Diy Christmas Projects
On a low budget, or like making do-it-yourself gifts? Here are some ideas for DIY Christmas projects you can use at home.
Make someone's day with DIY Christmas cards. A simple way is to print pre-drawn designs from your computer. Use different colored cardstock found at craft and office supply stores to add drawings, paint, glitter, ribbons and other craft items to the Christmas card. Design Victorian cards with handmade paper embellished with jewels, lace and charms for that special someone.
Popular DIY Christmas gifts include handmade paper made from junk mail scraps. Find free instructions online through craft pages. Use paper mache boxes and decoupage techniques to construct jewelry boxes. Consider using artwork and woodworking projects. Gather packets of cardstock, stickers and ribbons at a craft store to give to a beginning scrapbook maker.
Home improvement television shows and home decorating magazines send articles on specific ideas such as Christmas DIY decorating projects. Custom-made wreaths begin with a pine wreath base available at craft and department stores. Glue velvet bows, faux berries and gold embellishments to the wreath, or purchase small frames to add family photos before fixing to the wreath.
Use buttons and old miniature toys for fashionable one-of-a-kind jewelry. Make a pair of faux gold earrings with glitter embellished gold polymer clay and a pair of ear hooks.
Women especially enjoy DIY Christmas presents related to baths and bedroom. Find recipes for bath salts, bubble baths and hand lotions online through search engines. To make lavender scented massage oil add a few drops of lavender essential oil to a couple tablespoon fulls of Sweet Almond oil and pour into a dark amber bottle. Add a favorite fragrance to Epsom salts and package in a pretty glass container with gift tag and ribbon for bath salts.
Make DIY Christmas gift baskets by purchasing, or assembling a wicker basket and filling it up with goodies special to a friend. Line a basket with a handmade gardening apron, and then add in a hat, hand shovels, seed packets and plant food for the gardener in the family. Know an artist? Sew a canvas paintbrush holder and insert a variety of paintbrushes, or pencils. Finish by fixing this to a hand stretched canvas complete with a red Christmas bow.
Homemade dog biscuits, or cat treats make great DIY Christmas presents for pets. Sew a felt mouse and stuff full with catnip for your favorite furry feline. She will appreciate the gift, regardless of the season.
