What are some good Christmas gift ideas that I can make?

Answer 1

Here's a list
http://familycrafts.about.com/od/christmascrafts/

Answer 2

Some people might enjoy getting handmade note cards they can use to write letters or thank you notes. You can make your own cards and envelopes using plain white cardstock you can buy at the office supply store in packs of 500 sheets for about $8.00. Decorate the fronts of the cards using rubber stamps, scrapbooking paper, stickers,your own art work or even copyright free clip art you may find on the internet. There are dozens of ways to do this and if you leave the inside blank and present the recipient with a dozen or so cards and matching envelopes wrapped in a pretty piece of lace or a doily or silk hankie and tied up with a pretty ribbon,the ladies on your list should be thrilled with your imagination.

Answer 3

A really cheap and natural way to make something cool for Christmas would be using pine cones. If you live near a woods with some pines collect them. Then scent them, place them in a plastic bag overnight, then bag them in cello bags, tie with ribbon or raffia. You can burn them in a fire, or place them in a bowl as an air freshener. Put a small note with it to explain how to use them!!
It's that easy!! The only cost is the scented oil (Wal-Mart), cello bags, (Wal-Mart or craft store), and the ribbon raffia (Wal-Mart).
Collect as many as you want to scent and those would cost you nothing, except a thank-you from someone who is tired of seeing them on the ground.

Answer 4

One year when I was dirt poor, I went to the $.99 store and bought tons of frames and craft paper. Then I wrote a poem for each family member and colored a border around the writing that I did in my best handwriting. It's the ONLY gift I've ever given that some people still have and we're talking over 6 years now.

It was heart felt and personal. I talked about what each person meant to me, taught me, shared with me, or I talked about what I wished for them in life (the younger ones). It was truly special.

Answer 5

Coasters made out of cork and pictures.
Bookmarks - crocheted, or made with ribbon and a heavy weight on one end (or both ends).
For kids, make a thing to put over the doorknob that says Keep Out on one side, or Enter At Your Own Risk on the other.
Also blue jean purses made from old blue jeans.

Answer 6

I don't really know. I guess you could glue popcicle sticks together so that it forms a basket. You can then buy or make plastic liners and plant flowers or something like that in it. You could also paint the popsicle stick baskets so they are more colorful. You could also fill the baskets with tiny cookies, or make big baskets and big cookies, OR you could buy baskets and make cookies to fill it.
Did that make sense?

Answer 7

You can get styrofoam balls and stack them to form snowmen(or snowladies, families etc). I use toothpicks with a little hot glue to keep them together. You can cut a little off the bottom to keep them from toppling over. I use googly eyes, felt and pipe cleaners. I use the pipe cleaners for the arms; felt for hats, boots, mittens and scarfs. You can accent with faux jewelry, feathers anything you can imagine. They're fun to make and people receiving them will enjoy them also.

Answer 8

My cousin gave jars that were layered w/ the dry ingredients for chocolate chip cookies. In her cards she printed the recipe as well as her Christmas greeting.

Answer 9

Fleece anything - throws, scarves, boas, hats, mittens, vests whatever. Hanocock Fabrics has the best selction of fabrics and they also have free paterns in the store and on-line

Answer 10

www.herrschners.com
www.marymaxim.com
These sites send out catalogs & have tons of crafts in them that you could buy. Or you could take those ideas & incorporate them into what you have to work with. They have simple things, like felt stockings, coasters, angels... as well as harder things such as crochet, knit, cross stitch, needlepoint.