Can Make Holiday Gift Giving an Art

"Tighter budgets along with some creativity can be the inspiration for making one-of-a-kind presents this year," says Sue Bartman, CEO of KidzArt, an international children's art Education franchise company based in New Braunfels, TX.  "Kids love to make crafts for the holiday season and get a great sense of accomplishment in creating items can be functional and given as gifts."

Bartman offers a few simple homemade gift ideas that the kids will enjoy making:

1.  Holiday Cookie Gift Bags
Share your home-made baked goods with family and friends with this special home-made gift bag: 

Decorate white or brown paper lunch sacks using acrylic paint in either red and green or blue and white.  Each bag can be different. Stamp or paint stars, snowflakes, trees, icicles, etc. Sprinkle painted areas with silver glitter glue, tap off excess and let dry completely.  Fill the bag with wrapped baked goods.  Punch a hole in the top of the bag and thread an 8" green or red ribbon through the holes.  Tie in a bow and give as a gift.

2.  Holiday Scratch Art Gifts
Purchase Scratch Art Scratch-Lite paper available on line or in you local art store.  Cut out festive shapes such as stars, circles, hearts or snowmen.  A rainbow of color appears when you  scratch out a design on the shape (use a wood stick, chopstick or skewer to scratch)!  Use as gift tags or punch with a hole punch and thread varying lengths of decorative ribbon or yarn to make a necklace, bookmark, tree ornament or a mobile. 

About KidzArt
Founded in 1998, KidzArt is an international art enrichment Franchise company that helps kids of all ages explore their inner artistic potential. Through afterschool classes, camps and birthday parties, KidzArt offers a diverse, multi-cultural, multi-media drawing and fine arts curriculum designed to inspire kids throughout the world.   KidzArt's "no mistakes" philosophy encourages children to try new things, explore their creativity and overcome their inhibitions or obstacles in order to grow and learn.  Franchising since July 2002, KidzArt has franchised units throughout the US, China, the Middle East, Singapore, Indonesia, India and South Korea.