Thanksgiving Gifts for your Guests

Thanksgiving isn’t all about eating and football, no matter what my husband tells you! Make it fun for everyone involved and let everyone know how thankful you are to have them in your life by giving little gifts to each person.

Thanksgiving Cards – Create a card for each person in your family. Inside the card tell them why you are thankful that you have them in your life and why you are grateful that they are the person they are.

Recipe Books – This is a great idea for everyone but the one that I received from my Grandmother a few years before she died means a great deal to me now. I love recipes and tend to gather them from everywhere, the internet and people I know. I also often create my own or change the ones I get to make them dairy free, cheaper or healthier. A recipe book is always fun because it gives you insight into what others like to eat and what dinners are like in their home. There are places online where you can make professional looking recipe books but it is more fun, and will mean more, to make them yourself as you would a scrapbook, or print them off your computer and make a book.

Mini- scrapbooks – In the Thanksgiving Planning Post Make It Special, I suggest setting up a photo corner for pictures and video messages. Once the day is over you can create mini scrapbooks to send to your family as a memento of their day or send a DVD with a video scrapbook of the day.

What small gift ideas do you have or have you done one of these at your family’s gathering?