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Greetings Gift-Givers!
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This is Better Gift Coach, where you can share the times you gave a gift that turned up the thoughtfulness dial to full blast so we can coach everyone else on how to do the same.
Gift thoughtfulness dial
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This weekās awesome gift story is thanks to one of our subscribers, Amanda. In the spirit of Amandaās gift, see the P.S. for a BGC crossword puzzle. Thanks, Amanda!
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Estimated read time: 2 minutes & 21 seconds
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Gift idea time! Hereās a story of a
great gift to spark your creativity
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The ācrossword mama" Gift
I want to share with you one of the best gifts I ever gave (at least I think so!). My mother was a crossword lover, so one year I made her a personalized crossword puzzle. The clues were all about family lore, inside jokes, family lingo, TV shows she liked, etc. I used a free online crossword generator which was very easy to use. Coming up with the clues was fun, but definitely took a while. Since she was a pro at crosswords, I made a big puzzle and phrased clues in that kind of cryptic, crossword clue kind of way. It was a big hit! After my mother finished the crossword, she asked me to make another one.
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Why this gift is great
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Free
Creative, unique
Tradition potential
Thoughtfulā¦to the max
Has the same special sauce as šĀ Thoughtful, free, ready in 15 and šĀ $0 cost for memories never lost
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Brainstorming your version of this gift
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Plan ahead - Making a custom crossword puzzle from scratch likely takes time. Give yourself at least a month and do the work in bunches.
Enlist help, share in the credit - consider the opportunity to make this a group gift by asking others to contribute words/clues
Could be a gift that you give to multiple people (families, friends, coworkers)
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Free online crossword generators:
Crossword Labs - no signup required, simple, clean, I used this one
The Teacherās Corner - no signup required, more options to customize, busy with online ads
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Other games you can create your own customized versions for:
Trivia
Mad-Lib
Pictionary
Apples to Apples/Cards Against Humanity
Word search (free generator - The Word Search)
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Making this gift happenĀ
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Who on your gift list enjoys crossword puzzles (or similar games)? _____
Who could you enlist to help you create the game? _____
How much time should you give yourself to create this? _____
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Spread some love! Share this gift idea
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Forward this gift idea to:
Someone who appreciates family history and lore
Someone who has a loved one who loves crosswords (or similar games)
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Thank you!
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My attempt to send
you off with a smile
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Hope your day is a 9-letter word for very good,
Patrick Kucharson
Better Gift Coach
P.S. See below for the very first BGC crossword puzzle. Enjoy!
Crossword Clues:
Not always
As ___ crow flies
Better than better
You read BGC for ideas for ___
It can be before you in a question
The price of the BGC newsletter
[See the very bottom of this email for the answer key]
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SUBSCRIBER PUTTING BGC GIFTS IDEAS INTO ACTION:
A subscriber, Meri, reached out to me a while back seeking gift ideas for her brotherās 60th birthday. She decided to go with the memory slips idea from šĀ $0 cost for memories never lost. I was so excited when she recently reached back out with an update on how it went:
My brother loved the āRemember Whenā Idea for his 60th birthday. My mother, brother, and I all submitted remembrances. Thanks so much!
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