Wanting creative, inexpensive Christmas gift ideas.

[imtc]

this is what my DH & I did last year for family...it cost maybe $5-$6 a piece. You buy those glass blocks from Home Depot (ones used for building things like windows or showers)...they cost around $4 a piece. Then a cheap string of christmas lights...I used white but you can do colored too (0urs had 10 bulbs per strand) and were maybe $1 a piece, then various ribbon. You drill a hole thru the glass then stuff the lights into the block and hot glue ribbon around it to look like a present...some of them I put marbles in to add color & texture...you can be pretty creative and they make a really pretty decoration. I will be making them again this year for my children's teachers.

 

[Robin'sBrood]

WOW! Those are GORGEOUS!!!!!

 

[momma's chickens]

Those are beautiful and I will be copying those, thanks for sharing!

 

[lowgap]

Take a jar and paint it white, then put a small set of clear mini lights in it. Use a sock and tie a knot about an inch behind the toe and put on top of jar like a hat. Then paint a cute snowman face on the jar. There you have a snowman night light, or just a decoration for all winter.

 

[momma's chickens]

I like the snowman light idea too but couldn't paint a cute face to save my life.

 

[Robin'sBrood]

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Need pics!

 

[Amyable]

Simple, cheap, pretty and nearly fool-proof:

Press fall leaves and flower petals for a few weeks. Find a vintage-looking picture frame at Goodwill. Cut cardstock to fit frame. Spritz flowers/leaves with hairspray (to seal) and arrange on cardstock and glue or tape in place. Put it in the frame and tada: handmade nature collage. I don't have a pic but my family argues about who gets the next one.

 

[lowgap]

I don't know how to put pics on here? Help please

 

[Amyable]

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Go to the Uploads page (in the blue bar at top) you can then choose pics to load into your profile.

 

[baldie]

I know some people that are too lazy to pick out the pumpkin seeds when carving pumpkins and so forth. But always ask for some of mine when they know I have carved pumpkins. So I cook them up and put them in mason jars. Then I take a piece of fabric and put it under the insert of the top of the mason jar, screw on the cover and its done.