10 cheap and easy home made gift ideas

10 cheap and easy home made gift ideas to make this Christmas

Take a look at these 10 cheap and easy home made gift ideas and discover some original and easy-to-make present ideas that won’t break the bank!

1. A fused plastic pouch

Did you know you can fuse plastic bags together with an iron to make a solid sheet of plastic? You can use this to make a tablet case, bag or small purse. You can even make a practical wallet to store small items using fused plastic and sandwich bags.

2. A personalised fimo wax seal stamp

I made this gift set containing  a personalised wax seal stamp, a stick of sealing wax from L’Ecritoire and a little paper origami box, all for under 5€ ! Find out how to make it yourself out of fimo modelling clay.

3. A pebble necklace

This bold and original necklace is so easy to make out of pebbles from the beach, during a hike or just picked up from your garden. All you need to make it is some pebbles, a small piece of fabric, and some very basic sewing skills.

4. A lace earring holder

With just some lace and an old frame you can make a beautiful earring holder to organise and display an earring collection. You can even decorate the frame for an extra personalised touch.

Lace spray painted china

5. Lace spray painted china

Also using lace, you can decorate old porcelaine plates, tea cups or bowls using spray paint, and the lace as a stencil. You can use these pieces to make original plant pots, cake stands or jewellery holders.

6. Nespresso jewellery

These brooches are really easy to make with just two squashed nespresso capsules. But if you are feeling more adventurous, you can make any type of jewellery in almost any shape or colour by using this technique to make nespresso capsule jewellery with felt.

7. Easy tie dye

I created these amazing rainbow coloured shoes by decorating canvas shoes with sharpies and alcohol. All you need to do is colour in your plain white shoes with alcohol based markers, and then add rubbing alcohol to blend the colours. You can use the same technique to decorate t-shirts, canvas bags or other clothes and accessories.

8. Roses made from egg cartons

These roses can be used to decorate frames, boxes, jewellery and more. Make them really easily from an old egg carton.

9. Home made slippers

Slippers are always a good Christmas present idea to keep feet cosy when it’s cold outside. Try knitting some yourself, or you can even felt them, using this technique to make hand felted slippers.

10. Paperclip necklace

This beautiful necklace made from paper clips and recycled paper is is created by folding small pieces of paper and clipping them to a chain of paper clips. Make it yourself using your favourite book, old magazines, left over wrapping paper, or even metro tickets.

I hope you find these 10 cheap and easy home made gift ideas useful. I would love to know if you try any of them out, or if you have any other great ideas for home made presents. Just leave a comment below!

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