Look, I don't have much money to buy my parents something for christmas, my sister and I are running out of ideas!! Please help us. What on earth do I make them for christmas!!! Thanks for you help!
2006-12-16 07:42:39 · 14 answers · asked by lemon drops 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
WOW! Nice ideas guys. We already made some nice cards for them. I already spent some 10 bucks on a gift for my brother on his birth day, but yeah, whoever said that thing about bracelet for 10 bucks for my mom was good.
2006-12-16 08:59:49 · update #1
frame a really nice picture of you and your sister. If you have a digital camera you can easily take one and get it printed at a walgreens or something. Frames are pretty cheap. It's personal and home made and I bet they'll love it.
2006-12-16 07:45:48 · answer #1 · answered by TM 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Give them "A night at the movies": go to Blockbuster or whatever is near you, buy a microwave popcorn _bucket_ ($2) and two bottles of Coke or whatever they like to drink ($2), a box of Junior Mints ($1) and a $5 rental card OR buy them a cheap DVD. Print a coupon on your computer for you and your sister to "stay out of their way" for one night, wrap it up like a gift basket and you're done!
The key is to find a microwave popcorn bucket so you can put the soda and candy inside of it. Out here in CA, I've seen them only at Blockbuster, but they must be pretty common. If you have a friend at the movie theater you can use a plain empty popcorn bucket too.
You can do the same with Starbucks cards: when you buy the gift card at Starbucks, ask them for a clean empty cup with a lid, put the gift card in the cup with some shredded tissue - add wrapped cookies or candy if you want (not from Starbucks to keep the cost down) - and add a $5 Barnes and Noble book gift card or an iTunes card, whatever they'd use if they were sitting at Starbucks.
And this really isn't a "cheap" gift, it takes a little thought and effort, but a little money goes a LONG way.
I hope you have a fun Christmas!
2006-12-16 07:52:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're any good at taking family photos off the net , pick some and make them a book of the family photos for this year . You can do a calendar too.
Offer to help mum with Christmas preparations , putting up the tree , baking , doing laundry, helping with the dishes, not just running off with a bye mum and dad.
Write them a heartfelt letter thanking them for all that they done for you over the years, cite specific incidences.
Pool your money with your sister and get a gift certificate for a nice dinner at their favourite restaurant.
You know of course it's not how much you spend or what you give , it's that you give freely with love .
2006-12-16 07:51:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out this video--
http://hallpass.com/media/makeacool3dpapersnowflake.html
before you start taping, you can write a nice poem on the sides of the paper. Watch out, though, because you turn it over every time you tape the corners together. If you don't understand what I just said, you'll find out what I mean later.
You can make this a christmas tree ornament for your mom and dad. By the way, the snowflake will be pretty large when it's done, even for an ornament.These should take about 30 minutes each to make. Make sure not to crush them by accident! Best of luck and Merry Christmas!
2006-12-16 07:55:51 · answer #4 · answered by whatevbookwrm687 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, for your mom you can always buy some type of cheap jewlery [like a bracelet from target for like 10 bucks, I saw that last year.] And then for your dad, well dad's always like candy or yummy treats, or maybe a new wallet, or just get something that he wants/needs, like maybe a new golf glove if he plays golf, etc. Or maybe make something, parents always love homemade stuff.. :]
Good luck!
2006-12-16 07:45:56 · answer #5 · answered by jgbaek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I will tell you what I am doing for my parents and friends and hopefully this will get something going for you.
For Mom I am making a coupon book. I putting things in it like washing dishes, doing hair and makeup for her, painting her nails. And other stuff like that. I am making small papers and then prolly just stapling them together.
For Dad I took old floppy discs and then mod podged pictures of our family on them. Then I used super glue to make a cube out of them. Dad is a geek so that is why I made that for him. haha.
For my bro (who is also a geek) I am decapoging pictures of our family onto a mouse pad.
For my sister I mailed her some homemade almond bark.
For my friends I am knitting scarves and making picture books.
Merry Christmas,
Miss Tina
2006-12-16 07:51:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-30 12:44:15 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm taking mine out to dinner and movie, after X-mas. Pulse cooking and cleaning the house. Make them both a hat, or any thing that will make them remember the old day. Get some old tunes for them. Good luck. God Bless.
2006-12-16 07:46:52 · answer #8 · answered by Baby 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Make a good report card,that would be the best gift to them
2006-12-16 07:44:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
mothers and fathers aren,t picky,the thought is what counts.You can buy them something for the house that they both can use...get your thinking cap on....think of something they both like and share and give them that....have you ever considered dinner for 2 on a gift card or a night at the movies gift card.My daughter gave me a gift card to the movies and you can see a movie and pay for treats all out of the gift card.
2006-12-16 07:47:40 · answer #10 · answered by slickcut 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋