DIY Christmas Gifts

[prettyinpink]

Are you DIYing anything for Christmas gifts this year? If so what?

I'm doing dish towel angels for my Dad's family and homemade jam.


I'm making this for my brother and his wife. They will LOVE it. E and I are thinking of tying a beer can to the end of the rope or a beer bottle. Not sure yet though.


No-sew fleece blankets for my cousin's kids.

I'm not totally sure what else I'm going to do but I'm going to try and do as much DIY as I can this year.

Does anyone have any ideas for 14 and 15 year old girls? Or 8 and 10 year old girls?

[brandienee]

I may not have any time to do anything this year. But I plan on knitting things for my family, my dad some Norwegian Selbu mittens, and some Tardis socks for my sister. H's family all get gift cards since we won't be seeing them.

I will make H some boot socks... but those aren't for Christmas. I seriously can't wait for next year when we can be together as a "family".

[brandienee]

I think you could make one of those picture frame jewelry displays for the 14-15 year old.

The 8-10 ones?? I am not sure.

[prettyinpink]

Aug 25, 2012 20:05:25 GMT -5 brandienee said:

I think you could make one of those picture frame jewelry displays for the 14-15 year old.

The 8-10 ones?? I am not sure.

Oh that's a great idea! Thanks B. If not I think all the girls are getting gift cards this year. So much easier, since when I ask for ideas from their mom's I never get any.

[kpol]

I want to do homemade vanilla extract but I don't think I'm supposed to mail that so I might just have to keep it all to myself.

For teens, you could do some homemade sugar scrubs and face masks. There was also a monogrammed canvass tote I saw on pinterest that looked fun.

[decemberrain]

holy crow.. Christmas talk already?! Sorry I haven't even thought about anything at all for Christmas..

[basilosaurus]

Oh, so that's why I had a dream about making Christmas presents for people. I'd forgotten I read this thread before bed last night.

In case you were wondering, my "homemade" presents were bags of hot chocolate and airplane bottles of peppermint schnapps.

[beans]

Aug 26, 2012 14:03:37 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

Oh, so that's why I had a dream about making Christmas presents for people. I'd forgotten I read this thread before bed last night.

In case you were wondering, my "homemade" presents were bags of hot chocolate and airplane bottles of peppermint schnapps.

I would like to be on your Christmas gift list please! Lol

[flycatcher]

I'm trying to learn how to knit. I had figured I would make a scarf for me as practice and another, nicer one for my mom. I didn't count on being so slow.