DIY Gifts
 

Hey everybody <3

So I'm trying to brain storm some cheap DIY gifts I could make for people this year. I have no knitting/crocheting talent to speak of so that is all ruled out. I am making some of those no sew fleece blankets but I want to make my grandma something special.

Aside from just drawing her a picture I'm not sure!

DO you guys have any suggestions?

I wish I could help, I only have the crochet experience. I plan on making a Marceline plush for a friend, and that's pretty much it. I'm also not great in the grandma experience department, either.

I don't know if you have cooking skills either, but there's always a jar of cookie ingredients or something similar. Or decorating a container/bin/tub? Does she like plants? You could also do a decorated pot for a potted plant.

I've seen really cute notebook decorating ideas online as well.

Maybeee a cloth basket? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwRwJbLH4CI
If you have spare cloth lying around.

I think the thing can be simplified to be done without a sewing machine.

have you considered decoupage? it takes no real skill(though it helps a lot if you do) only requires glue, water and pictures and you can do it to most things safely!

she does like photographs. If I had thought ahead I could have pressed some flowers, she used to have a bunch of picture frames with pressed flowers in them. Alas, I did not ._.

buy dried flowers online?

What about nylon sock flowers? Basically you have some wire and you wrap socks around wires to make petals. Then you arrange them together to make a flower. The problem would be getting the materials for it though ^^;;

A photo collage art piece?

You could decorate some frames, perhaps? Keep some left over and press some flowers for her birthday if it's far enough away?

I do sugar scrub in really nice jars with personalized oils to help with certain things. You can also make some really cool ornaments with the no shatter bulbs that you paint or draw on.

Make an updated family tree, including the coming little one?

Normally I would make the majority of my presents for others, but this year I've not had the time because of work, so my sisters will be getting home-made cookies and spiced biscuits. I'm going to be making some clasp free anklets for my nan (she commissioned me to make her some in the spring) in colours she hasn't got yet. I'm not sure what I'm going to make for my mum or brother yet though...

I hate this time of year because I always feel like I need to give good presents, but there are always lots of birthdays for me shortly before Christmas and so I never have enough money to get everyone something good... My mum's birthday is on Friday (exactly 1 month before xmas) then my little brothers birthday is on the 19th of December and my partners birthday is 2 days after that... -_-

I have some suggestions for DIY gifts:

- Find out the favorite animal of the people you're making gifts for and make an origami animal for each of them.

- Make bookmarks with inspirational messages and beautiful images on them for the people you're gifting.

- Make cupcakes and/or muffins and give each person a few cupcakes and/or muffins.

-Bake cookies and give each person a tin of cookies.

Be careful with the cooking. I did batches of Ginger cookies one year for people and they went over really well. Now people are asking me to make them. -.-

I think I am going to try to make some sort of picture frame out of stuff o3o
I saw a DIY on taking a box and using wrapping paper to make it look fancy and putting a picture into it . . . and then you can like . . .put stuff in the box. Anyway might do that.

Another question I have ----- what do you get for a 15 year old boy whose into sports and being "cool" DX

...out of luck on the "cool" bit.
What sports teams do they like?

i have no idea what that means either xD

san Francisco giants, dallas cowboys and our local boise state college team.

its my little brother, why couldnt he just be into pokemon xD

if he likes a local team then it should be easy to get a hoodie with the team's mascot on it, right? or does this also need to be 100% diy?

well . . . I haven't got any money. But I could borrow some if I found the right something. I have some paints and some clay and various art stuff though.

well if you have any skill with either of those then make him a keychain or a pictureframe in the theme? it's kind of primary-schoolish but it would work XD

I personally love making homemade desserts for my loved ones, especially this holiday season. Graham balls are so easy to make, yet brings cheer to people. I also love eating them, myself.

Graham balls? Tell me more.

I scrounge the dollar stores for DIY supplies. The quality is not always as good, but if you don't need it, then it's cheap for what you can get. Most of my scrapbooking odds and ends come from there, and I picked up some things for an art kit I'm making for my sister. I got her a small, cheap, un-featured box that she can paint if she likes, and I'm putting the mini art stuff inside.

Mostly though, people are getting cards this year.

Paper work inside a picture frame can be nice, especially if people aren't always scrapbook inclined, sort of like a variation on a shadow box.