Ideas for centerpieces to benefit homeless
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Kcama - Colorful tissue Paper with a weight and ribbon.
Anti-bacterial wipes and gel, go to the dollar tree and get small tubes of toothpaste and the large packages of toothbrushes , soaps , socks and combs.
At Christmas , my family no longer exchanges gifts as we have been blessed to have everything we need . So for several years we have gotten together for the family party /meal and made "blessing bags" with all these items and some granola bars, tuna salad and snack cracker packets ,etc. Together with my siblings and their spouses, grown children we make about 50-70 of these bags to deliver to the local homeless shelter . These items were requested by the administration there, hope it helps you out .
You could make book baskets, baskets with random things such as samples of items, balloons tied down with rocks, baskets made with items of canned food, etc...
Hi K, Since you have "medicine" in your charity, you could make something like this, only instead of the teddy bear, make sock flowers. And instead of the coffee cup, maybe a box that looked like a Dr. bag or first aid box!
Or, you could make a tiered sock cake
Hope this helps!
how about wash cloth flowers with toothbrush stems
Just sharing my thoughts, here. I know that one drugstore has shrinkage in antiperspirants (nice term for stolen merchandise). I believe in dignity for everyone, so I would include a popular antiperspirant like Axe or similar and some nice soap. For women, some nice feminine antiperspirant and nice soap.
I love your first idea, too!
For the bear centerpiece, you might consider making messenger bags from some material (do you have old curtains like in The Sound of Music?) and the gifts can go in there.
Consider sunblock, Solarcaine, and insect repellant.
One more thing: with a washcloth you can fold a boo - boo bunny that will hold some ice when you need ice on a wound like a burn. There are several sites which can show you how to fold one.
Also lotion and chapstick.