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December 4, 2012 by: Hodgepodgemom

Homemade Gifts

(my brother’s homemade gift tags – small, free hand pieces of art we look forward to each year)

Part of the fun of giving gifts each year is making them! We set aside some afternoons – spread apart in December – to spread out supplies and make gifts. Permission to paint and create! Sometimes we just pick one gift to make for all the sweet teachers. Sometimes we make several different gifts for family. It just depends on the year.

Homemade Car Back Rub T-Shirt – follow this great Car Shirt Tutorial

Candy-Labra Candy Cane Candle Holder

DIY Hand Soap Dispenser

White Christmas Snack

Oreo Truffles

Hot Chocolate Mix

Gift Idea for Bird Lovers

M&M Teacher Gift

Give a Cake – bake Southern Living’s Two Step Pound Cake. Cut it in half. Give one half to one neighbor and the other half to another.

Hot Fudge Gift –  from Brown Paper Packages

Then, of course, make some homemade wrapping paper

(a favorite each year!)

For our children, we follow the Three Gifts for Christmas guideline

  • One of my favorite Pinterest boards – Gift Ideas

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Joining in Angie’s Top Ten Tuesday with homemade gift ideas. What do you make for neighbors, friends?

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Tricia faces a daily dose of chaos homeschooling five children. The biggest lesson she’s learned? At the end of the day – when the dishes are put away and the children are tucked in bed – truly what matters is each child’s relationship with the Lord. Raising children is a God-given privilege and, folks, the time is short.

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Comments

  1. Jamie @ The Unlikely Homeschool says

    December 4, 2012 at 9:04 AM

    What a great collection. I am always looking for ideas to make for Sunday School teachers. Pinned!

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    • Hodgepodgemom says

      December 4, 2012 at 9:14 AM

      Thanks Jamie – we often pick one thing to make at Christmas, then a different one to make at the end of the year. Yes, Sunday School teachers, piano, extracurricular…

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  2. [email protected] says

    December 4, 2012 at 10:08 AM

    Great gift ideas that all ages can help make. Love this round-up. The variety is really nice. Those oreo truffles look super yummy! I shared how tots can help make gifts (http://something2offer.com/tot-school-simple-gifts/) just in case you’d like to check it out. I did the stamping, dd did coloring and tot did gluing!

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  3. Mary says

    December 4, 2012 at 10:51 AM

    Thanks, Tricia!!! I’m stealing some of these!

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  4. Alicia says

    December 4, 2012 at 11:39 PM

    Great ideas! Doing a homemade Christmas this year. Making as much as I can. Quilts and lap quilts so far!

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    • Hodgepodgemom says

      December 5, 2012 at 10:10 AM

      Thanks Alicia! Wow, quilts and lap quilts sound like wonderful gifts!

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      • Alicia says

        December 5, 2012 at 10:14 AM

        Thanks Tricia! I like the “three gifts guideline” too!

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