Here we bring you 10 different ideas for DIY Christmas gifts. These are suggestions from which you might find it useful to take inspiration. You can customize them at will and according to your needs and the preferences of those who will receive them.
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousWhat are the most popular Christmas gifts? The most welcome gifts are certainly those specially designed for the person who will receive them, chosen with care and with the heart, which are in a certain sense symbolic and felt at the same time.
Gifts of this type can have an edge. That is, they may have been made by you, thanks to your creativity. Here we provide you 10 different ideas for DIY Christmas gifts. These are suggestions from which you might find it useful to take inspiration. You can customize them at will and according to your needs and the preferences of those who will receive them.
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Seed bombs
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Le seed bombs they can make a beautiful gift not only for adults who are passionate about gardening or who would like to experience the guerrilla gardening, but also for children, who will have fun throwing some of them in a flower bed or sowing them in the garden or in a pot, so that they can see the flowers or seedlings that derive from them grow in the following weeks. One idea for making gift packages for your seed bombs at no cost is to'' use the cardboard rolls of toilet paper, in which to insert the seed bombs and to be closed by folding the ends inwards. The packages thus obtained can be decorated as desired.
Follow our video to learn how to make seed bombs
Soap
The soap can be made at home from just three ingredients: oil, water and caustic soda. With some precautions regarding the use of soda, such as the use of gloves, the procedure for achieving home soaping can be put into practice easily and without problems. Homemade soaps can be scented as desired with the use of essential and colored oils thanks to cocoa powder, cinnamon, turmeric, cosmetic mineral oxides, micas of different shades, as well as decorated using dried flower petals or aromatic herbs to be added just before pouring the soap into the molds. Silicone pastry molds are suitable for this, but it is possible, as well as fun, to use recycled containers, such as plastic food trays or yogurt jars. You may find it useful to read:
- How to make homemade soap with just 3 ingredients
- How to make vegan soap at home
- How to make homemade soap with frying oil
Ginger biscuits
Cookies are one of the most popular Christmas gifts and are among the simplest treats to prepare. They can be placed on a tray to be wrapped and given as a gift on Christmas Eve, for an excellent Christmas breakfast. The ginger biscuits that we offer in the recipe shown below are typical sweets of the Nordic tradition, also very popular in our country. Another spice very linked to the Christmas atmosphere that you could use for the preparation of cookies to give at Christmas is cinnamon. You just have to choose according to the tastes of those who will receive them.
Here is the recipe for making ginger cookies
Jams
The jams are probably one of the more classic homemade gifts. You can choose from the seasonal fruit of the month of December for the preparation of jams and marmalades. For example, you could prepare one Oranges jam, a pear and / or apple jam (here you can find a recipe that does not use sugar), but also a jam of kiwi or persimmon, always choosing according to the tastes of the person to whom the gift will be destined. It is advisable to sterilize lids and jars very well in boiling water and pour the still boiling jam inside them, after carefully drying them. You can then indulge yourself in the creation of original labels.To pack the jars with imagination, read here
Read here: How to make sugar-free jam
Nutella vegan
Here is a version for preparing one cocoa and hazelnut cream much lighter and healthier than the well-known Nutella. The hazelnut cream, even before the arrival of its commercial version, represented a typical preparation of the Piedmontese tradition. We try to propose it again in a vegan version. It is advisable to sterilize the glass jars in which you will pour the cream to be given, together with their lids, in boiling water and bring the milk to a boil before using it for preparation, so that the cream can be preserved better and longer.
Here is the recipe: How to prepare homemade vegan Nutella at home
Panettone
For many, panettone could represent an essential dessert to be enjoyed at Christmas at the end of lunch or after dinner on Christmas Eve. It is not necessary to buy panettone, as it is possible to try to prepare it at home to offer it to your guests or in order to consider it as a real gift, perhaps by wrapping it and placing it in a nice basket. Panettone it can be prepared at home using sourdough or brewer's yeast. You can also decide for the preparation of small panettoncini, very suitable to give as gifts. Here are the recipes that we suggest you follow for the preparation of your panettone:
- Homemade panettone with sourdough
- Classic panettone with raisins and candied fruit
- Panettone with dark chocolate drops
- Homemade mini panetones with walnuts
Muesli
Here is another gift idea to prepare at home according to the tastes of those who will receive it. Homemade muesli can be paired with ginger cookies for a gift all about a tasty breakfast. Among the ingredients that can be used for the preparation of a homemade granola there are walnuts, almonds, oat flakes, raisins, dried apricots, dried fruit, dark chocolate and more. You can pack your muesli by pouring it into airtight glass jars, which themselves will be gifts to reuse.
Knitted gifts
Those who are able to knit or crochet can be able to make unique and wonderful gifts simply by using their hands, their creativity and the right tools. Three of the quickest knitted or crochet gifts to make are kitchen pot holders and breakfast cup covers. A little more challenging will be scarves, hats and sweaters, but it all depends on the degree of skill of each.
Eco and DIY jewelry
Waste and recycled materials can be the main basis for making DIY jewelry to give as gifts. Straws, picks, can tabs, electronic gadget components, plastic bottles and glass bottle caps are just a few examples of the materials that can be used to create necklaces, bracelets, pendants and earrings with your own hands.
- Eco-Jewels from unsorted waste
- DIY Eco Jewelry: How To Make Rings By Recycling Electric Cables
- How to make multicolor necklaces with straws
- Earrings and pendants with old picks
- Eco jewelry from cans
Chocolates
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Prepare at home chocolates to give as a gift starting from one or more dark chocolate bars it's that simple. In fact, it is sufficient to melt the dark chocolate in a bain-marie and pour it into molds such as those used for ice cubes. Melted chocolate can be combined with favorite ingredients, such as almonds, hazelnuts and other whole or chopped nuts, cinnamon, ginger, chili powder and more depending on your taste. With chocolates of different flavors you can prepare trays and customized packages to give as gifts.
Marta Albè
