Easy Homemade Christmas Gifts

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Looking for quick homemade Christmas gift ideas? This post contains some great and easy DIY Christmas gifts that can be made in under 30 minutes.

Christmas is just around the corner. To help you to cope with the upcoming shopping season, here are a few great homemade gift ideas.

Bonus, they’re all natural, too!

Keeping the holiday season intentional and simple is always a goal of mine. However, sometimes life keeps us busy and Christmas is here before we know it. Here are some easy homemade gifts that you can make easily!

tying a piece of twine around a christmas gift

Easy Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas

Do you need an inexpensive yet unique Christmas gift?

One of my favorite things about gift giving during Christmas time is creating diy gifts. For me, handcrafting a gift is a great expression of love and care.

Some of these crafts are simple enough that the kids can help out too!

More great homemade Christmas gift ideas are to pick a theme. For example natural beauty products. You cold include homemade soap, bath bombs, essential oils, homemade bath salts, and natural candle.

Simply package them up in cute gift baskets with a bow or ribbon and some cute homemade ornaments for extra cuteness.

For an eco-friendly option use scraps of leftover fabric to line the inside. Or make your own homemade cloth gift bags!

Another diy Christmas gift idea is for the foodie! Fill a basket full of favorite treats like culinary salts & seasonings. Or cookies, hot chocolate, flavored nuts or candies.

And for the coffee lover – a mug filled with favorite coffee blends and flavors. You could even include a gift card to their favorite local coffee shop. Because we need to support our local small businesses!

Homemade Soaps

DIY Oatmeal Easy Soap Recipe

This DIY Cinnamon & Oatmeal Easy Soap Recipe is so simple to make. Using a melt and pour soap base that contains clean ingredients. And because it is all plant based, it is Vegan friendly too.

Clay and Charcoal Soap Recipe

This super easy DIY Clay and Charcoal Soap Recipe is incredibly beneficial. It uses a melt and pour goat milk soap base. And it can easily be made vegan friendly by changing the soap to plant based soap.

Homemade Goat Milk Soap – Melt & Pour

This tutorial for homemade goat milk soap is super easy. It doesn’t require lye to make soap and instead uses a simple melt and pour method!

Homemade Goat’s Milk and Honey Soap ~ Easy Melt and Pour Recipe

Goat’s milk and honey soap is a beautiful handmade gift to make or receive. By using a goat’s milk melt and pour soap base, you can skip the risk of dealing with lye and the and the hassle of milking a goat. The resulting soap is still handcrafted with love right in your home kitchen, and the shape, add-ins, and scents are all your own.

Homemade Sugar Scrubs

Gingerbread Cookie Sugar Scrub

The Christmas season comes but once a year but now you can turn all those lovely gingerbread scents into a sugar scrub that you can enjoy anytime of the year! I’m a big fan of gingerbread, gingerbread cookies, gingersnaps, gingerbread smoothies…any of it will do! So a sugar scrub that smells like this lovely treat just makes my day!

DIY Rose Sugar Scrub

This DIY rose sugar scrub is incredibly moisturizing and smells amazing! If you love roses & lovely aroma they leave behind, this is perfect you! This sugar scrub is all natural and super simple to make in less than 15 minutes at home!

How to Make Candy Cane Peppermint Sugar Scrub

Learn how to make sugar scrub using ingredients you already have at home. This smoothing peppermint sugar scrub recipes makes a great homemade gift idea as well!

DIY Lavender Orange Sugar Scrub

DIY Lavender Orange Sugar Scrub. A homemade sugar scrub made using lavender and essential oils. Perfect for keeping by the sink or tub. Or gifting to friends and family for the holidays.

DIY Chai Vanilla Sugar Scrub

An easy homemade sugar scrub recipe you can make in minutes with simple ingredients like cane sugar, oil, chai tea, vanilla extract, honey, and essential oils. Apply this warm & cozy scrub to your body after a long day and you’ll feel pampered in no time!

Rosemary Mint Sugar Scrub (Homemade!)

This homemade sugar scrub exfoliates and moisturizes dry winter skin while offering a pleasant and invigorating aroma to a tired body. Use it for gifting, too!

Homemade Sugar Scrub with Brown Sugar and Coconut Oil

Homemade body scrub is so easy and inexpensive! Plus you can pronounce (and probably eat) all the ingredients.

Homemade Natural Skincare

Essential Oil Roller Bottle Recipes

These essential oil roller bottle recipes are great for a variety of uses. From supporting health & beauty needs or for creating a non toxic fragrance.

DIY Face Serum

This DIY Face Serum is easy to make with jojoba oil and essential oils. I’ve been using this homemade face moisturizer for over a year and its the real deal.

Natural Deodorant that Works

How to make a natural deodorant that works with a handful of simple and good for you ingredients. It is incredibly easy to make your own clean deodorant at home!

Easy Lavender DIY Oatmeal Milk Bath Recipe

This lavender DIY oatmeal milk bath recipe will help soothe dry skin and relax your mind and body as you soak your cares away. Oatmeal Milk Bath has moisturizing properties and the dried lavender is a perfect addition for a relaxing bedtime soak.

Lotion Bar Recipe {Homemade Hard Lotion Bar}

This three-ingredient Lotion Bar Recipe makes incredible and moisturizing DIY lotion bars. They are so easy to make and can be prepared in only 10 minutes!

Homemade Chocolate Mint Lip Balm

Make your own lip balm with natural ingredients! This DIY recipe uses delicious ingredients! A DIY Recipe for homemade Chocolate Mint Lip Balm. It’s so easy you can make it with 5 ingredients!

DIY Geode inspired Bath Salt Melts

Don’t bath salts look just like tiny crystals!? Learn How To make your own very easy Bath Salt Melts inspired by geode rocks!

Epsom Salt geodes that are green and white in color on a countertop

5-Minute DIY Lip Balm – The Seasoned Mom

With just 3 ingredients and a microwave, you can whip up this easy, indulgent 5-Minute DIY Lip Balm recipe. It’s an affordable, all-natural, homemade gift!

Homemade Natural Shimmering Lip Balm

Homemade Natural Shimmering Lip Balm feels so good on your lips! Toss out unhealthy commercial lip Balms and make your own. This recipe is easy to make, cost-effective, and It makes great gifts!

Homemade Food Gifts

Maple Spiced Almonds Recipe

Homemade spiced almonds are simple but tasty…and healthy too. Sweetened with maple syrup and a delicious spice blend of cinnamon, ginger, cardamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves. These almonds make a tasty and healthy snack, are perfect for a holiday snack board, or can be used as a DIY holiday gift.

white bowl of almonds coated in olive oil.

How to Roast Coffee Beans at Home

I didn’t realize that once I learned how to roast coffee beans at home, I wouldn’t buy any other version. They make a delicious homemade gift for the coffee lover too!

Spicy Roasted Cashew Nuts {How to Roast Cashews) Vegan + Gluten-free

Spicy roasted cashews are a quick and easy snack. Served with a cool drink these roasted cashew nuts will be a family favorite. Learn how to roast cashews.

Gift-Worthy Recipes: Homemade Nut Butters

Looking for a homemade gift that is delicious, practical, and not loaded with sugar? Homemade nut butters are the answer! Pretty much any nut can be made into a nut butter.

Candied Cinnamon and Sugar Nut Mix

Candied Cinnamon and Sugar Nut Mix makes a great edible gift to give this holiday season!

How to Make Vanilla Extract and More Homemade Extracts

Once you make homemade extracts for baking, you’ll never need to buy store-bought again! With just vodka and a few ingredients, learn how to make vanilla extract and more homemade extracts (i.e. lemon extract, orange extract) with FREE printable labels. It’s also a great DIY gift for the holidays!

Healthy Chocolate Rum Balls

These healthy chocolate rum balls are quick & easy to make. They are no-bake, entirely paleo, vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free! (IF you allow a little bit of alcohol in your diet here and there, obviously). This recipe is 100% natural and sweetened with dates and maple syrup, making it the perfect treat for anybody wanting to stay away from refined sugar and all-purpose flour.

Candied Pecans

Candied Pecans flavored with pumpkin pie spice are crunchy, sweet, with a kick of heat. A Fall appetizer or holiday homemade food gift.

William Sonoma Inspired Peppermint Bark

Forget the expensive William Sonoma version and make your own Peppermint Bark in just minutes! And with only 3 ingredients, you probably have everything you need right now!

Flavored Finishing Salts

5 Flavored Finishing Sea Salt Recipes; Sriracha, Pinto Noir, Mustard, Celery, and House Seasoning plus recipe ideas and cooking suggestions!

Stovetop Candied Pecans with Maple Syrup

Learn how to make addicting candied pecans on the stovetop in as little as 10 minutes. This quick & easy recipe uses simple pantry ingredients like maple syrup, granulated sweetener, warm spices, butter, and vanilla extract so you can fix a batch last-minute for salads, desserts, snacks, or homemade gifts.

Homemade Natural Home & Crafts

10 Homemade Room Spray Recipes

10 favorite homemade room spray recipes made with essential oils. They’re really easy to put together and only use a few simple ingredients.

Simple DIY Wreath

This super simple DIY Spring Wreath is easily put together in about 15 minutes and for only $15!. Make your own rustic inspired wreath at home! This doesn’t have to be just for spring though! Use your favorite fall or winter florals for an easy seasonal decor project!

How to Make Beeswax Candles

Sharing our best tips for how to make beeswax candles. Use your new candle-making skills to create gorgeous and unique gifts for everyone this year!

Test Tube Dried Flowers and Herbs Handmade Gifts

Test tube dried flowers and herbs are perfect for stocking stuffers and holiday thank you gifts. They also make wonderful shower favors.

Easy DIY Rustic Herb Planters

These simple DIY rustic herb planters are super easy to make. With a few supplies, you can quickly transform terra cotta pots.

Making Herbal Dream Pillows

Making herbal dream pillows can be a great way to encourage restful sleep, sweet dreams, while also relieving physical illness.

3 Comments

Ashley says:

December 6, 2018 at 5:12 pm

So many great ideas! I still have never made a lotion bar, so I think that’s what my mom’s getting this year.

Lindsey Dietz says:

December 7, 2018 at 5:48 pm

Such a great collection! And thank you for sharing my recipes, too! 🙂

Chrissy says:

December 9, 2018 at 3:04 pm

Oh my goodness, so many great ideas here! I am all prepped for DIY Christmas gifts now! 🙂