26 Homemade Holiday Gifts for Everyone on Your List!
Saturday, November 21, 2015
If you love making homemade gifts, I have a great roundup for you! I've teamed up with eight lovely bloggers to bring you our 13 favorite Homemade Holiday Gifts that everyone will be happy to receive! [Now updated with 13 more gifts!]
Food & Drink Gifts
1. Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookie Gift Jar from Deanna at Mommy Gaga
Headed to a holiday party? It’s always nice to bring a dish or a holiday gift. How about combining the two? It’s easier and more affordable than you might think!
2. Mulling Spice Sachets from Tina at The Worktop
It’s always so warming to hold a hot cup of mulled apple cider or wine. Come autumn and winter, I’m on the lookout for this lovely beverage at every market. I also love mulling apple cider at home since the aroma fills the kitchen.
BONUS: Cowboy Cookie Mix Gift (Chocolate Chip Pecan Oatmeal) with Printable Recipe Cards from Holly at Southern Mom Loves
BONUS: Dark Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookie Mix with Printable Recipe Cards from Holly at Southern Mom Loves
Gifts for the Homebody
3. Colorful Felt Coasters from Damjana at Applegreen Cottage
Time for a new quick and easy, no-fail beginner sewing project you can make really fast. I'm talking these DIY colorful beauties - round felt coasters with just the easiest applique to sew. Learn how to make them, and you've got the best homemade Christmas gifts!
4. Wax Melts Hearts from Tiffany at Living Sweet Moments
Now that the Holidays are just around the corner it’s time to start making a list of the gifts we need to buy. These cute D.I.Y Wax Melts hearts are very easy to make, inexpensive and creative. Everyone loves welcoming the Holidays with pine and cinnamon fragrances. Instead of getting a candle from an expensive shop, these Wax Melts arranged in a nice little box will surely warm up somebody’s heart.
5. Homemade Journals from Damjana at Applegreen Cottage
How about a homemade journal for all their new-year resolutions? Or a notebook for those yummy Christmas recipes? Or a cute little notebook for the kids to doodle in, just because?
BONUS: DIY Pumpkin Spice Candles from Holly at Southern Mom Loves
Bath & Body Gifts
6. Easy Vanilla Oatmeal Goat's Milk Soap from Dina at My Unentitled Life
I’ve been wanting to try my hand at making soap for a while. The way I did it was so simple that anyone can do it. They make fabulous and thoughtful gifts as well!
7. Peppermint Bath Bombs from Ann at Ann’s Entitled Life
Make bath and shower time fresh and fabulous with these easy to make, Homemade Peppermint Bath Bombs. The cool aromatic scent of peppermint will energize your senses, clear your nasal passages and perk up your day! Use these Easy DIY Peppermint Bath Bombs to pamper and sooth yourself or give these homemade bath fizzies as gifts for any special occasion.
8. The Perfect Shave Kit from Sarah at Creative Ramblings
There’s a man in your life and he’s oh so difficult to shop for. I know this because I too have multiple men in my life like this. Look no further, I have come up with a creative and manly gift he will Love! Most men shave, how about something to pamper him just a little while leaving him smelling very manly {and soft}. Give him the gift of The Perfect Shave.
9. Whipped Shea Butter Brown Sugar Scrub from Holly at Southern Mom Loves
This is a recipe for a whipped scrub using Shea Butter. It goes on smoothly, exfoliates, and heavily moisturizes, so this is a good recipe for extremely dry skin, eczema, or psoriasis problems. It's whipped texture belies its balm-y nature, and helps the mixture spread more easily, while the brown sugar is a gentle exfoliator to help remove dry, dead skin. Use it in the shower for great results. It's easy to make and all you need are four ingredients and a hand mixer.
10. Lavender Bath Bombs from Ann at Ann’s Entitled Life
Make bath and shower time fabulous and sweet smelling with these easy to make, pretty little DIY Lavender Bath Bombs. Use them to pamper yourself or give these homemade bath fizzies as gifts for teachers, Mother’s Day, Christmas stocking stuffers and more!
11. Sugar Scrub (Instant Manicure) from Holly at Southern Mom Loves
I've seen scrubs everywhere, often for exorbitant amounts for exotic sugars or salts. Well, you can make this yourself, and probably with things you already have in the kitchen. This homemade sugar scrub recipe is super-simple, requires no special tools, and would make a great holiday gift for anyone who needs some TLC for their hands.
12. Homemade Lotion from Dina at My Unentitled Life
I’ve been on this path to becoming more self sufficient. I love that just a little research will bring you all kinds of new recipes and ideas. The latest one I made for myself about 3 weeks ago and have been using it daily ever since: I made my own lotion. It was so simple and you can do it too!
13. Refreshing Peppermint Foot Scrub from Claire at Claire’s Comfy Corner
Pet Gifts
BONUS: 3 Puurfect DIY No Sew, No Glue Cat Toys from Holly at Southern Mom Loves
BONUS: No Sew, No Glue DIY Cat Bed from Holly at Southern Mom Loves
What are your favorite homemade gifts to give? Did you find any here that you would like to make? Who would you gift them to? I love to hear your comments. Happy Holidays!
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