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STANDUPS ! A large selection of photo-realistic lifesize cutouts of all your favorite personalities. Or, for Disney collectables, check out the GoCollect link to the left.

Stickers; Boys and girls both love stickers. If you are looking for a cute little gift, try making a couple sheets of cut out stickers on your computer. Name and address labels are also fun for school kids. They plast them on everything!

Zoobooks Magazine for Kids! Kids love this magazine! And the nice thing is it's not a one time gift. They love getting mail and it's fun to have a magazine come that's just for them.

Personalized Clock; Take a favorite toy or theme and make a clock for the kid's room. The clock mechanism can be bought at any craft store (Wal Mart also carries them). Use foam board for the back and cover with any material. Use a hot glue gun to position the toys at the 12, 3, 6, and 9 positions. WA-LA! A clock! example

It's also easy to make cool personalized clock faces on your computer. Toddlers love a clock with pictures that tells when it's breakfast, lunch, nap, dinner, and bedtime. And it's so easy to do.   (joann.com) If you have any questions or if you'd like for me to make one for you, email me.

Pictures; Grandparents love to receive snapshots of the kids. Have your favorite shots sent directly to their home. If you are using a digital camera, you can upload your pictures onto the web and choose the shots you like, have them sent directly to the folks. What fun to get an unexpected package in the mail! Even if you don't have a digital camera, you can send in your film and choose the shots you like (via the web) and have them sent to any address.

Button Frame; Make a frame for your favorite snap shot of the grandparents with the kiddos. Use a frame with a flat surface (pick one up at a yard sale or the thrift store). Cover the frame with material (I use wall paper paste) and then hot glue buttons around the frame. I like to use buttons from clothes the kids have outgrown. This gives it a personal touch.

Personalized Items; You can have pictures of the kids printed on almost anything; sweat shirts, tote bags, ball caps, you name it. I have seen plenty of proud grandparents walking around with pictures of their "kids" on their shirts! But not only pictures, try getting a couple of tubes of fabric paint and have the kids paint their hand prints on a shirt for grandpa and a tote bag for grandma. The kids have fun doing it and the folks will love it.

Kid's Hands; Make a wall hanging of your children's hands. Trace the outline of little hands on paper and cut out a template. Use that as a pattern to cut hands out of salt dough rolled out about ½ inch thick. (see Crafts page for salt dough instructions). I love this idea and am going to use it myself this Mother's Day. The picture you see at the left is a wall hanging of my own kid's hands made for my husband's birthday. You can make this yourself, it's easy. Or, you can email me and I'll be happy to make it for you. This works well if you have one grandchild or ten!

Cell Phones; There isn't a teenager on the face of the earth that wouldn't love to have a cell phone. The neat thing about cell phones now is that you can buy the phone plus pre-paid minutes and you don't have to sign up for an account somewhere. This is great for teenagers because they can't run up a huge bill. This also makes a great gift for those going off to college.

Phone Cards; If your graduate is heading off to college, pre-paid phone cards are an excellent idea. They can make calls home and not incur a large bill that has to be paid later.

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Instant Online Phonecards!

Bibles; Graduates that are going to college, or just heading out into the world need all the help they can get. There are excellent study Bibles designed with graduates in mind.

Software; Grads going off to college would be able to use reference software. If you want to give a really nice gift without spending a load of money, check out the following free software page. You pay shipping and handling only. Free Software

Organizers; Hand held electronic organizers are perfect for grads going off to college. Scheduling classes can me a nightmare (literally) for new freshmen. Electronic organizers are a big help. Palm m100 Handheld