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Hey Friends,
Just wanted to share a couple of ideas for Christmas gifts.
Hope it helps.
Btw, not sure if this is the right place to post this. Please move it if it is not...thank you.
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Maria -- those are great ideas .... even if the shock of Christmas being 10 weeks away makes me quiver 
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Mary G wrote:
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me too!!!
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Great ideas! I love the sunflower house instructions.
Here's one of mine: I'm sewing Christmas (cloth) napkins to put in a basket with some goodies. I will give them out Dec. 1st so the families can enjoy using them all month. Some goodie ideas are: chips with dip mixes; homemade bread and spaghetti sauce; tea and coffee mixes, with chocolate spoons; popcorn and a movie.
We are also going to make some more marshmallow guns and send them to cousins with a couple of bags of marshmallows. Inexpensive, easy, and fun  .
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What fun ideas!
Liz, I'd love to know how you make marshmallow guns!
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In August, we made them when DH was out of town. You can see them at my blog mavmama.blogspot.com way back on an early page. They are made with 1/2" pvc pipe. We actually spent as much on the pipe cutter as we did on the darn pipe! But, now we have it and they are cheap to make ($19 for the cutter and enough pipe for 5 guns).
BTW, jsut the other day, I found a dried up marshmallow in the living room--hmmmm....maybe I'm not such a great housekeeper 
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I was searching for homemade gift ideas the other day and found one that said, "pretty jar full of Christmas candy." I was thinking about that, and thought that for a handful of family friends, we could do a Rosary Candy jar. Maybe take a week and say a rosary a night per family and put in, say, 53 chocolate kisses to represent the Hail Marys, 6 something else for Our Fathers, something big for the Creed and the Salve, etc. Kind of like the "spiritual bouquet," but in candy. Add some pretty ribbon and a card explaining, and the family gets not only tasty Christmas candy but also a tangible way to see your prayers for them. Plus I'm thinking that with my little ones, it gives them a way to participate in the rosary, by putting in the candy w/ each prayer of the rosary.
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Andrea,
I LOVE your idea! I think I will use it for a few family gifts....Thanks!
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Awesome idea, Andrea!
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ElizLeone wrote:
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Me too!
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OH another thing! I've never done this, but it was a *great* homemade gift my aunt gave me - deer corn warmers. You just sew up a rectangle, fill it with deer corn (probably from a feed store?) and then you can pop them in the microwave for a few minutes to get hot (the deer corn doesn't pop like popcorn, just stays heated up). They are great in lieu of a heating pad, or for sore muscles, or to put at the bottom of the bed to warm up your feet on a cold night. The other thing I like them for is to just snuggle up with a good book, a blanket, and the deer corn warmer! The ones my aunt made us are all different sizes and beautiful fabric!
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