Winter Break: DIY Gifts and Honors Updates!

Hello,

I hope you all had a fantastic end to your semester and can now take a breather because finals are over!

Now that finals are over, many of you might be finding gifts to give others for the holiday season. Even if you don't celebrate, I found a great link on Pinterest that gives really cheap but still really cute gift ideas for everyone on your list! I know that this was important to me as a college student (see meme below).

Many of the gifts in this link, which you can view by clicking here, are crafted using materials you might have at home! One of my favorite things on this list is the gifts that use scrabble tiles to spell things out. If you don't want to use your pieces from your actual game, you can buy the loose tiles on Amazon for cheap (like 200 tiles for less than $10).

Another easy but more crafty gift is making a Winter/Holiday Wreath! I made one for my boyfriend's mom (pictured below) and got all the supplies from Michael's which always has great sales and coupons. It was also fun to make.

 If you want to travel to find some nice gifts, taking a trip to Frankenmuth is a great plan. I just went earlier this week and got some personalized ornaments and gifts I can give to my entire family (as well as eat some really delicious American/German food). To see all that Frankenmuth has to offer, click here!

Super cute "Grinch" display at Bronners!

I hope that these ideas are helpful, I know they were to me as I was spending so much time getting deadlines finished that I didn't really think about gifts until the last minute.

Have a wonderful break!

Kaylee
P.S. We have some really awesome things planned in January when we all come back to campus from break. Keep your eyes on your email for registration links and more information as we get closer to the Winter 2017 semester!

1. First Coffee hour of Winter 2017 is Friday, January 13th at 11:30 a.m at The Honors College. Please join us for friends, fun and of course, coffee!
2. Star Lecture on Tuesday, January 17th at 7 p.m. at The Honors College!
3. Mentoring & Commuter Game Night on Thursday, January 26th from 5-7 p.m. at The Honors College! This event is our 3rd annual of it's kind and so much fun, especially if you love Euchre!