Christmas 2015: Frugal DIY Gift Ideas

Christmas is the time of the year filled with joy and happiness. We all love to gift Christmas gifts to our family and loved ones. But let’s think of something that is unique and not one of the traditional Christmas gifts. Deciding the right Christmas gift is always a big job. Moreover, fitting the gifts in your budget is another thought that needs to be remembered. Creating unique Christmas gifts with very little investment is a good idea, which you can try this Christmas. You can make your holidays joyous and more special by trying these simple yet unique DIY Christmas gifts. All your family members would be amazed and touched to see the amount of efforts you would have invested in creating the masterpieces. There can be nothing better than creating these gifts.

You need not even spend a lot of money to buy fancy gifts. You can easily create DIY Christmas gifts as the material to create these gifts is easily available. You can even use the material easily available at home or the recycled material available. By this you don’t even have to pay for the raw material of your creation. Hence the output also is pocket friendly and perfect for the occasion. Moreover, since you are the creator of those gifts, you can give a personalized touch of affection in your gifts as you know the people well for whom you are creating the gifts. There can be no gifts that can be as worthy as handmade gifts. Let’s list some ideas for creating gifts for Christmas with ease and in no time.

Terrarium Kit
You can gift a terrarium kit packed beautifully in a bottle. You can easily create it at home. You can get instructions printed and insert in the packing while gifting it. Moreover, you can pack all the essentials required for making a live jungle in a jar. The person would just need to add soil and plants to create the terrarium. You can even print a message on the bottle. It does not take any expensive material to create this unique and crafty creation. For all your loved ones who are nature lovers, this is a perfect Christmas gift.

Instagram Coasters
You can create coasters for decorating them on the coffee table. Customize the coasters with clips from the person’s Instagram profile. You just need to cut shapes from a hard board or any hard sheet. Cover the cut outs with print outs of their pictures that you have extracted from Instagram. These coasters can be just made in no time and also does not require any rocket science. You can create these colorful joyous gifts from the material available at home. They look very stunning when placed on your coffee table. Add your tint by pasting the pictures that your loved ones have with you.

Hand Painted Towels
You can create these exciting craft pieces this Christmas for your loved ones. These look attractive and are useful at the same time. You can hand paint a nice cloth piece and finish the ends to create a beautiful tea towel. This masterpiece can be decorated during Christmas. You just need a stencil and permanent marker or fabric paints to decorate the piece of cloth. You can draw beautiful images using different stencils in different color combinations and nicely wrap in a box for gifting. You can even draw initials of your loved ones’ name on the towels to personalize them.

Hand Painted Coffee Mugs
If your friends love coffee then create the most desired Christmas gift for them. You can create a hand painted cup for them customizing them according to your color preferences. You can draw reindeer, snowflakes and bells on the cups with varied colors and gift them on Christmas.

Christmas Theme Clock
You can create a beautiful fabric wall clock in the Christmas theme. You just need to use a wooden board and cut it in the shape of the clock, which ever you want. Then cover it with a nice fabric, colored in the Christmas joyous colors. Then attach a clock part, the mechanical piece in the middle and complete the project. The time used to create this masterpiece is hardly 20-25 minutes, but the priceless output that you will get, will be surely be appreciated by all. You can even draw on the dial of this mesmerizing Christmas clock. Your loved ones will surely like this piece of your creativity and admire it. Gift wrap it beautifully and present to your friends and family.

Beaded and Raw Gem Stone Jewellery
You can create delicate and beautiful crafted bracelets and rings for all the trendy females in your family and friends. Raw stones and beads of different textures are available easily. You just need to use your crafty skills and create beautiful jewellery pieces.

Cemented Lace Candles
Gifting candles on Christmas is the best idea. Candles can be used for prayers and decoration both. But these unique candles are all the more alluring; you can use beautiful laces and cement votives to make candles for Christmas. Pack them nicely and gift them to your friends.

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