Getting out of the house is hard enough when you have three young children, but it becomes decidedly more challenging when you misplace things as often as I do. I used to think Kyle and Jake liked to play the recurring game "Where Are Mommy's Car Keys?" Apparently I was wrong, since I received the following gift from them, which will probably hang on my kitchen wall until the end of time.

MATERIALS
Wooden blocks
Carpenter's wood glue
Acrylic paints
Paintbrushes
Cup hooks
Picture-frame hanger

Use blocks and wood glue to create a small-scale replica of the recipient's house (or neighborhood). Your kids can paint it with acrylics, again using the actual one (Grammy's cottage or Uncle Dave's apartment) as a model. Along the bottom, screw in cup hooks. Finally, affix a picture-frame hanger on the back so the key holder can hang on a nail.