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Homemade Sentimental Gifts: Family Traditions

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It has always been said that the best gifts are those that come from the heart. Now that crafts websites abound over the net, we know that the best sentimental gifts to give our loved ones are those that we made on our own!

Family crafts are a great way to spend a wonderful way to create a holiday tradition within the family and to preserve memories and love. Our beloved family members, particularly our grandparents will not be with us forever. More and more grandchildren are discovering that the best presents to give them are those that are crafted at home.

Some crafts that we can do with our families include:

1. Hand-painted T-shirts
2. Fancy pillboxes
3. Personalized and painted pillow cases
4. Pinatas for special occasions
5. Greeting cards
6. Garden crafts like lawn decorations and tree houses

Other holiday crafts include Christmas tree decorations, Halloween masks.

Families can designate ‘Family Crafts Day’ on one Sunday afternoon of the month. Materials can be bought from the store early on, and stored in a wooden box (hand-painted, of course). The crafted gifts may be exchanged before dinner and stories of how each gift was created can be discussed over a sumptuous dinner.

This tradition could be passed on from generation to generation, and the kids and their kids can relate the story of how it started, over and over again.

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A Sentimental Grandfather’s Musings

Filed in Growing Up Stories, Sentimental Sayings, Sentimental Thoughts, Sentiments for Cards

I met an old man online once and I never thought he’s older than 65 based on how he talks. He was young at heart and very sentimental. One time he told me a story of how he felt when he said goodbye to his last grandson.

They, his grandchildren, lived with him while in high school, as their parents are abroad or too busy. He told me that he was a very strict disciplinarian, but it turns out, his grandchildren saw through him, as I did.

Here’s what he said:

It was little less than three years ago when I bid farewell to my youngest grandson. We started that day with a jog around the park and we both knew it’s the last one in a long time. I felt happy and sad, but relieved that he never got involved with bad elements.

My kids have all grown up. I can still remember years ago when they seemed so carefree. During our talks, all their thoughts revolved around love life, night-outs, independence. I’m so proud of them, they got started right. They did it all by themselves, all I did was inspire them.

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Grandmother Story: Living with Nature

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My grandma loved eco-things. She said that the world needs more people who care. She passed away last year, but I get reminded of her every time I see something that is remotely related to the things she loved. Like this ecologically friendly bag from Gifts Personalized. She would have loved it!

Caring in our own way means being aware that there are other people who will come after us, and they will need what we have now. She, my lola, lived for almost a century. She knew how it was to see the world so green and nurturing. She often talks about water and how it has a way of cleaning itself when people used it properly. No matter how many people bathed in rivers, used water daily for their crops and other things that they need it for, it will always get filtered by Mother Earth so that people may drink the purest water.

She said that there was a time when people never wanted more than Nature can give, and that they always took only their share. If greed was gone, green will return.

How wonderful it must have been to live during those times when people still cared.

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