Give a sorority gift that demonstrates that special relationship between sisters. You can often find items like the little sister-big sister heart shown below, but I hope to encourage you to make your own special gifts for Little Sisters and Big Sisters. SororitySisters.net is a good place to start for some handmade sorority gift ideas.
Sorority Sister Hearts are Knit Together
One of the best gifts for a little sister or a big sister is one that affirms the Big-Little relationship. A framed picture of the two sisters together is always a winner because it shows appreciation for that special relationship. Go a step further with a framed picture by personalizing the picture frame with your sorority letters. This can be as simple as painting your Greek letters on the frame or can be more elaborate with handpainted sorority name and the sorority flower or mascot. Using your sorority colors for the background is another way to make it personal.
Many times you can find stickers or a rubber stamp that makes making special sorority gifts very easy.
For example, to make a Tri Sigma picture frame....
Look for a rubber stamp of a sailboat. The ink from the stamp prints the lines of the design onto your frame. Then with the design safely and neatly on the frame, you can use a tiny paint brush to paint in the colors ( a little paint goes a long way)
The frame that I made for the Sorority Sisters site is for Delta Zeta.
The frame already had the plaid mat. I drew a simple turtle on drawing paper, colored it with pencils, cut it out, and glued it to the mat (under the glass). Then using white acrylic paint, I painted "Delta Zeta" and embellished it with two pink flowers on either end. The green frame, the pink flowers, and the pink and green turtle all display the Delta Zeta colors or pink and green.
This idea is easy, inexpensive, and so appreciated, especially when it includes a picture of Big Sis and Little Sis together.
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If you are an Alpha Chi Omega sister and would like have a stash of A Chi O gifts, you will love the Alpha Chi Omega deals that often come from eBay This picture shows a batch of sorority gifts that were recently sold through an auction. It appears that the butterfly was the mascot for this Alpha Chi Omega chapter.
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority Gifts
With a set like this, you will be ready with a large supply gifts for little or big sisters. Some of the items included are a ceramic mug, a metal bucket, a ceramic box, wooden picture holder, picture frames, and a whole bunch of butterfly items for those of you who are looking for butterflies.
For Big/Little sorority gifts, many girls like to give lots of small sorority items, sometimes combined in a sorority gift basket and sometimes just to have a little gift to give every few days. Also, it is nice to have a gift that can be mailed in an envelope like these stickers.
You only need a sharpie or other permanent marker (I like the fine tip for neater writing) and a bunch of foam shape stickers from a craft shop. The foam shapes are stickers. You just peel the paper off of the back and expose the stickiness.
I divided the shapes into colors and then used all the yellow stars for Chi Omega stickers.
Make dotted Greek letters with the Sharpie pen. You simply draw you letters like print and then finish by adding DOTS to the ends of the letters. It makes the letters look more finished and professional, don't you think?
Quick and easy sorority gifts like these can be whipped up in a few minutes.
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The is one of my favorite Delta Zeta designs because it incorporates the Greek letters with the Delta Zeta Turtle mascots.
This sorority gift craft project is an example of what you can do with a plastic container (pink bucket) and paint pens that you buy from the craft store. I used a dark green pen, a light green pen, and a black pen for this design. I think there is a touch of white in there, too.
I always start with a pattern on paper. I transfer the pattern to my bucket with graphite paper which you can buy from a craft store for this purpose. I place the graphite paper on the bucket where I wanted to put the design with the pattern on top of it. I then used a ball point pen to transfer the turtle Greek Letter design onto the bucket. ---Trace it on lightly! You don't want dark lines showing that you can't cover with paint. You just need enough of the pattern to show so that you know where to paint!
I shook the paint pens for awhile to mix up the paint. Then I uncapped each pen as I used it, but first started the flow of paint by pressing the pen tip firmly against a piece of scrap paper until the paint started flowing. Then I filled in my design just like coloring in a coloring book. For the black, you can use a permanent pen like a fine sharpie for the detail lines like the turtle's eye and smile.
The paint from the paint pens dries fast. I like to spray acrylic varnish over a design to give it lasting power, but it is not necessary. (The acrylic spray I use is made by Krylon and I think it is called Clear Coat or Clear something.)
That's it for making a Delta Zeta bucket.
Paint pens are great for painting your Greek Letters on foam can coolers like the ones seen in the picture behind the bucket.
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The engraving is just a little off center - but is hardly noticeable (see the picture above). This mistake means big savings for you. Only available for Alpha Xi Delta at GreekGear.com
engraved, "Alpha Xi Delta and Sisters Forever"
One other item for Alpha Xi Delta at closeout prices is an Alpha Xi Delta pail selling for $1.95 (regular $9.95)
These would be great for making up a big/little gift basket. Just fill it up with little surprises and treats.
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Today's deal is Greek Gear's most popular printed t-shirt! These sorority and fraternity tee shirts are preshrunk and are 100% heavyweight cotton. You never have to worry about the quality.
Try this idea:
Choose the shirt color and imprint color for the first shirt and Greek Gear will produce a contrasting match and send them both together. If you choose a pink shirt with green ink, they can also make a green shirt with pink ink.
Please note that these T-shirts are unisex sizes unless otherwise noted.
Please be aware that these special deals don't last. The deals change from one day to the next, so chick on over to Greek Gear and see what the deal is for today.
Looking for an ADII deal? Or do you want to make some sorority gifts? (see message board idea at end of this post)
This is a 3 Item Alpha Delta Pi gift set.
It includes:
1) A D Pi decorative throw pillow. 11” x 11” with blue pom pom accents
2) A D Pi Graphic Note Pad with a cute lion standing in the right corner
3) A D Pi Make Up Bag- Made of waffle fabric, it is machine washable and the bow is removable “Alpha Delta Pi” is embroidered in light blue.
All Items are NEW and never used.
Is this a good deal? The auction had one bid at $7.99 today (Saturday, Aug 8, 2009). Sometimes sets like this only get one bid and someone ends up with a terrific buy. Hurry, auction ends Aug 14, 2009.
This is a new! Alpha Delta Pi Lion magnetic message board. It is a LARGE, just under 11 inches tall! This hangable magnetic marker board with a blue border has rhinestone BLING! A black marker and two big magnets are included The letters ALPHA DELTA PI are handpainted on it and a wooden painted LION adorned with felt completes the look. A Buy It Now for $13.78 .
MAKE YOUR OWN MESSAGE BOARD:
If you want to make your own, pick up a message board at Walmart (you might not be able to find one with a blue border-I don't know....) . Then go to Hobby Lobby or Michaels for a wooden lion cu- out and magnets. I have seen the lion cut-outs that are already painted. You only have to add Greek letters. The image above shows shiny bling. If that is the look you want, just look for that at the craft store, too.
Need some cute sorority shirts? This video really shows the quality of the Greek Lettering at Greek Gear. This is what you probably want your Greek Letters to look like on the apparel that you buy for your sorority. As always, you get to pick your Greek letters and colors If you looking for something unique, GreekGear has other shirt choices such as cute, fitted sorority polos, fleece shirts with long sleeves, sorority tank tops, and sorority oxfords.
Choose your personalization options for your sorority shirt(s),the color of the shirt and letters AND your sorority's name and your order is ready to complete.
And remember if you need shirts for a small group or your whole chapter, the more sorority shirts you buy, the less they cost you!
"I received the Chi Omega and Phi Mu Hang-up
pillows in the mail yesterday. They are even cuter in person, I am really
pleased with them! I really appreciate the fast turn around as well!" Lisa (Jan.
2010)