Friday, December 31, 2010

Something Different as a Gift Idea...

In my attempt to find one million handmade gifts to give my in-laws, here's another one...ha! I had the kids paint these frames from Michael's with acrylic paint (1.50 each). I bought a container of bells and adhered them (with some annoying help from C) to each frame with hot glue. I then photoshopped a Santa hat on a picture of each kid that I liked (hats found here). (P.S. Thanks to Shannon for the Photoshop idea!)

The kids loved making these. I dunno how many things I can make for my in-laws without them just politely storing them in a closet...we shall see!

Positive note of the day: Watched two movies I quite enjoyed the last couple of days: "The Other Guys" and "Easy A". Do I have to go back to work?

13 comments:

Teri said...

What a fab idea for in-law gifts! Love the hat!

Dawn Easton said...

This is cute!

We watched The Other Guys on Christmas eve and will probably do the Easy A sometime this weekend...lol

Julie E said...

LOL!!! I should give this a try :>) Start the kids early and by next Christmas we will have a boat load of gifties (literally, since we take the ferry to visit my in-laws :>) )

Tina said...

Such a fun giftie for the g'parents.

Happy New Year Allison!

Sue from Oregon said...

this is so very fun. I have a big shelf of pictures of my kids at Christmas in all sorts of fun frames...way back years ago even. They love seeing them displayed every year during the holidays. Great fun!

Ida said...

How fun and cute! Love this idea.
Wishing you and your family a very Happy New Year!
It's movie and junk food night for us. Party On!

Cindy Haffner said...

Toooooo CUTE!!! Happy New Year!

Marie Levite said...

Both the frame and the photo are adorable!

Merlie said...

What a great idea, Allison!

Danni said...

How fun!! Hope 2011 brings lots of happiness your way!

Basement Stamper said...

What a cute gift! I watched Easy A and liked it too, haven't seen the other guys yet but did watch the Wall Street movie last night...it was ok.

Elena said...

Wow! What an awesome project! Love your idea with the jingle bells so much!
Happy New Year to you and family, Allison!

Rose Ann said...

I love how you've added the bells to the frame, and photoshopped the hat!! Great work, Allison!!