Who needs to show off diamonds when you've got heirloom jewels like these? When my kids each gave one to their great-grandmother to wear on her coat, she was thrilled. Now she has the excuse she needed to talk about her great-grandchildren.

MATERIALS

Bottle cap
Needle-nose pliers
Pin backing (available at craft stores)
Photo
White glue or clear glaze (available at craft stores)

To make your pin, use needle-nose pliers to bend out and flatten the rim of a bottle cap. Then your children can glue a pin backing to the cap. Let them decorate the inside edge of the cap--my kids colored it with nail polish and glued on glitter. Then they can trace a quarter around a photo of their choice and cut it out. The next step is to glue the picture in the center of the bottle cap and coat it with clear glaze or white glue that dries clear.