In our fantastic Christmas gift guide this year we had lots of good ideas for pressies, but it's also fun to make your own gifts for loved-ones, saving shopping time and money. And you can actually make these presents for under £15 and in no time at all.
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Homemade Christmas gifts: Lip scrub
Create the perfect stocking filler for your pals with a homemade lip scrub. Sugar, coconut oil and a little colouring or flavouring will create a batch that can popped into little pots. We managed to make 10 pots for under a tenner! Your girl gang will have kissably soft lips in time for NYE!
Shopping list for homemade lip scrub
Sainsburys Organic Coconut Oil £3.95
Silver Spoon Granulated Sugar 69p
Waitrose Food Colouring £1
Plastic cosmetics pots, Amazon £2.40 for 10
Homemade Christmas gifts: bespoke Sweatshirt
Designers and celebrities have given retro patches their stamp of approval. Rather than forking out on a bomber jacket or sweater on the high street, why not create your own bespoke design with a basic buy and some sewing-free, iron on patches? You can spell out a name across the front or keep it simple with initials – there are no rules when it comes to creating your one –off fashion statement.
Shopping list for homemade sweatshirt
Sweater, H&M £12.99
Badges, Hobbycraft, £1.50 each
Homemade Christmas gifts: recipe in a jar
Rather than spending cash on foodie treats to take round for the big day, why not try a recipe in a jar? Simply layer up the measured ingredients for their fave brownies or biscuits into a jar and finish with pretty fabric or ribbon with instructions on how to bake. It’ll be a nice treat for a rainy boxing day and fun to do with the grandkids.We managed to get 5 jars for under £10.
** Ensure the jam jar doesn’t tip over before you present it as your layers will lose their neatness. Other than that – get baking and enjoy!
**Shopping list for recipes in a jar: **
Sainsburys Plain Flour 80p
Cadburys Cocoa Powder £1.95
Sainsburys Walnut halves £1.35
Waitrose Mini Marshmallows 80p
Tesco Chocolate Chips 80p
Homemade Christmas gifts: Pet Treats
Why not bake some tasty, treats for your beloved doggy or cat? There’s so many healthy recipes for that guarantee to get their tails wagging. There are all kinds of options to find online – we went with tasty cheesy biscuits but you can pick and choose ingredients to suit your pet’s taste buds.
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Shopping List for homemade pet treats
Sainsburys Plain Flour 80p
Tesco Medium Free Range Eggs 89p
Morrisons Grated Cheddar cheese £1.80
Kallo Chcicken Stock cubes £1.50
Food Cutters, Tiger £2 for pack of 5
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