We talked a lot about celebrating handmade/homemade holidays during December and many of us showed gifts we made for others. Today I’d like to share some handmade gifts I received from my nieces & nephews (ages 3-10).
Each of the oldest nieces & nephew decorated a terracotta pot for me. Most likely my sister found these pots at a garage sale and kids painted them for me. They will certainly look fabulous this summer on my back porch filled with a few succulents. I might seal them with some sealer to make sure the paint doesn’t come off or wear away.
They also made me a batch of paint swirl ornaments. My sister said even the three year old picked out which colors of paint she wanted in the ornaments my sister helped her make.
One of my nieces is very crafty and creative (a lot like I was as a girl). She made me this scarf from fuzzy yarn at one of her homeschool co-op classes, it was a gift made just by her for me (modeled by Dexter). It’s nice to see that we’re passing on the love of spending time rather than money on gifts for the holidays. No doubt they had a blast making these gifts!
Did you receive any homemade/handmade gifts this year from friends & family?
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I love this—-I’d never seen those neat paint swirl ornaments but they truly look beautiful and lasting. My siblings, hub, and I were commenting this year about how “ugly” some of our childhood ornaments look although I still love seeing them on Mom and Dad’s tree. These painted ornaments are a great alternative however! 🙂 The painted pots are cute and remind me a lot of the painted utensil holder that my eldest nephew made for my birthday about 6 years ago and that we still use to hold our spatulas and wooden spoons! I love the idea of craftiness and I’m huge on not receiving or giving un-usable gifts. The only real gift I got this year of this nature was a pair of hand-made earrings (that I actually have on today) placed in a draw-string hand-made bag that was crafted by my SIL. LOVE IT! (Although I received some other amazing “green” gifts: a silk tote bag that crumples so tiny it fits easily in my clutch and my sister’s used waffle maker & a used organic cookbook!)
I love those ornaments! They must have been fun to make, and now every year when you take them out, they’ll remember making them and how special they are to you!