Wondering What to Gift this New Year? Here are 10 DIY New Year gifts for your loved ones!
Here are 10 easy to make gifts that will be special and personalised this New Year!
The season of gifting is almost here and there is nothing like a heartfelt gift for someone you love and care about. If you’re stuck on what to get for your family, friends, and loved ones — here are some things that you can make on your own! Because there’s nothing better than a handmade gift! DIY gifts usually feel more personal and special because you spend your time putting in the effort to give someone you love something unique and interesting.
So, here are some DIY gifts that you can make:
- Cakes, cookies, and chocolates:
If you’re someone who loves baking or cooking, baking cookies, cakes or even making chocolates is a perfect idea! Everyone loves baked goods, especially during this time of the year. You can bake some delicious gingerbread cookies or a plum cake or even make some rum balls and liquor chocolates. Either way, food is always the perfect gift for anyone!
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2. A Care Package:
Nothing shows your love and care for someone you love like a care package. It’s easy to make and can be personalized for anyone. All you need is a box and some items you think your loved one may need! Skincare items like lip balms, moisturizers, and face masks or food items like chips, chocolates, and coffee are just some ideas you can incorporate. You can get as creative as you like with it. You can make a mega package with everything they like or a minimalistic package with essentials.
3. Crochet Sweaters or Art:
For those who love crochet or even stitching, this is a fun gift. With winter just approaching us crocheting a jacket or sweater or even a scarf for someone is a thoughtful and loving gift. Even a crochet canvas art is a fun little gift to make. It may be a little time-consuming but it will guarantee appreciation and happiness on the receiver’s end.
4. Candles:
A New Year staple that doesn’t take too long to make — even if you’re a beginner! New Year is associated with a variety of smells and candles just add to the magic. You could make some cute shapes and add some interesting smells all by yourself. You just need some wax melts, a jar, candle moulds (even cookie or ice moulds will work!), some essential oils or specialized candle fragrances and some wicks. All of which are available on Amazon. So, it won’t take you long to make some personalized candles with love.
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5. Resin Art:
Resin jewellery is easy to make, cheap, and extremely beautiful. It’s basically a super affordable and easy gift to make. You need some epoxy resin, resin hardener, and moulds, which are all available on Amazon. You can add dried flowers or leaves, small charms, and even spell out something using letter charms. You can make pendants, rings, coasters, photo frames, and even earrings with them. These are easily personalized and extremely gorgeous to look at.
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6. Soaps:
Making soaps can be a slightly time-consuming process but also extremely fun! You just need 3 things to make some unique smelling, cute looking soaps. Soap base, moulds, and essential oils or soap fragrances. You can personalize the shapes and fragrances and if you really want to get creative, you can add coffee beans, lemon slices, fruit pieces, and other interesting items into your soap to give them a very rustic and one-of-a-kind look.
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7. Clay Art:
Just like resin, clay art is also a simple and fun gifting idea. You just need some clay, moulds and an oven. You can make miniature art like small mementoes from important dates or you can make cute jewellery! You can get super creative with clay art and even make bookmarks, coasters, and trinket trays.
Click on the link here to make the perfect clay earrings.
8. Dreamcatchers:
Cute, simple, and very artsy — dreamcatchers are very easy to make gifts. Circular rings, thread and needles, beads and feathers and some thick thread is all you need to make a beautiful dreamcatcher. You can get as creative as you like and replace beads and feathers with other things like small charms and maybe even resin dried flowers!
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9. Personalized Mugs:
Painting mugs or printing mugs is one of the easiest and most affordable DIY gifts you can make. If you want to unleash your artistic talent and even make clay mugs with paintings on them — feel free! But you can never go wrong with a personalized mug. An extremely useful item made specifically to suit your taste makes for a perfect gift.
10. Dye Art:
The latest trend and ridiculously easy to make — tie-dye art! You just need some cloth dye, rubber bands, and any piece of clothing. It barely takes time and even if you mess it up — it still looks great! You can make it monochrome or use a variety of colors. If you really want to spice it up you can also use transfer paper and add a funny quote to your piece. Overall, this is a fun and easy DIY that everyone will enjoy.
Now that you have so many ideas, you might as well start working on them and make something unique and personalized for your friends and family!
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Author: Sukanya Mohanty
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