Special Gifts To Send Your Child Off To College With

If you are looking for a gift to give your child when they are going off to college then you may want to make them something special. By hand-making them a gift, you will be giving them something they will cherish since they know the gift was made with plenty of love and caring. If you aren't sure what to make, you can get some great ideas in this article.

Make them a scrapbook

You can make your child a scrapbook to take with them to college. The scrapbook can be filled with photographs of special moments the family has shared, and you can go all the way back to when they were a baby, or you can keep the scrapbook more recent. You can also add fun stickers, glitter, and other decorations to help give the scrapbook an exciting design they will get a kick out of when they see it. You can also include ticket stubs from places you visited together, receipts from special trips, and anything else that you want to add that will help them trigger memories of good times.

Make them a no-sew blanket

If you would like to make them a blanket but you aren't known for your sewing skills, then you can make a blanket that doesn't require any sewing whatsoever. You will need to buy two large pieces of fleece blanket material in the patterns of your choosing. Each piece should be the same size and they need to be the size you want the finished product to be. Cut fringes all the way around each piece of fleece. Each cut should be about two inches wide and three inches deep. Put the pieces of fleece together, with the outsides facing outward on both the top and bottom. Go around the entire blanket and tie the top fringes to the bottom. Once you have the whole thing tied, the blanket will be done. The great thing about this blanket is you can get them fleece material that has designs on it you know they will love.

Sew them a quilt

If you know how to sew then you should consider making them a nice quilt. Sewing a quilt can be quite a job though, so you do want to be sure you have a good sewing machine like a Husqvarna Viking sewing machine. You can talk with a professional, like Singer Factory Distributor Inc, for more information.

The best way for you to make this quilt very special is to use important materials in its designing. For example, you can use some of their old baby blankets and baby clothing in the squares. You can also use shirts from trips you have taken together, concert shirts, fabrics from some of their favorite old blankets of the past, etc. You can find different patterns for quilts online that you can print for free if you do a little searching. 


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