i've done all the above, plus with myson we've made hot cocoa mix in jars with spoons dipped inchocoate, towels with names or strips of fabric, homemmade doggie and kitty treats, google this stuff for recipies. for his 1st grade teacher, he made a pointer that looked like a pencil out of a dowel, bath salts, google again with washcloths, homemade cookies, breads, brownies ect. bookmarks with stickers for preschool teachers, stamped brown paper bags with potato stamps for gift wrap,