DIY Christmas gifts
Knitted Yarn Ball Ornaments
When the Christmas season is upon us and the clock is running, there’s no better way to brighten your list than by making DIY yarn ornaments, a bonus gift that can decorate a wrapped present or craft multiple gifts in a gift bag. You can wrap clear, plastic Christmas ornaments with hot glue, thread, bamboo, and cocktail picks to mimic knitting needles and hang them as desired.
Large Painted Christmas Card
A large card made from kraft paper can fold into a substantial gift, adding a design element while you wrap the present. Using a scrub brush, green acrylic print, and wreath, you can let it dry and then add white acrylic paint, snow, red accents, and round-tipped paintbrush ornaments with a bow and greeting, making a meaningful handmade present that will be cherished for years.
DIY Yarn Christmas Trees
Engage kids to help make cute yard trees for teachers and grandparents, ensuring kid safe glue guns are used in the project, following instructions that make crafting easy, fun, and festive.
Sweet Reindeer Snack Mix
Nothing says holiday like a perfect gift for Santa, his reindeer, kids, or classmates who love sweets. A recipe like this brings a personal touch to DIY gifting, combining fun, aroma, and flavor in one festive treat.
Mason Jar Lid Ornaments
Ornaments made from Mason jar screw lids can be cheap, yet charming gifts for every recipient. Simply wrap in green twine or yarn, using hot-glue and adding miniature holiday decorations, bows, and a loop of ribbon for hanging, making handmade crafts a highlight in your festive counter this season.
Personalized Letter Ornaments
Make block letter cardboard letters, wrap them in yarn with hot-glue, and personalize them for everyone on your guest list, creating a unique gift that can double as DIY decorations.
Chocolate & Peppermint Crinkle Treats
A sweet treat of seasonally flavored chocolate cookies, such as Chocolate-Peppermint Crinkle Cookies, is a delightful holiday gift. The recipe ensures tastiest, gift-worthy treats that can impress teachers, neighbours, or a best friend.
Fingerprint Holiday Greeting Cards
Encourage kids to craft Kraft paper greeting cards; stack them in a gift box with a bow for gifting. Use brown pinking shears, decorative edges, and fingers dipped in red and white paint to form candy cane shapes, finishing with hot glue bows. It’s a perfect, handmade present that combines fun, creativity, and holiday flair.
Red and White Star Crafts
Paper stars inspired by Waldorf schools can brighten space while symbolizing the Waldorf philosophy of education. They engage head, heart, and hands of children and can adorn wrapped presents, offering a cute gift or present.
Cute Fox Face Ornaments
Ornaments shaped like fox faces made from dried oranges add smile, smell, and charm to any house. Paint faces on dried orange slices with off-white acrylic paint, then add black eyes, nose, whiskers from faux pine branches, ears, glue, and a loop of twine for hanging, making a festive counter must-have.
Wooden Carrier Decorations
A meaningful, handmade Christmas ornament like a wooden carrier is a cutie that gets people talking. Use fabric, decorative scissors, scallop, pinking, fold along the short side, handle, dowel, tails, hot-glue, cinnamon sticks, triangle, and cinnamon bundle in the center, then tie handles with blue leather cord or twine.
Popsicle Stick Mini Trees
Mini craft stick Christmas trees are fun gifts for kids to decorate rooms or give to friends and teachers. Glue, paint, green rickrack, mini ornaments, buttons, and painted wood craft bobbles make cute, handmade, and festive decorations.
Placemat Tool Organizer Belt
For DIY projects, a placemat tool belt helps organize tools, keeping them ready at hand. Fold a place mat, sew compartments, and attach twill tape loops for hammer or tools, offering a practical yet personalized gift idea.
Washi Tape Christmas Tree Cards
Dozen cute Washi tape tree cards can be stacked in a box for gifting. Attach hot-glue tinsel to a tree topper on a gift card. For a gift tag, punch a hole and tie with twine, making an adorable DIY gift for any holiday.
Iced Christmas Tree Cupcakes
The tower of icing on a chocolate cupcake brings joy to whoever receives this sweet treat. A simple recipe transforms baking into festive fun, ideal for a Christmas countdown.
Holiday Spice Jar Gift
A mason jar filled with cinnamon sticks, dried orange slices, cloves, star anise, and rosemary, tied with a ribbon, becomes a holiday spice gift that makes any house smell magical and festive.
Handmade Gnome Decorations
Cardboard triangles, twine, hot-glue, and a loop for hanging create gnome ornaments that are simple, cute, and handmade, perfect for festive counter displays.
Teacher Appreciation Gift Bag
Kids can help make special gift bags with gift cards and a personal note using ruler, blue lines, red line, hole punch, and tissue paper, offering a thoughtful DIY gift for teachers.
Star-Shaped Yarn Ornaments
Cut a star shape from cardboard, wrap in yarn, and secure with hot glue, adding a loop for hanging. Even a novice crafter can create these adorable DIY ornaments.
Customized Embroidered Socks
Use embroidery thread and a needle to backstitch initials or a pattern onto socks, creating a personalized gift that any recipient will love.
Christmas Memory Game Cards
Toddlers and young kids will enjoy a memory game crafted from recycled cardboard, stickers, cardboard squares, double-stick tape, and spray adhesive, with matching sets adding fun and learning to holiday gifting.