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How to Make Your Own Gifts
How to Make Your Own Gifts offers tips, tricks and advice on how to make your own gifts for any occasion. -
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Introduction
- When it comes to gift-giving, it really is the thought that counts. A homemade gift is far more meaningful (and cheaper) than yet another Starbucks gift card. Making your own gifts requires a little extra effort in the creativity department, but that's why people love them.
Step 2: Brainstorm Gift Ideas
- As you brainstorm homemade gift ideas for your friends and family, keep your time and supply budget in mind. Otherwise, let your imagination run wild.
- Consider Your Talents: Are you an artist, writer or musician? Your talents are gold. Write a poem, sing a song or paint a picture.
- Do Cool Things with Photos: Raid your own or your friend's Flickr page. Print and frame the best shots. Make a cross stitch pattern from them. Create an online scrapbook or comic book.
- Give the Gift of Experience: Your gift doesn't have to be a material object. Consider taking someone on a picnic or a hike. Teach your friends a new dance or some martial arts moves.
- Get Geeky: If you're technically-inclined, check out MAKE Blog's Open Source Gift Guide and retrofit an old gadget for new gimmickry.
- Bake or Knit: You can't go wrong with a lovingly-decorated batch of chocolate chip cookies or crafty classics like knitted scarves and silk-screened t-shirts.
