101 Homeade Gift Ideas

Want to make a homemade, personalized gift for Christmas?  Something from this list should inspire or help you!  Have any ideas that were not listed?  Lets see if we can come up with more!  Have a blog with instructions on how to make one of the gifts mentioned below?  I’d love to hear from you and feature you!  Have a similar list of gift suggestions?  Join our Linky at the end!

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1. Jars of Fudge and Icecream fixings
2. Cake-in-a-Jar
3. Coffee Mixes with chocolate spoons
4. Hot Coco Mix with Chocolate dipped pretzels
5. Box of assorted cookies (Biscotti always looks fancy!)
6. Box of truffles
7. Cinnamon Roasted Nut Mix
8. Homemade Vanilla Extract – Sounds yummy!
9. Pastry Bag packages (drink mixes – they look really cute!)
10. Homemade soap – add a toy to the soap for a fun kid twist, great stocking stuffer
11. Tile Coasters
12. Glass Tile Necklace
13. Coupons of love
14. Koolaide Playdough
15. Goop
16. Make your own playdough or goop kit
17. I Spy Jars
18. Paintable Sidewalk Chalk Kit – or the paint if you know they’ll use it in a couple of weeks.
19. Snow Globes (or shaky bottles for the kids)
20. Bathtub Paint – encourage preschoolers to paint in an easy-to-clean way!
21. bottle cap magnet set, or use glass baubles like Brooke did here.
22. Sock puppets
23. Finger Puppets
24. Sock Monkey
25. Mop-Stick Horse
26. Hooded towels (or towel capes)
27. Baby leggings
28. Taggies Blanket
29. Bean Bags (with different colored and textured fabrics)
30. Geoboard
31. bracelet kit
32. Decorated Pillowcases
33. Felt Letter collection – encourage kids to practice making words.
34. Felt Shape Collection (tan travel board)
35. Homemade Crayons.  Recycle old crayons to make fun new ones!
36. Dress-up clothes
37. A family of Clothespin dolls
38. Capes – kids love them!
39. Aprons (matching mother daughter ones are always nice)
40. Necklace holder
41. Flower Hair Bow Collection
42. Placemats
43. Coasters (quilted, tea time ones, photos, curling ribbon, handprints, etc.  The possibilities are endless)
44. Handprint magnets
45. Bookmarkers (with a good book)
46. Set of homemade cards
47. Fabric Key Chains
48. Cinnamon ornaments/drawer scenters
49. Cloth napkins or hanky set
50. Crochet or knit dishcloths
51. Placemats
52. Bath Salts in a jar
53. Tote Bags
54. Knit a Scarf and Hat set
55. Date Night Kit (free babysitting coupon, bottle of wine, pasta kit, etc)
56. Make a scarf from Fabric with a simple straight-stitch (easy to sew)
57. Family calendar – Not quite “homemade” but you can have them personalized
58. Quilt or Blanket
59. Dehydrated fruit or jerky
60. Layered soup mix in a jar
61. Cookie Kit in a jar (or in bags wrapped up in a mixing bowl)
62. Pizza dough ingredients (with a jar of sauce and toppings)
63. Smores and Hot Coco Mix
64. Movie Kit (DVD or gift certificate for movie rental with popcorn, soda, candy, etc.)
65. Breakfast in a basket – include muffin mix, mugs, coffee, etc.
66. Canned Cakes or sweet breads
67. Homemade Candy (peppermint bark, Peanut brittle, Almond Roca, flavored marshmallows, etc.)
68. Applique  T-shirt, onesie, burp cloth, napkins, etc.
69. Screen print a T-shirt, tote bag, hat, etc.
70. Coupon holder with precut coupon collection (for the thrifty minded – Chelsea Said So is a great place to go to print relevant coupons off and here is a list of free samples)
71. Clove stuffed Orange Ornaments/Sachets
72. Half-Scrapbooked recipe book with a few of your favorite recipes inside and lots of room for giftee to fill it out
73. Scrapbook of your family for a distant relative (snapfish lets you make them digitally)
74. Embellished Towels (it’s amazing what a thick row of ribbon will do!)
75. Message or Photo board.  Add some photos of the person you are gifting with those they love!
76. Herb Kit (packets of seeds, dirt, a cute flower pot and a spade)
77. Make a mini-book of memories that you share with that person
78. Covered Journal/Book.  Add a flower pen for extra pizazz.  This crafty person creates covers from cereal boxes and even the carton of a Dora toy!
79. Hairbow Collection
80. Coloring wallet for the sketcher or child in your life!
81. CD mix of favorite songs
82. Fruit liqueror.
83. Canned Salsa or Pesto
84. Home-Canned Jellies or Jams
85. Homemade Paper Mache Pinata with a Styrofoam bat
86. Lip Balm
87. Cookie Cutter Windchime – Functional Art
88. Jar of Laundry Detergent and Home Cleaner Ingredients with a few bottles of essential oils (lavender and orange are great).
89. Collection of homemade buttons.
90. Holiday wreath.
91. Are you a photographer?  Offer to take a family portrait for them.
92. Make your own Dog biscuits for the dog-lover!
93. Activity Jar with ideas
94. Make a rug out of old clothes and blankets.  Here is another variation.
95. Homemade icecream ball with ingredients.
96. Do-your-own facial kit
97. Photo Book Mark (maybe add a favorite book to go along with it).
98. Personalize a clipboard with mod-podge and scrapbook paper.  Here are some great instructions.
99. Decorate a picture frame and include a photo.  Crafty Chic, has great instructions on how to make a scrapbook styled frame.
100. Let your kids go Jackson Pollock and make a canvas painting, use Fabric Markers to decorate a totebag.
101. Personalize a Children’s book, use old family photos and replace the heads of the characters.  Laminate and enjoy!

Want traditional stocking stuffer ideas?   Check out Christ Kindl Market – they have some fun german pyramids and handmade nutcrackers.  Thanks to Risager for photo use!

Have some other homemade gifts that you’d like to share with the world?  Have gift lists or suggestions for the hardest to buy for?  Tell us about them!

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