{"id":9239,"date":"2015-05-13T13:37:41","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T12:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9239"},"modified":"2015-05-19T13:38:15","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T12:38:15","slug":"the-5-best-presents-my-kids-ever-gave-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/the-5-best-presents-my-kids-ever-gave-me\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Best Presents My Kids Ever Gave Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>It\u2019s my birthday this month which means that over the next few days I will be given a series of fantastic home-made gifts crafted by my offspring.<\/h3>\r\nOver the years, I have been presented with some absolute classics which I have stored away to show my kids when they are adults. Here are some of my favourites:\r\n<h3>1.\u00a0Drawings<\/h3>\r\nKids art is awesome; brightly coloured, straight to the point and occasionally done on paper instead of the walls. My favourites are the portraits that reveal your true essence, sometimes more true than you would like such as the paiting my daughter did of me &#8216;looking grumpy&#8217;.\r\n<h3>2.\u00a0Sculptures<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\r\nI have had the joy of opening the gift of many a 3-D construction made from found things such as a piece of old gum, a shoe horn and some cat hair. My favourite was a snow scene my daughter made out of cardboard, salt and her own freakishly sticky spit.\r\n<h3>3.\u00a0<b>The Contents of<\/b> Their<b> Pockets\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\r\nReceiving the contents of your kid\u2019s pocket after a walk in the park is one of the greatest joys of parenting.\u00a0 The more usual items you will be given include feathers, stones, conkers and leaves; rarer items include gold stars and dead insects and sugar packets pilfered from the cafe.\r\n<h3>4.\u00a0Sea Glass<\/h3>\r\nMy all time favourite &#8216;kid presents&#8217; have been pieces of sea glass. 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