DIY Christmas Gift Ideas

Recently I’ve made a couple references to our family’s newly established tradition of making each other Christmas gifts instead of buying presents (minus stockings, which by way of compromise, our mother who loves to shop still puts together). For our purposes “make” is a loose term and can span the gamut from handmade creations to custom ordered goods. Each person comes up with a unique gift that can either be personalized for every member of the family, or replicated into multiple copies so everyone receives the same thing. I think we have a $50 spending cap on all production costs; that is also loose but let’s just say the whole thing is meant to be inexpensive. This will be our third Christmas making gifts and the things people have come up with already have been so thoughtful, creative and fun. So should you be interested in going more of the homemade route this year but can’t think of what you might do, feel free to snag an idea from the things we’ve given each other since starting this tradition:

A picture frame with four photos of our backyard at home, one from every season to rotate throughout the year
Personalized silhouettes
A bound children’s book of a story our dad always told us when we were little
Jigsaw puzzles of favorite personal photos
Personal domain names
An originally designed 2014 calendar
White chocolate peppermint popcorn
Family Rubix Cube (pictured above)
Curated road guide for your spiritual journey
Peanut butter buckeyes
Coins from our dad’s collection
Each person’s first initial made of cut, geometric paper