what is a nice homemade gift that can be made quickly and easily? or maybe something that can be recycled as 1?
yeah, i need a nice gift that i can make quickly, or any ideas on something i can recycle of mine? because we often give each other recycled gifts. its our "way of being good to the planet"
oh and by "we" i mean my next doo neighbour, we're really close
oh and by "we" i mean my next doo neighbour, we're really close
I'm a big fan of homemade gift baskets. I mentioned this in another post, but you can make the nicest personalized gifts for practically nothing.
Pick a nice basket that she can use again for something, or a hat box. Put in a stash of pretty cards of recycled paper, herbs and spices in recyclable bottles or little glass herb bottles, long stem organic or no smoke candles, anything neat and useful she can reuse.
If she has a pet, add a couple of small treats for them, too, and a toy. You can even throw in some homemade cookies or candies...
If you want to keep with the theme, wrap it in recycled green paper with a shiny red bow...
How To Make A Pocket Wallet Out Of Recycled Blue Jeans
The heart shape became synonymous with love/affection around the Elizabethan era. Some enterprising confection company made sweets and packaged them in small "heart" shaped boxes and made a killing. Fads!
My son has been selected to be a Student Ambassador to Europe this summer and needs to raise $6,000. He is already doing holiday pie orders, Christmas gift wrapping, auctioning off a horse, selling lollipops for Valentine's, and a travelling flamingo...uh...thingy. What else can you think of?
I might be able to come up with a few things for you. These have been tried with schools before and have been very successful. All you have to do is go out and get 'er done LOL
- Cookie dough. Won't cost you anything up front, take orders and have the product shipped to you. Arrange an announcement to let the student know when to pick it up, you won't even have to deliver. Works well for selling at the mall as well.
- Get skratch cards. Hand the cards to people, they skratch off a donation amount, you give them a coupon to a local resteraunt. Simple and raise a lot of money quickly
- Put on a concert or sports event at the school, charge for admission, plus have your food there to make extra money. Get school bands, comedians, storytellers to perform.
Check the links for more fund raising ideas.
Good luck with whatever you pick
Girl Up Teen Advisor Karina's Valentine's Fundraiser
