This is a really cool gift idea. You will need a vase, bowl, something can can stand some heat in the oven.
Then you need a sheet of lazertran decal paper. Lazertran.com. And finally something you want to put on the vase. I used some children portraits. Copy the children on to the lazertran paper on your home printer, cut them out and soak in water for 10 sec. Then transfer to the vase. Let it dry and bake in the oven as stated on the package. It's really easy and the result is supercool and unique.