Christmas presents for daycare kids?

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I budget out $10-$15 per child ($15 is fairly rare) and watch out for bargains all year. I pick them up over time when I'm out and see something cool and cheap. Winners and Homesense are phenomenal for cheap toys!!! I lean to puzzles, books and 'thinking' toys. You can get really good books at those stores for $5-$6....awesome!!! For parents, it changes from year to year depending on the ages of the kids. One year we did t-shirts with kids' hand prints on them in fabric paint. Another year, we painted cheap wooden frames for their Santa picture (a yearly event). We did felt stockings decorated with fabric paint (from previous year) and glitter, filled with shortbread. This year, the kids are making dollar store tree ornaments from a kit (basically just a foam cut out with glue and glitter) and they will be attached to dollar store cookie tins full of shortbread I made. I'm soooooo sick of making shortbread Plus, as always, they get their Santa picture. It's always a group shot (with me in it as someone's always terrified of Santa), but I think it will be nice to have in the future.