Books in the first-rate Kids Can Do It series continue to give children an opportunity to develop craft skills by providing projects that are both age appropriate and lots of fun. Gifts assumes that children are comfortable in the kitchen and puts as much emphasis on the package as on the culinary product. Instruction for making fudge, for example, is accompanied by ideas for an inventive gift wrap for it. Even though many of the foods are no-cook (fancy salt, flavored vinegar), younger children will need adult help; older ones who like crafts and know cooking basics will do fine on their own.

Chocolate treats: Almond bark -- Chocolate clusters -- Truffle mice -- Grab a handful: Great granola -- Party nibbles -- Nutty snacks -- Trail mix -- Sweet and spicy nuts -- Cookie jar: Peanut butter cookies -- Shortbread valentines -- Gingerbread people -- Quick cookie mix -- Soup to go: Layered soup mix -- Onion soup mix -- Fantastic fudge: Butterscotch fudge -- Stained-glass fudge -- Spice it up: Cinnamon toast mix -- Italian seasoning -- Green salad herbs -- Mexi-spice -- Super salt -- Muffins and loaves -- Oatmeal muffins -- Raisin loaf -- Marvelous muffin mix -- Dressing up: Pizza oil -- Just in thyme oil -- Raspberry vinegar -- Honey-sweet mustard -- Sweet treats: Creamy mints -- Sweet strawberries -- Gifts to sip: Hot chocolate -- Spicy citrus tea -- Quick picks: Chocolate pretzels -- Chocolate spoons -- Reindeer canes -- Clementine wreath -- Its a wrap.