Which gift is considered the best? That's right, one that is made by hand. New Year's gifts of such a plan can be made diverse. For example, you can spend a week to create a present for a loved one, but half an hour is enough for a colleague to create a souvenir. Look for Christmas gift ideas below.
Knitten things
A good New Year's gift with your own hands is woolen socks. Some will be surprised: why knit such things yourself if you can buy them? Today, almost everything is sold, but the quality of store socks and hand-knitted products will vary greatly. Items made from natural woolen threads warm well, while synthetic material is even unable to retain heat.
If you are good at knitting or crocheting, you can make a sweater. Neither man nor woman will refuse such a gift. You can know in advance the size of the person, and at the same time his taste preferences by model and color of the product. You can tie a scarf and a hat for the New Year holidays. In general, any warm things that you will spend more than one evening creating will be highly appreciated by your family and friends.
Gingerbread house
An ideal New Year's gift with your own hands is an interesting sweetness. Gingerbread house will appeal to both adults and children. You can make a small sweet souvenir or make an entire castle. Gingerbread dough recipes are varied. But keep in mind that most of them are based on honey, which is a very allergenic product. So before giving such a carrot, check if the donee has any allergies.
Icing for a gingerbread house can be made independently or bought in a store. If you decide to do everything yourself, then you should buy village eggs, and not buy them at the nearest supermarket. The fact is that the protein of which the glaze consists does not undergo any heat treatment. The pattern on the gingerbread house is most conveniently applied using a pastry bag.
Candy box
For winter holidays, it is customary to give sweet souvenirs. New Year's gifts from candies are in the greatest demand. But they are expensive, although sometimes there are not very many candies in colored cardboard boxes. If you want to save money, you can collect a sweet New Year’s surprise yourself. To do this, you should print the pattern attached above, cut it along the contour and scale it. Then you should translate the outline on the stencil on a beautiful double-sided cardboard. You can take thick plain paper or use a printed sheet. Cut a workpiece from it, and then roll it along the fold lines. You got a New Year's gift. With your own hands in this way you can make many such sweet surprises. Experiment with shape and size. And also you can put in each gift a pleasant surprise, for example a toy or decoration.
Decorative plants
What is the symbol of the main New Year holiday? That's right, Christmas tree. You can present a small plant in a flower pot. It is not necessary to buy a decorative Christmas tree in the store. You can dig a sprig of decorative thuja in the neighboring forest. All plants have this property: they do not grow more than the pot in which they grow. So if you do not transplant the tree from a small container, then it will always remain a decorative decoration of the apartment.
As a gift for the New Year, you can present snowdrops. To get such flowers in the cold season, it will be nice to any girl. Especially romantic ladies, these fragile plants will remind everyone of the famous fairy tale about 12 months. You should stock up on seeds in advance and sow flowers a month before the holidays.
Champagne bottle
One of the gifts for the New Year is alcohol. But an ordinary bottle of champagne is too trivial a present. Therefore, if you decide to present it is alcohol, then it should be decorated. You can decorate the bottle using decoupage, you can paint it with contours, or you can collect a composition of champagne and sweets. If you get along well with a sewing machine, then you can sew funny costumes of Santa Claus and Snow Maiden. Such a bottle outfit will definitely not go unnoticed. And if you do the job well, then your friends will wear these costumes for New Year’s champagne every year.
Postcard
Your daughter is a needlewoman and gives you interesting souvenirs for each holiday? In the New Year you can please your child. A handmade postcard will become an unexpected New Year's gift for a daughter. Why give a child such a thing? So that the girl knows where to grow and so that she can take an example from her mother. Modern adults too often buy the love of children, instead of wasting time on them and deserving love.
Children can make Christmas gifts with paper from their own hands. Moreover, the child does not need to sculpt a postcard. He can make a garland or flags. Such a product will subsequently become part of the New Year's decor.
Wish cookies
You are not deprived of culinary abilities? Then you can bake an interesting New Year's gift for a daughter or for the whole family. Cookies with wishes will surely surprise your loved ones. You can arrange a family tea party and fortune tell. Wishes are desirable to write exceptionally good and positive. And you also need to make it so that they are universal, that is, suitable for men and women.
You can give these cookies any shape. If you want to make pastries with a filling, then the wish should be packaged in foil. And it is possible for each cookie to make an individual package and the desire to write on it.
Notebook
Types of Christmas gifts are different. Some of the presentations are edible, others are useful, others are decorative. Notepad belongs to the second and third categories at the same time. You can collect such a present yourself from craft paper or simply draw up the cover of a purchased diary. You must imagine to whom exactly and for what purpose you are giving the notebook. If you plan to present it to a man, it is better to present a diary, and if to a woman, then give preference to a notebook.
How can I decorate such a product? Use diverse accessories. Scraps of fabric, lace, multi-colored threads and multi-sized beads are suitable. You can glue rhinestones or silhouettes cut from colored paper. Turn on fantasy and improvise.
Handmade soap
Are you keen on needlework and need small New Year gifts? Present the soap. Cooking it will not be a problem for a person whose hands are used to a variety of work. To create such a presentation, you will need a soap base, fragrances and molds. And also you can make soap with the addition of various natural ingredients. For example, coffee, dried oranges, mint leaves, or rose petals are great excipients. Besides the fact that they will make your present look more attractive, they will also enrich the soap with useful scrubbing or moisturizing properties.
Picture
How to make a New Year present so that it is original? Do it yourself. What can be made? If you are a creative person, then it will not be a problem for you to paint a picture. Well, if you are just starting your creative development as an artist, you can portray a cartoon. But it is not necessary to paint a picture. It can be embroidered. If you want to demonstrate your skill to a loved one, choose a complex drawing on a topic that is close to the person. For example, if a girl loves animals, present her with an embroidered image of seals, and if a guy is crazy about snowboarding - an image of a snowboarder on a hillside.
Also, paintings can be created from improvised materials. For example, from coffee beans or from all kinds of spare parts. You can do diamond embroidery or beautifully design a small application.
Candlestick
One of the ideas for Christmas gifts is things for decoration. Such presentations are especially appreciated by girls. Candles are a universal gift. Yes, in our century, when electric vases replaced candles, wax masterpieces are still relevant. Not a single romantic evening is complete without them. And if candles can be bought at the store, then you can make a candlestick for them yourself. Today, candlesticks that are made from inverted glasses are popular. You can make an interesting stand made of wood or metal. But do not use paper or cardboard for this purpose. These materials may catch fire and cause a fire. But spruce branches for making a candlestick can be used. And if you take artificial materials, then the gift can please its owner for more than one year.
Spruce wreath
Such an element of decor came to Russia from America. And our compatriots really liked the tradition of decorating their door with a Christmas wreath. But not all people have the time, desire and ability to build such a structure. And not many want to buy a wreath. Therefore, if you love needlework, then build your friends such an element of decor. It is best to make a wreath either from artificial branches or from tinsel. Why? Because then the gift will decorate your friend’s door from year to year. But the Christmas wreath, made of natural branches, can last a whole season.
You can create a wreath from a foam torus and artificial branches. With the help of a stapler, you should attach fir branches to the base, and then decorate them with New Year's toys, dried oranges and painted cones.
Christmas decorations
If you don’t know what to give to a loved one, present him with a Christmas tree decoration. There are never many Christmas toys. But how to create such a thing with your own hands? The easiest way is to silver or gilt the bump. But it’s possible to paint purchased balls with acrylic paints. Thus, you will be able to create unique toys that will exist in a single copy. You can write a wish on each ball and put your autograph.
Pillow
Do you often sew? Perhaps making things is your hobby? In this case, you can sew a loved one an interesting gift. The pillow can be made of material suitable for the color of the interior of the donee. And also you can sew a product that will carry not only a utilitarian function. For example, give pillows the shape of a toy. To fill such a thing is balls of polystyrene. Then the pillow will be attractive not only in appearance, but also to the touch.
You can present pillows in the form of letters. Such a gift will be appreciated by all the girls. After all, pillows can serve not only for their intended purpose, but will also become an excellent background for photographs.
Gift Wrapping
As you know, a person is always greeted by clothing. So, presents too. Therefore, do not neglect the packaging of New Year's gifts. Do it yourself with your own hands. You just need to buy a suitable wrapping paper and a little imagination. You can add a gift with a ribbon with a large bow or a rough rope. For Christmas packaging, it will be appropriate to attach several spruce branches, a slice of dried orange and cinnamon sticks. You can follow fashion trends and wrap gifts in dark paper. Or you can just use New Year's packages. Kraft paper is also trending today. So if you do not have creativity, you can simply wrap a gift in a bag, bandage it with a ribbon and present. But if the artist does not sleep in you, then you should make an original box out of thick paper.