This year I will be making each of the ids something as there is only 4-5 kids. When there gets to be more kids I will either suggest a Secret Santa type thing or give a family present of a batch of gingerbread biscuits or something.

I think I will make a summer hat or something. I think up to $10 is ok to spend, you could give balls, colouring books & pencils, a story book, soft toys, musical instruments (maracas, casstinets, bells, etc)

Maybe you could buy a heap of cheap T-shirts & some fabric paint & write "Merry Christmas 2009" or "MG09" (mothers group 2009)

Or if you a handy with a sewing machine, get a couple of metres of calico & some red & grenn paint, sew up some basic sacks & write their names on it