[Graduation from Kindergarten] Ideas for Handmade Gifts to Give to Someone Special at Farewell Time

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Races on the playground, singing songs, finger plays—during their time at preschool they probably drew just as many pictures.

Some children may even have held crayons or colored pencils at least once every single day.

It would be lovely to give paints as a gift along with those memories of drawing.

Unlike crayons or colored pencils, the great thing about paints is that you can mix your favorite colors.

We hope they’ll create lots of vibrant—and sometimes wonderfully mysterious—colors as they head toward the yet-unseen future.

If you make the paint box white, you can even leave a message on it!

Versatile! Checkerboard

When children enter elementary school, they need to manage their belongings and prepare so they don’t forget anything.

A checklist board is useful for this.

Cut the coffee filters you used for a bleeding-art project into small pieces and glue them around the edge of an A4 sheet of construction paper to make a frame.

Then glue a B5 sheet of construction paper on top, laminate it, and use an awl to make holes for threading chenille stems (pipe cleaners).

Make the holes in pairs, with as many pairs as you have checklist items.

Thread a straw onto each pipe cleaner, pass the pipe cleaner through the holes, and secure it.

You can slide the straw left and right to mark items as checked.

Since it’s laminated, you can use a whiteboard marker and reuse it over and over, which is really convenient.

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Easy! Handmade bookmark

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Let me show you how to make a bookmark using self-adhesive laminate sheets.

It’s really easy: sketch roughly the size of a bookmark on the laminate sheet, stick on decorative stickers, then seal it with the laminate sheet.

Punch a hole at the top and thread a ribbon through, and round the corners with scissors to finish.

When sealing the laminate sheets, press with a ruler or similar tool as you go to avoid trapping air bubbles.

By varying the types of stickers and ribbon colors, you can create many bookmarks with different looks.

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Milk carton accessory tray

Easy to make with a milk carton! Here’s a cute trinket box idea.

First, decide the size of the box and cut out the template from a milk carton.

Next, glue construction paper with your favorite pattern to the inside of the carton.

Once the paper is attached, make mountain folds at the four corners and crease them firmly.

Punch holes in the four corners, thread a ribbon through, and tie it.

That’s all it takes to complete your trinket box! You can draw the patterns with pens or crayons, or use different art techniques.

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Make it with sweets! Candy bag

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A candy bag that kids would be thrilled to receive! Here, we’re introducing a shoulder bag.

Use individually wrapped or small candies and start by making the bottom and sides of the bag.

Then add a flap, and attach a shoulder strap made by putting candies into clear film—and it’s done! Aim for a size about the same as a yellow kindergarten bag.

For the bottom of the bag, it’s best to use sturdy items like boxed sweets.

Use clear tape for the adhesive.

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Adorably cute magnet cake

Adorably cute magnet cakes! ❣️ [Super easy! All from the 100-yen shop] Perfect for graduations, preschool graduations, or your friends’ birthdays 📛 #gift #handmade #100yenShop #easy

Here’s an idea for making cake-themed magnets.

Use a plastic bottle cap as the base.

First, fix a magnet inside the cap and cover the sides with felt.

Then wrap a ribbon around the felt and glue it in place.

Turn it upside down so the bottom faces up, and start adding the “cream.” Mix shaving foam and glue in a 1:1 ratio, then add your preferred paint color to tint it.

Finish by decorating the cream with any small parts you like, and you’re done!

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Small gifts for a kindergarten graduation ceremony

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At a graduation party, you want to give the graduates a memorable gift.

But when the budget is tight, choosing presents can be difficult.

In times like these, handmade mini-gifts are a great option.

Even a single piece of candy can become a delightful present if you put care into the packaging.

For example, you can make the candy look like a flower and use a backing card to depict a vase or bouquet, or add a handwritten message.

Send off the graduates with a heartfelt gift.

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