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Amazing Christmas Gift Card Gifting Idea

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When I came across this amazing gift card idea by Kelly Maree, I knew I had to share it with you. Such a fun way to give gift cards and easy too. You don’t actually need any crafting skills for this little money giving project. 

Teenagers are especially hard to buy for as they start to become independent in their tastes/styles but at the same time, they still love the idea of lots of little things. The best thing about this gift card idea is you can load the gift cards up to suit your budget.  Slightly off-topic but we recently started giving our 13-year-old her own loaded card for all her own clothes and makeup. It has to last her the full year and she needs to budget for the seasons etc. She was costing me a small fortune in supplies that this was the only option for me to keep track of how much she was costing me. She has loved the freedom and it has saved lots of arguments at the checkouts too.

You will need 12 Gift cards to create this Christmas tree, a plastic star,  and a Letterboard. Lots of discount stores sell the letterboards but you can, of course, stick them to a picture frame or even just card stock.   Use a sticky dot or some double-sided tape to secure the gift cards into place.

Have you created a fun way to gift money or gift cards? Share them with us by commenting below.

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This month we’ve looked at cat learning activities and dog learning activities, but what if you have a different kind of pet? Here are some other pet themed learning activities you can try at home or in the classroom.

Tot Schooling has a cute pet bingo game, which does include dogs and cats but also lizards, snakes and fish. They also have a cute mathing game for learning about pets and their homes.

No Time for Flashcards has a ton of great pet themed learning activities including crafts, printables and more. There’s a PDF in there with a super cute animal checkup sheet for doing a pretend play vets office.

Planning Playtime has a great set of pet themed printables available for purchase, including things like making patterns with feathers, pet racing with unit cubes, beginning sounds, shapes and more. These would be great for a classroom.

Speaking of classrooms, Pocket of Preschool has ideas for pet-focused centers you can set up in the classroom, including counting, number lines and this cute frog shape I spy activity pictured.

If you have a pet store where you live you can try this pet store scavenger hunt from Toddler Approved. Or head to the library and see if you can find books about these different kinds of pets. You can also grab a pet-themed scavenger hunt you can do at home or in the classroom as part of the printable pack from Crafty Life Mom. If you don’t have all the items you can use pictures.

Let kids invent their own pets with this activity from Stories by Storie based on the book Invent a Pet. The printables are free when you sign up for their newsletter.

Sunny Day Family has adorable templates kids can use to build pets, including a dog, cat, rabbit, lizard, mouse and bird. These blank slate designs allow kids to add features including faces, stripes and more.

Make pets with playdough with the printable playdough mats from Preschool Play and Learn.