of which doubled as an additional keepsake. The “hand” crafted was a label I used on the back of the main gift.

Everyone including the kids got a personalized Mickey head with their first initial cut out. Also, for each cabin I made cutouts with the Dream logo and the dates of our cruise. These could be used as scrapbook embellishments, bulletin board decorations or as magnets. Or anything that I didn’t think of LOL.

Here are a couple more of the embellishments along with a photo frame. *note: this frame is missing the dates on the top portion. I lost the last rub-on for it.*I included the second photo in the frame so everyone could know and have a template to cut their favorite picture from the cruise. It’s original version was a 2.5” circle.

And finally the main gift was a dry erase reusable countdown calendar for their next Disney adventures where ever it may take them. Although not pictured each had a magnet and ribbon to be able to hang where ever and however needed.

For the kids we did age appropriate goodies like crayons, notebooks, stickers, tattoos, cards, bracelets, hair thingys, etc. I did not take a pic of all that.

Sorry for the long post. Now I have to decide what to do for our April cruise.

How did you make the dry erase boards?