Christmas gifts?

[Big Hearts]

Do you buy gifts for the daycare parents? If so how much do you spend or what do you get them?

[Inspired by Reggio]

I make a 'homemade handprint gift' with the children usually an ornament to give to their parent and they help me make a 'photo calendar' by choosing pictures from the previous year together to use in it ... this is a gift to the 'entire family' from me including the child as a keepsake item ... many of my clients have commented they have kept them in their scrapbook / photo albums for their children.

[Daisy Duke]

I don't. Not for the parents. My parents are so great that we may have to make them something.
A craft activity and a present. Two birds. One stone. ;)

[sunnydays]

I do the same as Reggio...a gift that the kids make for their parents.

[apples and bananas]

I do a craft from the kids. A card usually with a handprint on it. This year the handprint will make rudolph. Still looking for a clever poem to put in the card though.
And I'll do an ornament with their handprint on it, the date and name of the child.
I also just did a great craft with a bunch of handprints upside down t omake a christmas tree. i'm going to let the kid decorate and if they turn out really well i may try to frame them.

And I'll give them a christmas card from my family to theirs and gifts for the kids of course.

[Laura's Home Daycare]

I make a handprint or footprint craft and usually frame it with the name of the child and the year. Lots of good ideas on Pinterest!

[Mamma_Mia]

We make lots of cookies and treats this month and mom/dad eat 90% of them so that's for them. Plus my gift to their kids is one less that they would have to worry about....so no, nothing 'special' just for the parents.

[Momof4]

The children save all their Christmas crafts and give them to their parents for a gift under their tree at home.

[Monday 2 Friday Mama]

I usually do something small for the parents - I tend to give Xmas tree ornaments. There are lots of them out there that are just beautiful and they're fairly inexpensive - usually around 6 bucks each. Most of my Xmas budget goes towards a nice toy for each child (about 25 dollars)

[Inspired by Reggio]

These are some of the ornaments we've made over the years ~ my computer crashed last year and I lost some random photos so cannot find our Christmas penguin hand ornament

Reindeer
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn214/totallyawake/kids021.jpg

Snowman family
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn214/totallyawake/Oct21072.jpg

Santa face
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn214/totallyawake/004-1.jpg

Christmas tree hands have done on plate and as an ornament
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn214/totallyawake/Xmaskiddies002.jpg

Christmas photo cube ornament
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn214/totallyawake/AAxmas004.jpg