If you are counting the days until Christmas and time is short, there is still time for a child to create a personal gift for a special relative or friend. Gardening is often a favorite hobby and using a knee pad when planting and weeding is a help. You can find pads in discount and gardening stores for under $5.00.

• Begin by cutting paper the size of the knee pad.
• Choose a favorite saying to put on the pad using a wide tip permanent marker.
• Help a child plan how to position the wording on the practice paper sheet. Once the words fit correctly on the paper, guide a child in writing on the knee pad.
• A young child can just draw a picture if writing is too difficult. Both sides of the knee pad can be decorated.

Teaching the joy of giving is a gift we can share with children.