Comments on: Thrifty, Fun, Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:57:19 +0000

How sweet!

By: Kim M

Kim M — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:59:05 +0000

I love your ideas. Cute bows; adorable dolls (I bet those will be the ones that will last and that your children will cherish).

Heather said”I’ve been pondering whether the true spirit of Christmas giving is to find/make/buy the most expensive, lavish gift we can afford (or not afford?) and then search out the least deserving, most offensive person we can in order to show that we have grasped at a beginning of understanding concerning Christ’s unfathomable depth of love for us?”
Wow, what an awesome challenge! May we all grasp that!

By: Lisa in ND

Lisa in ND — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:45:09 +0000

I love homemade gifts! Not totally free, but this year I am giving pictures as gifts — picking up frames at Dollar Tree (yep, everything’s $1) with digital photos (somethine like 10 cents each to develop) for some of the grandmas and aunties. I’m thinking these will be more treasured than the useless baubles we end up buying.

Love the dolls! I’m not crafty enough to enter something for a giveaway but I hope somebody here is.

By: Mrs. Taft

Mrs. Taft — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:33:11 +0000

Aren’t those bows the cutest? And they really don’t take very long to make, especially after you get the hang of it. It’s simple enough that my four year old could do it, and simple enough that my 8 year old could do it well.

I love the dolls! What a good idea!

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:59:51 +0000

A thought:

I’ve been considering the significance of Christmas gifts, given to our beloved family and friends (in our family, we really have no needs that get filled by this activity and it tends to just create a bigger stash of earthly treasure).

We say we participate in this practice in imitation of what God has done for us.

Mrs. W is totally right. Our Lord’s gift was one of extravagant worth. He gave out of His infinite measure of love for His otherwise condemned and helpless children.

But, He gave when we were yet His enemies, and He continued to give even when those enemies rejected, mocked, spit on, whipped and crucified Him. We were hardly thankful or deserving recipients and even now often forget to praise Him at all times with everything we’ve got.

I’ve been pondering whether the true spirit of Christmas giving is to find/make/buy the most expensive, lavish gift we can afford (or not afford?) and then search out the least deserving, most offensive person we can in order to show that we have grasped at a beginning of understanding concerning Christ’s unfathomable depth of love for us?

Or, alternatively, don’t even wait for Christmas, but consistently be acting this way throughout the year?

I wonder…

By: Mrs W

Mrs W — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:29:51 +0000

While I’m against doing home made just to be cheap, I’m all for it if it is creative and the gifts are still tailored for individual people. I LOVE the bows made from magazine paper, they are creative and they look GOOD! I like the dolls too.