Foolproof recipes are always welcome gifts. If you had time, you would make a little notebook and handwrite 20 of your favorites. Here's a speedier version: Pick one recipe, have your child write it on an index card, and package it with some of the ingredients. Give a play-clay recipe, for example, with a cookie cutter and balls of starter clay wrapped in plastic. Give a bubble recipe with glycerin and a wand, or pancake mix with the dry ingredients sifted into jars. Any recipe that starts with the words "Never-Fail Party _________" would be well-received in my house. I don't mean to hint.