My preferred gift is usually something I've made. Often my gifts end up being more expensive than if I'd bought one, but I have a lot of fun putting sometimes figuring them out and then putting them together. Right now I have several presents in the works that I cannot blog about 'cause I don't want to ruin the surprise....that and if they don't work out the recipient isn't wise to what he didn't get when he turned 53.
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I remember looking up what size an average buffalo skin was and cutting out small pieces of leather to scale and then stitching them together with sinew. Using a small array of rulers and calipers I tried my best to keep it all to scale. A scrap of wood from the garage was cut, sanded, and stained for base and then I put some green fabric over the top to simulate grass. The inside is actually furnished and the center was a small fake firepit that was wired with a small bulb and battery pack. With a flip of the switch you could see the furnishings once you flipped back the door flap.
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My father still has it in his office. It is the only gift I've given him that I'm aware he's kept. Not bad for a hacked together gift from a 20 year old.
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