Homemade gifts are always great for family and friends because they’re thoughtful. So on a cold winter day before Christmas, rally the kids and get them to create an Indian notepad, cookie tray or colorful shelf trimming paper.

Indian Note Pad

An Indian makes an interesting drawing, and a note pad makes a useful item, so they ought to make a very good project together.

Trace an Indian with a pencil on a piece of stiff cardboard. Make it from six to eight inches tall. Be sure to include feathers, and other things common to an Indian of early days. He might even be holding a bow and arrow. Color the picture with crayons or water colors. Now cut the Indian out.

For a pad, you can either make your own from blank slips of paper, or buy one at the store. Be sure the pad is shorter and narrower than the Indian. Poke two holes into the top of the pad. Attach the pad to the center of the Indian on the colored or painted side, by running string through the pad holes and through two holes in the center of the Indian. Tie it in back. Your Indian note pad is ready to serve you.

Hang it on the wall in the kitchen, above the telephone, or in your room.

Cookie Tray

What is more pleasant to look at than a tray full of homemade cookies? But of course the tray must first be made. Here is how you can make a tray that will serve cookies, cold drinks, or anything else that you wish to serve.

Cut out a piece of flat wood, nine by 12 inches in size. Plywood is excellent, though you may use any kind of wood you have about. Sandpaper it until smooth. For a border, nail pieces of rope all around the tray, about 1/2 inch in from the edges. Make two smooth blocks of wood, about one inch square and two inches long. Nail them at each end to serve as handles.

You may decorate your tray with pictures, or paint a design on it. A coat of varnish will give your finished tray an attractive appearance as well as protect it from wear

A homemade tray makes a good gift.

Shelf Trimming Paper

Here is home handcraft at its best. Every home has shelves. Here is an opportunity to add a touch of prettiness to them. You can decorate the shelves in your room or in the kitchen or anywhere else where it is needed.

If the shelves already have shelf paper on them, you can make your own designs on the overhanging borders. If there is no paper at all on them, you can make the entire shelf paper. To do this, simply measure the length and width of your shelf and cut your paper accordingly, allowing enough paper in the width for an overhanging border of a reasonable length, according to the height of the shelf. Usually, two or three inches is good.

You have your choice of several methods of adding decorations to the overhanging borders. A simple method would be to cut out colored pictures or designs from old magazines and paste them on. In this case, gather pictures that form a similar theme. For example, for a sea scene, you could clip pictures of boats, fishermen, fish and the seashore. For a forest scene, you could use trees, lakes and animals.

A good final touch would be to cut a wavy edge on the bottom of the border piece.

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It is one of the most challenging tasks in the world. The task of buying a woman the perfect birthday present is something that many men will never complete with total success.

The familiar tone of voice and look of the eye that your favourite woman bestows upon you as she explains that she really doesn0t mind what you get her, as long as you think she will like it. This sentence is the cause of many late night sweats and last minute man-panics.

Of course after years of experience and the acquiring of a certain amount of wisdom we all know that the first half of the sentence is completely meaningless. It is the 0as long as you think I will like it0 part that picks the painful punch.

This means (to a woman) that WHATEVER you get her, she will believe that this single offering reflects the way you see her and then in effect, the way she will then become to see you.

For example, if you get her a CD that she hates she will think you are cheap and that you have bad taste. As a result she will think that she must have bad taste in men as you clearly are not sensitive enough to pick up that she would hate the songs then subsequently she will slowly start to go off you.

This is not a lie.

Most men are adept enough to avoid the obvious present pitfalls but just in case here is a recap.

1) Chocolates are out. Totally naff unless they are made by Fotnum and Mason, have been featured in vogue or are accompanied by a trip to a luxurious spa hotel.

2) Flowers. No, no, no. She is not your mother.

3) Clothes. Unless she has told you exactly what she wants and in what size and has tried it on, do not buy it. If it is too small she will think she is fat and then not want to sleep with you until you reassure she is not a million times. If it is naff (see CD) If it looks slutty (which you might like) she will assume you want her to look like a hooker and then question you about why your such a chauvinist pig.

4) I won0t even insult your intelligence by telling you not to buy her any kind of building tools i.e. cordless drills or the like. This is obviously relationship suicide no matter HOW nice the drill is.

The less obvious pitfalls include

1) Jewellery. Unless you are very rich and can afford heirloom status symbol jewellery then don0t try this one. Women0s fashion moves far too quick for the heterosexual man to keep up so if you want to offer her anything less than a large diamond or a Tiffany (some women now even view Tiffany as pase) then take her to choose something directly from the shop of her choice.

2) Handbags. Completely underrated as present buying material, if you get a classic designer handbag made of soft leather and wrapped in a dust bag she will not be able to resist. If you don0t know what colour she will like then just go for that year0s best seller. If you get something from Marks and Spencer0God help you.

If you have an arty girlfriend then buying an original piece of artwork or photography is a very romantic gesture. Leaving it on the canvas without the frame and wrapping it nicely will make the gift seem original and spontaneous. She will also love that you thought such a gift of art would be perfect for her, even if she does not love the actual subject of the painting or photograph.

A weekend away in the country or the city (abroad if you are rich) will win unlimited brownie points with ANY girl if you can afford it.

Hope these tips help, good luck guys!

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