Kids "Making" a Gift for Parents

[lovecookn]

I need your awsome ideas and fast.A friend of mine is a Girl Scout leader with 38 girls in her troop. A few years ago we had the girls do the celebration cookie mix in the sm batter bowl as a Mother's Day gift.Now she would like to do something different for a Xmas gift for both parents and her budget is $20 per girl. She does not want more batter bowls.I was thinking fill the oven mitt like a stocking or maybe something that involved prep bowls or mugs. I mentioned mugs with cocoa and my friend wasn't thrilled. She said hot cocoa is kind of a kid thing.What would make a nice gift, be with in the budget, and involve the girls personalizing it or "making" it enough to keep them busy for the meeting???Can't wait to hear from you guys....

 

[sherri lynn]

Ok, this is just a thought, but you could use a 2 cup and 1 cup prep bowl. Have different things, like types of candies, that the girls could chose and put into them. Then stack them and tie up with ribbon. Please bear in mind that this is just an idea, I have no idea how much this would cost, or if it would keep the girls busy long enough, but as a Girl Scout mom, I would love something like this.

 

[ShelbyMichalek]

i love sherri lynns idea! personally i`d get the red&green m&ms and sour patch kids or gummy worms or bears to fill em. thats what i`d like

 

[esavvymom]

What about the Holiday Candies- the Peppermint Bark or the Turtle Pretzel Candies? I like the prep bowls too. maybe you can work those in together. Bark in the big bowl, and Turtle candies in the little bowl. ?

 

[laurichef]

Bath salts for mom in a small prep bowl, and brownie mix for dad in another prep bowl.
I love the holiday candy idea, maybe served on the holiday plates.
Or instead of prep bowls, use the snack size bamboo bowls.

 

[wadesgirl]

Who says hot chocolate is a kid's thing?! That would be my favorite!

 

[Kathy's_Kitchen]

I did a thing for a preschool once where we used modeling clay that can be baked in the oven, formed it around the prep bowls, used the pastry wheel and creative cutters to decorate the outside of the bowls. After baking, the girls can paint the bowls any way they want for their gift. That might take too long, though....it would depend on the length of the meeting and the age of the girls.

I like the bath salt idea as well. I've taken some plain Epsom salt, colored it red and green with food coloring and then layered or swirled red and green and put a bath scrubbie on top tied with a ribbon.

 

[Chef Kearns]

The Peppermint Bark is a great idea! The girls could make it, break it, and wrap it during a meeting. They could gift them on either the Small Square Plates with cranberry accent (set of 2 for $20) or you could split it up even cheaper by gifting them on the Small Cranberry Appetizer plates (set of 4 for $20).

I do think that Hot Chocolate is a good gift. Coffee and more cups with the Petite Bamboo spoons dipped in chocolate wrapped altogether nicely. Hot Cocoa is my favorite!! My kids have made and given me the Epsom thing before, but I don't take baths (we're just too darn busy) so I never use them. Cocoa is much better! Especially if you can find a homemade dry mix recipe. They are so much more creamy than the packaged stuff!!