- Draw/write on plain mugs with Sharpies, then bake at 350 for 30 minutes. You could just find/come up with some cute quotes and scribble them on.
- Write words (e.g. cute things like 'love' or more practical things like 'sugar') on empty jars with a hot glue gun (or some other puffy glue that will stick) then paint the entire jar. They look fantastic!
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- Jars filled with sand and shells.
- Stress/juggling balls (if you want to do the latter, you could sell them in packs of 3 with instructions!) made out of sand or rice and 3 different colored balloons.
- Decorate plain headbands and hair clips with buttons, fake flowers, bows, etc.
- Cut out sections of old used Christmas cards to make gift tags. They'd probably sell better in packs.
- Glue decorative buttons onto paper clips (then stick a bit of felt on the back of the button) to make bookmarks.
- Bookmarks made of ribbon with ribbon clamps on each end, then attach charms, beads, earrings, etc. to one clamp with a jump ring.
- Stick pretty paper, pictures, photos, etc. on plain ceramic tiles with Mod Podge, do a few coats of the Mod Podge on top then spray with a sealant. Finally, stick some bits of felt or foam on the bottom of the tiles and you have some cute coasters!
- Homemade cards with things like pretty papers, buttons, fake flowers, etc.
- Bookmarks made out of those thick popsicle sticks with cute wooden animal shapes or letters on top. Then, on the day, have someone with neat/cute handwriting write the person's name on the stick with a Sharpie.
- Another one for on the day: paint people's names on plain baubles with puff paint (and glitter, or glitter puff paint). They'll have to come back to collect them after they've dried.
Teach the kids how to knit or crochet - the basics won't take long, hand them cotton thread and send them off. People love these and they're really easy to make. In fact, that's the only thing I can reliably knit without screwing up the pattern in strange ways, because there is no pattern!
They were just string with beads on each end.
