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Easy, Creative Homemade Christmas Present Ideas

Itīs Christmas time! I donīt know about you, but Iīve already blown my 2007 shopping budget. How about some easy, christmas presents do it yourself (DIY) ideas for how to make gifts for family, friends, kids and teachers? Iīve scoured the internet and found some fun, easy ideas that donīt require too much time or christmas presents skill. They are creative and fun to make and receive. Please feel free to leave a comment with your homemade Christmas gift ideas.

Custom kits: These are fun ideas for kids and christmas presents can be assembled from items that have been in the junk drawer for years. You can make a custom kit for your child to care for their stuffed animals (pet supplies, toys, biscuits) christmas presents , dolls (baby wipes, newborn diapers, pacifier) or aspiring chef (a mixing spoon, cookie cutters, measuring cups and apron) . Think of what your child loves and get creative! Or go with an christmas presents adult theme and make a romance kit (fake rose petals, Sparkling cider, candles) or stress buster kit (aspirin, earplugs, eye mask) . Take the time to personalize your gift for extra credit! See christmas presents example.

Jar Gifts/Recipes: You can buy mason jars or use recycled jars from home for a wide variety of gift ideas. Assemble an entire recipe (here are some recipe ideas, and here christmas presents are even more recipes) or provide a sample treat along with the recipe to make it. For example, you could provide the recipe for homemade playdough along with a small sample in a christmas presents baggie. This is my favorite playdough recipe - it lasts for months if kept in a tupperware and has a great, rubbery consistency:

How to Make Basic Playdough:

2 cups flour christmas presents

2 cups water

1 cup salt

4 tablespoons cream of tartar

2 teaspoons vegetable oil

Food coloring or Kool aid mix

Directions:

Mix flour, water, salt, christmas presents cream of tartar and oil in saucepan. Add food coloring/Koolaid to mixture. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat when dough forms a ball. Cool for five minutes before using. To christmas presents make the playdough even more fun, mix in some small googley eyes, glitter, sand or sequins after the dough has cooled. You can also mix in a scent. Use any kind of extract christmas presents (vanilla, banana, peppermint) , nutmeg or pumpkin pie spice. Here are some more tips for working with and making play dough/clay.

Dog Bone Wreath: Make sure your pets are included in the christmas presents fun this Xmas. Make a simple wreath from dog biscuits and chew toys to hang over their water bowl or dog house. You can use simple wire to tie it together or go christmas presents more ornate by using an actual wreath frame and decorating it appropriately. See example.

Plaster casts: Although this project may take a little more prep, once you have the supplies itīs an christmas presents easy, creative and unique gift. Find your favorite sea shells, use your babyīs hand, a fruit, or any other interesting object in your home to create a custom molded dish. Dishes can be christmas presents used for jewelery, soap, sewing supplies, etc. I love this idea because you can stay simple or go all out with painting and decorating your mold. See example.

Heat Saver Animals: These christmas presents are a perfect gift for those in a cold climate. I remember these lining all the doorways of my home as a child. And with all the fun stockings and socks out there, christmas presents you can make a fun, durable animal with almost no effort. See example.

Homemade Postcards: Another great way to include your child in holiday gift-giving. What are you going to do with christmas presents all those art projects he brings home from school? Or are you an artist looking for some recognition? Scan your pictures and print them out on cardstock to create custom postcards for family christmas presents and friends. You can copy and print the photos yourself or run to the copy shop and have them copy and cut the cards for you. See further instructions.

Gag Gifts: Make christmas presents sure the recipient has a sense of humor before trying these!

Snowman Poop: Fill a bag with mini marshmallows, tie it up and attach the below poem with a ribbon. For extra christmas presents effect, put the marshmallows in a brown paper bag, singe the edges of the bag with a match and leave it on their doorstep:

Santa looked at his list,

Even checked christmas presents it twice.

And he has seen that you

have not been very nice.

Since coalīs so expensive,

Hereīs the scoop,

Santaīs filling your stocking

with SNOWMANīS POOP! christmas presents

Magic Reindeer Food: A jar of glittery goodness to sprinkle on the lawn for Rudolf and his crew. Great fun for kids. See recipe and example.

Box of Love: Cheesy though christmas presents it is, this one is my absolute favorite! Itīs so simple and completely charming if itīs given by a child. Trust me, the grandparents will melt. Use any small boxes youīd like and christmas presents wrap them up (jewelry boxes work very well and are inexpensive at craft stores) . Try and get your child to help decorating and coloring the box with ribbons, sequins, glitter, etc. Then christmas presents print this poem on cardstock and attach to the present:

This is a very special gift

That you can never see.

The reason itīs so special is,

Itīs just christmas presents for you from me.

Whenever you are happy,

or even feeling blue.

You only have to hold

this gift and know

I think of you.

You never christmas presents can unwrap it

Please leave the ribbon tied.

Just hold the box close

to your heart,

Itīs filled with love inside.

Iīll update this list as I find christmas presents more simple, inexpensive gift ideas. Merry Christmas, everyone! Remember that the real gift is in the giving. But that doesnīt mean I donīt want tons of presents from everyone.

Need some ideas christmas presents for easy, homemade Christmas cards?

Here are some of my favorite ideas!

Posted by Hollywood

Labels: christmas, homemaking

28 comments - Click to Add Yours:

Amy said.

christmas presents Oh Hollywood.the empty box is your favorite ever? I hate that one--I got it for a gift once. I was like if you love me, youīd buy me a gift.

I know, christmas presents Iīm not a very beautiful person on the inside.

11/27/2007 9:11 AM

Hollywood said.

I guess Iīm just in a particularly sappy mood this morning. But like I said, unless christmas presents they are a grandparent or girlfriend, the Box of Love will probably fall flat. But seriously, if I got one of these from my kid Iīd melt.

11/27/2007 9:19 AM

Azúcar christmas presents said.

If I get a Box of Love from my husband for Christmas I will throw down right in the middle of the living room.

He would be toast.

11/27/2007 christmas presents 9:35 AM

Liza said.

I love the heat saver animals and I have made something similar, though not as cute. Warning: do not fill with rice unless you want Mickey and christmas presents his friends to invade your house. I would love to find an alternative filler. I tried cat litter (minus the litter) and it worked well, but became pretty dusty after a few years. christmas presents

11/27/2007 9:47 AM

Hollywood said.

I think my mom filled ours with dried beans. Do you think the mice would attack that too?

11/27/2007 9:50 AM

Heffalump said. christmas presents

Speaking of rice.you can make reuseable heating pads with rice. Just sew a small pillow shape, or better yet a long tube shape, fill it with rice and sew the end closed. christmas presents You can throw it in the microwave, or keep it in the freezer and use it on sore muscles and etc. Just microwave it for a minute or so and it retains the christmas presents heat for a long time. When I was a kid it was very cold in our house at night, and I filled a tube sock with rice, tied a knot in the end, christmas presents microwaved it and it kept my feet warm until I went to sleep. It also did a great job defrosting the window of my pinto when I went to work in the mornings, christmas presents just heat and put on the dash.

You can use whole wheat if you donīt want to use rice.

11/27/2007 11:32 AM

amanda said.

Yeah, the box of love christmas presents doesnīt really seem like your style. I was surprised you would risk your reputation like that, saying it was your favorite. I would have expected you to say something more along the lines christmas presents of: Now this totally made me gag to even write about it, but here it is. But I melt at anything my kids give me. So I guess itīs all good. Plus, who christmas presents doesnīt love homemade? Great googleable post. Hopefully you make a little cash off of it. Very smart. Good luck.

11/27/2007 12:19 PM

Teah said.

Love the ideas. My sister actually christmas presents had a quick cheap nī easy crafting session this morning. We beaded really easy necklaces. Iīm also making SUPER easy card sets for a few of my cousins (spray adhesive on a full christmas presents sheet of crumpled, smoothed out tissue paper. Lay plain folder style cards on the paper, cut them out and your done! Quick, cheap nī easy.) Weīre dipping plastic spoons in chocolate and pairing christmas presents them with some really nice cocoa for the sisters in our relief society. Oh, and my sister loves to make those grocery bag holders - itīs a tube of fabric, with a loop christmas presents on one end to hang it, and elastic on both ends to keep the bags in. Totally useful!

11/27/2007 12:23 PM

Teah said.

And I donīt know why everyoneīs getting christmas presents in such a snit over the Box of Love! Thatīs an awesome gift to get for someone you visit teach, or.people like that. A secret Santa gift? Part of the 12 days of christmas presents Christmas? There are a lot of possibilities - I donīt think anyone was suggesting that an empty box with a sappy poem was the only thing you present to to the love of christmas presents your life on Christmas morning. Or a kid getting it for mom? Awesome!

11/27/2007 12:26 PM

Hollywood said.

Thanks for sticking up for me, Teah! Canīt a girl have a christmas presents heart? And thanks for the great ideas! I love the chocolate dipped spoon one.

So hereīs the new rule. You can only rip on the Box of Love if you leave a christmas presents better homemade Christmas idea in the comment section.

11/27/2007 12:50 PM

Marie said.

I also would be a pretty ticked to get an empty box with a sappy poem. Whereīs christmas presents my bubble bath? My scarf? My cheap slippers??? Sure, itīs a great gift to give. but to receive? Nuh-uh.

Okay, a better home-made Christmas gift. Iīm a big fan of compilation CDīs christmas presents myself. They can be made with popular songs from the recipientīs senior year, or good work-out music, house cleaning music, parent-friendly kid music, etc. Takes a lot of thought but not a lot christmas presents of money.

I could really use some heatsaver animals, I might make some for myself.

11/27/2007 2:29 PM

AOBrien said.

I always make choclate covered pretzels and attach a christmas presents homemade ornament. They are so easy.Just melt caramel with some milk ( to thin it) . Dip the pretzel rod in the carmel and let cool in the fridge. Then melt cholate and christmas presents dip the carmel rod in it and cover the final product with crushed heath bars. So, easy and you can make tons of varieties. Shove them in some pretty cellophane and they look christmas presents expensive. But, really they cost nothing!

11/27/2007 2:51 PM

Few ox said.

My mom does the spoon thing but with fudge.

I like the snowman poop. Iīll have to christmas presents do that, thatīs how poor I am!

And youīll have to tell me where to get Sparking Cider from. That would definitely make my night more romantic!

11/27/2007 2:53 PM

christmas presents Jenny said.

My favorite gift idea is some kind of kit--we gave my best girl friend and her hunny a honeymoon kit for their wedding, with bubble bath, pizza coupons, candles, sparkling christmas presents cider, a deck of cards, etc. I also do a movie night kit with a $5 blockbuster card, a couple packs of popcorn, and some candy, and of course it comes in a christmas presents popcorn bowl.

Good ideas.

11/27/2007 10:21 PM

stephanie said.

I am not sure where you can find SPARKING cider.

11/28/2007 7:48 AM

stephanie said.

(sorry, I christmas presents just had to do it:)

11/28/2007 7:49 AM

Hollywood said.

Thanks, Stephanie! I am the worldīs worst editor. Fixed.

11/28/2007 7:49 AM

Ha Ha you suckers said.

christmas presents One of my favorite homemade gift ideas is very cheap, and very easy. My sister gave this to one of her friends when she was about 7 (we still tease her about it christmas presents now) . Okay, so you just take a banana, peel the banana. eat the banana. now get what ever you can find to decorate the peel. And. WHALA! you have a very cheap christmas presents eco friendly gift. this is a real pleaser;)

11/28/2007 7:54 AM

stephanie said.

I wasnīt talking about you Hollywood. I was talking about Few ox.

11/28/2007 7:56 AM

christmas presents Ha Ha you suckers said.

(not)

11/28/2007 7:57 AM

Ha Ha you suckers said.

Seriously, please do NOT I repeat NOT give this to your friends or family (even christmas presents though I will probably give it to my sister:) . It isnīt very nice to receive a decorated banana peel for Christmas (or whatever holiday you celebrate that you get presents)

11/28/2007 christmas presents 7:59 AM

Hollywood said.

Are we going to start talking about bad presents? The banana peel one is pretty sweet. I have a few goodies.

One year for a White christmas presents Elephant present I received a used, still wet from the shower, stick of deodorant. Last year I got a female catheter at a friendīs White Elephant party. Iīm hosting another one this year christmas presents and canīt wait to see what turns up. Iīm fighting the urge to wrap up a wet diaper.

11/28/2007 8:05 AM

Anonymous said.

No, do a Poopy diaper;) (I know, christmas presents Iīm sick) . Or you could do snowman poop.

11/28/2007 8:16 AM

Anonymous said.

Is this going to turn into something like the only anonymous comments post? If so, Letīs christmas presents do it!

11/28/2007 8:18 AM

GiftGuru said.

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11/28/2007 10:04 AM

GiftGuru said.

I kind of like the empty box christmas presents idea, but it would only work on sweet grandparents or people who really arenīt in the need of material possessions, which is rare these days.

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11/28/2007 christmas presents 10:07 AM

Anonymous said.

Few ox, I think that you can find sparkLing cider at your local grocery store.

11/28/2007 6:43 PM

stephanie said.

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11/28/2007 9:21 PM

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Easy, Creative Homemade Christmas Present Ideas

Itīs Christmas time! I donīt know about you, but Iīve already blown my 2007 shopping budget. How about some easy, christmas presents do it yourself (DIY) ideas for how to make gifts for family, friends, kids and teachers? Iīve scoured the internet and found some fun, easy ideas that donīt require too much time or christmas presents skill. They are creative and fun to make and receive. Please feel free to leave a comment with your homemade Christmas gift ideas.

Custom kits: These are fun ideas for kids and christmas presents can be assembled from items that have been in the junk drawer for years. You can make a custom kit for your child to care for their stuffed animals (pet supplies, toys, biscuits) christmas presents , dolls (baby wipes, newborn diapers, pacifier) or aspiring chef (a mixing spoon, cookie cutters, measuring cups and apron) . Think of what your child loves and get creative! Or go with an christmas presents adult theme and make a romance kit (fake rose petals, Sparkling cider, candles) or stress buster kit (aspirin, earplugs, eye mask) . Take the time to personalize your gift for extra credit! See christmas presents example.

Jar Gifts/Recipes: You can buy mason jars or use recycled jars from home for a wide variety of gift ideas. Assemble an entire recipe (here are some recipe ideas, and here christmas presents are even more recipes) or provide a sample treat along with the recipe to make it. For example, you could provide the recipe for homemade playdough along with a small sample in a christmas presents baggie. This is my favorite playdough recipe - it lasts for months if kept in a tupperware and has a great, rubbery consistency:

How to Make Basic Playdough:

2 cups flour christmas presents

2 cups water

1 cup salt

4 tablespoons cream of tartar

2 teaspoons vegetable oil

Food coloring or Kool aid mix

Directions:

Mix flour, water, salt, christmas presents cream of tartar and oil in saucepan. Add food coloring/Koolaid to mixture. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat when dough forms a ball. Cool for five minutes before using. To christmas presents make the playdough even more fun, mix in some small googley eyes, glitter, sand or sequins after the dough has cooled. You can also mix in a scent. Use any kind of extract christmas presents (vanilla, banana, peppermint) , nutmeg or pumpkin pie spice. Here are some more tips for working with and making play dough/clay.

Dog Bone Wreath: Make sure your pets are included in the christmas presents fun this Xmas. Make a simple wreath from dog biscuits and chew toys to hang over their water bowl or dog house. You can use simple wire to tie it together or go christmas presents more ornate by using an actual wreath frame and decorating it appropriately. See example.

Plaster casts: Although this project may take a little more prep, once you have the supplies itīs an christmas presents easy, creative and unique gift. Find your favorite sea shells, use your babyīs hand, a fruit, or any other interesting object in your home to create a custom molded dish. Dishes can be christmas presents used for jewelery, soap, sewing supplies, etc. I love this idea because you can stay simple or go all out with painting and decorating your mold. See example.

Heat Saver Animals: These christmas presents are a perfect gift for those in a cold climate. I remember these lining all the doorways of my home as a child. And with all the fun stockings and socks out there, christmas presents you can make a fun, durable animal with almost no effort. See example.

Homemade Postcards: Another great way to include your child in holiday gift-giving. What are you going to do with christmas presents all those art projects he brings home from school? Or are you an artist looking for some recognition? Scan your pictures and print them out on cardstock to create custom postcards for family christmas presents and friends. You can copy and print the photos yourself or run to the copy shop and have them copy and cut the cards for you. See further instructions.

Gag Gifts: Make christmas presents sure the recipient has a sense of humor before trying these!

Snowman Poop: Fill a bag with mini marshmallows, tie it up and attach the below poem with a ribbon. For extra christmas presents effect, put the marshmallows in a brown paper bag, singe the edges of the bag with a match and leave it on their doorstep:

Santa looked at his list,

Even checked christmas presents it twice.

And he has seen that you

have not been very nice.

Since coalīs so expensive,

Hereīs the scoop,

Santaīs filling your stocking

with SNOWMANīS POOP! christmas presents

Magic Reindeer Food: A jar of glittery goodness to sprinkle on the lawn for Rudolf and his crew. Great fun for kids. See recipe and example.

Box of Love: Cheesy though christmas presents it is, this one is my absolute favorite! Itīs so simple and completely charming if itīs given by a child. Trust me, the grandparents will melt. Use any small boxes youīd like and christmas presents wrap them up (jewelry boxes work very well and are inexpensive at craft stores) . Try and get your child to help decorating and coloring the box with ribbons, sequins, glitter, etc. Then christmas presents print this poem on cardstock and attach to the present:

This is a very special gift

That you can never see.

The reason itīs so special is,

Itīs just christmas presents for you from me.

Whenever you are happy,

or even feeling blue.

You only have to hold

this gift and know

I think of you.

You never christmas presents can unwrap it

Please leave the ribbon tied.

Just hold the box close

to your heart,

Itīs filled with love inside.

Iīll update this list as I find christmas presents more simple, inexpensive gift ideas. Merry Christmas, everyone! Remember that the real gift is in the giving. But that doesnīt mean I donīt want tons of presents from everyone.

Need some ideas christmas presents for easy, homemade Christmas cards?

Here are some of my favorite ideas!

Posted by Hollywood

Labels: christmas, homemaking

28 comments - Click to Add Yours:

Amy said.

christmas presents Oh Hollywood.the empty box is your favorite ever? I hate that one--I got it for a gift once. I was like if you love me, youīd buy me a gift.

I know, christmas presents Iīm not a very beautiful person on the inside.

11/27/2007 9:11 AM

Hollywood said.

I guess Iīm just in a particularly sappy mood this morning. But like I said, unless christmas presents they are a grandparent or girlfriend, the Box of Love will probably fall flat. But seriously, if I got one of these from my kid Iīd melt.

11/27/2007 9:19 AM

Azúcar christmas presents said.

If I get a Box of Love from my husband for Christmas I will throw down right in the middle of the living room.

He would be toast.

11/27/2007 christmas presents 9:35 AM

Liza said.

I love the heat saver animals and I have made something similar, though not as cute. Warning: do not fill with rice unless you want Mickey and christmas presents his friends to invade your house. I would love to find an alternative filler. I tried cat litter (minus the litter) and it worked well, but became pretty dusty after a few years. christmas presents

11/27/2007 9:47 AM

Hollywood said.

I think my mom filled ours with dried beans. Do you think the mice would attack that too?

11/27/2007 9:50 AM

Heffalump said. christmas presents

Speaking of rice.you can make reuseable heating pads with rice. Just sew a small pillow shape, or better yet a long tube shape, fill it with rice and sew the end closed. christmas presents You can throw it in the microwave, or keep it in the freezer and use it on sore muscles and etc. Just microwave it for a minute or so and it retains the christmas presents heat for a long time. When I was a kid it was very cold in our house at night, and I filled a tube sock with rice, tied a knot in the end, christmas presents microwaved it and it kept my feet warm until I went to sleep. It also did a great job defrosting the window of my pinto when I went to work in the mornings, christmas presents just heat and put on the dash.

You can use whole wheat if you donīt want to use rice.

11/27/2007 11:32 AM

amanda said.

Yeah, the box of love christmas presents doesnīt really seem like your style. I was surprised you would risk your reputation like that, saying it was your favorite. I would have expected you to say something more along the lines christmas presents of: Now this totally made me gag to even write about it, but here it is. But I melt at anything my kids give me. So I guess itīs all good. Plus, who christmas presents doesnīt love homemade? Great googleable post. Hopefully you make a little cash off of it. Very smart. Good luck.

11/27/2007 12:19 PM

Teah said.

Love the ideas. My sister actually christmas presents had a quick cheap nī easy crafting session this morning. We beaded really easy necklaces. Iīm also making SUPER easy card sets for a few of my cousins (spray adhesive on a full christmas presents sheet of crumpled, smoothed out tissue paper. Lay plain folder style cards on the paper, cut them out and your done! Quick, cheap nī easy.) Weīre dipping plastic spoons in chocolate and pairing christmas presents them with some really nice cocoa for the sisters in our relief society. Oh, and my sister loves to make those grocery bag holders - itīs a tube of fabric, with a loop christmas presents on one end to hang it, and elastic on both ends to keep the bags in. Totally useful!

11/27/2007 12:23 PM

Teah said.

And I donīt know why everyoneīs getting christmas presents in such a snit over the Box of Love! Thatīs an awesome gift to get for someone you visit teach, or.people like that. A secret Santa gift? Part of the 12 days of christmas presents Christmas? There are a lot of possibilities - I donīt think anyone was suggesting that an empty box with a sappy poem was the only thing you present to to the love of christmas presents your life on Christmas morning. Or a kid getting it for mom? Awesome!

11/27/2007 12:26 PM

Hollywood said.

Thanks for sticking up for me, Teah! Canīt a girl have a christmas presents heart? And thanks for the great ideas! I love the chocolate dipped spoon one.

So hereīs the new rule. You can only rip on the Box of Love if you leave a christmas presents better homemade Christmas idea in the comment section.

11/27/2007 12:50 PM

Marie said.

I also would be a pretty ticked to get an empty box with a sappy poem. Whereīs christmas presents my bubble bath? My scarf? My cheap slippers??? Sure, itīs a great gift to give. but to receive? Nuh-uh.

Okay, a better home-made Christmas gift. Iīm a big fan of compilation CDīs christmas presents myself. They can be made with popular songs from the recipientīs senior year, or good work-out music, house cleaning music, parent-friendly kid music, etc. Takes a lot of thought but not a lot christmas presents of money.

I could really use some heatsaver animals, I might make some for myself.

11/27/2007 2:29 PM

AOBrien said.

I always make choclate covered pretzels and attach a christmas presents homemade ornament. They are so easy.Just melt caramel with some milk ( to thin it) . Dip the pretzel rod in the carmel and let cool in the fridge. Then melt cholate and christmas presents dip the carmel rod in it and cover the final product with crushed heath bars. So, easy and you can make tons of varieties. Shove them in some pretty cellophane and they look christmas presents expensive. But, really they cost nothing!

11/27/2007 2:51 PM

Few ox said.

My mom does the spoon thing but with fudge.

I like the snowman poop. Iīll have to christmas presents do that, thatīs how poor I am!

And youīll have to tell me where to get Sparking Cider from. That would definitely make my night more romantic!

11/27/2007 2:53 PM

christmas presents Jenny said.

My favorite gift idea is some kind of kit--we gave my best girl friend and her hunny a honeymoon kit for their wedding, with bubble bath, pizza coupons, candles, sparkling christmas presents cider, a deck of cards, etc. I also do a movie night kit with a $5 blockbuster card, a couple packs of popcorn, and some candy, and of course it comes in a christmas presents popcorn bowl.

Good ideas.

11/27/2007 10:21 PM

stephanie said.

I am not sure where you can find SPARKING cider.

11/28/2007 7:48 AM

stephanie said.

(sorry, I christmas presents just had to do it:)

11/28/2007 7:49 AM

Hollywood said.

Thanks, Stephanie! I am the worldīs worst editor. Fixed.

11/28/2007 7:49 AM

Ha Ha you suckers said.

christmas presents One of my favorite homemade gift ideas is very cheap, and very easy. My sister gave this to one of her friends when she was about 7 (we still tease her about it christmas presents now) . Okay, so you just take a banana, peel the banana. eat the banana. now get what ever you can find to decorate the peel. And. WHALA! you have a very cheap christmas presents eco friendly gift. this is a real pleaser;)

11/28/2007 7:54 AM

stephanie said.

I wasnīt talking about you Hollywood. I was talking about Few ox.

11/28/2007 7:56 AM

christmas presents Ha Ha you suckers said.

(not)

11/28/2007 7:57 AM

Ha Ha you suckers said.

Seriously, please do NOT I repeat NOT give this to your friends or family (even christmas presents though I will probably give it to my sister:) . It isnīt very nice to receive a decorated banana peel for Christmas (or whatever holiday you celebrate that you get presents)

11/28/2007 christmas presents 7:59 AM

Hollywood said.

Are we going to start talking about bad presents? The banana peel one is pretty sweet. I have a few goodies.

One year for a White christmas presents Elephant present I received a used, still wet from the shower, stick of deodorant. Last year I got a female catheter at a friendīs White Elephant party. Iīm hosting another one this year christmas presents and canīt wait to see what turns up. Iīm fighting the urge to wrap up a wet diaper.

11/28/2007 8:05 AM

Anonymous said.

No, do a Poopy diaper;) (I know, christmas presents Iīm sick) . Or you could do snowman poop.

11/28/2007 8:16 AM

Anonymous said.

Is this going to turn into something like the only anonymous comments post? If so, Letīs christmas presents do it!

11/28/2007 8:18 AM

GiftGuru said.

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11/28/2007 10:04 AM

GiftGuru said.

I kind of like the empty box christmas presents idea, but it would only work on sweet grandparents or people who really arenīt in the need of material possessions, which is rare these days.

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11/28/2007 christmas presents 10:07 AM

Anonymous said.

Few ox, I think that you can find sparkLing cider at your local grocery store.

11/28/2007 6:43 PM

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