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Homemade kids birthday gifts are just the best. When you can plan ahead and schedule the time to create the gift, you’ve just bought yourself nice together time with your child. You save money. You teach the value of putting effort into a gift for a friend.
Pink and Green Mama has come up with a great homemade birthday party gift for kids – the Lego Book. What kid doesn’t enjoy building with their Legos? Both girls and boys enjoy them, the building strengthens small motor skills, and it’s all an exercise in creativity. All reasons Lego’s are so popular and have been around so long.
Sometimes it’s the ‘what to build’ that’s a problem, and this Lego Book is the answer. Using building instructions right from the Lego website, you can easily print out and create a reference guide for various Lego creations. As Pink and Green Mama suggests, print on card stock to make the pages more durable. You can go further and put each sheet in a plastic sheet protector. Keep it all together in an inexpensive 3 ring binder with a pocket for your custom cover for the birthday child. Voila- you’re done!
Make two while you’re at it- one for the gift and one for your own kid(s).
The building instructions available on-line aren’t as complex as the big Lego sets you can buy, so I’d think this gift is most appropriate for kids age 6 to 8, and perhaps the older pre-school set.
See all our other ideas for birthday gifts for kids on our website.
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