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Miniatures make great gifts
One of the joys of miniatures is the ease you can make them in the form of gifts and extend your joy to some deserving friends.

The photos here show some of the gifts we have made and distributed. The Kleenex boxes are my version of mini-roomboxes.
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We made this Easter basket as a present for a friend who had done us a number of favors. The church is 1/4" scale from a Greenleaf kit.
This is the granddaughter of a neighbor who watched me build this house.  She was so in love with it that the Easter bunny decided to leave it for her.  Note the smile it earned.  Pure profit.
Our first Kleenex box. The furniture is scratch built
A Christmas present for our son John
A Christmas present for our son, Bill
Kleenex Box made as a gift for a friend
Did you ever wonder what to do with all those CD's that AOL and all the others keep sending thru the mail?  They can be turned in to great gifts.
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Grandma's reading a story to the puppy. The bench was adapted from a porchswing.
Grandpa's holding the cat and the puppy is wanting to get up there
A detail view of the lighthouse scene
Carolyn's Bar is open. The bar and backbar are scratch built
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The lighthouse box above inspired two more for a friend. The one on the left is the Cape atteras Light and the one on the right is Sandy Hook Light.
A set of 4 boxes made as Christmas gifts in 200. Se details of each box below.
THUMBNAILS OF MY KLEENEX BOXES.
They are my version of roomboxes and make great gifts.  (Click on the thumbnail to see a larger image)

While on vacation, I met a nice family.  I decided to make a gift of choice for each of the children.  Here they are.
A dollhouse size (1/12) cradle for Jaanai.
A speedboat for Jakob
A Stealth Bomber for Jarib
An Ice fishing shack for Josh. About 1/96 scale
Accepting a challenge by Noni, the Great OZ of the GSOLFLT (Green Sock on Left Foot on Tuesday) Club, I made this mini roombox for Elizabeth, a lover of Loony Tunes.  It is 1/12 scale with Bugs Bunny from Hallmark and graphics downloaded from the internet.  The chair is scratch built with cushions decorated with graphics printed by computer on fabric.  Lots of fun!
The GSOLFOT Matchbox Swap
The challenge was to make something that related to the recipient and put it in a matchbox.   I used two boxes, one kitchen match size and one small.  First I built a cart (or trolley as my English recipient would say) by modifying a printable coaster wagon .  The smaller matchbox was installed there-in and the details of the tea and cakes placed on top.  Finally everything was stuffed into the large matchbox.
The GSOLFOT Trunk Challenge
Another club challenge was to make a trunk according to prescribed specifications, decorate it, and fill it with something that relates to the person it was to be shared with. 
I elected to make a wooden trunk.  Actually, it is made of illustrator's board and covered with dollhouse wood flooring.  The bands are steam bent veneer.  Brass handles and hinges finished the job.  The contents are computer related and made generally from printables downloaded off the internet.  As you can see they all fit nicely in the trunk
A Kleenex Box made for a charity auction at a local Elks Lodge
Looking at the box from the other side
Look at the view inside. The elk is on a "fool's gold" base
This Kleenex box was made for a charity auction by a local Elks Lodge.  An Elk member provided the Elk and I made the rest.
This is a GSOLFOT swap for Christmas things that might be decorations or gifts.   I opted for both.  Since Ellen worked in 1/24 scale, I built for her.  The outhouse (privy, chick sale, or whatever) was aimed at her ranch house.  The mini chair was for the outside enjoyment of he folks.  The mini stable scene was for Christmas. 
The next swap was to build an office door for a Sockee.  My subject was Polly, the keeper of the Keys. 
The door is mounted in a  surround made of basswood.  The bricks are made with Magic Brick which I have used successfully many times.  On the left is the GSOLFOT roster and on the right is the directory of the offices in the castle.  The signs are made in the computer as well as the door mat printable.  The bottom panels of the door are decorated with replicas of the GSOLFOT badge, the left one in green, of course.  The mailbox is a homemade printable because I couldn't find one on the internet.  Finally, under the door mat, you will find the door key where it is securely stored..
I have made a number of dolphins during Dremel demos, but they were generally thin and made from a single 1/8" piece of wood.  The son of a fellow member of GSOLFOT Club needed a dolphin and I decided to try to sculpt one that was fully formed in three dimensions.  This one was made from two slabs of 1/8" pine with a 1/16" bass slab sandwiched in between.  A 1/16" bass chunk made the tail. The eyes are
decorative pins.   There was only one problem.  I couldn't find two pins of the same color.  Sharp eyed viewers will notice  this dolphin is blessed with one black eye and a blue one.
A Dolphin for James
Butterflies for Dale
Another GSOLFOT swap, with Polly this time.  She loves butterflies (or "Flutterbies," as she calls them).  These were scanned into the computer from various sources, loaded into a poster using Announcements and printed on transparency paper.  Each butterfy was then cut out and a body (1/16" dowel) attached.  They were then mounted in a decorated gator board box and a oicture frame fit to the front.