| Kids are amazingly creative. Give them a
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| | size paper and fold them in half. Staple
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| cardboard box and they make a car, a doll
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| | them in the middle to make a booklet.
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| house or a robot. Give them a rubber band
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| | Give a booklet to each kid. Let them plan
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| and they make a gun. Mine found a huge
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| | out what goes onto each page before they
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| rubber bad used by the florist and made a
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| | actually start work. Provide them with
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| gun using that rubber band and Lego
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| | color paper, scissors, glue, pencils,
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| bricks. It shot Lego bricks across the
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| | pens and crayons. Once they get the hang
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| room. Getting kids to make Christmas
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| | of it, they can make a book for each
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| gifts for their friends and family
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| | person on their gift list. They might
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| members is a sure way to keep them
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| | even make a book for you. 3. Friendly
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| happily occupied and hopefully out of
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| | Stones Get the kids to gather smooth palm
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| mischief. Here are some suggestions. 1.
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| | sized stones. Wash and dry them. Get
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| Framed Art Any child can draw. Give them
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| | white paper, black paper and colored
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| thick white paper, pencils, crayons, or
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| | paper. Get the kids to make eyes and
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| paints and let them draw a christmas
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| | mouth out by cutting and pasting these
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| scene. Once the masterpiece is complete,
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| | features on the stones. Let them get
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| Get the picture framed professionally in
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| | creative and add in mustache eyebrows,
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| an expensive looking frame. It might even
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| | bow tie or anything they might think of.
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| pass of as fine art by a master people
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| | Once the glue on these stones are dry,
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| pretend to understand but no one really
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| | cut a piece of velvet slightly smaller
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| does. That might make a fine gift for a
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| | than the stone and stick it underneath
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| snobby relative, don't you think? On a
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| | each stone for a finishing touch. 4.
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| serious note, a picture drawn by a
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| | Bracelets Do you have a box of cheap
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| grandchild would be treasured by the
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| | beads with holes large enough for a
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| grandparents. Frame the picture and let
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| | thick, stiff elastic string? Let the kids
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| them give it to their grandpa or grandma
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| | have the beads and the elastic. Teach
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| for Christmas. 2. Picture Books You could
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| | them to thread the elastic through the
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| get the kids to make picture books or
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| | beads. When the string of beads is long
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| activity books as gifts for those they
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| | enough, teach them how to tie a knot with
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| love. When I asked my kids to make a
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| | the loose ends to secure the bracelet.
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| birthday card for grandpa, they made
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| | Let them have the rest of the beads and
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| picture books complete with lift-the-flap
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| | string to make Christmas gifts for the
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| cut outs. Bring the kids to the library
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| | ladies. With some creativity, the
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| to browse through the picture books
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| | holidays can be spent productively,
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| available there for ideas. At the end of
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| | making gifts for everyone this Christmas.
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| the outing suggest that they make their
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| | Who knows? The kids might even surprise
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| own picture books. Take 5 sheets of A4
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| | you with some invention of their own.
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