Kylee's Mo
Last year i made my mom a poster with all of me, my brother and sister's pictures from our whole life on it. It said we love you supermom. She really loved it! But this year i have ran out of creative ideas. Im 17, my sister 13 and my brother 8. We have about 20-30 dollars to spend. Our parents are divorced and my dad refuses to help us out. HELP
Answer
The gift you gave your mom last year was incredibly thoughtful and sweet. Perhaps you could stick with the lovely theme and create a photo album or video for her this year. One of my mom's favorite birthday gifts was a video I made for her with pictures chronicling her life from the time she was born up to present-day, and last Christmas I made a video with my art work set to her favorite poem and she loved it too. I just used the Window Movie Maker software that came on my laptop, so it didn't cost me anything at all to make the videos, and it wasn't too complicated. There are free video editing software programs you can download if your computer doesn't already have one. If you have pictures on your computer it will be easy to import them to movie maker (or whatever program you'd use), and if they aren't already uploaded you could scan them onto your computer. Make a slideshow of the pictures and set it to songs your mom loves, then burn it to a dvd or upload it to YouTube. You can password-protect the video if you just want family members to be able to view it.
Other ideas:
~ If you have a lot of older family photos you could scan them onto your computer and upload them to a site like Photobucket or Flickr, then give the password to your extended family so everyone could view them. It may seem like a really simple gift, but I imagine your mom would really enjoy being able to share special pictures with other family members and friends, and it takes effort to scan all the photos in. If you don't have a scanner on your laptop you could scan the pictures inexpensively at Kinkos. Just be very careful handling any older pictures because they may be fragile, and don't put tape on them.
~ Make a photo album for her. You could buy an inexpensive album at an arts and crafts store like Jo-Ann Fabrics or Michael's and decorate it yourselves.
~ Many photo-sharing websites like Shutterfly and iPhoto allow you to create gifts like photo calendars, books, key chains, and even aprons and coasters with your pictures, and they're usually under $30.
http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/print-products.html
http://www.shutterfly.com/
Drugstores and other places with photo-printing services can usually make items with your pictures too.
~ Find a picture you love of you and your siblings and put it on a coffee mug with "We Love You, Supermom" so she can smile every morning when she uses it.
~ Make a special CD for her with songs she loves and ones that were popular the year she was born and graduated from high school. You can download the songs and burn them onto a disk for under $30.
If there is a special poem or quotes she loves you could add them to the slideshow video you decided to make one. Here's the one I did last year to give you an idea:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rCHEfrkD4Y
Windows Movie Maker made it simple to add the poem, transitions and music.
I hope you all have a very merry Christmas.
~ Peace : )
Good luck!
The gift you gave your mom last year was incredibly thoughtful and sweet. Perhaps you could stick with the lovely theme and create a photo album or video for her this year. One of my mom's favorite birthday gifts was a video I made for her with pictures chronicling her life from the time she was born up to present-day, and last Christmas I made a video with my art work set to her favorite poem and she loved it too. I just used the Window Movie Maker software that came on my laptop, so it didn't cost me anything at all to make the videos, and it wasn't too complicated. There are free video editing software programs you can download if your computer doesn't already have one. If you have pictures on your computer it will be easy to import them to movie maker (or whatever program you'd use), and if they aren't already uploaded you could scan them onto your computer. Make a slideshow of the pictures and set it to songs your mom loves, then burn it to a dvd or upload it to YouTube. You can password-protect the video if you just want family members to be able to view it.
Other ideas:
~ If you have a lot of older family photos you could scan them onto your computer and upload them to a site like Photobucket or Flickr, then give the password to your extended family so everyone could view them. It may seem like a really simple gift, but I imagine your mom would really enjoy being able to share special pictures with other family members and friends, and it takes effort to scan all the photos in. If you don't have a scanner on your laptop you could scan the pictures inexpensively at Kinkos. Just be very careful handling any older pictures because they may be fragile, and don't put tape on them.
~ Make a photo album for her. You could buy an inexpensive album at an arts and crafts store like Jo-Ann Fabrics or Michael's and decorate it yourselves.
~ Many photo-sharing websites like Shutterfly and iPhoto allow you to create gifts like photo calendars, books, key chains, and even aprons and coasters with your pictures, and they're usually under $30.
http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/print-products.html
http://www.shutterfly.com/
Drugstores and other places with photo-printing services can usually make items with your pictures too.
~ Find a picture you love of you and your siblings and put it on a coffee mug with "We Love You, Supermom" so she can smile every morning when she uses it.
~ Make a special CD for her with songs she loves and ones that were popular the year she was born and graduated from high school. You can download the songs and burn them onto a disk for under $30.
If there is a special poem or quotes she loves you could add them to the slideshow video you decided to make one. Here's the one I did last year to give you an idea:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rCHEfrkD4Y
Windows Movie Maker made it simple to add the poem, transitions and music.
I hope you all have a very merry Christmas.
~ Peace : )
Good luck!
Christmas gift ideas for my mom?
Sarah
So it's a tradition that my dad, my sister,and I spend a whole day at different stores to buy my mom Christmas gifts. The problem is that she's always reluctant to tell us what she wants. (she's sefless) We really want to give her something special because she works hard throughout the whole year. I'm sure we'll find stuff to get her when we're shopping, but having ideas beforehand would be good. So, any ideas on what I should get my mom for Christmas? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Answer
Gift certificates.
Food makes good Christmas gifts. Items that can be found at your grocery store during December - they are in gift boxes and bags:
Tin of Danish cookies.
Box of chocolates.
Box of different types of cheeses.
Box of different types of sausages.
And many more.
All are in Christmas looking containers.
Have you seen the BIG tins of three types of popcorn? We have them at our mall. Great gift. Can also be given with a DVD movie.
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Christmas center pieces with candles delivered from a florist or you can deliver yourself.
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Christmas gift suggestions:
1. http://www.momswhothink.com/christmas/christmas-gift-ideas.html
2.
http://www.xmasgiftideas.org/
Gift certificates.
Food makes good Christmas gifts. Items that can be found at your grocery store during December - they are in gift boxes and bags:
Tin of Danish cookies.
Box of chocolates.
Box of different types of cheeses.
Box of different types of sausages.
And many more.
All are in Christmas looking containers.
Have you seen the BIG tins of three types of popcorn? We have them at our mall. Great gift. Can also be given with a DVD movie.
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Christmas center pieces with candles delivered from a florist or you can deliver yourself.
----------------------------------
Christmas gift suggestions:
1. http://www.momswhothink.com/christmas/christmas-gift-ideas.html
2.
http://www.xmasgiftideas.org/
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