Usually my ex mother in law and I get together and have a candy making day, we make several differnt kinds and then she takes half and I take half. I pick up cute little jars, cans, bowls during the year when I find them on sale. I put several kinds of candy in each and then wrap with the colored plastic wrap add a bit of curling ribbon and you have a nice little gift.
For a few family members that had babies I collected baby food jars from them telling them I had a project I needed them for. I then used a glass glue to glue the jars together laying on their sides, start with maybe 10 or 12 on bottem row and work up using less each row you end up with a nice christmas tree shape. Use a bit of board stained for a base. Drill a hole in each jar lid big enough to slide a light from a string of christmas lights in put a bit of tinsel or icicles in the jar then replace the lid. plug in and you have a baby food jar christmas tree. You can make it as big or small as you want but got to have a number of jars that the same as the string of lights.
We have also made pinecone christmas trees, make a frame using a square of plywood and dowels or strips of left over wood in a cone shape. Cover the frame with leftover chicken wire. Then using tie wire tie the pinecones to the chicken wire covering it , we find working from bottem up is easier. Wrap a string of lights around the pinecones after they are attached, you can add glitter and other little things to make it special. I made one with blue lights and crystal looking glitter then added silver poinsettias.
