The Best Homemade Christmas Gifts for Tweens

Are you on a budget this year or are just looking for some fun homemade Christmas Gifts for Tweens? Here are some great ideas that you can make for your tween for Christmas.

Homemade Christmas Gifts for Tweens: Cookie Mix in A Jar

Tweens love to help you cook and what better way to give them that opportunity by making a homemade Christmas gift for your tween of a cookie mix in a jar. There are many different Cookie mixes in a jar that you can find online. Razzle Dazzle Recipes has many different recipes that you can put together for your tween. The best Razzle Dazzle recipe that your tween will love is the "Candy Cookie Mix in a Jar Recipe". The ingredients are white granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, flour, powdered vanilla and 1 cup of their favorite candy bar. For other Razzle Dazzle Recipes, go here. The steps are very simple. You will need a one-quart wide-mouth canning jar to pack each layer in the jar. Mix the flower, baking soda, and powdered vanilla together and set aside. Add to the jar, the white sugar and then the brown sugar on top and then your flower mixture. Place the candy bar in a small plastic bag and place on top. Seal your jar and decorate your jar along with the instructions you will need to make the cookies. In this recipe, you will need unsalted butter, and an egg before your tween can make the cookies. When you visit the Razzle Dazzle website, you can print out the recipe as well as make a printable tag for your jar. You can make as many different cookie jar for your tween as you would like. They will love to make their cookies as well as eating them.

Homemade Christmas Gifts for Tweens:Collage of Favorite Celebrity

Tweens love to hand photos and posters on their wall of their favorite celebrity. A great homemade Christmas gift for tweens is a collage of their favorite celebrity. Making a collage of their favorite celebrity is very easy. You can find many of your tweens celebrities in Tiger Beat Bop Magazine or J-14 magazine. You can find these in any store that sells magazines. Next, purchase an 11x14 poster board and start cutting out as many photos as you can of their favorite celebrities and arrange them on the poster board of how you would like them to be. Do not use glue to paste these down or the magazine photos could leave bubbles under the photo. The best product to use is scotch double-sided permanent tape. Your tween will be thrilled to be able to hand up their homemade Christmas gift for tweens of a collage of their favorite celebrity.

Homemade Christmas Gifts for Tweens:Mini Scrapbook

Making a homemade Christmas gift for tweens of a mini scrapbook is a great way to for your tween to have a collection of photos of their friends together in one mini book. First, you will need to purchase an 8" x 8" album. Michaels Craft Store is a great place to visit to find many scrapbooks. They have albums in many colors including sage green, ivory, cloud, black, and walnut that are acid free and archival quality. While you are visiting the Michaels craft store, you will need to purchase scrap-booking items for your mini scrapbook. They have decorated paper, stickers, and many dimensional embellishments to add to your mini scrapbook. Next, you need to gather photos of your tween and their friends and put together on each page add some decorated paper trimmed and place you photo on top and then add your stickers or other dimensional embellishments that you wish to add. You Tube is a great place to visit to get ideas on scrap booking. The possibilities are endless.

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