Gifts - Sandpiper Creatives

Bag Toppers

Over the years, we have made so many Bag Toppers that I can even remember them all. They are PERFECT for so many occasions and holidays when you or your kids want to give a sweet gift with a special touch. Toppers check off all the boxes for giving a great gift, because they are packaging and a card rolled into one. Just put your item in a plastic/ziploc bag and seal it. Then cut and fold cardstock, construction paper, a pretty magazine picture, map, music sheets, scrapbook paper (anything!) to fit the bag’s width and to give you enough height to write on or embellish. Then overlap the toppers edges with both sides of the top of the bag, and staple it! Ta-da!

by Kimberly Farmer

Psalm 139 – Framed Fingerprints

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When I made this last week, I intended to put it in my Etsy shop, but I liked it too much and decided to personalize it for my own family instead! However, I do want to share it with you, because you can make it yourself for your own family or children.

by Kimberly Farmer

Giving Box

The Project

Our family is working on saving money together, so we can give it to others in the name of Jesus. We want the kids to understand the meaning behind and the value of giving.

So, we began by decorating an empty Nesquik container with decorative paper and pictures the kids colored from construction paper to create our family’s Giving Box…

by Kimberly Farmer

Father’s Day Candy Can

Ava made this gift for her daddy last Father’s Day. We used an empty can (a Slim Jim can, I believe) and wrapped it with paper to make the shirt background. We followed that with a strip of white paper at the top to create a crisp collar. Then on a separate sheet of white paper, I drew a necktie and let Ava color it. Then we cut out the tie and added it to the shirt. A little pocket on the side added an extra finishing touch with an “I love you” message inside. Next, we added Daddy’s favorite candy.

If you make this, you should be warned that Daddy will love it, but more than the gift, he’ll love the big hugs that come with it!

by Kimberly Farmer

Colorful Golf Tees

I don’t play golf, but my husband, my brother, my dad, and my father-in-law all enjoy it. Even my mother-in-law plays sometimes. It’s kind of difficult to make gifts from children that relate to the game of golf, but here is what we came up with – turning boring tees into fun ones that will hopefully put a smile on their face when they reach in their stylish tee bag and pull out one of these lovelies. All you need is tees and permanent markers. This is one of my favorite “manly” gifts we have come up with!…

by Kimberly Farmer

Precious Personalized Candles!

When I first discovered this technique, I thought how cool it would be to make gifts for the kids’ grandparents. Just in case it worked, I took pictures during the process, so I could share it with you. And boy, did it work! The results were fantastic, and it was so rewarding for Ava to see her picture turned into a candle!

Ava didn’t actually draw on the candle. She drew on tissue paper, which we heated onto the candle. You’ll just have to try it yourself, and then you’ll understand! 🙂

by Kimberly Farmer

Attractive Artwork Storage Box

How do you store your child’s artwork? Well, my brother, bless his heart, keeps all of Ava and Landon’s mail and artwork that they give him in a very special place…. on top of his microwave. 🙂 A pretty little stack of papers have been there since Ava was itty-bitty. It’s so sweet that he keeps his niece and nephew’s pictures and that he keeps them out where they can be enjoyed, but I thought that perhaps he would like a slightly more organized and attractive, yet still accessible, way to keep their artwork. So, I found this black Document Storage Box, and I just couldn’t pass it up. It’s the perfect size, and we chose to personalize it and give it to him as a gift.

by Kimberly Farmer

Seed Packet Tutorial

Ava has been cutting out flower pictures from magazines, and it only seemed fitting that she should have seed packets to glue them onto. So, we made these little seed packets from blank paper, Ava decorated them, and she then filled them “seeds” (a.k.a. beads & rice).

These little seed packets don’t have to be for pretend seeds; you could store real seeds in these packets and plant them next spring (as I am doing). These would make a unique gift for the garden-lover. They are also the perfect size for gift cards, so you could use this tutorial to make an envelope for a gift card. I’m sure there are lots of other uses you can come up with, as well!

by Kimberly Farmer

Felt Pouch Organizer

Whip up a pouch with some felt, embroidery floss, and a needle. Personalize it with buttons or trim or other felt cut outs like our hearts. We made ours to hold a car air freshener, so it no longer has to dangle from the rear view mirror, and we will also be using it as a glove box organizer. Make it any size to accommodate a gift. It could be filled with candy, a sachet, a gift card, or whatever else you dream up.

by Kimberly Farmer

Valentine from Baby

Landon is still too young to contribute very much to our handmade valentines, so I incorporated him by using his fingerprint, as I did for Ava’s Christmas cards when she was his age. Getting good handprints is so tricky with babies, so fingerprints are still personal and are much easier to control when dipped in paint! I used sheets of heavy paper, some tempera paint, and Landon’s precious little finger to make pretty paper. Then, I cut the paper into strips and wrapped them around selected candy bars. A paper heart tops off the little ensemble.