Sunday, August 17, 2014

11 DIY Gift Ideas For Big-Little Reveal

                      My absolute favorite part about sorority recruitment and bid week: Big-Little Reveal! Here are 11 gift ideas to surprise your little with on the big day!
              
Pictured: Me and my little during our big/little reveal! So much fun!

Pictured: Ideas 1-5

1. A personalized candy jar, filled with candy of course! I found a plain jar and decorated it with oil based paint pens. This is something that she can keep on her desk to get her through studying!

2. A framed scrapbook page: Perfect for any occasion but even more perfect for big little reveal. You can add pictures that you have taken together or leave the spots blank for pictures from this exciting day. 
***Find my How-To for the scrapbook page and the candy jar here.

3. A giant clothespin picture holder. It is a little difficult to see it in the picture, but I painted it red with black letters and gave it a little bedazzling, because everything can use a little sparkle! You can find this wooden gem at Michael's or Hobby Lobby (if you aren't protesting HL like I am!).

4. A painted initial. I had already gone with the navy/light blue for the scrapbook page, so I went the same direction with the letter. I found small wooden letters to put our sorority letters on this large initial. Add a ribbon and some bedazzling and voila, you're done.

5. Something personalized to put MORE candy in, because who doesn't like candy? I used this wooden tool box that I thought had a cute shape and could be put to good use. A wooden crate would be cute too! You can find an example of this here.

6. Decorated cupcakes: Delicious and cute. Our mascot is the ladybug so I decorated these cupcakes red with black dots. So cute and so fun! My little shared these with her floor mates and they loved them! (Or so she said ;))

Pictured: Idea #6

7. A pin board or dry erase board. You can choose one or the other, but both would be a little much. Remember, she has to have room for all of this in her dorm room! Keep it simple. You can find my post on these here.

Pictured: Idea #7

8. A picture/memory box for her to keep all of the little sorority stuff that she will receive over the next three or four years. It's also a good thing to put other littler gifts in. A post for the memory box is coming soon.
Pictured: ideas 8-9

9. Picture Coasters! Find my tutorial for these adorable coasters here.

Pictured: Idea #9

And finally a couple of ideas that are pretty typical with sorority girls:

10. Her first set of letters decorated any way you choose!

11. A pin box, decorated to the nines.

Pictured: Ideas 10-11

A lot of schools start formal recruitment in the fall, so I'm posting this a little earlier than when we start at IU. Big-little week is the craftiest time of the year for most sorority girls. These are just a handful of inexpensive ideas that are perfect for broke college students. All it takes is a little love and a lot of paint!


Go Greek!
-K

Disclaimer: All of the ideas pictured above can be decorated according to your Sorority. Any of these ideas can be used as gifts for birthdays or holidays. 

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