Top Christmas Handmade Crafts for Making Perfect Homemade Gifts

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Create a scrapbook or photo album filled with memorable pictures and mementos from your time together to make the perfect personalised photo gifts.

If stuck for ideas, a personalised photo album can also make an excellent present for the man that has everything!

Paint a personalised canvas or create custom picture gifts that reflects the recipient's interests.

What a perfect way to create a unique and quirky Christmas gift whether it be for your dad, mum, boyfriend or girlfriend.

Create luxurious bath salts, soaps, or bath bombs using natural ingredients and essential oils.

Compile your favourite family recipes into a beautifully designed recipe book which anyone would love to recieve.

Show him or her you care, by pulling together some of their favourite recipes, designing your own pages, pictures and front cover to reflect their individual personality and style. What a great way to compile all your recipes and put a smile on someones face every time they use their diy recipe book.

Craft homemade ornaments with the recipient's name, special dates, or memorable quotes.

Why not start with personalised Christmas baubles? Simply buy some plain baubles and personalise with babies first Christmas, my first Christmas or Mr and Mrs first Christmas for example?

For more ideas on how to make custom xmas baubles, read my blog post Christmas crafts to make and sell for a profit where I go into more design idea detail. And hey, if you get really good, then why not have a go at making and selling a few to family and friends looking for unique gift ideas to!

Plant indoor house plants or herbs in decorative pots or containers that the recipient can enjoy at home.

Indoor garden gifts are a big hit with many, even those who might not class themselves very green fingered can start off small with some personalised indoor plant pots containing indoor flowers or herbs for cooking.

Decorating the indoor plant pots is a wonderful way to personalise them and add a splash of colour to.

Use metal stamping techniques to create unique personalised jewellery pieces. Personalised necklaces and bracelets are very on trend at the moment and what better way to say you care by making a custom piece of jewellery.

If you're new to jewellery making, maybe start by experimenting with materials such as silver clay which is a wonderful way of creating personalised jewellery gifts for him or her, without having the expense of lots of tools to start out. It is also really nice and easy to use as a beginner to jewellery making.

My personal favourite book for learning to make silver clay jewellery is Silver Clay Workshop: Getting Started in Silver Clay Jewellery by Melanie Blaikie.

Decorate plain mugs with special designs or messages using porcelain markers to create your very own custom mug.

These make such personal gifts and are unique gifts that could easily be made with the kids for a gift for mummy, daddy or grandparents alike.

Why not have a go at designing friendship mugs so you and your friends can all think of each other as you enjoy a warm hot chocolate in your personalised mugs?

Who can resist a warm hot chocolate after all?! Have a go at creating a delicious hot cocoa mix with ingredients like cocoa powder, sugar, and marshmallows in a decorative jar or simple corked tube.

Christmas cocoa is a must and you can easily customise it to each individual, whether it be a vegan hot chocolate, white hot chocolate or even add a splash of alcohol for a warming baileys hot chocolate - sure to be a hit!

Create delicious infused chilli oils, garlic oils and vinaigrettes by adding herbs, spices, or fruits to high-quality oils or vinegars.

Chilli in oil is often a favourite in the kitchen, a quick and easy way to add a little spice to a meal - and just as quick and easy to make.

A Christmas day hamper is also a wonderful gift to give any Christmas foodies! Why not make a food hamper containing a mix of creations such as homemade chocolates for xmas, cheese and wine, boozy hot chocolates and then decorate with some handmade crafts such as a personalised Christmas bauble.

The possibilities are endless!

Remember to add a heartfelt note or card to make your homemade gift even more meaningful.

The thought and effort you put into creating a personalised gift will be appreciated by your loved ones.

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