Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas - Keeping Money in Your Pocket |

Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas can save your sanity and keep more money in your pocket!

Christmas – an exciting time of year, but it can also be one of the biggest headaches when you’re trying to figure out what to buy and how much to spend on gifts. Well…you can end the headaches and hassles by creating your own gifts! The homemade Christmas gift ideas below will help keep more money in your pocket during the holiday season while providing a personal and memorable gift to that special someone.

TIP: I have a Dollar Tree Store nearby where everything’s a dollar – if you have one near you or something similar you can save BIG money while creating great gifts!

Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas:

Christmas Candles – pick up some plain pillar candles (white or red are great choices) and then decorate them with ribbons, plastic berries, or gift tags. Pick up some fabric and dress up the candles. Another idea is to purchase small votive candle, votive holder and a wide glass vase. Partially fill the vase with Christmas decorations – plastic holly, fake poinsettias, red/green/gold glass beads, etc. – and then place the votive in the small holder in the bottom. You can find all kinds of decorations that will work – just use your imagination. You can spend less than $20 at a local dollar store and make up to 10 candle gifts, now that’s how to keep more money in your pocket.

Christmas baskets - purchase a large, plain, wicker basket and any type of Christmas fabric with a small print. You will need to purchase 2 to 3 yards of fabric. You will need fiber fill material and a 2 yard strip of elastic. Place the fiber fill material in the bottom of the basket. Sew the strip of elastic around the edge of the fabric. Place the fabric in the basket so that the edge with the elastic sewn in it is covering the outer edge of the basket. These baskets are great for carrying cookies and other goodies.

Christmas tray - purchase a plain wooden tray from a craft supplies store. Decorate it with paints and premade Christmas designs. (You can find all of these items at the craft supplies store.) Another idea is to paint the tray a solid color, then place a photograph in the center of the tray. Cover the photograph and the bottom of the tray with a thin sheet of glass. (This will make it waterproof.)

Christmas ornaments - you have many different options for homemade Christmas ornaments. One of the easiest ways to make homemade ornaments is to buy the plain wooden, ceramic, or glass ornaments from a craft supplies store and then decorate them yourself. You can also make ornaments from paper. Another idea is to get plain glass ornaments and cover them with swirled paint or use decoupage techniques to cover them with decorative paper.

Visit our Homemade Christmas Ornaments Recipes page for a creative way to make ornaments!

Photo ornaments – purchase scrap booking supplies and several sheets of card stock. You can use premade scrapbooking picture frames and use the card stock as the backing for the ornaments.

Homemade Christmas gift ideas are a great way to let your creativity and thriftiness shine through during a very special season of the year. Making your Christmas gifts by hand will ensure that your gift stands out. The only thing that limits you is your budget and your imagination.