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DIY : Gifts

Gifts :

Gifts is one of those things that everyone loves. And especially with all the festivities, its seems like the gifting/gift giving season.

Where I grew up, it wasn't so much about gifting around the festivals or holidays. Something I dislike is the expectation you build about receiving gifts every year.

With Toddler S growing up and getting to an age where she understands gifts etc, I thought of starting the concept of gifting as NOT buying new things but gifts/gifting -

  • Is about GIVING
  • Is about making something on your own, make it personal
  • Is about SHARING

Well, so with all these festivals - Diwali, Christmas, I wanted to make it all about GIVING!

Toddler S has this awesome gift drive at school for the kids in Santa Rosa and I thought that's the best opportunity for us to start this.

We bought some random wood trucks, cars, airplanes, colors and some gift boxes from Michaels. Toddler S loves coloring, so we painted them, packed them in nice little boxes and dropped them at the gift drive.

We talked about how giving these to kids who didn't have them was nice, how Toddler S was sharing something that she made!

Here are some pictures of work in progress:





And the final product with its packaging. I got some boxes from Michaels but you can totally wrap this in a bag or something else with a nice ribbon !






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