Handmade Christmas Gifts Without the Big Price Tag

Are you starting to worry over this year's Christmas? Is your bank account dwindling slowly down to nothing? Do you wonder if you'll be able to afford presents and gifts this holiday season? Not to worry. Christmas doesn't have to be about the price tacked onto the gifts you give people. Homemade creations are making a comeback this year as more and more people are looking for budget-friendly ideas for holiday presents. Featured in this article are five ideas for inexpensive but still meaningful holiday gift.

1. KnitPro

If you know how to knit and are thinking of using those skills to create knitted scarves, caps, and other garments for your loved ones this holiday season, consider taking it one step further. KnitPro is a free application where you can transform any digital image into a knitting pattern. Pick your grid size, the stitch size, and your photo file (It must be either a GIF, JPEG, or PNG less than 1 MB.) that you want to use, hit 'submit', and you'll have a unique knitting project right at your fingertips.

KnitPro

2. Friendship Bracelets

Popular back when you were romping around the schoolyard, friendship bracelets can still be a great gift to give your friend, sister or cousin during the holiday season. Consider sprucing up the bracelets you make by adding charms along the way or taking three already created friendship bracelets and weaving them together. You can make them into bracelets, anklets, rings, or necklaces if your thread is long enough. It's the thought that counts this holiday season.

Friendship Bracelet How-To

3. Homemade Gourmet Dinner

If you love to cook and have somebody to cook for, create a gourmet dinner for them. Pick a theme, such as French cuisine, dishes created using mushrooms, or anything that comes to mind. Type up a menu, set a date, and begin planning. Include a few different courses, such as a salad, soup, the main course, and then dessert. Seat your guest of honor, and serve up each course one-by-one. Anybody would appreciate a meal where they don't have to cook, clean up, or spend lots of money at a high-end restaurant.

4. Harry Potter Wands

Every Harry Potter fan wants a wand of their own. However, the wands you find in stores are expensive and don't look realistic. Instead of wasting your money, create one yourself! Perfect for kids, friends, adults, and family, any avid Harry Potter fan will go bonkers. The Harry Potter Wand How-To listed below will instruct you on how to make a realistic and inexpensive wand that both looks realistic and can be customized to the receivers personal tastes.

Harry Potter Wand How-To

5. Faux Pearl Necklace

Jewelry can still fit into your budget this holiday season. Creating your own faux pearl necklace out of corn starch, water, and salt is super simple and creates a great looking pearl necklace any lady would love. It would also be perfect for the environmentally conscious individual who disapproves of common pearl harvesting methods.

Faux Pearl Necklace How-To