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HomeMade Christmas Presents


Have a go at making some Christmas gifts for your family and friends this Christmas.

Homemade Christmas Gifts Peg Art Rocking Chair
The fancy shaping of a clothes peg lends itself to make a pretty old fashioned looking rocking chair. An unusual gift idea.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Square Bear Knitted Teddy
A cute knitted little teddy knitted from fury wool. He makes a lovely Christmas present and he's easy to make, an ideal knit for beginners, or a quick knit for a veteran knitter.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Special Memories Album
A special memories album is an ideal Christmas gift because it is a collection of special memories. Send someone a sentimental present and make them a life long keepsake.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Three French Hens Novelty Tea Cosy
Inspired by the Christmas Carroll 'The Twelve days of Christmas', this easy knitting pattern shows you how to make a Three French Hens tea cosy.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Christmas Note Books
Christmas gift ideas - make a festive notepad for your friends and family for Christmas. Quick cheap and easy to make and delightful.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Festive Snowflake Plant Pot
A quick and easy Christmas idea to make for your self or a friend or family member. This snowflake plant pot is inexpensive and rather stylish.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Starry Night Festive Plant pot
This Christmas plant pot present is stylish, funky, and easy to make and celebrates the religious element of Christmas time, the birth of Jesus Christ.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts LED Light up Bottle
Great re-cycling! Make a funky light for a dinner table, occasional table, teenager's bedroom or a youngster's night-light, an all round great gift idea for anyone. Quick cheap and simple, made from old rubbish to create something desirable.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Popup Santa
Watch as Santa Claus pops out of the chimney pot. But don't get him stuck because if he catches you he won't bring you any Christmas presents. Great for younger kids!
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Christmas Tea-light Candleholders
Kids love to make presents at Christmas. These candleholders are fun and easy to make with stunning results. They make a useful and decorative gift. Also included are a few ideas for variations of the candleholder.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts How to Make Christmas Skittles
Have you heard people say that toddlers always prefer the box and the rubbish rather than the present inside? Fun and funky kid's skittles and Christmas pudding bowling ball and all made from rubbish!
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Homemade Christmas Gifts How to Make Paper Mache Christmas Dishes
Make a paper mache dish or plate for sweets or trinkets for some one this Christmas. There are lots of different design ideas to decorating your finished pot. Cost effective, green, and beautiful.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Posh Hat Needle Case and Thimble Holder
This is a lovely gift for anyone who loves sewing or needlework. The base of the hat is like a book for storing needles and the top of the hat stores the all-important thimble, so you always know where it is. This needle case is rather fiddle to make, so take your time.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Peg Art Teapot Stand
This is an ideal Christmas pressie for Granny or any great tea lover. This peg teapot stand is practical, beautiful and so easy to make. It's a work of Art.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Decorative Candle Holders
Another great project to make. Using flour and salt dough you can make beautiful candleholders. The dough can be modelled just like clay but of course there's no need for a kiln. Easy enough for the smallest of kids and fun enough for the oldest, even grown-ups! Create stunning gifts or table centrepieces for special occasions.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Christmas Stockings for Stocking Fillers
Mini stockings to hang on the Christmas tree. Also ideal for elves and pixies. Great for little trinkets at Christmas time and make your gifts look extra special.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Cinderella Slipper Jewellery Box
A great gift for girls, Mums, Aunts, Grandmas and any would be princess you know of, and a girl needs somewhere to keep all her treasures.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Dried Flowers & Decorated Candles
Posh candles can be rather expensive, but they can really add some glamour to a room. Household candles are really cheap but look drab. Make your own posh candles from cheap drab candles, It's really easy and they make perfect gifts.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Scented Stuffed Animals
Cheeky little animal gifts that hang around and fragrance the air, hang them in the wardrobe, the car, the cupboard under the stairs, the dog basket or just tuck them into your sock drawer to make your clothes smell nice. What a lovely little gift to make, and give this Christmas.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Funky Personalised Umbrellas
Personalise a brolly and have some fun and brighten up those rainy days. Add your favourite characters, your band's name, Your name! These umbrellas look the business, no one else will have anything like it, because it will be a one off. We show you how to turn a dull old brolly into a funked up, super umbrella
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Homemade Christmas Gifts A free Christmas gift from Mother Nature
A wonderful wintry gift idea that anyone can give and it doesn't cost a penny. It's a free Christmas gift because it is made by Mother Nature herself. Collect dried plant stems to make a winter bouquet or flower arrangement.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Painted Recycled Glass Gifts
Recycle bottles and create stunning gifts with just a tin of spray paint or frosting. Quick and easy to make and very attractive but best of all, they help the planet.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Fairy Lights and Bells Christmas Umbrella
Are you an extravert? Is your Auntie bonkers? Is your Granny Christmas mad? We have the perfect Christmas gift idea, which will definitely get them noticed.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Football Crazy Wall Clock
Do you know someone who is football crazy? This is possibly the bestest Crimbo pressie you can make them. You can make it fit any football team of your choosing, or add an assortment of football teams. Go on make 'em a Football crazy wall clock.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Fruit and Veg Kitchen Clock
A homemade kitchen clock makes a really nice Christmas gift for anyone who likes to spend lots of time in the kitchen.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Peppermint Sweets Gift
Step by step instructions of how to make tasty, yummy peppermint sweets. A simple recipe, ideal for for even young kids to make as the sweet doesn’t need cooking. Peppermints make a great gift for anyone with a sweet tooth.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Home-made Safety Pin Jewellery
Jewellery is a popular gift at Christmas, this is a great gift idea that looks amazing – a bracelet made up of safety pins. A great gift for Mum, sister, grandmother or Aunt, they'll love it because it's so unusual and trendy.
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Christmas Stocking Sock Monkeys
Have you received unwanted socks as a gift this Christmas? We show you what to do with boring socks to make them fun!
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Homemade Christmas Gifts Christmas Presents for Pooches
Dogs are mans best friend, and as any dog owner will tell you, they really do become part of the family. This is probably why we can't leave the family dog out of the festivities at Christmas time. Make your pooch a present this Christmas. We show you how to make a festive dog collar complete with holly and bells that will make your doggy jingle all the way around the park this wintertime.
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