A DIY Christmas Gift to Make for a Grandchild Now

By Grandma Sandy | October 30, 2024

Grandma Sandy is on vacation, returning Wednesday, November 6. In the meantime, each week, we’ll feature a curated collection of the best of “Call Me Grandma!” In today’s post, we’re highlighting how you can make a DIY Christmas gift for a child.

Holidays get busy so fast. So, why not get a head start by making a DIY Christmas gift for a grandchild now?

The three projects below are handmade and personalized. They’ll become heirloom pieces that will forever reflect your love.

Make a Life-size Version of your Grandchild

For this DIY Christmas gift, trace your child's silhouette on paper to use as a pattern for cutting out your life-size doll.
The Miss T and N dolls are the size they were at three; they’re wearing the children’s real clothes.

Make a life-size version of your grandchild as a doll. These huggable dolls are best made when a child is about three. As kids outgrow their clothes, save a few to dress the doll. This is a handmade, keepsake toy that captures the child’s growth at a point in time.

A Felt Book with Pieces to Play

This DIY Christmas gift is a felt book with Velcro-backed felt shapes so they can be placed on the book to tell a story.
Stitch a book of felt and use cookie cutters to cut felt shapes.

For this DIY Christmas gift, each felt shape is cut by using a cookie cutter as a pattern. Each has Velcro stitched to the back so the shapes can adhere to the felt pages. Manipulate the pieces to tell stories.

Make a Personalized Board Book

For this DIY Christmas gift, take photos of people and objects familiar to the child and use them to make a board book.
This book, made of cardboard, features photos of people and things in baby’s world.

Make your own board book by photographing images of familiar people and things baby sees daily and turn it into a handmade board book. Babies will be fascinated to see their own world in book form.

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