Show Your Crafty Skills in This Year’s Christmas Presents

Creative crafty Christmas presents not only give you a chance to put your skills to use, but also shows the other person how much you care for them. In a busy life like today’s nobody bothers to get a thoughtful gift for one another. In such a scenario, when you gift a hand-made gift, it speaks for itself.

Ideas on Crafty Christmas Gifts

Christmas Dinner. If you love cooking and are fairly good at it, you can be creative with the dishes you cook and the way you serve them. Plan a theme and get to work based on it.

Baked cookies. Christmas and cookies go hand in hand. Assorted home-made cookies in a hand painted themed jar!

Potted plant. If that special someone loves nature, you could give them a potted exotic plant or herb, which they can use every day. You can also paint the vase for that extra personal touch.

Crochet and embroidery. Nothing can be more overwhelming than an embroidered shirt or aprons or mitten or kerchief with personalized monograms or crocheted table cloth.

Crafty wreaths. Recycle those old gift ribbons and broken ornaments by converting it into a wonderful crafty Christmas present of a wreath with studded ornaments. You can also try berries and rose hips.

Necklace holder. Cut out a cardboard, paint it with glitters, stick rhinestones and hooks and voila! A nice necklace holder for your mom or grandma.

Elegant home-made scented candle. For this you will need a mould to pour the scented wax. Any old teacups of china or crystal around the house? That would do just fine. You’ll need to look up for candle making and you can get on to work.

Flatware holders. Any old tote bag lying around can be recycled to a nice flatware holder. You need to know bit of sewing to get this one right.

Twigs photo frame. Collect twigs which are about two fingers thick. Make a rectangle or square frame based on the photo. Paste it on to a decorated cardboard, decorate the twigs. This is great for black and white photos. Makes an excellent crafty Christmas present.

Brooch magnets. Found an old box full of broken or vintage brooches? Don’t let it go waste. Instead fix a magnet behind it to make great refrigerator magnets!

Monogram towels. Stick on appliqués for monograms are available in the stores. If you know basic sewing, you can make a nice tea towel or bath towel with personalized monograms.

Apron with iron-on transfer letters. Say thank you to a wonderful cook by gifting them a personalized apron with their monograms using iron-on transfer letters.

Now that you have got an idea on how to create different home-made items using your skills, try some on your own and come up with snazzy and crafty Christmas present for family and friends this year!