Affordable Handmade Christmas Gift Ideas: There are many occasions that are celebrated. Christmas also has a tradition, where people exchange gifts for quite an extended time. Though the styles and perceptions in gifts might alter, the symbol of procuring, making, and presenting something of importance to families and friends is something that has been pleased by people all over the planet in merriment of the cheerful season for over thousands of years. Here are some affordable and handmade Christmas gift ideas to keep up the joy of gifting to our near and dear ones.
10 Affordable Handmade Christmas Gift Ideas for Your Dear Ones
1. Shiny Candles
Add bling to the candle, by adding ornaments in a bowl and place the candle in the centre of the decoration. Tada shiny candles are ready to be gifted.
2. Mini Wreath
Make your own mini wreath and gift it to your loved one. This will make the Christmas season stunning with an ideal home décor. They can hang it on the door.
3. Short Bread Cookies
Prepare and bake your own cookies with fruit and nuts or even with chocolates. Pack it in an elegant box to gift your family and friends.
4. Bells
Stack the bells in such a way that will look amazing with all the ornaments to make it look stunning. It is an ideal gift for the friend who enjoys cooking. They can hang it in the kitchen window. Stack up mini molds and Bundt pans in form of a bell, fix together using epoxy. Use hot-glue to fix small ornaments to the bottom to create the clappers. Add ribbon loops and a fix bow to the top for hanging.
5. Jar Sweet & Spice Coated Nuts
The perfect gift for the people that love salt and sweet. Grab nuts of your choice ideally almonds, cashews, walnuts. Add sugar with a bit of water with some salt, cinnamon and cayenne pepper and allow it to caramelize. Now turn off the flame and add the nuts and mix them well and allow it to cool. Now you can take those nuts and fill them in a jar. Decorate with a ribbon to make it look elegant.
6. Gingerbread Cookies with bulb
Gingerbread cookies with Christmas bulb is easy to make in a household you can easily cut it into the figure of a wreath and gift with a tag saying, ‘Hope this season be merry and bright.’
7. Pine-Scented Candles
You can make this candle simply by adding white with pine scent and green candle with a mint scent. You can arrange them in stripes which would smell wonderfully like pine and mint. It would be aromatic and your friends are going to thank you for this.
8. Handmade snow globe
One inexpensive gift which can be easily made at home. All you will need is a clean jar or a mason jar, glycerin, tiny trees, distilled water, tinsel glitter and waterproof epoxy. Fix the tiny tree with the epoxy in the inside of the lid. Ensure it is held well. Now fill the jar with distilled water and add a drop of glycerin to the water. This will make the water in right consistency to make the snow fall look prominent. Add glitter into the jar and now fix the lid with the tree attached. Now keep the jar upside down and you will see the snowfall effect within the jar.
9. DIY Coasters
You can make pretty coasters using some polymer clay and some acrylic paint. Things you will need is polymer clay, paint brush and acrylic paint of your choice. Shape and roll out the polymer clay, give them a shape of your choice either round or square. Bake them at 150degrees Celsius for 15 minutes in an oven. Remove and cool. Once cooled you can start painting with the design of your choice. Your DIY coasters are ready to be gifted once dry.
10. Paint Shade card Bookmark
Once you are done with painting in your home you have those leftover paint shade card which can be turned into a colorful bookmark. Cut out the strip ideally of your favourite colour. Punch a hole on the top of the card and add a ribbon attached to it. This way you can gift your friends the bookmark of their favourite colour.
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