Crafts for Christmas

We make ornaments, and candles for the holiday gift giving,also coffee baskets. These are great things to do that you can have children get involved in too. With the coffee baskets, we put different flavor coffees, dipped stirring spoons, cookies that we baked,mugs,napkins that go with the decor of the recipient's home.

I make jewelry with beads and string. I also make little teddy bears, snowmen, people, and small things out of clay. Clay is a lot of fun to work with. Those are hobbies for me. I'm more into writing and photography. You can make gifts with photos too.

Last year I made fleece scarves. Everyone seemed to appreciate them. However, I have yet to see anyone wear them except me. Oh well. This year I'm going to make some hats. If I wanted to make everyone a hat, I should have started earlier. I'm using this loom from Micheals, it's the coolest and easiest thing. Which reminds me, I need more yarn.

Last year I made suncatchers that I paint myself. I have heaps of photos. They are time consuming but everyone loves them. They spin around in the breeze and I am making new designs all the time. I do really well selling them at the markets.

This year I am making bauble decorations that have the beaded swags over a round ball I will see if I can find a picture.

I all way make handmade Christmas gifts. It's from the heart and shows you put a lot of thought into it and time. From my heart, made by my hands for you.

I love to crochet and make a lot of gifts. I am working on an afghan for my son and his fiancee, hope I get it done in time!

I started making gifts years ago. I make candy and give it in nice containers. I also crochet and loom knit gifts. Two Christmases I gave all my cousins a photo book with pages with family pictures starting with our grand parents down to their kids. Now I have updated it,added a Christmas letter with some poetry or thoughts about our family. This has been a great experience for me,looking through all the old pictures,all the memories

I am making a pancho's for the smaller kids on a loom I bought at Michaels, it is really easy and fun too! I made hats and scarves last year on the loom and also some crocheted. I am going to try and make some cards this year, but I'm not to artistic and also I do make Candy Wrappers for candy and pinch bags for little gifts, candy, etc. I love your card it is really cute! I wanted to make some cookie jars, but don't know if I'll have time. Have a nice Christmas.

I usually bake anyway around the holiday's, so I bake extra around Christmas and give away either a cookie plate (usually a plate that says "Cookies for Santa" with a matching mug, cookie basket, cookie box, or cookie tin. I dont limit myself to just cookies, I throw in some fudge, can of nuts, a few pieces of fruit, wrapped little candies, maybe some homebaked bread.......These usually go over with such a loving warm response, because a lot of people don't have the time to bake......One year we bought presents instead because I didn't feel like baking......and everyone said "AWWWH you didn't make any goodie baskets this year?", so I guess they kinda look forward to them. We as a family enjoy this, because everyone chooses a cookie to make. We also try every year to make a ornament for our own Christmas tree, using a photo of our whole family......so you could take a picture of your kids or family, or whatever and make a ornament.....we use popsickle sticks and arrange them into a house (usually takes just 5 to make the house, and after you paint and insert the picture, one behind to secure the pic) after you glue your popsickle sticks together.....paint or decorate any way you choose....we usually fasten a ornament hook at the top between the peak of the roof and then you can hang from the tree. I usually make sure I put the kids' name and ages, or the year on one of the sticks of the house.

I usually make a lot of crocheted dishclothes. This year I havne't gotten many done. I have made a few pairs of slippers. And a few scarves. Not as much as I usually do.

I'm not much good at crafts although I really haven't tried many. I always knit scarves and mittens as gifts for children at Christmas.

Great Topic! I remember making links out of construction paper and we would hang them in the doorways or on the mantle.

I've made tote bags, heating pads, LOTS of baked goodies, cross stitch pictures, personalized etched casserole dishes, photo boards, and put together many many gift baskets.

One year I bought the clear glass ornaments at a craft store and decorated the inside with swirls of different colors of the "tulip paint" in tubes. Everyone seemed to enjoy receiving them, and I did enough to decorate my own tree also.

I made crafts one year and that was tons of fun! But this year I am just not able to do this

I sometimes make homemade cards but not gifts. Normally the my mates and I just make a pack that we are not going to buy each other presents and we just save out moeny!! (Its boring I know). That means that the people I do give presents to area almost all my family and so they value cards I made by self quite alot.

that's good idea.

Yep I do but not only for xmas but all year round. fetes nursing villages birthday and even egg cosies at easter.

This past Christmas I made everyone a neck wrap that could be heated in the microwave. I found a pattern online. I made mine with fleece fabric, and then they are filled with rice. Everybody loved them!! Simple to make and inexpensive too!! :-)