Goodbye Gift

[mamac]

Other ideas:
a canvas from Michaels put his handprint in middle & everyone else's around it in circle/border

lovethis This is a great idea! I look at my kids' baby handprints everyday and it amazes me how fast they grow.

[wdmmom]

When a child leaves me, I make a collage.

Go to walmart.com and click photo.

You can upload photos of that child while at daycare and turn it into a collage. An 8*10 photo is only $3!! It's a small token that they'll get to keep forever.

[Starburst]

You can call it a "year book" and have all the activities they did for holidays just get regular blank computer pictures and one of those "book report" binding pinchers

[bunnyslippers]

I love Shutterfly. You can also make calendars. For my own two boys on shutterfly this Christmas, I made them ABC books. Each page was a photo of them that corresponded with the alphabet. A is for Apple Picking, B is for Beach, C is for Cousins...you get the drift. Shutterfly even has a template for an ABS book. The boys love them!!!!

I have also made blankets as good-bye gifts. Just a no-sew, tie together fleece, but the parents and kids always love them!

As a good-bye gift from my dcks/to my dcks every year, I get a bunch of beach balls. Each child signs the other children's balls with permanent marker. If they can't write their name, I write it and let them do a scribble. So cute!!!! Always a hit with the parents and the kids love them.

[NeedaVaca]

http://www.cuckooforcoupondeals.com/freebies-2/hurry-free-photo-book-from-my-publisher/

In case you decide to go with a photo book, here's a free one!

[makap]

I am loving all of these great ideas!!!

[Heidi]

http://www.cuckooforcoupondeals.com/...-my-publisher/

In case you decide to go with a photo book, here's a free one!

Thanks! I followed your link and am trying it out. I like it better than Shutterfly so far. I'll let you know what it ends up costing me (not sure if the coupon will work).