Homemade FE Gifts Photo Thread

[tinkerbelltwins]

We just got back from the Dream which set sail on 1/22/12. Here are the things I made and put together for our Fish Extender:

Backpacks/Nylon Bags

Backpack Clips

Example of what the boys were given.

Example of what the girls were given.

What super gifts! Where did you find the letters for your keychains and also those mickey beads on the ends of each of the keychains? Love them!

 

[Spart02]

I bought the letters for the keychains/backpack clips at Walmart in the craft section. The Mickey beads I purchased from ebay from a seller in China. It took a little longer to get them since they had to ship them internationally.

 

[wachnicki]

Love, love, love the backpack clips!!

 

[mom3girls2000]

We just got back from the Dream which set sail on 1/22/12. Here are the things I made and put together for our Fish Extender:

Backpacks/Nylon Bags

Backpack Clips

Example of what the boys were given.

Example of what the girls were given.

Those are amazing! What are those little square things (purple for girls, red for boys) with 9 holes in it?

 

[Cari2109]

Beautiful! Such a great idea.

 

[MickeyP]

They look like mini tic-tac-toe games.

 

[Spart02]

Yes, they are tic-tac-toe games that use candy similar to Smarties.

 

[MickeyMinnieMelanie]

Those are so cute!!!

 

[SoCaOC-Mom]

Sorry a few pictures are blurry, I took them with my camera phone.

 

[bibbidibobbidiboo07]

Love the frames!

 

[SoCaOC-Mom]

Thank you.

 

[lianne_0325]

I <3 the frames as well. I am excited to be home so I can find some wonderful pictures to put in them.

I didn't take any pictures of my kids gifts but basically I bought some princess items for the smaller girls, toy story or cars for the boys, teenage boys got a yo-yo and a light-up trick game, the teenage and older girls got a handmade key fob.

As my main per cabin gift, I bought off-white totes along with Disney ribbon and had my mother sew the ribbon around the top of the totes to make them more Disney like. I figured having a sturdy tote would be great for traveling because we could use them on-board, after the cruise, or during shore excursions. I only booked my cruise just a few weeks before the sailing so no time to order DCL ribbon. It was regular Disney ribbon only.
I included a sharpie in each in case someone wanted to use the bags for autographs (we found out later you can only have them sign in pen in person but could do sharpie through the Mickey Mail left at Guest Services). So whoops on that idea! I tried to match up the girlie ones with rooms with girls only and the more gender neutral ones to cabins with boys. I also took into account the screen name here if they mentioned a particular character and I had it on a ribbon, I tried to match it up.

I had located key fob directions online and saw numerous ones for sale for a several dollars on Etsy. I have a Thirty-One key fob I use constantly because it is so handy to just have it dangling there from my wrist. So we decided to do key fobs as our main gift for the female members of the group. Originally I wanted to do one for everyone but didn't want to insult any guys by giving them a Disney key fob (or have my mother kill me). So girls only it was (after I did a poll at work to see if guys would use such a thing). We set them up so that the tote given would match the key fobs included.

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For the males I really couldn't decide so I decided to do the family magnet I had done as a male gift. So really it wasn't but I made it out like it was a male only thing. The print was REALLY tiny on the individual names so if I did this again and I decided to personalize them for each family / traveling group, I'd insure I did a larger font on the names. But I think they turned out nice.

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The kids were so anxious to deliver the gifts they didn't allow me to go to our group meet. So I didn't get to really meet anyone from our group meet but I loved dropping off the gifts all stealth like and the kids LOVED getting ones in our FE.

Sorry the pictures are so big... Wasn't sure how to shrink them.

 

[SoCaOC-Mom]

We loved our gifts from you. As I told you in a PM, I used my tote on pirate night to hold stuff like autograph books and glow sticks. I can't wait to use my key chain

 

[lianne_0325]

Thanks. I am glad you enjoyed them. It was hard not to slip up and say what it was exactly that I had made and was making since we were talking about the name goof up and all.

 

[Pixiegran]

I have finally read this whole thread....it took weeks....I would read in the evening before I went to bed and a few nights it kept me up really late and other I would wake up asleep at the computer I am now trying to create my own FE gifts inspired by past posters here.
Is anyone else going to Hawaii and working on gifts? This thread has been kinda slow lately.

 

[dolphingirl47]

I have finally read this whole thread....it took weeks....I would read in the evening before I went to bed and a few nights it kept me up really late and other I would wake up asleep at the computer I am now trying to create my own FE gifts inspired by past posters here.
Is anyone else going to Hawaii and working on gifts? This thread has been kinda slow lately.

I am busily working on my Fish Extender gifts for this cruise, but I won't share photos until the cruise is over.

Corinna

 

[Keurigirl]

I went way overboard on my gifts and ended up having to scale back. But when I'm done I'll post photos

 

[Pixiegran]

I am busily working on my Fish Extender gifts for this cruise, but I won't share photos until the cruise is over.

Corinna

I have yet to figure out how to do photos on any site so doubt if I will be sharing. If you are in my group maybe you can share what I made

Corinna a question please -since you are a jewelry master I figured maybe you could answer this. My FE gift, while not jewelry, does involve me needing to tie a knot in a beading type of cord or put a large end closing on it. Is there a type of knot that holds better on cording than others? This is my first attempt at crafting and I am trying to figure out what in the heck I thought I was doing

 

[MousseauMob]

I have yet to figure out how to do photos on any site so doubt if I will be sharing.

I am busily working on my Fish Extender gifts for this cruise, but I won't share photos until the cruise is over.

Corinna

Darn - I was hoping for a sneak peak!

I have mine mostly put together, just need a bit of tweaking once we have the lists. But I only have one homemade item - so it was pretty easy, and I'm not sharing pic's yet either.

 

[dolphingirl47]

I have yet to figure out how to do photos on any site so doubt if I will be sharing. If you are in my group maybe you can share what I made

Corinna a question please -since you are a jewelry master I figured maybe you could answer this. My FE gift, while not jewelry, does involve me needing to tie a knot in a beading type of cord or put a large end closing on it. Is there a type of knot that holds better on cording than others? This is my first attempt at crafting and I am trying to figure out what in the heck I thought I was doing

I have asked to be in all groups. As a lot of my supplies come from China and Hong Kong, I had to order them before the final decision was made about whether we would split this into groups or not. I am happy to post a photo on your behalf after the cruise.

When you refer to beading type cord, what precisely are you planning on using? Nylon is a nightmare for knotting as is any kind of elastic. They knot quite happily, but will unravel eventually. I don't use elastic anymore at all and for nylon, I use crimping beads to finish it off. Cotton, hemp or silk cord works well with knotting and I just knot this three times using an ordinary knot. My favourite stringing material is Beadalon, which is nylon coated wire. For this you have to use crimping beads again.

Corinna