Homemade Gift Ideas Blog
This blog is my mini journal about Homemade Gifts. It lets you know when any new web pages appear on Homemade-Gifts-Made-Easy.com. Most recent items are listed at the top.
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How to Make Tile Coasters
Learn how to make tile coasters that are beautiful, durable, and fully waterproof. I think they make really lovely gifts - I gave this set to my mom for Christmas.
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Homemade Gift Basket Ideas for Kids
I made this homemade gift basket for this adorable little boy named Leander. Leander is a cute, bubbly and *really* talkative kid who lives next door
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IPad
It was the last gift for me to open, I was looking forward to getting an IPad for Christmas. The gift was flat and the right size. I ripped off the paper,
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Hostess Diva Homemade Gift Basket
Do you know someone who loves entertaining? Here's a perfect gift basket idea for them...
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Beaded Christmas Ornaments to Make
Helen shares a detailed step-by-step tutorial (complete with patterns) for making these beautiful beaded Christmas ornaments...
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How to Make Vanilla Extract
Learn how to make vanilla extract with these step-by-step instructions.
This is a fabulous homemade gift idea for all those home bakers and foodie friends, and we've even provided a pretty printable label so packaging it up is easy.
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Retro Baking Homemade Gift Basket
Rachel shares how she made a retro baking basket for her best friend, who loves to bake and adores all things retro...
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Correspondence Kit Homemade Gift Basket
What's the perfect gift for someone who is so incredibly busy she struggles finding the time to write Christmas cards? Read here to find out...
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Sweet Dreams Homemade Gift Basket
Rachel shares how she made a "Sweet Dreams" basket for her Mother, who loves cuddling up in bed with a good book and some tea...
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Christmas Babushkas Homemade Gift Basket
Paula shares her creative gift basket of Babushkas singing Christmas hymns together.
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Pub-lover's Homemade Gift Basket
This basket is made typically for a beer drinking male who enjoys darts... Who did you make it for? This basket was made for my brother. What's in
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Sock Snowman
Make your own adorable little sock snowman. He's super easy to make - no sewing skills required! All you need to get started is a white sock...
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How to Make Potpourri for Christmas
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How to Make Decorative Bunting
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Gift Basket Contest Launched!
Enter your homemade gift basket ideas and photos for your chance to win a $100 cash prize, with runner up prizes of $50 and $25!
Entering is easy: just fill in the form on this page and upload your photo(s)...
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Easy Chocolate Brittle Recipe
Follow the chocolate brittle recipe on this page to make a batch of delicious gifts in a flash! Such a quick and easy gift idea and perfect for the Christmas season, especially for popping in a homemade Christmas gift basket!
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Candy Bouquets
I want to share a neat website that I just came across called Incredible Edible, which has loads of step by step tutorials for making candy bouquets. It's really clever how the candies are incorporated into the flower arrangements, and in some cases styled to look like actual flowers. (Pictured here is a thanksgiving craft candy centerpiece). If you're thinking about making a gift for someone with a sweet tooth, then this site is definitely worth a peek :-)
Pipe Cleaner Ornaments
Looking for a fun craft activity to do with the kids? Making pipe cleaner ornaments is something that kids can have a lot of fun doing, and then have the satisfaction of seeing the ornaments they've made hanging on the Christmas tree.
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Easy Snowman Craft Ideas
If you're looking for easy Christmas Snowman craft ideas, take a peek at this tutorial for how to make the cutest pom pom snowman ornaments! It's a fun Christmas activity for all the family.
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Free Printable Christmas Gift Tags
Download our free printable Christmas gift tags and jazz up your Christmas presents this year! We've made a selection of gorgeous scrapbook-inspired tags for you to print for free, just to help you make your holidays that little bit more affordable.
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How to Make a Star for Your Christmas Tree
Have a go at making a traditional Finnish paper star - it will look gorgeous on your Christmas tree! It looks intricate and woven, but don't worry it's really easy to make - just follow my step by step instructions...
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30th Birthday Gag Gifts to Make
Do you know someone who's turning 30? Poke gentle fun at their age (or not so gentle fun) with this huge collection of gag gift ideas! (Personally, when I turned 30, I argued that I was just 21 with 9 year's experience...)
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Free Gift Box Template - Pillow Box Design
Looking for a quick and easy gift wrapping idea? Click here to download and print our free pillow box template, and make your own gorgeous gift box!
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Refrigerator Magnet Crafts
Looking for funky refrigerator magnet crafts? These wooden clothespin magnets are easy and inexpensive to make, and a super useful gift too!
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Origami Dress Card
Learn how to fold an origami evening dress that you can use to embellish homemade cards. The card I've shown here is really simple but you can glam it up with jewels or sequins - click below for more examples...
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Mothers Day Craft Contest Results Announced
Thank you to everyone who entered our contest - we were really impressed with your creativity! The quality of entries was wonderful, and it was not easy to choose the winners. In fact, we ended up giving out two third prizes! Click here to see the contest results....
Once again, a big thank you to everyone who entered, we really appreciate your generosity in sharing your craft ideas! Now they'll be on the web for thousands of people to enjoy in the years to come!
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Money Bouquet: The "non" Money Waster
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Pay It Forward Flowers
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Mothers Day Craft: Homemade Corkboard Set for Mom
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How to Make "Mini Me" Cloth Dolls
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Egg Carton Flowers: An Earth Friendly Flower Bouquet For Mom
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How to Make a Wood Cutout Key Holder
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Homemade Mothers Day Gift: Silhouette Candle Jar
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A Flower Pot of Love for Mom
Kristen shares her instructions for how to decorate a flower pot and turn it into a treasured keepsake for your Mom for Mother's day.
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Homemade Mother's Day Gift Idea: Recipe Binder
Kristen shares her instructions for how to make this recipe binder - a wonderful homemade Mother's day gift idea for Mom's who love to cook!
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Homemade Silverware and Napkin Holder: Set the Table for Mom With Style
Rose shares her instructions for how to make these simple napkin and silverware holders. Such a lovely way to set the table on Mother's Day morning!
Homemade Gift Box Keepsake - Mom and Love makes a home
Here Melissa shares her instructions for how to make this gorgeous homemade gift box keepsake - a gift that any mom, grandmother, aunt or godmother would treasure forever!
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5 Pointed Money Origami Star
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Homemade Mothers Day Gift - Helping Hands Wreath
Mary shares her instructions for how to make this gorgeous spring-themed wreath for Mother's day. Perfect for the kids to make for their Mom!
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Printable Easter Cards
Check out my newest printable cards for Easter. 8 new designs, including some cute bird patterns, and of course some colorful Easter eggs!
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Wrist Pin Cushion Patterns
Many women sew, and a pin cushion would be a sweet homemade gift for Mother's Day. Here Mary shares four free pin cushion patterns that are full of spring time cheer!
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How to Fold a Dollar Bill Ring
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Printable Mothers Day Card Designs
Check out my newest printable cards for Mother's day. These cute bird designs are just so sweet, and I'm sure your Mom will love them too!
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Foam Picture Frame
Framed photos make a great gift for Mother's Day and here are two magnetic foam picture frames that even kids can help make!
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Mothers Day Project: Jewelry by Kids
Take kids drawings and turn them into jewelry for mom! Mary shares how to help your kids (or grandkids!) make these cute Mother's day gifts.
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Jewelry Hanger
Kara shares how to make a wall-mounted jewelry hanger...thinking outside of the box literally from a jewelry box!
It's a really creative homemade Mother's day gift idea, and only takes a few minutes to make!
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Easy Foam Craft Visor
In this tutorial Cabin Annie shows how to make a decorated foam visor. A perfect gift idea for your Mom on Mother's day, especially if she's the outdoors type!
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Soda Can Tabs Earrings
In this tutorial Tatiana shares how to make dangly earrings out of soda can tabs! Includes an instructional video, so it really couldn't be easier!
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How to Fold a Money Origami Star
They're a really creative way to give a cash gift (though maybe you want to be a bit more generous than one dollar!) or leave a tip.
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