List of handmade Christmas gifts

sarahf191979

princesswoo wrote: »

Idea's for joke pills here:
http://www.prankplace.com/crazycures.htm

I have made some and used skittles as they are only 57p a bag in tesco's at the minute and 1 bag makes 2-3 jars. (pic to follow tommorrow).


Washer/dryer joke gift
A tea towel and a dishcloth wrapped up with a lovely poem, (page 9,post #175)
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1679513&highlight=mse+organised&page=9

Wrap a dishcloth and dish towel in a large and pretty box with this note attached:

This Christmas our ship has finally come in
We're feeling so wealthy and rich.
Instead of some small remembrance
This year will be quite a switch

We're giving a gift of high quality
No more cheap presents for us.
It's time we really went all out
But don't worry, its really no fuss.

We considered giving you a sports car
Or maybe a tropical cruise ---
But we decided to be more practical
And give something you really could use.

So, open the box and you may be surprised,
To find not ONE gift, but two
We hope you will put your presents to work
It's a WASHER & DRYER, too!!!!

Wisk Gift

1. Take a large wisk and fill it with little chocolates.
2. Wrap it all in cellophone and tie with fancy ribbon.
3. Make a cute little gift tag that says:

"We WISK you a Merry Christmas".

Love box
Make a lovely little box and and add a tag with a poem on there is nothing in the box

This is a very special gift that you can never see.
The reason it's so special is it comes to you from me.
Whenever you are lonely and feeling down and blue,
you only have to hold this gift and you know i think of you.
You never can unwrap it, please leave the ribbon tied.
Just hold the box close to your heart, its filled with love inside.

(all 3 above courtesy of giggle):A


Novelty toilet roll, wrap a toilet roll in some nice paper and attach a label with the following:

Money is scarce and times are hard,
So i'm giving you this instead of a card,
Christmas cards are a bit of a farce,
But this will be handy for wiping your.....NOSE!!!!

Pots of gold poem;
Here is a little pot of gold,
A festive nibble too.
We hope that it will make all
your christmas dreams come true.
Have a very merry christmas from all of Us to you, XXX

(feel free to pm me as i have tags made up that i will glady email you)
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1792277&page=9

Sock Jam
Pair of baby socks in a little jar with a label on to look like jam.

FREE personalised xmas stories (print them off yourself)
http://www.northpole.com/Overview/StoryList.html

FREE name a star
http://www.freenameastar.com/
all stars have free name a star at the top of the certificate but you can pay a very small fee to have this removed like $2.

Ditties, Poems and verses for allsorts of gifts:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1276321

Cant find the link so ill paste it in:

25 things my mother taught me:

I'm gonna turn these into little scrolls and put them in a handmade box and decorate the box and give to my mum and MIL>.

1.. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
If you’re going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.

2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
You better pray that stain will come out of the carpet.

3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
If you don’t straighten up, I’m going to knock you into the middle of next week!

4. My mother taught me LOGIC.
Because I said so, that’s why.

5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC.
If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you’re not going to the store with me.

6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT.
Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you’re in an accident.

7. My mother taught me IRONY.
Keep crying, and I’ll give you something to cry about.

8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.
Shut your mouth and eat your supper.

9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM.
Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!

10. My mother taught me about STAMINA.
You’ll sit there until all that spinach is gone.

11. My mother taught me about WEATHER.
This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it.

12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
If I told you once, I’ve told you a million times. Don’t exaggerate!

13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE.
I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.

14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
Stop acting like your father!

15. My mother taught me about ENVY.
There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don’t have wonderful parents like you do.

16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
Just wait until we get home.

17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING.
You are going to get it when you get home!

18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
If you don’t stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way.

19. My mother taught me ESP.
Put your sweater on; don’t you think I know when you are cold?

20. My mother taught me HUMOR
When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don’t come running to me.

21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT.
If you don’t eat your vegetables, you’ll never grow up.

22. My mother taught me GENETICS.
You’re just like your father.

23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS.
Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?

24. My mother taught me WISDOM.
When you get to be my age, you’ll understand.

25. My mother taught me about JUSTICE.
One day you’ll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!!




There you go that lot should keep you all busy for a while.:rotfl:

Great ideas, loving the 25 thing my mum taught me, think I will be using that one too.

gazelle8760

vikki_louise wrote: »

Hello, following my previous post it seems there isn;t a list of christmas ideas, so I have started a new post and will edit in links to idea's. If anyone could suggest things and post links I will edit them into this post.

Thanks

So far there is

snowman soup- http://www.essentialpackagingstore.com/projects/snowmansoup.php and http://organizedchristmas.com/stocking-stuffers/snowman-soup
Flannel reindeer- http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/ys/CRAFTS/Ratrein.htm
Snowman poop- http://organizedchristmas.com/poop-gifts/snowman-poop
Sour cream container to house a small gift- http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/sour_cream_container/
Post it note holder- http://ladynthestamp.blogspot.com/2008/05/post-it-note-wallet-tutorial.html
Teabag with poem- http://www.craftbits.com/viewProject.do?projectID=1173 and wallet http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=301923&highlight=tlc143
Ball of life- http://www.craftbits.com/viewProject.do?projectID=1928
Box of hugs/ very special box- http://www.craftbits.com/viewProject.do?projectID=453
Confetti snowflakes in a bag with this poem... "So you'll be sure to have some snow at Christmas time this year, Santa sends these snowflakes in hope they bring good cheer".
Pint of socks... this is a pint glass filled with 2 pairs of socks - one beige/ brown/ black and one white for the 'froth'.
reindeer food,
pot's of gold,
flannel muffins,
retro sweet jars,
handmade xmas calendar with boxes for drawers,
survival kits,
xmas eve hamper,
various hampers for family.

I will hyperlink them later in the dya

The Gazelle loves The Flannel Reindeer, but could not make it myself sadly, as don't think I have the artistic approach, but if I had one given to me, I think it would be far too nice to use, so would sit happily in the bathroom, I'm a bit funny like that :j

mary-op

Gazelle - have you tried making the flannel reindeer ? If not, have a go.........honest, its easy -had to be otherwise I couldn't do it...............lol
I put one in the Christmas Eve box for little grandson along with reindeer food, hot chocolate drink to leave out for santa along with a mince pie, shampoo (his normal sort with a picture of a snowman on it) same for his bath stuff,christmassy flannel, christmas door hanger saying 'Santa -stop here' and a little story I wrote for him.
Think most people had a flannel reindeer last year so this year I'm doing snowmen of one sort or another.

sarahf191979

Just found these, they look pretty cute, might try my hand at a few this year..



http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=10181

Full instruction on the link.

Sarah
x

mary-op

Loads of stuff on this site

http://www.makingfriends.com/recycle_jars.htm

Tashja

Oohhhh look what else I want to make http://www.makingfriends.com/bug/bug_santa.htm

That site is fantastic Mary - Thank you

T xx

mary-op

Tashja - I could lose myself in that site for hours...........lol

Looking at the list above I just realised (and must add to my list) I was going to do
Whisk and Washer/Dryer (already got the tea towels and mops....lol)

So many things, its easy to forget.............lol:rotfl: