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How about decopage (spelling) onto a jar or glass, paint elmers glue over the whole jar and sprinkle glitter on the wet glue. Then when its finished, you can put candy or a candle into it.
You could always let them decopage the jar, then hard boil eggs, let them peel them, put them into the jar you decopaged, pour in a mix of vinegar, sugar, salt for pickled eggs... along with the recipe.
That project could take a while, and then they could share with the family the project.
for Christmas, we have only done homemade gifts, one year we made "redneck weather stations" , it was a riot. We needed to cut a birch tree down (so we recycled), made a stand by criss crossing boards, leaving a few limb stubs, placed suet in a onion bag, peanut butter and bird seed in holes we drilled a peg on top for bread or doughnuts, fruit in summer for the oreols . Then 1/2 of a beer can - if it has water in it, then it rained- but then the bailing twine, braided is used to see if the wind is blowing, icey- its freezing out , etc. Then with a black sharpie pen, we wrote the measurements on the side of the tree giving a read on how deep the snow is.
Everyone thought it was a hoot.
But I do preserve a lot of things, make bee less honey, hot peppers etc. I used to do the knitting/crochetting, but no more, been there, done that. I have made the kids blankets, covers along with hats, mittens and stockings.
Its great to see where others make gifts, its more from the heart and less from the commercialization of Christmas.
