This year we had my mom come and spend the evening on Christmas Eve with us and she was here for Christmas day as well. It was fun to have her here. The kids were excited to spend some time with grandma. On Christmas Eve she made egg nog for us {that was yummy!} and we read some Christmas stories with the kids.
Anyway, I realized a few days before Christmas that Grandma was only going to have one gift to open on Christmas morning, so I took the boys out shopping to pick up a few more gifts. I also made a couple. I asked Debbie if she had any ideas of what I could make for her, and she suggested a book like this. She had seen it on pinterest. {I didn’t ever see it on there though, so this is what I came up with from what she told me about.}
This is a little book made with paint sample color cards.
I used some chipboard for the front and back covers, then cut some patterned paper to make it cute. I used some black ink to distress the edges, then added the fun ribbon. I just hand wrote the small letters and words, and used some smaller thickers for the words.
I helped all my boys trace their hands on the cards, and then on the rest I had them finish the sentence “I love grandma because…” Before I got all the cards done, my little two year old got the pen and scribbled on all of them, but they were still usable. 🙂
Another quick project I did was this treat jar. I picked up the jar at Walmart for $5 and cut {with the Lyrical Letters and Doodletype Cricut cartridges} and stuck the vinyl on. I put some treats in it as well, so she should be well stocked for when the grandkids come and play at her house.
She seemed to be excited about the gifts that she received!
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