"Gift" Ideas

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SO, I'm expecting kids to be bringing gifts in a couple of weeks and, even if they didn't, I'd love to have little Christmas handouts for my kids. I know, I'm cheesy like that.:)

But, considering, I have nearly 400 kids it would need to be a small, inexpensive gift and I'd prefer it be something healthy and definitely cute. I'm insanely uncreative and that's why I'm asking for ideas. Got any??

I thought Clementines would be nice but even 400 of those would be pricey. But, say I gave out small oranges or another type of fruit, what would be a cute way to package them up in a Christmas-y way??

I'm getting ready to check into Pinterest for some cutesy ideas.

Specializes in Peds, Oncology.
I use a large jar and they use q tips, they know they risk amputation if I catch them with their fingers in it!! LOL!

Same here!

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I use a large jar and they use q tips, they know they risk amputation if I catch them with their fingers in it!! LOL!

I don't even let them use Q-tips, *I* use the Q-tips and hand it to them! It's worked so far.

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Specializes in School Nursing, Telemetry.

We have tubes of Vaseline, and I hand it out on a cotton swab. Doesn't seem to icky in that way.

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

i have a vat o' vaseline for my use with applicators. for lips, i found very handy dandy packets of lip balm at school health at a reasonable price. I throw them into the baggies of bandaids for the teachers that will take a supply for their classroom to cut down on one more type of malingerer

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for lips, i found very handy dandy packets of lip balm at school health at a reasonable price.

I never even thought to look for that! You have just turned my life around, haha. (Of course with my luck I'll find that lip balm is considered a medication in my district.)

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.

Well, not to throw a wrench in this, but what about what Dr.Oz says about how bad petroleum-based chap-sticks are, health-wise?

Just curious if any of you had heard about that.....

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Specializes in retired LTC.

Hey, does Dr Oz eat it or something?

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.

No, he says that by using it, WE are ingesting it, repeatedly. He recommends non-petroleum based products.

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I trust Dr Oz about as far as I can throw him . . . anyone who advertises for "miracle" weight loss is more interested in money than true science.

Dr. Oz’s bad medicine - Salon.com

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I trust Dr Oz about as far as I can throw him . . . anyone who advertises for "miracle" weight loss is more interested in money than true science.

Dr. Oz’s bad medicine - Salon.com

Finally someone that agree's with me on that so call doc!

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Specializes in school nursing, ortho, trauma.

they're just vitamin e, beeswax and mineral oil and coconut oil and a little pomegranate flavor (unknown if it's natural). i can't imagine that anyone would take issue with them medically. I personally see nothing in these that's any more sinister than the vat o'vaseline - just a more sanitary way of doing things.

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they're just vitamin e, beeswax and mineral oil and coconut oil and a little pomegranate flavor (unknown if it's natural). i can't imagine that anyone would take issue with them medically. I personally see nothing in these that's any more sinister than the vat o'vaseline - just a more sanitary way of doing things.

I used to do the vat of Vaseline but changed over to the same product you mentioned a few years ago! So much better!

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