Ideas for homemade Christmas gifts? Wool socks and old socks make great  

I'm not very good at arts and crafts, but my oldest sister got all of the talent for the whole family. She can make anything your heart's desire.

As a matter of fact one of the best gifts I ever got from her was a scouring pad. She makes this out of yarn, and then there's some technique involved with burning the edges. You can probably google it and get an exact technique.

She was a girl scout troop leader, and they made them one year as gifts for relatives. She also made dish clothes and potholders that year. But my favorite was the scouring pad. You could also use it to clean bugs off the front of your car, and it wouldn't scratch the paint. :)

Thanks and good luck with all of your craft ideas! Have a great day!

I have some great ideas for homemade Christmas gifts. Here are the links to some products I made and home and have written articls on: http://allthingshomemade.blogspot.com/

All my articles for any homemade product, I made, is here.

These gifts are fun to make, although they do take time and preparation.

Have fun and Happy Homemaking!

I design and make all sorts of felt Christmas ornaments for family and friends. I stitch them all myself(working with felt is so easy because it doesn't fray at the edges). One year I made snowflake people that all wore a hat and a scarf. It was pink hat/scarf for girls and blue for boys. Then I stitched each persons name on each scarf. My brother has since had more kids and I've had so make a few new ones now. I also have made scarves (I have very rudimentary knitting skills) when the fuzzy yarn was really big. I have made gingerbread ornaments (both felt ones and dough ones). My mother in law has a hummel collection and I have cross-stitched her a hummel design pillow one year and a wall hanging for another.

I have a single friend who loves to bake but has no children or husband, so she loves Christmas. She does an assorted cookie box for all of her friends. She takes an entire day off from work every year to do this. It's become a tradition we all look forward to!

I make my own little sachets with pretty cotton prints, and maybe a little ribbon or lace. I stuff each little bag with fresh herbs and add a little essential oil to keep the scent longer.

We really don't DO christmas gifts per se, but DO make gifts just because it is a special day for someone or someone is just special.

I have started new plants from ones I have grown and when they are established, I decorate the pot withj a little paper and twine and some little twig or flower from the garden and give it as a gift.

My wife bakes wonderful pastry and this she freezes and places on nice serviettes in a clear plastic container and adds a handwritten recipe and a little ribbon and gives these as gifts.

My daughter used to make the best gifts.. it is just like that. kids charm and delight. They have great imagination and I have saved my daughters little things and have them here with me. One never grows tired of such things.. never.

I googled for a kids gift making site and found Amazing Moms.com. here is the link
http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/gifts_kids_make

Well, what I can suggest, you can make Christmas ornaments, that's really nice, this is a really easy one. Get Styrofoam balls, not too big, and get old (it could be new) cloths that has Christmas mood or symbols in it, and some lace and thin ribbons. First, you just need to draw curved lines on the ball so that they show sections on the ball. Make about 5-8 sections. Then cut the various cloths you have to the sections of the ball, do make sure the cloth you cut is a little bigger than the section. Put the cloth over that section, and use a knitting needle, poke the cloth into the outline of the section. Once you are done with all the sections. Put lace on the ball so that you can see a little section, and then in that section, just glue the ends of a ribbon on it. Let it dry, and wa-lah.. there you go, you got a little ornament ball.. :)
The other thing one can do for homemade gifts, I rather call them personalized gift, Get pictures throughout the years, and make it as a little photo album. :) You can also do it digitally since it's the digital age. You can create photo albums, or even screen savers with the pictures. You can just download the free program that is available from the internet.. :) To me, that's the one that touches the heart of the people that you care about as well.
Thanks for posting this, have a great day!