Unusual Christmas gifts that you can make with your own hands
Educational Program Guides Gifts / / December 19, 2019
Tea tree
A great gift for tea lovers. "Connoisseurs of tea or drink of the sawdust bags!" - you might say. But what prevents filled into envelopes nice expensive tea?
You will need:
- cone foam or cardboard;
- round cardboard box and figure for the stump;
- tea packed in small bags made of paper (the number depends on the height and diameter of the cone);
- glue gun;
- star, ribbons and other decorations for your taste.
Obkleyte cone tea bags, causing the adhesive on their upper part. Move from bottom to top in a checkerboard pattern. Better to use a contrasting color bags: get more colorful tree.
The lid of the carton glue to the bottom of the cone. The box itself fill the rice that tree was stable, and then attached to the lid. If the hand is not the finished box of the desired diameter, do it yourself. Take a basis a tube from a roll of paper towels or glue the cardboard on this scheme.
Decorate the tree with ribbons, sequins and other decorative elements, and glue to the top of the star.
solid perfume
Such a gift will appreciate the girls. After all, it is the individual flavor, no one in the town would not be such spirits.
Before you do, find out what smells prefers the one whom you want to please. For example, if a girl like citrus flavors need essential oil lemon or orange. To add a woodsy notes, sandalwood oil needs or cedar, powdery - rose or vanilla.
Ingredients:
- ½ cup almond oil;
- ½ cup of grape oil;
- 100 g of beeswax;
- 1 teaspoon of vitamin E;
- 60 drops of lemon oil;
- 25 drops of eucalyptus oil;
- 20 lavender oil droplets;
- 20 rosemary oil droplets.
Mix the almond and grape seed oil with wax in a separate saucepan and put on a steam bath. When the wax is completely dissolved, give the liquid to cool a little and add the essential oils and vitamin E. Pour perfume on future forms. Suitable vial from the old chapstick, a jar of Vaseline under and so on.
When the wax hardens, the spirits are ready for use. Will only pack them nicely.
Mitts of old socks
A great gift for girls-merzlyachek. A pair of warm, very sturdy socks that you do not wear, can be turned into fingerless gloves.
Additional materials:
- needle with thread;
- heart cut from felt.
Cut and sew the sock, as shown in the photographs. Be sure to hem edge to non-mahram, and do all the seams inside out.
Sew the top of the heart made of felt. You can use any other decorative means. For example, the embroidered inscription "Happy New Year!" Or embroider mitts rhinestones.
Another DIY-a gift for those who are always freezes - warming bag. Warming it for 1-3 minutes in the microwave, you get an excellent hot-water bottle, which also smells good.
Bracelet parachute cord
Parachute cord - a cord made of nylon. Initially used as a material for parachute sling, but then became parachute cord used wherever may require lightweight and durable cable. For example, out of him weave stylish men's bracelets. In ordinary life - just a decoration, in an extreme situation - saving rope.
There are various techniques of weaving from parachute cord. here One of the most common.
You will need:
- 150 cm parachute cord of the same color and the same other (preferably to have contrasting colors);
- 75 cm black parachute cord;
- scissors;
- line;
- needle and thread.
Of parachute cord can be woven not only a bracelet, but also a keychain, to make the braid for a knife or a car steering wheel. Schemes can be found on the web easily. Even easier - watch video tutorials on YouTube, there are plenty of them.
Mug-board
From such clubs can not only drink. It is possible to leave messages of the household, or simply paint.
materials:
- white porcelain mug with no relief;
- slate paint;
- masking tape;
- brush.
Slate paint is most often used to update the surfaces blackboards. Now a large selection of colors. Need one which can work on ceramics. For example, here this.
Select plot circles, which will be convenient to write, but that will not come into contact with the lips when drinking. The rest of the clubs cover the masking tape.
Degrease the unsealed portion and a dense layer, apply paint on it. Remove the tape and leave the mug for a day in a well-ventilated area.
When the paint dries, send the cup in a preheated 150 ° C oven. After 30 minutes, turn off the stove, but remove the cup, when it cools down.
Now mug can be washed in the dishwasher and put in the microwave.
Set for hot chocolate
If you are one of those who likes to give is not material things, and experience, you will like this idea. After all hot chocolate not only delicious warming drink but also an occasion to go and invite guests.
Take a nice glass jars and cover them by about a third powder for hot chocolate or cocoa. Put a few sweets or lobules of chocolate. The remaining space is filled with marshmallow.
Decorate the jars to your taste. For example, the put under the cover of a piece of fabric and attach the top to the heart made of candy-canes. The label may serve as a postcard, write their wishes on it.
Another variation of this gift - set for mulled wine. Take an orange, an apple, cloves and cinnamon stick. Beautifully pack it all, make a label with the wishes and add a bottle of good red wine.
Candle with engraving
Candles - Traditional New Year's gift. But one thing is glamorous shops, the other - it is a candle or candles with the phrase, understandable only giver and bestows, or even a photo.
Take:
- white candles with a diameter of 5-7 cm;
- printing paper A4 size;
- parchment paper;
- scissors;
- glue stick;
- hair dryer.
Cut parchment paper so that it was 1-2 cm wider than the A4 sheet. Glue the parchment to print the paper wrapped edges on the other side. Insert the sheet into the printer with the glossy side, that is, one where the parchment. Print the image you want to transfer to the candle.
Drawing will be on parchment paper. Now we need to translate it to a candle. Cut the image to enclose the candle tightly wrap the top of another layer of parchment and send on the resulting structure jet of hot air. If the picture has brightened, then it was printed on the candle. Carefully remove the top layer of parchment and allow the wax to solidify.
Gift is ready! If desired, you can decorate it with rhinestones or glitter.
Beautician from lightning
This cosmetic seriously simplifies finding the right items, as any lock can be opened.
You will need:
- 10 lightning length of 15-20 cm;
- safety pins;
- needle or a sewing machine;
- thread.
Sew the zipper to each other inside out, for convenience, you can first fit flush them with pins. Close the resulting web to the ring and sew. Sew the zipper in front and across the dogs, and then remove the makeup.
Case for tablet
This is a gift for the person who does not leave with gadgets. The same principle can be bound and carrying case.
materials:
- the segment of felt appropriate to the size of the tablet;
- 2 buttons;
- sew magnets;
- safety pins;
- thick thread in the color of the buttons;
- thread in the color of the felt;
- needle;
- scissors.
Fold the fabric so that the lower part was longer than the top: this is the future of the case cover. Sew around the edges and remove the product.
Cap, cut a wave or a semicircle. By mid-sew a button. Second, attach the lower case on. Make a loop between them, as shown in the photo.
Left and right to the base and lid of the case sew on a magnet. Trendy bag ready!
You can also make a stylish organizer for headphones, flash drives, phone and other gadgets from an old book in a nice-bound. Here are the details instruction.
Sleigh with sweets
The gift, which will be delighted not only children but also adults-a sweet tooth. Make sleigh of Santa Claus is very simple.
You will need:
- glue gun;
- tapes and other decor;
- sweets: chocolate, candy, candy canes in form.
Here is a detailed video instructions.
Rudolf & Co.
Gift for bosom friend or colleague. Beer can be oh how handy January 1, and brown bottles easily stylize Rudolph and his friends. (Rudolph - is one of the reindeer Santa Claus, featuring a glowing red nose.)
materials:
- beer bottled in dark glass;
- decorative wire;
- toy eyes;
- red pompons;
- ribbon and bows;
- box;
- Super glue.
Clean the bottle by the label. Wire make horns for future deer.
Glue them to the back of the bottle. Attach the front eyes and nose. Tie the ribbon (that did not slide, you can fix it with glue).
Arrange the rest of the bottle as well. Make them in a box and decorate it.
Potholder, mitten
Gift for business women and men who love to cook.
You will need:
- cotton fabric with Christmas pattern;
- batting for lining;
- thread;
- scissors;
- needle.
If you have a sewing machine, the work does not take much time. Detailed video - from the pattern before cutting threads - attached.
Inside such gloves can be put shovel povaroshku and other useful stuff for the kitchen.
A little imagination and a gift for the New Year will be more original. Attach the blade ring and hang him elected family recipes printed on card stock and laminate.
Glass wine glass snow ...
Balls with miniature figures and artificial snow inside is very popular. Layfhaker already I toldHow to make something like that of a conventional glass jar. Today, all come stemware for wine.
materials:
- Transparent wine glass;
- thick cardboard;
- a figure that will fit easily into the glass;
- artificial snow;
- bows and other decorations;
- glue.
Cut a circle of the same diameter made of cardboard, which wineglass. Glue to the cardboard figure. This can be a herringbone, calves or, for example, the machine with the Christmas tree on the roof.
At the bottom of the glass sprinkle artificial snow, finely chopped white paper or foam. Glue the cardboard base to the edge of the wine glass and turn it over. Leg garnish bow or ribbon.
cozy blanket
In the past year a very large knitted blankets are incredibly popular. Finished products are quite expensive, so it is cheaper to make your own blanket.
It is best suited for this merino wool, but you can use other thick thread. Video tutorial is included.
Hands, without spokes and a hook, you can also tie a nice warm scarf. Layfhaker already show once how to do it.
Candlesticks with family photos
This gift will help you remember the best moments of the year. Simply select the best photos and print them. Take some transparent glass jars and vases. Best fit round and cylindrical vessels.
Cut the pictures on the size of vessels. By using double-sided tape, attach the photos to the banks from the front. To hide the seam, you can use decorative tape.
Light the candles inside jars tablets. Light will fill the house warm, and photos will be like a glow from within.
Sugar scrub with the scent of lemon
Many winter skin flakes. If among your friends there are people, cook them a gift of sugar lemon scrub.
Ingredients:
- 2 ½ cup granulated sugar;
- ¼ cup coconut oil (Almond, too, will fit);
- 1 lemon or a few drops of lemon oil.
Mix the sugar with coconut oil and melt everything in a water bath or in a microwave oven. Lemon peel rub on a small grater, squeeze the juice from the pulp. Add the juice and zest to the sugar and stir until smooth.
Lay the scrub along the beautiful banks. Make original labels.
Coconut oil moisturizes the skin, the sugar crystals will give the effect of peeling and lemon leaves a pleasant scent on the skin.
In addition to a scrub, can be done at home Bath bombs and cook soap.
Christmas tree toy
According to the Chinese calendar, the symbol of 2017 - a rooster. Therefore, gifts with the image of the rooster, or in the form of roosters and chickens will be particularly relevant. Universal version of such a gift - Christmas Toy.
You will need:
- cardboard blank in the form of a cock;
- dense fabric;
- filler for toys;
- twine and lace ribbon;
- white contour;
- scissors;
- needle and thread;
- glue gun.
The manufacturing process shown in the following video.
Sweeten such a gift can be sweet cocks on a stick. In many forms for them remained from the Soviet era.
Ingredients:
- ½ cup granulated sugar;
- 2-3 tablespoons of water (in order to dampen only sugar);
- 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar (in some recipes add a regular table or a pinch of citric acid).
From sugar to cook the syrup and pour it into a richly oiled form. Then plug the stick and wait until everything hardens.
If you know of other original DIY-solutions, share them in the comments.