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On these pages you can see some real dutch gifts that you can make yourself. It is a tradition to make something special as a surprise for someone at "Sinterklaas" and each year you have special additions in magazines to give you ideas how to make these. I sellected some that are "real dutch".

Of course you can give them at any occasion, as birthdays, christmas... or you can make them for yourself.


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Book-end with tullips made from wood, draw the picture on three-plywood and paint it, fix it to a sheet of wood and ready are your ever blooming tulips.

Click on the picture to get the worksheet.

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Click on the picture to get the worksheet.

A jig saw puzzle also made of three-plywood.pijl1.jpg (6586 bytes)

Draw the picture on the wood, paint it and use a fret saw to make the pieces, make them smooth with sandpaper. Glue the border to another piece of plywood of the same size which was first painted blue and green.

BorduurK1.jpg (12326 bytes) Cross stitch embroidery, a delfts blue tile with a winter and a summer landscape. Click on the tile to see a larger version and get the pattern. BorduurK2.jpg (13031 bytes)

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These ideas and worksheets are taken from the magazines "Margriet" and "Libelle"