What kind of gift should a daycare give to the families during the Holidays?

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Jill

I work at a daycare center and every year we have an annual Holiday open house. During this event we give out a present from us (the center) to the children's families. The first year we did a cookbook, and in it we had recipes from the staff as well as the families. It was a big hit. The following year we had a calendar, inside of it was crafting project ideas, as well as funny quotes from the kids. Again, the parents loved it. This year I'm drawing a blank. Each classroom does a personal gift from child to parent. But I am looking for a center wide gift we can give out. Something (like the cookbook or calendar) which can be replicated since we will need 30-40 copies. IDEAS? HELP?! :)

Answer
An item with the daycare's logo on it, such as reusable grocery bags, water bottles, lunch box cooler, coffee cup, etc.

Have each class write a story or poem as group and have the children help with illustrations. Put the stories together in a short story book.

Have each class write and sing a song. Have the kids practice for a few weeks, then record each class's song and give parents a CD.

Have each child make a picture/painting. Put them together in a book and print color copies for parents. It can be any picture the child wants to draw or a theme, such as animals, 'my hero', 'Who I look up to', 'my family', or 'what I want to be when I grow up'

What foods and drinks should I serve at my 13 yr old son's birthday party?What type of decorations to put up?

Rite

The activity will be baseball in our backyard and they will be eating in the veranda. There will be about 15 kids in the party.

Answer
Make a "Concessions" sign for over the food area.

Get a good cream cheese ball recipe http://www.grouprecipes.com/cream-cheese-ball and make the "stitching" on the ball using red pimentos (find a recipe that's flavorful as cream cheese tends to be bland).

Hot dogs and burgers are the foods of choice...can wrap in foil for effect.

Take ordinary brown lunch bags, roll down the edges and serve peanuts in them (or if you're avoiding nuts because of potential allergies...fill them with chips. (You're going for the "Ballpark" look here..lol)

Popcorn in those cardboard containers.
Boxes of Cracker Jax
Nachos and cheese
Cotton candy
Probably cans of soda for the party as well as bottles of water

Serve cake and ice cream in those little plastic baseball helmets

Hang a "GATE (son's initial)" sign up over the entrance....did you give them admission tickets to enter the party in their invitation?

Use a green tablecloth and angle it to look like a baseball diamond and put bases on it.
Hang up team pennants, foam hand #1 with his pic on the hand or finger pointing to it around the area with posters of great players.

Have all the kids sign a real baseball for him to keep as a birthday souvenir!

Table centerpiece : black and white helium balloons held down by a CLEAN pair of cleats ;)-...will be hovering over the "pitcher's mound" on the table

Have grown-ups dress as Umps for the party


for kicks.....run the old comedy clip by Abbot and Costello: "WHO'S ON FIRST" (it's on DVD)...look on youtube...it's a classic!

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