The holidays are SO CLOSE! Can you feel it? Are you way behind on your Christmas list like I am?
Here are some totally rad handmade gift ideas and holiday tutorials to get you inspired! If you have any handmade gift ideas of your own that you’d like to share, I would love to hear your ideas in the comments!
Over at CRAFT, Jessica Wilson shows you how to upcycle yourself an umbrella tree.
I pointed to an awesome video on making your very own felted acorns on Crafting a Green World. You could use them as ornaments or like the pendants in this Creative Commons photo by greentea.
How About Orange found a totally rad tutorial for a customized zippered pouch on Marie Claire Idees.
The Long Thread shows you how to make a set of kids’ placemats and matching napkins. You could totally make this as a grown-up gift with the right fabric choices, too!
Becky Striepe
Hi there! My name is Becky Striepe (pronounced “stree-pee,” like “sleepy”), and I am a freelance writer and vegan crafter living in Atlanta, Georgia. My life’s mission is to make green crafting and vegan food accessible to everyone! Check out my new book: 40 Days of Green Smoothies!
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Nice list! I am making a lot of my gifts again this year. I’ll be posting a lot of them at my blog in the coming days, but one that I am working on right now is a cookbook for my mom. You can get great software just by googling it, and I’m printing it on recycled paper.
I’m doing a bunch of handmade gifts this year. I Started several months ago because I needed a project and my husband wouldn’t let me renovate the kitchen :)
So far I made:Made by Rae’s buttercup purses, lounge pants, braided dog chew toys (from fabric scraps), rice heating pads, and a personalized applique dog towel. I have a cornhole board and bean bags planned but it’s too cold to paint it.
Cute! I love these ideas! I’m doing a homemade Christmas this year. Some of the things I’ve started on:
- grocery tote sets from vintage fabric
- a mother-daughter apron set for a mom and her two girls, ages 3.5 and 1.5
- salt dough ornaments as package decorations
Thanks for the ideas!
cute list!! I’m excited to make all my gifts this year :) and that zipper pouch looks awesome – maybe I can fit one in…
Great ideas! I really love the pouch in particular. I wonder how eco-friendly transfer paper is, but I’m sure it’s better to make something yourself like this than to buy it. Organic cotton would be a good choice for the fabric. :)