Grandparent Gifts

Nathan and Grace made Grandparents gifts this year

on top of the ornaments I posted about earlier.

We investigated ideas and together

decided on projects.

(I must say, I was challenged by letting the kids

make gifts ... not because they didn't do a great job,

but because I wasn't sure if they'd get done!

But they did and grandparents were blessed!)

Pine cone wreath for Gramma.

Grace collected these cute little pine cones from

around our front row of trees this summer.

We looked at different ideas for gifts made with them

and decided on this burlap and pine cone wreath.

(It looks beautiful handing on my mom's fireplace!)

She also made coasters for Gramma and Papa.

Grace loves to hand sew and Papa had commented

that coasters made similar to this for Great Gramma

worked really well ... so Aunt Kathy (who

made the ones for Great Grarmma) taught us

what to do and Grace worked and worked

and worked on them ... with a little help from mommy!

(note the choice of colors ... wink!)

Nathan has really developed as a writer through second

grade and now the first half of third grade.

He wanted to put his stories and poems together in a book

as his gift for Grandparents.

He worked hard to finish his last story in time for us to

organize his published stories and poems, plus

add a front cover and table of contents.

We took the gathered items to Drake Printing and

had these two books made.

He was so proud to give them to his grandparents!

And for Miss Alice (our 83 year old Spanish teacher)

who is like a great gramma to Nathan and Grace....

Grace knitted this red scarf ...

and Nathan and I made a pin out of 

a felted flower I made ...

which matches the scarf quite well.

I'm definitely hoping my kiddos want to make 

gifts for Grandparents again next year!