Can’t afford to buy your bestie a new car for Christmas? Do normal people actually give cars as gifts? 🤨🚗 Holiday car commercials always make us chuckle. We’ll take anything but a cybertruck. 🤪
If you’re stressing about holiday presents and don’t want to blow your budget, homemade gifts are the way to go. They’re cheap, fun to make, and everyone appreciates them a little more knowing you put your heart into it. 🥰🎁
Here’s Five Fast Facts on DIY holiday gifts:
- 📸 Say Cheese - If you’ve been stockpiling vacation snaps and school pictures, why not gift them in ornament form? Your friends and fam will love seeing your smiling faces on their tree this year! Make a sled out of popsicle sticks, carve some wooden shapes out of some old firewood, or go crazy with felt and construction paper. The possibilities are endless.
- 🕯️ Light It Up - Let’s face it, b*tches love a good candle. Hit up the thrift store, pick up some cool glassware, mugs, and teacups, pour in some wax, and add a wick. If you want to get really crazy, add in some essential oils for a scent they’ll remember.
- 🧃 Grandpa’s Cough Medicine - Any booze hounds in the house? Gift them with a little homemade infused vodka. Get some glass bottles with tight seals, fill them with the alcohol, add in your flavors, and let it marinate for up to a week. Go spicy and add some jalapenos or plop in some vanilla beans and cinnamon for a seasonal sip.
- 🍭 For the Foodies - The holidays were made for eating and edible gifts are always a crowd pleaser. Bake up a butt ton of cookies and get the fam together for a decorating party. Make some candy bark by melting down chocolate, adding in some nuts, and letting it harden on a cookie sheet. Don’t forget to save some for yourself!
- 🧵 Sew Special - Time to dust off the ol’ sewing machine. There are tons of easy-to-make sewing gifts even beginners can handle. Homemade pillows, scarves, hats, and tote bags are heartwarming AF. Pro tip: hit the thrift store and check for old tablecloths to use as fabric.
🔥Bottom line: Sweet treats, candles, booze…you really can make it all! When you’re DIY-ing, don’t worry about perfection. Remember, it’s the thought that counts! Sitting across from your politically-charged aunt at dinner? Whip out our guide to stay sane and pass the turkey.
What’s your go-to homemade gift?
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