Giver? Taker? 20 Gifts Your Kids Can & Should Give

What do your kids want for Christmas?  Let me guess!!!

  • Xbox 360 with Kinect
  • I-Touch
  • Osiris high tops (don’t even ask if you don’t know)
  • Pillow Pets (bumble bee)
  • ZuZu Pets
  • Nail Polish
  • Lego’s
  • Iphone 4
  • Justice skinny jeans
  • Jeggings (jeans & leggings)
  • Papa Smurf action figure
  • The new Karate Kid movie

HAVE YOUR KIDS DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS YEAR

Give a gift!!

  • Have your family support a kid
  • Bake cookies for your elderly neighbor
  • Free hours of baby sitting for a couple in need
  • Make care packs (food, water, snacks) for the homeless
  • Leave a generous tip w/ a note attached for your waitress
  • Give a camel or duck
  • Give mom a coupon book for dishes, massages and dusting
  • Give dad a coupon book for washing his car or cleaning the garage
  • Mow a neighbor’s lawn
  • Snowblow your neighbor’s drive
  • Adopt a soldier
  • Walk your neighborhood and collect canned goods for a local food bank
  • Make cookies for your mail man
  • Give a gas card to a friend
  • Make a new friend at the local nursing home, visit them regularly
  • Have your kiddos sell lemonade and donate the money to an orphanage
  • Start a collection jar for a cause
  • Give your kids a disposable camera, have them take all the pics and send it to the grandparents
  • Buy Wal-Mart gift cards and give them to friends you know are hurting
  • Give clean water

Share Your Ideas That Kids Can Give For Christmas

3 Responses to “Giver? Taker? 20 Gifts Your Kids Can & Should Give”

  1. Sarah Cook @RaisingCEOKids December 9, 2010 at 10:11 pm #

    Thank you for such a great list!!!

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