*Editor’s Note: Two years ago we began our yearly Holiday Gift Guide called TN’s Guide to Gift’s That Don’t Suck! Because we love you and because we love good gifts, we’re back for our third round! Over the next few weeks we’ll be rolling out all our favorite gifts to give AND receive!
When you have small kids there are times when you just want them to sit still for five minutes and occupy themselves so you can do things like brush your teeth. Or pee. Or pour another glass of wine.Just me? Ok then….
Luckily, my kids will sit still if they have an activity that stimulates their imagination. They love to craft. I mean, REALLY LOVE TO CRAFT. We have an entire area in our kitchen dedicated to crayons, markers, glue sticks and paper. When they have completed their most recent masterpiece covered in pieces of tape and dripping in glitter glue, they hand it me with the most proud expressions on their faces “Look Mommy! I made you a present!”
How can you resist that?
But there is So. Much. Paper. What to do with it all? Sometimes, I can be very stealthy and get some of it into the recycle bin but heaven help me if they discover what I have done.
There has got to be a better way to preserve the best of these childhood creations.
Thankfully, Budsies came along!
They create beautiful custom sewn stuffies from any drawing or photo! Genius!!!!
Seriously, how cute are they?!?!
You can even create a unique cuddly friends from a selfie! How cool is that?
The 8 year old drew this one. It’s a horse with an English Spot rabbit pattern on it. Ya, I don’t get it either but she sure does.
There is a 3-5 week turn around for the Budsies stuffie so, with Christmas rapidly approaching, the Creativity Kit with a Budsies-themed coloring book, colored pencils, crayons, sketch pad, a mini Dongler stuffed animal (their adorable mascot!) and a Budsies voucher is a great option to get a gift under the tree in time, then the child in your life can create their own lovable Budsie!
They even do stuffies of people!! Here is Miley Cyrus as a Selfies.
Hmmmm wonder if I can get a Tom Hiddleston one…
Create and buy your own Budsie on their website here!
Find more Gifts That Don’t Suck here!
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WRITTEN BY PATRICIA
Current Obsessions: Chris Evan’s Beard, Stephen Amell’s abs, Tom Hiddleston’s T-shirt collection, 80s hairbands, The Force, Comic Con, the proper use of “impacted”, finding the perfect latte, fuzzy slippers.
In a former life, Patricia used to protect people from three of the seven deadly sins. You may remember her from her days as part of the stripper police. She dreams of one day being able to fangirl professionally.
