A Special Birthday Present

Our son, Casey, turned 12, at the end of June. When I saw the  Father’s Day gift bottles that Amy over at MomAdvice made for her Notebook Experiment, I knew he would love some like it.

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My middle son, Nick and his girlfriend helped me with them. We started with a 6 pack of Orange Crush bottles.

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Wrapped the box with birthday wrapping paper

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I printed some clip art birthday designs like this one, and the kids glued them onto a piece of scrapbook paper and then glued them onto the bottle

 

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We filled each bottle with some of Casey’s favorite candy and gum.

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Then tied a coupon with a curling ribbon to each bottle. Some of them had a trip to the beach, video store, dinner out etc.

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We put Air Heads in this bottle, we had to fold them a bit to make them fit. We also had to do the same for the gum. But, they turned out fine.

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This is by far the best birthday present I have given in a long time.

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10 Comments

  1. How cute–what a fun gift that gets the whole family involved!

  2. I love this idea! I feel a purchase of some Stewarts root beer coming on!

    🙂

  3. So glad the gift was a hit!! I am totally doing this for Father’s Day again next year for our dads! Thanks for participating!

  4. I love this idea have seen such at craft stores high priced but love how you made it yourself

  5. Very cute idea!!!

    Stop by my blog to read about a huge giveaway to the launch of my new inspirational carnival coming Monday called Just to Motivate Your Monday!!

  6. Wow – those are so adorable – I just love that idea! Thank you for posting such an adorable gift idea!
    Samantha

  7. such a cute idea! I will for sure remember this one! 🙂

  8. GREAT idea! I have several people who are hard to shop for, and this is PERFECT! Thanks a bunch!

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