Kid-Created Book

• 1). Fill a blank canvas book with stories about your life or a story you yourself create. Use a black fabric pen to write about Mom baking cookies with you or reading you a book. Or pretend you are a knight or a princess and create a story about your mother the queen. Use colored pens to illustrate your story.
  
  
• 2). Close the book. Give the book a title and list yourself as the author. Draw a picture to match the story inside the book.
  
  
• 3). Wrap the book with Christmas wrapping paper and write "Merry Christmas" on it. Give your mom the present.
  
  

Teens

• 1). Buy a blue glass bottle with a cork stopper at a craft store.
  
  
• 2). Wash the bottle with soap and water. Dry it with a clean rag.
  
  
• 3). Spread newspaper on a table and set the bottle on the paper.
  
  
• 4). Tape a stencil around the bottle. Consider placing flowers, hearts or other designs on the bottle. Or skip the stencil and draw free-hand.
  
  
• 5). Fill in the stencil with silver glass-outline paste. Allow it to dry. It usually takes about two days for the paint to completely dry, according to the Family Education website.
  
  
• 6). Use a funnel to pour bubble bath into the bottle, and close it with the cork stopper.
  
  
• 7). Wrap the bottle in tissue paper and place it in a box. Write "Merry Christmas, Mom" on the box and give it to her.