Creative activity planning

Creative Activity Planning Articles 1 I. Activity Background

In order to respond to the low-carbon and environmental protection lifestyle put forward by the Eleventh National Congress, reduce air pollution and slow down ecological deterioration. In order to increase sustainable development, our school held a "Soy Cup" creative design competition.

Two. Campaign slogan

Low carbon leads environmental protection fashion, and quality life starts from me.

Three. Purpose of the activity

Reuse of waste to realize sustainable development. Make everyone pay more attention to the concept of low-carbon environmental protection and improve students' awareness of environmental protection.

Prosper campus culture, enrich after-school life, provide a stage for students to show themselves, improve students' enthusiasm and stimulate their innovative consciousness.

Four. Venue

The windows on both sides of the school canteen.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) activity planning and hosting

Sponsored by Young Volunteers Association of Shandong Vocational and Technical College of Labor

Target audience of intransitive verbs

Students in the whole hospital

Seven. I-word duration

Collection time: April 7-April 18.

Selection time: April19-April 2 1.

Eight. Preliminary preparation

1. The league secretaries of each class publicize the "Soybean Milk Cup Creative Design Competition" to the students of this class. Students are also encouraged to use discarded soybean milk cups for self-creation, which reflects the concept of low carbon and environmental protection.

2. Campus radio station for publicity (exhibition day).

3. The social practice departments of all departments should select at least 10 works handed in by the class and submit them to the Youth Volunteers Association of the Youth League Committee of the College before the evening of April 18.

4. Each department will send a judge to form a jury, and the selection will be conducted from 19 to 2 1.

5. Choose 2 first prizes, 5 second prizes and 3 third prizes 10 from all works.

6. The Propaganda Department should make posters before April 20th.

7. The International Liaison Department began to solicit sponsorship on April 10.

Nine. Temporary implementation

Before noon on April 22nd 1. Put the works in the exhibition window for a week.

X. Post-work

1. Keep the label of the work on file as a souvenir.

3. The activity report was written by the Secretariat and uploaded to the website of the Ministry of Education and Industry.

XI。 preventive measure

1. In order to prevent the number of participants from being too small, it is necessary to stipulate the number of participants in the department and require the students of the whole hospital to participate as much as possible.

2. In order to prevent the number of entries from being too small, it is necessary to stipulate the number of entries submitted by the department and require the members of the association to participate as much as possible.

3. In the process of collecting works, ensure that each work can smoothly enter the selection process.

4. When collecting works, the number of works submitted by various departments shall be truthfully registered.

If the final result is not satisfactory, we will take certain measures and try our best to coordinate with individuals to reach an acceptable opinion.

6. Other related matters shall be the responsibility of relevant departments.

7. Recording desk

Shandong Vocational College of Labor Technology Youth Volunteers Association

March of XX year

Creative activity planning 2 I. Purpose of the activity

In order to enrich college students' after-school life, advocate a healthy lifestyle, stimulate students' innovative ability and practical operation ability, and popularize the scientific method and nutrition knowledge of eating instant noodles, a creative contest with the theme of "Eating Instant Noodles in Summer" is now held.

Second, the active object.

Students of Beijing Technology and Business University, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Shanghai Fisheries University, Henan University of Technology, South China Agricultural University and Fuzhou University, including undergraduates and graduate students.

Three. Time and place of activity

From June to September, 2000, on the campus of colleges and universities.

Four. organizer

China Institute of Food Science and Technology

Lamian Noodles Association of the World China Branch

organizer

South China Agricultural University Food College Youth League Committee Student Union

Verb (abbreviation of verb) activity content

1. Distribute and recycle the questionnaire. Students who fill in the questionnaire can get a pack of instant noodles, and the number of people who are not allowed to receive dental caries is about 500.

2, instant noodles as the main body, around the creative theme of production, can be arbitrarily mixed with other foods and raw materials, production should be convenient, the time is less than 20 minutes.

It is required to emphasize health, delicacy and nutrition, and encourage China and local characteristics.

grade scale

Creativity is 25 points, sensory evaluation is 20 points, nutrition collocation 15 points, flavor characteristics 10 points, operability 10 points, work name is 5 points, creative description 15 points, and total score 100 points.

Sixth, the award setting

A certain number of entries were screened out by the school's initial evaluation, and then re-evaluated by experts from the institute. Finally, the grand prize, first prize, second prize, third prize and finalists were selected and rewarded.

Grand Prize: RMB 3,000 (1)

First prize: RMB XX (2 persons)

Second prize: RMB 1000 yuan (5 persons)

Third prize: RMB 500 yuan (12)

Finalist Award: RMB 65,438+000 (70)

Seven. Activity flow

In the middle and late June

—— Publicity and promotion on campus, posting details of activities and application forms on campus network, posting posters of activities on campus and collecting application forms;

Before June 30th.

-Distribute questionnaires on campus, and students who fill in the questionnaires can get a pack of instant noodles. The survey is about 500 people.

July

Students prepare competition works;

August 10

-Collect entries (entry information sheet and physical color map) from students at school, and conduct preliminary evaluation to screen out a certain number of entries;

August 20(th)

—— Submit the preliminary evaluation results to chinese institute of food science and technology, with a total of * * *15;

September

-chinese institute of food science and technology will organize re-evaluation and finally select the grand prize, the first, second and third prizes and the finalists, and reward them;

65438+1mid-October

-awarding prizes (or prizes) and certificates to the winners;

Before 65438+ 10 month 15

-After the activity, submit the activity summary and related materials (including words, photos, videos, etc. ) to society.

Note: The results of this contest (winners and their works) will be published on (China Food News) and the website of China Institute of Food Science and Technology.

Students participating in the competition should submit the application form to the folder 3 19 of the Youth League Committee Practice Department in the building of Food College (opposite to Teaching Third School) or send it to Shipinshijianbu06 @163.com in electronic form. Attached is the application form and work information form.

Youth League Committee and Student Union of Food College

20xx June

Creative activity planning 3 I. Preface to the activity

By holding the "APP Creative Exhibition Competition", we can stimulate contemporary college students' innovative thinking, use computers scientifically, inspire inspiration, encourage creativity, express their emotions, show their talents, lead the design culture with the image of a pioneer, express their life as a director Weng, and combine technology, art and emotion perfectly to show the elegance of contemporary college students. And strive to promote your company's brand and products to achieve a win-win goal.

Second, the purpose of the activity

Challenge yourself, use the science and technology of the new era to release ideals and passions, and generate will be creative in the collision of reality, dreams and passions. Improve students' scientific and technological innovation ability, enrich students' campus cultural life, improve students' scientific literacy and broaden students' humanistic vision.

Third, the planning organizer

Computer Department General Branch Student Union

Fourth, the activity time:

April 21-April 30

Time to hand in homework:

May 10

Verb (abbreviation for verb) target audience

Teachers and students of the whole hospital

Entry requirements for intransitive verbs

Participants can use the current mainstream development platforms, tools and data technologies to design and develop software works independently or as a team. Works can be websites, games, web application systems, stand-alone software, mobile terminal-based apps and other forms.

The specific requirements of this work are as follows:

(1) The development platform (tool) is not limited.

(2) The submitted works must have documents explaining the development, operation and use of software functions.

(3) Independent design and development (complete plagiarism is strictly prohibited).

(4) It can be demonstrated at the competition site.

Submission method:

The folder is named "Department+Class+Name+Item"; The folder contains: "source file+finished product+description document (word document)".

Seven, award setting:

First Prize: Certificate of Honor +500 yuan.

Second Prize: Certificate of Honor +300 yuan.

Third Prize: Certificate of Honor +200 yuan.

Merit award: certificate of honor+exquisite gift.

Eight. Registration method

(1) On-site registration:

Sign up at each registration point. Please consult at the booth for details.

(2) Unified registration:

Participants in each project can register with the monitor of each class.

(3) Other registrations:

① Pay attention to WeChat "Computer Department of Kangda University" and send a private message of "Name+Class+Entries+Contact Information" to register.

② Edit the short message: "Name+Class+Entries+Contact Information" to the Minister of Learning Department of Computer Department;

Creative activity planning article 4 1. Activity theme: expand your thinking and use your imagination to make greeting cards.

Activity background: In the university, everyone's spare time has obviously increased. Many college students spend time surfing the internet. Playing games has become an indispensable part of life. Time is wasted blindly, and they don't know how to enjoy life and create life. There are many traditional festivals in China and many foreign festivals in the west, which enrich our lives. However, many college students ignore festival culture and waste many excellent festival cultural resources.

Third, the purpose of the activity: enrich the extracurricular life of college students, reduce the academic pressure, enhance students' language thinking ability and cultivate students' innovative consciousness through this activity. Improve everyone's understanding and research on ancient and modern Chinese and foreign festival culture. Awaken the fine tradition of holiday greetings.

4. Competition form: Create holiday greeting cards with excellent traditional festivals in China and western and foreign festivals as the themes.

Requirements: The quality of greeting cards should not be softer than sketch paper, and the size of greeting cards can be selected. When writing, it can be palm-sized or large. The shape and structure can be selected, which can be round, flat and three-dimensional. We just want creativity and charm! The layout is neat, the theme is clear, plagiarism is not allowed, and the content is actively innovative.

Notes attached to the work (on the back, or in the form of notes, indicate the name of the professional course and explain the theme)

Activity process of intransitive verbs: pre-preparation: inform all participants of this activity and discuss the relevant suitability of the activity. And contact other departments for possible help.

Seven, the contest awards set the best works award, the best creativity award, the best popularity award, the best style award, the best artist award and the best theme award.

Eight. Note: Keep other people's works in good condition and tidy, and there must be no expenditure that damages the funds for pollution control activities. The principle should be frugality.

Nine, the end of the activity, the Ministry organized a meeting, summed up experience, found shortcomings, and carried forward the advantages. Lay a good foundation for future activities.

X. Budget: Award 6 yuan

XI。 Event leaders and participants

Creative activity planning 5 I. Purpose of the activity

The purpose is to make students pay attention to discover and pay attention to campus culture and the spirit of Normal University, sympathize with this unique carrier, find students who are gifted in graphic arts through the selection of works, show the spirit of Normal University in an unconventional way through the display of works, embody the theme of "self-improvement, responsibility and success", and make students pay more attention to campus culture and carry forward campus culture with characteristics.

Second, the background of the incident

Following the launching ceremony of a series of activities on the theme of "self-improvement, responsibility and success" in our college, in order to further embody this theme, let the spirit be more deeply rooted in people's hearts, let students pay more attention to campus culture and have a deeper understanding of the spirit of Normal University.

Three. Activity introduction

Most Normal University is similar to a semi-propositional composition. "Spirit of Normal University" is the theme, but what is the spirit in your eyes, which gives people room to play freely and makes people daydream. With the unique carrier of compassion, all the soul and creativity of the work can be reflected here, and the personality orientation that belongs to the school and belongs to oneself can be grasped. Works can be imaginative impressionism, humorous four-grid comics, or even graffiti, all of which need some words to explain. Collect these works for the whole school and select excellent works for display.

Fourth, the activity process planning

1. Portfolio promotion:

(1) Online Publicity: Announce the collection of works on the campus network.

(2) Poster publicity: make and post posters about the collection of works.

(3) Distribute leaflets for publicity: make leaflets and distribute them to the heads of the hospitals, and then distribute them to the class leaders for further publicity.

2. Portfolio:

(1) The monitor of each class is responsible for collecting the works of this class, then handing them over to the College Student Union, and finally making a unified summary.

3. Selection of works:

Invite judges with professional standards to screen and review the works.

4. Publicity before the exhibition:

Explain the exhibition time when collecting works, and publicize before the exhibition: make posters and make online announcements.

It is also necessary to publicize the list of creators who are qualified to participate in the exhibition.

5. Exhibition of works:

(1) Some preparations before the exhibition: Find out the source and specific description of the works through the exhibition venue, and mark them beside the works. Recruit some exhibitors. Please visit the department leaders.

(2) Work in the exhibition: Pay attention to the protection of exhibits and provide some basic services for visitors.

(3) Post-exhibition work: Arrange the exhibits and clean up the site.

6. Award for outstanding works:

(1) Announce the list of contestants who are qualified to show their works.

(2) Appointment of outstanding talents.

(3) issue certificates to the winners.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) I-word duration

End of April

(1) Portfolio:

Start time of collection of works:

Deadline for collection of works:

(2) Exhibition of works:

Planned exhibition duration

Performance start time and venue: to be determined

Prospect of intransitive verbs' activities

If we do this activity well, we will have the opportunity to hold the next activity. At that time, these excellent works that have been preserved can become the model of the next one for your reference, thus producing more updated and good works. By then, the characteristic culture of the campus will have a greater impact and attract more people to pay attention to our campus and our life.

Introduction to the first part of Chapter 6 of Creative Activity Planning

"The moon is at sea now, and the horizon is at this time." Mid-Autumn Festival, a warm and happy reunion day, is a beautiful day to invite the bright moon with poetry and wine to celebrate the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation! On this day, every family can't bear to be affectionate, having a reunion dinner, tasting moon cakes and enjoying the bright moon, and the festive atmosphere is everywhere. At this time, the enterprise is even more ingenious, creating a festive atmosphere, paying attention to the emotional needs of employees, and creating a happy scene of "staying in the moon for a few places, and enjoying the Mid-Autumn Festival". The company is a big family. In order to carry forward the traditional culture of the Chinese nation, enrich employees' spiritual and material life, enhance employees' cohesion and sense of belonging, and better reflect the harmonious atmosphere of our family, our company plans to hold the Mid-Autumn Festival "One Moon Cake, One World" in xxx on September 24th or 25th (the 14th or 15th of the eighth lunar month). Its purpose is to enhance international employees' understanding of China's long history and culture through colorful cultural activities, to narrow the distance between employees and enterprises, to realize the spirit of peace, friendship and fraternity among people all over the world, and to better promote the economic development of enterprises.

The second part, the theme of the activity.

With the theme of "one moon cake, one world", we will create a corporate atmosphere of "happiness, harmony and keeping pace with the times" and enhance the corporate image.

The third part, the activity content.

I. Analysis of activities

1. Considering that many foreign friends participated in this activity, we started from the traditional culture of China and put our emotions into the scene through the form of stories, using the scene to set off our emotions and attract their attention.

2. Considering that the management system of European and American enterprises is relatively free and active, the activity should consider its mobility, let employees participate in the activity more, set off the atmosphere, and mobilize the enthusiasm and enthusiasm of employees for this activity.

3. Since there is no Mid-Autumn Festival in Europe and America, we should focus on the legends and implications of Mid-Autumn Festival, Moon Appreciation and Moon Cake in China. However, due to the differences between Chinese and western cultures, the form and content should be concise.

Considering the living habits of Europeans and Americans, they don't like too sweet food, so it's not easy to taste moon cakes too sweet.

5. Make some exquisite cards with the origin, allusions, moon appreciation and poems of Mid-Autumn Festival printed on them as souvenirs for employees, which will not only make employees remember this activity for a long time, but also better understand China culture.

6. Innovative methods such as background conversion method and combination method were adopted in this activity.

Advantages: no need to spend a lot of energy rehearsing programs, strong operability and low cost. It is ornamental, interactive and interesting, and it is easy to arouse the enthusiasm of employees.

Disadvantages: The host must have strong control ability and language expression ability, and the program design must be reasonable and interesting, so that foreign employees can understand and participate well.

Second, the overall idea of the cultural festival project

1, appreciation section

Activity form: Dynamic or static video material playing, explained by the host.

Name of activity: Mid-Autumn Festival, do you know?

Publicity content: the origin of Mid-Autumn Festival, allusions, moon appreciation, poems, etc. Such as: allusions-the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, WU GANG, Guigui, Yutu and other goddesses; Appreciating the Moon-Chasing the Moon, Walking and Appreciating the Moon ...

Advantages: illustrated, enhance the appeal. Disadvantages: difficult to understand.

2. Production of parts on site

(1) moon cake

Activity name: moon cake circle, moon circle.

Activity form: The pastry chef performs and instructs interested employees to make moon cakes (which can be completed in groups), and awards the most creative award, the most popular award and the most authentic award.

(2) Kongming Lantern

Activity name: Kongming Lantern Festival, Moonlight.

Activity form: live performance by professional technicians and production by interested employees (can be conducted in groups) to prepare for future release.

Advantages: Interact with employees to arouse their enthusiasm and enthusiasm.

3. Positive role

(1) Yue Bai, the moon, jumping, traveling, stealing, etc.

(2) Eating moon cakes and enjoying the moon-employees discuss with each other.

(3) Signature-The employee signs a blessing on the Kongming Lantern made by the company in advance.

(4) "The sky lantern flies to the moon, the Buddha is on earth"-put down the Kongming lantern-put down the mood. Kongming lanterns, also known as sky lanterns, blessing lanterns or safety lanterns, are written on Kongming lanterns after wonderful performances. Let's watch a bright moon hanging in the night sky, light it and fly it together in the moonlight. Push the program to a climax

In this part, after we learned about the relevant customs in the previous program, the employees performed in the form of small events, forming interaction and launching in one fell swoop, pushing the activities to a climax. Programs can be rehearsed in advance or organized on the spot. )

Note: The program is flexible and can be adjusted according to the actual situation. Allusions are not listed for the time being.

Three. Specific arrangement of activities (brief)

Project 1: introduction of activities

Activity Name: "One Moon Cake, One World" xxx Mid-Autumn Festival Gala

Time: September 24/25, XX (August 14 or 15 of the lunar calendar)

Venue: (tentative)

Item 2: Preparation before the activity (taking time as the main line)

1, contact various departments and coordinate their work.

2. Make some advertising materials, short videos, posters, brochures, cards, etc.

3. Fully inform the employees of the company about the activities before Mid-Autumn Festival through announcements and notices.

4. Find talented employees in the company, and prepare programs such as Yue Bai, Moon Building, Moon Jumping, Moon Walking, and Moon Stealing.

5. Arrange banners, colorful flags, balloons and other items at the company and the event site to create a festive atmosphere.

6. Inform the main leaders of the company and determine the list of main leaders participating in the activities.

7. Preparation of props and articles.

8. Rehearsal of the host's lines and employee activity programs.

9. Site layout, audio and lighting debugging.

10、…………

Item 3: Preheating and Site Layout

I. Preheating

Create atmosphere, banners, colorful flags, pennants, etc. Content: same moon cake, same world, etc. 2. Website layout.

1. Stage layout-includes a large background screen for story telling or projection.

2. Audio equipment layout

3. Lighting design

4. Audience layout

Item 4: Activity Flow (tentative)

Item 5: Site cleaning after the activity.

Creative Activity Planning Chapter 7 Blindfold Feeding Bread

Boys and girls come to feed the theme activities of Girls' Day. After being blindfolded, the boy ran forward, bypassed the obstacles on the way to the girl, and continued to feed his companions with his eyes blindfolded. In this game, the boys have many situations. Some run around blindfolded, but they can't get to their girlfriends. Some of them fed bread to their female companions' noses, which made the audience laugh. After the game, the boys must fulfill the wish they made for their girlfriends on the note in advance.

Shoot in circles like a nose &; Learn to walk the modeling steps.

Shooting in circles with the elephant's nose means that the contestants have to hold the elephant's nose several times and turn their heads before shooting. At the scene of the circle, the onlookers excitedly counted the number of players. When the required number of laps was completed, the crowd immediately encouraged the players to throw the ball quickly. Interestingly, dizzy girls often throw the ball around and can't find the direction after getting it. Some contestants said that they could not shoot normally, let alone shake in front of themselves.

Learning to be a model is to let girls know how a model is tempered. Girls need a glass of water in their right hand, a book on their heads, and walk cautiously and gingerly like models. During the activity, the girls explained to everyone what is one step at a time, because every step needs to be fully balanced and presented. The most common mistake a model makes when practicing walking is that she can't hold the book on her head, and it falls off after walking for a while, which makes people laugh.

Asian Games & Umbrella Graffiti

Passionate Asian Games, energetic girls, Guangzhou University held a Girls' Day Garden Party at Hongmian Road on the opening day of the 7th Girls' Day. This year's Girls' Day is characterized by advocating girls to join the Asian Games service and holding special activities related to the Asian Games. The Asian Games knowledge quiz is one of them. In front of the Asian Games knowledge quiz booth, the students are eager to try, and the respondents are full of confidence and can answer questions with their familiar common sense. The students said that because the Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, people would naturally pay attention to some common sense about the Asian Games, so the players in front of the booth moved quickly.

Umbrella graffiti is to provide students with a transparent umbrella and a pile of pigments, so that they can create freely on the umbrella. The planner of the graffiti activity said that the idea also benefited from the fact that it had been raining a few days before the activity, so everyone was inspired. The graffiti on the umbrella is colorful, some draw smiling faces or cute animals on it, while others say, Let the storm come more violently. Anyway, I sell umbrellas.

Fun fruit distribution &; Romantic treasure hunt in Tsinghua

The great delivery of interesting fruits in the Department of Environment follows the purpose of serving girls wholeheartedly, and takes the way of drawing lots and weighing to deliver fruits to girls. The rule of the game is that if the difference between the weight you extract and the weight of the fruit you take is within 10%, you can get an extra bottle of yogurt while harvesting the fruit. The fun of the lottery attracted many girls in the department. The girls' enthusiasm was unstoppable and their faces were filled with excited and satisfied smiles.

On the afternoon of the 7th, a romantic treasure hunt in Tsinghua University was held in class JM094 of Law School. The unique links of quiz, love song duet and poetry docking let everyone experience the joy of sports while running. The class is free to form four groups, and each group has a special treasure map with eight Tsinghua scenes printed on it. Everyone should find these eight scenes in turn, and take photos as evidence after the intellectual breakthrough. The person with the shortest time wins. The clock next to Tsinghua, the Shui Mu, the bridge under the Observatory, and the small pavilion in Jingchun Garden have hurried through countless times on weekdays, but they can't catch up with today's happy exploration. While having fun, the students have a deeper understanding of the charm of Tsinghua campus.

Change your hairstyle and mood.

On the third floor of the Capsule Studio of Foreign Studies University, several girls are sitting in chairs, enjoying the free hairstyle design. Girls' Day is for the purpose of serving girls, and some boys send them fruit cakes from time to time. There is a small table next to the beauty salon. They invited students from the Magic Hobbies Association to perform magic performances, so that the waiting girls would not be bored.

According to Huang Xinyi, director of the Women's Department of Foreign Languages Institute, this activity was conceived by her and many cadres of the Institute. They invited the teacher from the beauty salon to personally operate the knife and give the girls a live demonstration. A few years later, when the students returned to school, Huang Xinyi noticed that many people had changed their styles. Just considering that everyone is going to practice and find a job this semester, we planned this activity, which not only changed the style and mood of girls, but also provided them with some dressing skills to deal with job interviews.

Spin a balloon on a bicycle.

Girls' Day has become a collective carnival for men and women, and men and women are not tired of work. The rules of this game are: men and women must be partners. One person rides a bicycle to pick up his partner. The person who is picked up holds a ballpoint pen and pierces all balloons tied along the way to the garage. He who spends the least time wins. Many boys are temporarily arrested as able-bodied men because of their partners' gender requirements, but the work of this able-bodied man is really interesting. In order to puncture the balloon on the bicycle, the finalists made great efforts and funny scenes emerged one after another. Some people fell down, some people spent a long time puncturing a balloon, and some people rode back and forth several times before successfully completing the task.

Xiang che qi Shi

Boys form a riding knight team, wearing ribbons from Sun Yat-sen University and holding roses. They warmly invited girls to take a taxi and sent them to their destination for free. In order to create the atmosphere of Girls' Day, the boys also tied heart-shaped balloons on the front of the car to make the festival more warm. 1 1: 30, the knights parked their cars together and prepared to start. /kloc-just after 0/2, a large number of girls came out of the teaching building, and the captain immediately called on his teammates to take action. Encouraged by the team leader, all the knights recruited their own passengers. However, there are also many jokes in the process of taking over the job. Some boys rushed to the girls enthusiastically and invited them to get on the bus, but they all declined shyly. Some girls take the initiative to come forward and ask for a taste of being served; There are also girls who are reluctant to leave their companions, and at the same time promise to take the bus and ask the female companion to be carried by another boy.

Pink girls are the luckiest.

On the campus of China Normal University City, as long as you wear pink clothes and pass by the library or canteen, you will be a lucky girl that day. The campus of China Normal University Town will assign a handsome boy to give this lucky girl a mysterious gift. In addition, girls who go with lucky girls or just wear pink scarves can get corresponding gifts. The mysterious gift that people expect is a small sachet with chocolate, a book holder and a doll and a rose. Although it was raining lightly that day, the boys who sent flowers were very enthusiastic and frequently gave surprises to Pink Sister. In less than fifteen minutes, the gifts were almost finished.