We’ve collected ideas for homemade Christmas gifts that you can easily use to conjure up great surprises for your loved ones! From delicious treats to beautifully designed candles, there is something for everyone. So you can avoid unnecessary stress during the Christmas season with homemade Christmas presents.
Avoid the stress with homemade Christmas presents
Just before Christmas, the same problem keeps popping up: What do I give my family and friends as presents? But not only the gift idea is a problem. In most cases, the gift for Christmas should not be too expensive and still look very attractive and bring a lot of joy. So that the search for the ideal Christmas present does not turn out to be too difficult, we have collected stylish and individual gifts that are homemade and that can be produced cheaply in this article. This makes it easy to find the right DIY gift for family and friends. Consequently, you avoid stress at Christmas.
Delicious homemade Christmas ideas
At Christmas, we like to eat chocolate and sweets. This is why gifts that can be nibbled on by family and friends are particularly useful in this cold season. Depending on the taste of your loved one, you can use different basic ingredients. And if you want to do something for the health of the recipient, why not give away a DIY spice mix Golden Milk.
1) Gingerbread gifts
Gingerbread dough is ideal for making a loving gift. It’s easy to use. Even if you’re not a professional baker, you can handle it with ease. For example, at Christmas, you can poke or cut a large star out of gingerbread dough and bake it in the oven.
The baked gingerbread star is then beautifully decorated with colorful sugar writing and colored sprinkles. Dark or white (homemade) chocolate can also be used to design the star. After the decoration, the gingerbread star only has to be wrapped in clear foil and the Christmas present is ready.
The shape of the gingerbread can be designed individually – you can cut out the first letter of the recipient or make something out of the dough that reminds you of the recipient. There are no limits to creativity there. Also, read how to make the salt dough yourself.
2) Homemade cookies and cakes
Homemade cookies and cakes are also great Christmas gifts, which will bring a lot of joy to the person receiving the gift thanks to their delicious taste. You can also design these with colorful sugar writing, sprinkles, and chocolate. This is how the treats become your very own personal work of art.
Baking and decorating cookies is a lot of fun, especially with children. Making shortbread, vanilla crescents, and butter cookies and then watching the cookies bake in the oven with a children’s punch in your hand is a wonderful weekend activity in the run-up to Christmas.
And even if there are intolerances or special eating habits in your family, that’s not a problem. Grandma’s cookie recipes can also be easily veganized and are therefore equally suitable for people with lactose intolerance and vegans.
3) Christmas pralines and chocolate
Not only as a chocolate Santa Claus and hot chocolate, but the cocoa specialty also tastes particularly good during the dark season. And you can easily make pralines and chocolate yourself as a Christmas present and give them to your loved ones.
You can use praline recipes, for example, and give them a Christmassy touch: simply add marzipan, orange peel, or speculaas spice and the Christmassy flavor is there. Edible glitter in gold or silver for decoration is particularly pretty on the pralines.
It works similarly with chocolate. You can also easily make these yourself. Similar to the chocolates, you can then simply add the Christmas spices of your choice. Finally, you can add traditional Christmas cookie decorations like candy stars or little chocolate Santa Clauses to complete the Christmas look.
4) Design and give away candles
Candles are very popular design elements at Christmas because they spread a very nice warm glow in the home. You can easily design a candle yourself by taking a plain candle and a napkin with a (Christmas) print that you like. Then you carefully remove the top, printed napkin layer and place it on your candle. Now you blow-dry it until the top layer of wax has melted enough that it has accepted the pressure of the napkin. You already have a self-designed Christmas candle!
5) Make lanterns yourself as a Christmas present
Lanterns can also create a pleasant atmosphere. These can be easily made at home with very simple tools. For the handicrafts of lanterns, you need conventional disposable glasses and bright colors and paper. The glasses are simply painted with bright colors and covered with colored paper. The paper can also be covered with glitter and stars. A beautiful bow can also be attached to the glass. Finally, colorful candle sand is filled into the lantern and a pretty candle is placed in the decorated glass. As a result, you are giving away a cozy living light for your home.
6) Winter flowers and plants as a gift idea
Flowers and plants can also evoke beautiful Christmas associations. For green, mistletoe and poinsettia are ideal decorative elements at Christmas time. If you then make the green arrangements yourself, the recipient will be very happy. For example, the flower pot of the poinsettia can be individually designed using serviette technology. This works in a similar way to the candle. You carefully remove the top layer of the serviette and then use napkin glue to apply the motif to the flower pot. Then add a layer of glue to seal and the Christmas self-designed flower pot is ready!
7) Giving away a self-tied bouquet
If you want to bring a bouquet with you at Christmas time, just tie it yourself. By attaching fir green, mistletoe, and small balls or bells, it immediately looks Christmassy. In the end, the whole thing is topped with a ribbon bow with a wintry motif. This is how the classic souvenir becomes an individual gift idea. Dried flowers can also be given away and you can also make this Christmas present yourself.
