The holiday season has begun for us all! This means a new board for the dialysis unit to hopefully bring some Christmas cheer.

This dialysis bulletin board, going with classic KidneyGrub style, is all about the livable, lovable CAN-HAVE choices for the renal diet.  I grabbed some empty boxes from my house and the dialysis unit and wrapped them up to look like presents.

A couple tips from making this board:

1.If you decide to do a three dimensional board like I did, then make sure the boxes are empty.  AND the thinner the boxes the better – think like cracker boxes, mini cereal boxes, etc…  The “presents” can be tricky to hang.  I used a lot of tape.  Alternatively, just cut squares of wrapping paper and tape up on the board with bows.

2. I went to the dollar store and nabbed bows, a garland and used some cheap ornaments I had at home.  I wanted to make a Christmas tree and put the presents under it, but that didn’t work this time.

3. I included a couple recipes for patients.  There are loads of great recipes on the internet, but I really liked these from Sanofi.  This was also a good post from KidneyHealth.ca.

I have a really good ginger cookie recipe here that is my personal favorite to give!