пятница, 30 октября 2009 г.

Wonderful and Unique Home Made Christmas Gifts

Every year the arrival of Christmas brings along excitement and fun for the young and old alike. Even a month before Christmas people start looking for the gifts that they can give their loved ones. No doubt you would want your gift to be the best and a unique one. One way to ensure that you get the most wonderful and unique Christmas gifts for your loved ones is by planning home made gifts for them.

Given below are few tips on how to make wonderful and unique Christmas hampersyourself:

5The chocolate coated spoons: The first thing that you need to do is to stock up on a lot of plastic spoons. Next melt some chocolate in the microwave until smooth. Dip the plastic spoons in the chocolate. It should be generously coated with chocolate. Now lay the chocolate coated spoons on cookie sheet lined with waxed paper for it to cool down. You can decorate it further by sprinkling melted white chocolate on them or by rolling crushed peppermint candies.
6Peppermint candle: The first thing you will need is large pillar unscented candles. You will also need peppermint candies. Now unwrap the candies and glue them around the candles with the help of hot glue guns. Thus you will have your peppermint candles ready.
7Christmas Hampers or warm up baskets for winter: One of the very popular items that you can include in your Christmas basket are chocolates and home made marshmallows. Thus all you need to do is buy a basket from a craft store. You can use a shredded tissue paper or a decorative piece of kitchen towel. You can then fill the basket home made marshmallows, hot chocolates, and a favourite movie or a mug. Then you can cover the basket with a shrink wrap.
8Gift a picture frame, ideal for employee gifts: Buy a plastic picture frame. Picture frames made of other materials will also do. Now get plastic accessories of Barbie dolls, jigsaw puzzle pieces, beads and other stuffs that would interest the recipient. For instance if the recipient is interested in sports then you can use tennis shoes of Barbie dolls, toy baseballs, jigsaw puzzles with pictures of footballs and glue them on the photo frame. Then put a message or a poem on it for your loved one.
9Knit a warm and fuzzy scarf for your loved one: It is one of the best ways give your loved one something that will last a lifetime. It is a must in baby hampers. If you do not know how to knit then you can get the lessons online or visit a yarn store near your home to learn the craft.

Apart from all the items mentioned above you can also gift them a necklace made at home, gourmet candy apples, personalised shirt, themed Christmas gifts basket, and many other things. Thus you can make this Christmas memorable for your close ones gifting them something unique.

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