Every year at Christmas, I have my kids make some sort of craft. They enjoy making a homemade present that they can give to their grandparents, aunts, and uncles. Last year, I bought plain wood ornament frames at the craft store, and the kids painted them. Then we put in their wallet sized school pictures and voila - instant gift.
I came across these instructions on how to make a pinecone ribbon ornament and I love it! I don’t know that I’ll all of my kids make this, since the end result would be 3 very similar ornaments for each relative, but I think at least one kid (probably my oldest?) will end up doing this as her gift project. It’s very similar to a pot holder I made when was in the 5th grade at school. That project required basic sewing and lots of folding little pieces of scrap material into points, and ironing them to make them flat and crisp. Unfortunately, I don’t recall how to make the pot holder, so the pine cone is a good substitute.
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A nice Christmas project my siblings and I would do was to make small candle holders.
We’d use Sculpy (a modeling clay that you can bake), and cut out shapes with cookie cutters - hearts, stars, trees, etc. - then I’d put a little lump of clay on top of the cut-out shape and press the candle (a tall, but small, skinny candle) in the lump to make a hole for the candle. Then we’d bake them (according to the Sculpy packaging), and when they were done - paint them bright and shiny colors!
They were actually very nice, and our relatives loved them. 
Those are so cute, Colleen! I’d think if they all used different colors, they would make great sets!
I like jagad’s idea, too!
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