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As a little end of year gift for the children in Maddie's preschool class, we made some lovely little "Make your own Playdough Christmas tree" bags. 

There are so many variations that you could make of these playdough bags. We made some Very Hungry Caterpillar playdough bags for a birthday before and found them to be a fun, different and economical gift for kids.

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Welcome to  TUESDAY TOTS for this week.
Brought to you by Learn with Play at home (us), Rainy Day Mum,
Growing a Jeweled Rose and One Perfect Day

This Week:

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6 Simple Kid-made Fathers Day Gift Ideas

These great posts all came from last weeks Tuesday Tots linkup
where we featured "Fine Motor Activities for Kids"

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The pride that children experience when they create their own gifts for loved ones is a special feeling. It is also great to show children that there are some things that money can't buy and that our time and effort can be worth so much more and mean so much more to the people that love us.
Here I found 6 lovely, simple gift ideas that you could use for this Father's Day or pin away for other birthday and Christmas gift ideas.

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Welcome to  TUESDAY TOTS for this week.
Brought to you by Learn with Play at home (us), Rainy Day Mum, 
Growing a Jeweled Rose and In Lieu of Preschool

This Week:

Learn with Play at home is featuring

10 Kid-Made Mother's Day Gift Ideas

These great posts all came from last weeks Tuesday Tots linkup
where we featured 10 Ideas for Playing and Learning with Toddlers

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Hand-made gifts from kids can be hit and miss. Obviously the most important thing is that it's made with love but if it also happens to look fabulous and is useful, then it makes it even better.
I love watching the anticipation on the faces of young children as they proudly hand over their handmade creations, just waiting for Mum to beam and declare her adoration for it. Here are a fun collection of activities/crafts for kids that will have them entertained and learning AND double as fabulous gifts as well.

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