Last year, I gifted my parents and in-laws with a framed craft of an angel whose wings were made with my 2-year-old daughter's handprints for wings. Ohhs and ahhs gave way to a few teary eyes ...

Fall will be here before you ... with a few Thanksgiving projects, such as handprint turkeys and turkey windsocks, or indulge in Halloween crafts, from ghost leaves to craft stick crows.