Here’s a gift idea. Make a individualized version of the game Memory. You know, where you turn over two tiles to try to make a match. Each time you make a match, you remove the tiles until you have matched all the pairs.
I made this for my grandparents one Christmas lots of years ago. It is about half-way done in this picture. My sister painted the tray it before we gifted it to them.
To make something as amazing as this, you need to spend a little money on supplies.
We gotten blocks and the tray at a craft store (Michael’s). I cropped and resized the photos until they were all 1.5 inches square and all on the same document. If you are not proficient in any graphics program, you can actually do this in Word. cut out the images and use something like Mod Podge to adhere them to the blocks. put another layer of Mod Podge (stuff in the decoupage section of the store) on top.
My sister sprayed them with a shiny protective coat.
We actually also typed up directions for playing the game, just to make the gift a little sweeter, and titled it family Memory.
We hoped my grandparents will have hours or at least a few minutes of fun with this. and now, years later, my grandfather’s memory has faded so much that this limited set of matching blocks is just the ideal level for him.
For my kids, I uploaded photos to Shutterfly and bought a memory game that comes with stunning packaging. (Save 25% off your Shutterfly buy with our special link here and code SFLY25OFF)
I was very delighted with the way this came out and pretty delighted with the current price on Shutterfly for a custom-made gift like this!