Homemade Christmas Gifts for $5!
Decorated Coffee Cups
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Decorated coffee cups are a great packaging for a coffee gift card for teachers, coaches or other friends. Who wouldn't be excited to receive this gift so cleverly designed by Around My Family Table!
Each coffee cup costs less than $5 to make plus the cost of the gift card.
Supplies
- Disposable coffee cups (where to buy)
- Paper decorations
- Candy
- Gift card (where to buy)
Pretty Sips Paper Hot Cups with Lids and Cup Sleeves, White (HOT16LS),Qty of 50
Starbucks Gift Cards Red Cup, Multipack of 3 - $15
Photo credit by Schneider Peeps. Used with permission.
Personalized Silhouettes
How cool is this gift!! Personalized silhouettes is a creative gift you can make with an encouraging poem or message. Schneider Peeps has some great tips on how to get the best look and each one-of-a-kind gift is less than $5 to make. Supplies- Photograph
- Frame
- Black paper (where to buy)
Photo credit by See Vanessa Craft. Used with permission.
10 Minute Gift Card Holders
These 10 minute gift card holders are a fun way to decorate gift cards or cash to make it just a little more special. And if you already have fabric on hand… your cost will be zero! See the tutorial over at See Vanessa Craft. If you do have to buy some fabric, a scant 1/4 yard would make 2 complete gift card holders and will be less than $5. Supplies- sewing machine (where to buy)
- fabric
- ribbon
Brother CS6000i Feature-Rich Sewing Machine With 60 Built-In Stitches, 7 styles of 1-Step Auto-Size Buttonholes, Quilting Table, and Hard CoverLaRibbons Solid Color Satin Ribbon Asst. #2 - 10 Colors 3/860 Pcs Fabric Cotton 100% Printed Boundle Patchwork Squares of 10*10cm
Holiday Baked Goods in a Jar
What do you give someone who loves cookies, but is short on time? Holiday Baked Goods in a Jar meets the bill perfectly! The dry ingredients are layered in a decorated jar to be made on a whim. As Cute as a Bug’s Ear has tested this recipe and found out that you can just dump the dry ingredients into the bowl and mix with the wet ingredients to make your cookies! There are several yummy recipes you can choose. All the dry ingredients and jars were purchased at Costco, bringing the cost of one jar to less than $5. Supplies- Cookie dry ingredients
- Quart jars (where to buy)
Ball Mason Wide Mouth Quart Jars with Lids and Bands, Set of 12Nestle TOLL HOUSE Real Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels 12 oz. Bag
So many creative ideas to make homemade gifts and none of them are very expensive to make! Sticking to a Christmas budget will be easier than ever and everyone will be impressed that you made these gifts.
I want to say big, big thank you to all the contributors who helped make this a fabulous round-up! One final tip, shop around for your supplies as the best price may be local instead of online.
Do you have any other frugal, homemade gift ideas? Share them in the comments.
Let’s see how much money we all can save this Christmas, ok?
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