As we're all quite aware, this is the time of year when we're in full gift-buying mode. I've been trying to make sure the gifts Autumn gives her grandparents at Christmas (and Mother's/Father's days) are gifts that are really from her.
The first Christmas, Autumn gave each set of grandparents a picture of her in a Santa outfit in a nice silver frame.
Last Christmas I took her to Claytopia, a place where you can paint your own pottery. They have the plain, white bisqueware. You paint it, they glaze and fire it. We put her handprints on white tiles, then drilled a hole in the tiles and put a ribbon through them so they could be hung on the tree.
For Mother's Day, Autumn gave her grandmas little scrapbooks full of pictures from her first year. For Father's Day, my Dad received a deck of cards with her picture on each card. Keith's Dad received a mug that had a picture of him walking with Keith and Autumn on it.
This Christmas, I have one little thing so far for each set. I'm not sure if that's going to be it or if some other great idea will pop into my head. It's tough to come up with ideas when your child is too young to really MAKE something herself. But we'll see.
I'm open for suggestions...