It’s the Holiday Season and as I work through our holiday gift list, invariably my husband hands me his own. In general his list is comprised of mostly gifts for coworkers. We are talking about presents for 8-10 people he works with which is not a lot. But it is people from different backgrounds and at different stages in life,so what do you do? What can you give them that will appeal to everyone without breaking the bank?
In cases like this I love to turn to homemade gifts, because not only are they make the gift special and more personal. In previous years I have made chocolate dipped biscotti and wrapped them nicely. Anyone could use a cookie with their afternoon coffee. But this year I wanted to do something different. After so many of you mentioned using Carnation Evaporated Milk to make chocolate fudge for the holidays I decided to try my hand at making fudge. Looking back I probably chewed more than I could bite but I am happy with the results. Here’s the recipe and cost breakdown for this homemade gift idea:
Holiday Chocolate Fudge
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 (12 fluid ounce) can Carnation evaporated milk
- 2 cups chopped nuts
- 1 (12 ounce) package Nestle Tollhouse semisweet chocolate chips
- 12 (1 ounce) squares German sweet chocolate
- 2 cups marshmallow creme
Directions
- Butter two 9×9 inch baking pans and set aside.
- Place chocolate chips, German chocolate, marshmallow creme, and nuts into a large mixing bowl. Set aside.
- In a 4 quart saucepan, combine sugar, salt, butter, and evaporated milk. Stir over low heat until the sugar dissolves. Bring to a boil, and cook for 6 minutes.
- Pour boiling syrup over ingredients in bowl, beat until all chocolate is melted. Pour into prepared pans. Let stand a few hours before cutting.
I spent under $10 on all ingredients. Then I stopped by the Dollar Store to get a cute holiday metal tins to put them in. So I spent $18 on six presents which I think is a very good deal for such a delicious indulgence.
You Can Do It Too
While you may think that you have to be crafty or a good cook to make homemade gifts, you are wrong. I like how Amy from Mom Advice put it, what you really need to be is resourceful and point yourself towards the right information to help you get this done. That’s why I hope you will check out Amy’s Series “Gifts You can Make.” She has step by step instructions on how to make:
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I love homemade cookies!
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I like making homemade gift tags and greeting cards for people. As well as cute magnets and push pins.
Homemade Bacardi Run Cake is my favorite homemade gift to give. Bake it bundy style and wrap it in colored plastic wrap with a bow and it’s ready to go.
Homemade carmel is my favorite homemade gift to give. People love it and ask for it each year!
I love Applesauce spice cake. So yummy! I make it with Duncan Hines Spice Cake mix, 3 eggs, oil, and applesauce. Mix a little cinnamon into the vanilla frosting, and its a great present 🙂
Peanut Butter Fudge, on the Jetted Puff Jar. So easy and sooooo good.
My favorite homemade gift to give is sand art brownie mix. The dry ingredients are layered in a canning jar, alternating browns (cocoa, chocolate chips) and whites (flour, sugar). I top the jar with a holiday print fabric, baking directions and ribbon.
My mother-in-law was the best by far at making gifts to be treasured for a lifetime. One Christmas she made china dolls for all her granddaughters and another time she made tea sets for them. I love cuddling in the throw she crocheted for us…it warms me & my heart to do so. Homemade gifts rock! (This giveaway does too!)
I’m putting together a family history DVD that will have all sorts of family documents, family photos from over the years, a family tree and some other precious family memories. Does that count as a homemade gift?
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Homemade chocolate chip cookie dough shaped into a slice-n-bake tube and wrapped in butchers paper with cute bows on the ends. Don’t forget to include baking directions in case they actually bake it instead of eating the dough!
My favorite homemade holiday gifts always involve pictures. For co-workers, you could take a “group” picture, make a homemade picture ornament and give it to them.
Pumpkin rolls are time consuming, but so worth it!
I am so not crafty… but as far as homemade gifts go, I like to give away some a few of the finer projects the kids have made throughout the year. Of course this only works for close family, but the kids really enjoy sharing their pots and trinket holders with the grandparents.
I like making the Oreo truffles and putting them in pretty containers! Such an easy recipe and requires no baking – which is good for me because 1. I always burn my baked goods and 2. the keypad on my oven died today so now it wont turn on! agh!!
In the past, I have made jewelry for teachers, bus drivers, etc. This year, I have made a whole bunch of elastic bookmarks – https://whimsy-girl.blogspot.com/2008/12/elastic-bookmark-tutorial.html – an idea that a sweet friend of mine sent me. They are super easy, and I’ve had fun picking out the charms for each person on my list.
I love to bake, so my homemade gifts change all the time. There is just something about homemade cookies though that I love so that is usually my fallback and favorite.
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For many years,I made take-home favors for our holiday guests by using baby food jars (that I had saved from when my kids were babies!), filling them with red & green M&Ms or other colorful candies, making a circular “hat” cut with pinking shears out of Christmas material, and tying them on the closed jar with colored yarn. Everyone seems to enjoy having their own special treat to take home with them.
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Homemade cookies are my favorite.
FAvorite gift is homeade soaps! Really nice!
My favorite homemade gift idea is baked goods.
My favorite homemade gift to make is a scrapbook. Love making them, love giving them.
My favorite homemade gift to receive is food! 🙂
I have been making covered ritz crackers with peanut butter for everyone. It’s a new treat I discovered and it’s actually like a delicious cookie. I usually sprinkle them with red and green sprinkles while the chocolated is hardening.
I’m now a facebook fan and shared in my status.
I make homemade cinnamon rolls and package them in Christmas containers. It’s time consuming (at least 3 hours to make a dozen from start to finish), but everyone loves them!!!
I love making homemade gifts. My 5 year old has been working on pot holders since October to give to her grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins (she is the baby on DH’s side all her cousins are 30-30 some years old.) We are also putting together Hootie Cakes cookie mix in jars with the potholders. If we have time we may also make some paper ornaments.
We made homemade ornaments and gave to family members. Started this last year and just did this past weekend.
Vintage Jam Tarts Recipe
1 cup finely-ground cornmeal
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons finely ground sea salt
2 tablespoons baking powder
3 tablespoons sugar
1 cup unsalted butter, chilled, and cut into 1/4-inch chunks
1 1/2+ cups milk
1 egg, just the egg white
1/3 cup jam (any flavor(s) you like)
Preheat your oven to 425 degrees.
Into a large bowl, or preferably, a food processor add the cornmeal, flours, salt, baking powder, sugar. To the dry ingredients add the butter. Using a pastry cutter or 30-35 quick pulses of the food processor, blend the mixture until it resembles tiny, sandy pebbles.
Dump the mixture into a medium bowl, add 1 1/2 cups of milk and with a fork stir just until everything is combined. You are going to roll out the dough, so if it is too wet, stir in a couple extra tablespoons of flour, if it is too dry stir in an extra tablespoon or two of milk. You don’t want to overwork the dough, or your tarts will be tough, so stir only as much as you have to.
Dump the dough out onto a well-floured surface, pull it together into one large mound, and roll out until it is about 1/3-inch thick. Pat with more flour if things get sticky – sticky dough is your enemy in this recipe. Cut the biscuit dough with a medium cutter (the one I used was about 2-inches across), then cut half the rounds with a slightly smaller cutter.
Brush the large rounds with a bit of egg white – this will give the tarts that nice golden color. Place the outer rings on top, brush those with the egg white, and fill with a bit of jam.
Place the tarts on a rimmed baking sheet and bake for 10-13 minutes – larger tarts will need to bake longer. The rimmed baking sheet is important to use because these tarts tend to have a bit of runoff, and you want to prevent a mess in your oven.
Makes about 1 – 2 dozen tarts, depending on the size
ENJOY
AYLIN
Knitted scarves and mittens make great homemade gifts.
Favorite homemade gift:
Chapstick.
After getting free little trial concealer containers from Nordstrom, small circle labels to be placed on the bottom of the container with the flavor of chapstick written on it, a tub of crisco and 6 different flavors of koolaid, we made about 60 containers of elegant chapsitck for about $4.00 total.
My girls loved it as presents for their school friends!
I make turtle biscotti. I bake a traditional biscotti recipe, add pieces of chopped caramel and pecans and when they’re cool, dip them in chocolate. Wrap them nicely or put them in a pretty tin and you’re good to go!
My daughter and I love to make peppermint bark and cheeseballs to give to people around the holiday’s, I had to split my cheeseball list, it got to big, so about 5 familes now get one for Thanksgiving
I love to give homemade notecards. Thank Yous, Happy Birthdays and sometimes combination packs.
My favorite homemade gift is baked goods. This year I am giving my coworkers ans assortment of gingerbread cookies, cake mix cookies, mini quick breads, and Peanut Butter doggy treats (for those that have dogs). I also sewed some simple ornaments to go along with the goodies.
We make chocolate chip cookies.
I love to give gift baskets full of homemade cookies along with white chocolate covered popcorn dusted with green and red sugar sprinkles.
last year i printed off a photo of my kids w/ my parents on tissue paper and blew dryed it onto a candle and put a ribbon on it. i also made one for my mother n law w/ her and the kids. this year, i’m doing other personal things w/ photos!
I love making a huge tray of fudge! I make chocolate and peanut butter fudge!
My favorite to receive – a chenille handmade scarf
My favorite to give – embroidered bags or homemade assortment of Christmas cookies
I love to giveaway Christmas cookies in tins to coworkers. Delicious!
I like knitting scarves for friends and family. I don’t always get as many done as I hoped to!
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My favorite homemade gifts are scarves, whether knitted sewn, or cut from micro fleece. These seem to work well for the masses.
I used to love giving Counted Cross-stitch homemade gifts; however, since I now have 3 children I don’t have the time. I now give loaves of friendship bread, cookies, and/or chocolate dipped pretzels. The kids love to help with the cookies and pretzels, so it is a nice family activity, too!
My children and I have made homemade ornaments for many years. This year we took clear ornaments, took the metal top off of it, dropped a few drops of acrylic paint in (we used 2-3 colors per ornament), and tilted the ornament around to spread the paint around. The result is a pretty kalidescope effect!
I give cranberry orange bread to my neighbors (10 of them) every year a little before Thanksgiving. I beat the Christmas rush and it is something different than all the gazillions of “plates of cookies” that are passed around. They all love it.
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We don’t do too many handmade gifts, but the cookie platter is a hit with the neighbors. We end up exchanging on Christmas Eve and it gives us a nice variety!
Sugar cookies on a Christmas plate!
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I love homemade gifts like ornaments, or something of that nature. I am not too good at coming up with ideas on my own, but luckily this time of year so many bloggers post the cutest ideas that I can snag and do myself!
I love making (and getting) dry ingredients for a cookie recipe in a glass jar. Decorate it and give it!
Angels made out of old books is my favorite homemade gift to make.
My favorite homemade gift is a plate of brownies all wrapped up beautifully!
I normally give an assortment of cookies on a pretty plate to all of our neighbors, but this year I’m planning to do fudge and chocolate-covered pretzels in holiday tins.
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My favorite homemade gifts are ‘Cookies in a Jar’.
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My favorite Christmas treat is Cake Balls rolled in Candy Cane pieces. Make a cake, then mush it up with a can of frosting. Roll into balls. Dip in melted almond bark and roll in Candy Canes…Easy!!
Chocolate covered pretzels. So easy to make…and delicious while making them.
My favorite homemade holiday treat is Rachel Ray’s Five Minute Fudge. I’ve been making this for years, and people always think I’ve slaved away in the kitchen for hours. It’s my little secret! I’ve tried different variations and every recipe is delicious- but I think my most ‘requested’ flavors is the white chocolate peppermint fudge made with freshly crushed candy canes. I like to use a chip and dip tray; the outside chip holder I pour my fudge mixture into and the inside dip holder I fill with holiday candies. I purchase these trays at my local inexpensive home-ware store (Old Time Pottery). This is a gift that looks far more extravagant than it is. For my circle of friends and acquaintances, this has become a holiday tradition, and it’s a way to recognize everyone who touched my family’s life throughout the year. This is a PERFECT gift for the teacher’s lounge- it sure beats the tired old tin of popcorn!
I love the gift of time. A free night of baby sitting, etc
Homemade oreo truffles! So rich and yummy!
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Chocolate chip cookies and homemade fudge. I think I’ll try your recipe this year
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I make lamps out of empty wine bottles. I can either make a general one as a gift, or, for friends, I use a bottle of wine that we either shared, or that I know they enjoy to make the lamp 🙂
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My favorite gift is anything sweet! This year I am making mini chocolate chip bundt cakes for friends. They’re SUPER yummy and really easy to make!
Chocolate dipped pretzels
My mother-in-law makes caramel every year for extended family — she had a tradition of letting her kids help make them, and the family looks forward to getting them to this day!
A quilt. I have boxes upon boxes of material I’ve collected through the years.
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I crochet scarves and hats for homemade gifts.
i made a great wreath for my uncle one year, now if only i could get it back
My favorite homemade gift idea would be a gift of self…like free babysitting!
I use to bake “Tres leches cake”, its easy and yummy!!!
homemade vanilla! its really easy!
Best homemade gifts for me are homemade jewelry. Unfortunately, haven’t had much time lately to make some, and I only just started getting into it. Next year.
I make customized return address labels for friends and family. I also include decorative postage stamps with the labels. It’s pretty easy for a gift and it’s something everyone can use, so it goes over very well with the recipients.
My favorite homemade gift idea would be a hand-carved wooden tree ornament.
Homemade chex mix! delicious!!
homemade bread!
Every Year we make cookie baskets and chocolate covered pretzel rods for all those “little gifts” for friends that you want to remember during the holiday season!
A few of my favorite homemade gift ideas are mini loaves of TS Beer Bread that I have added either shredded cheese to, or TS Garlic, Garlic seasoning or Bacon, Bacon seasoning wrapped in tin foil with pretty ribbon or Dollar Store tins willed with my new favorite, Cheesy Ranch Chex mix. Homemade gifts are gifts made from the heart with love!!!
I like to crochet things for people for christmas!
I love making homemade granola bars. I’m getting ready for a long weekend of making them!
We’ve done alot of gift in a jar things and every year make cookies to take to the neighbors; but my all time favorite was the year I bought $1 wood heart trivets and painted them. We then put a cute phrase on them and they were done. I love still seeing them sitting out at loved ones homes!
Last year I did the jar cookie mixes for a homemade gift- it was fun, but I know some of my reciepients still haven’t made their cookies yet! So I am not sure what I am going to do this year…I’d better hurry- since Christmas is just 15 days away!
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My favorite home made gift would be yummy choclate brownies. Am following you on twitter too.
I put 3 emergency candles & book of matches in a mason jar with a pvc pipe end glued to the inside of the lid (it makes a stand for the candle). It makes a great gift… and people always know where the candles & matches are in a power outage!
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For me it depends on who the gift is for. This year I am making a decorative scarf for my sister, a sign for my father-in-laws workshop, and a covered notebook with matching pen for my brother-in-law. I love to include something homemade with store bought gifts. It’s the best of both worlds!
I like to do a homemade loaf of bread with a jar of homemade jam. Yummy!
This Christmas I am making my two nieces a homemade Memory game with family photos. I think they will love it!
This year I picked up a dozen boxes of tea for free at Whole Foods, and am giving each of my children’s teacher a box of tea, a hand-painted mug (by my children), and a loaf of homemade pumpkin bread. I hope it will be well-received!
I like putting all the dry cookie ingredients in a jar – the recipient can bake it whenever they’d like!
We like to make homemade chocolates. We dip pretzels, caramels, make rocky roads, peanut clusters, peanut butter cups, etc. The best is filling 2 Ritz crackers with peanut butter and then dipping the whole thing in chocolate. Yummy!
I like to assemble gift baskets with little Asian trinkets I buy at our near by Asian dollar store. They sell cute tea cups and bowls.
i luv to make stain glass for gifts! see my comments on facebook! im a fan
Christmas cookies and Christmas Bark. We love making them and giving them as gifts.
Merry Christmas!
I like to give pumpkin bread to family and friends. It is an easy and inexpensive gift that others really appreciate.
I love homemade cookies!!!!!!
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I like all kinds of Christmas cookies. My new favorite is chocolate chip made with Andies Mint Chocolates in place of chocolate chips.
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Bake a cake or cookies and put in a christmas gift box to give to frens and neighbours…witha special not’ homemade esp for You for Christmas !’
A homemade gift I like for teachers is a jar of Christmas simmer. It’s a combination of Christmas-y spices with apple juice in a jar. I print up pretty directions that say to basically put it in a pot on your stove on low heat. If you buy the spices in bulk, it’s a pretty inexpensive gift. It’s simple enough that young children can make it. And, a lot of teachers don’t eat home baked goodies for a variety of reasons. This is something they don’t have to eat, and they don’t have to find a place for.
This year I’m giving out homemade salami with a box of crackers (that I got for free of course) as my homemade gift. I’ve never done it before but think it will be great!
I love making homemade peppermint bark. Yum! My friends and family love it too 🙂
I am going to make Rice Krispie Treat “popsicles” this year.
This year I’m making homemade sugar cookies for my son’s pre-k class. I’m also doing chocolate covered pretzels for all my neighbors.
my favorite homemade gift idea is carmel corn; my mom made it growing up…awesome!!
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Each year we love to bake the Nativity story in cookies. Then we can give them the story of the Nativity with some yummy cookies to eat. We don’t do this for everyone, we commit to do it for one family that we know who needs to hear God’s love.
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I love to make peanut butter popcorn for people!
I have crocheted scarves for Christmas presents. I also love the idea of homemade wrapping paper and bows.
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I like to make homemade jar mixes to give out. People really seem to enjoy these.
My homemade cranberry walnut biscotti is my favorite gift to give because everyone loves it so much.
This year I am assembling homemade gift baskets for all the ladies. I’m decorating them with ribbon and filling them with bath products I found on sale and homemade candies. It’s the first time I’ve ever tried something like this, so I guess that makes it my favorite =)
Our family makes buckeyes.
I love making spritz cookies every year at Christmas. They are fast and easy and make a great gift.
In the past I have made homeade blank notecards for friends and packaged them with twine. I have made homeade mocha truffles. I have also sewed burp clothes with ribbon and tags for new mothers. Thanks!
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I like making dry cookie mixes in a jar and decorating them cute. That way, they get a whole batch of goodies!
i like homemade pumpkin cake~
I make cookies, fudge, pumpkin bread and give to friends and neighbors.
I love making ornaments….glass ornament, shredded colored paper, and a cute bow on top. Buy some initial stickers to personalize and monogram… CUTE!
I made a cappuccino mix for my co-workers one year. I put it in plastic bags and tied a bow and gift tag on the outside. They seemed to like it.
My favorite thing to make for someone special is a scrapbook. Many people don’t have the time to put their own together, so they are greatly appreciated.
I’ve made giant Christmas stocking cookies for my nephews, and then decorated them with their names.
I love to give homemade baked goods…cookies, breads…etc. YUM!
I love to make poppy seed bunt cakes as gifts!
I love homeade iced sugar cookies. They are the best to give & receive 🙂
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My favorite for this year is homemade hot cocoa. We put a scoop of the powder along with some Christmas-y marshmallows, Hershey Kisses and a candy cane in a baggy with a poem about “Snowman Soup”. My kids are excited to assemble the baggies and hand them out this year.
I love to make slice and bake sugar cookies. You can make a bunch and just freeze them and pull them out when you want cookies. They are soo yummy and easy.
My son and I like to make various Christmas treats for the neighbors. Cookies, truffles and usually some type of peppermint bark.
One year I made my mom a quilted table runner for each of the 5 big holidays (Christmas, Easter, 4th of July, halloween and Thanksgiving). She absolutely loved it and i have since made several sets for friends.
I like to make all of my extended family buckets of a homemade candy made with Peanut Butter Captain Crunch, white chocolate, mini marshmellows and pecans. It is ever so tasty and I love making it for everyone. 🙂
A wrapped basket full of a variety of homemade cookies. Yummm!
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My grandma’s recipe for Poor Man’s Cake (raisin spiced squares!) is a hit every year!
Cookies in a jar. The whole family gets involved in it. It was perfect for all the teachers and neighbors this year.
I love to make homemade glass ornaments by decorating them with their monogram. They’re always a big hit!
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Sponge candy!
My homemade chocolate dipped pretzels.
I am going to try homemade hot cocoa mix this year for teacher’s gifts. i hope it’s a hit.
My favorite homemade gift is toddler bath hooded towels.
I love to make a set of homemade ornaments. I use scrapbook paper and roll little pieces and then stick them inside. A little time consuming, but super easy and not very expensive if you stock up on the ornaments during after Christmas sales! Add some ribbon to hang them with and you’re good to go! I usually package them in a dollar store gift basket.
I like to give loaves of bread- They cost me about 30 cents each to make and everyone loves a loaf of fresh bread!
My kids enjoy making salt dough ornaments for our extended family.
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My favorite homemade gift is candy. My kids and I love to make chocolate candies and chocolate dipped pretzels.
My favorite homemade gift is a plate of cookies. But instead of baking like crazy for a week, I start at the very beginning of December and bake one to three times a week, then freeze the cookies. I usually choose cookies or candies that aren’t too complicated to make – like easy 7 layer cookies bars. Then it’s so easy towards the end of the month to put together many plates of goodies!
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I love crocheting things and giving them as gifts!
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I haven’t yet, but I have always wanted to make a cheesecake for someone.
homemade cookies in a cute christmas tin
we make homemade christmas cookies and fudge – YUM!!
My favorite homemade present is a nice this pair of socks!
my mother in laws homemade mint fudge!
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I love to give homemade calendars or “Year in Review” mini-scrapbooks.
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Toffee!! Yummy
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I made homemade soap last year and it turned out really cute. I think I’m going to try it again this year!
I make a mean gingerbread man.
A gift basket of homemade candies, cookies, ect.
I love making scarfs!
My mother-in-law and I always make fudge and pumpkin bread for our neighbors. We have on big baking session.
I had my kids make hand prints and then glued them to a large craft stick. Put play doh in the bottom of a small flower pot and put the sticks with hand prints in. Makes a wonderful hand print flower.
Hand scrub! Fill a small jar 3/4 full with epson salt, fill the rest with canola oil, add a few drops of scented oils (I like peppermint).
I love making homemade cookies with my daughter. Thanks for a great giveaway!
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I make homemade cookies in a jar! Love them!
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I love making brownies. It is a one-bowl one batch wonder.
Chocolate Mocha Spoons. Hard chocolate melted and stirred with a plastic spoon. Let harden. Wrap with pretty cellophane or plastic rap. Tie with a ribbon. Yummy good with coffee or for an extra “dose” of chocolate in hot chocolate!!
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The girls love to make homemade ornaments.
I loved the idea of hot Chai tea drink mixes. I’m thinking of making some for my boss this year.
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We’re going to be doing a project from Family Fun for my 3-year old to give to her relatives– soap snowballs from shredded Ivory soap. We’ll also be coating pine cones in peanut butter and rolling them in bird seed for another useful (and simple! and cheap!) gift.
Last year I made Photo coasters for everyone in my family! They were so cute and personal! This year I am making a family recipe book with recipes from my husband’s family and mine! Lots of newly weds in our family!
I dipped big pretzel sticks and marshmallows on sticks in chocolate and attached some hot chocolate packets. All you do is melt chocolate chips! I became a fan on Facebook!! Thanks!
I like to melt chocolate and cover pretzels with it, Then I buy small mason jars and get plaid fabric. I cut the fabric into squares and put them over the mason jar sealing lid and the screw down the ring tight. It makes a beautiful Christmas gift and everyone loves the chocolate covered pretzels!
Homemade reed ornaments. It is something they can keep forever!
Old fashioned oatmeal craisin cookies and put them in Christmas tins.
Decorated Sugar Cookies…can be store bought dough or homemade. Then decorated with royal icing and placed in pretty cellophane bags with decoration. For the holidays, use cutters in snowflake pattern, bells, snowman, etc! Wrap with pretty ribbons and homemade tags to personalize.
I like making Magic Cookie Bars with carnation evaporated milk!
My new favorite hand made gift this year is chocolate truffles. Who doesn’t like chocolate?!! Baker’s chocolate had a great recipe I saw in a magazine recently.
Homemade scented candles with embellished decorations on the jar is a favorite gift of mine.
Cupcakes! (secret added ingredient: vanilla pudding mix — YUM!)
Homemade peanut brittle and butter balls are my favorites.
I like to make homemade strawberry nut bread for teachers and give a tin of chocolate and vanilla covered pretzels to family friends that we don’t really trade gifts with.
I like to make fudge for gifts too. Except I have a very simple recipe. 1 bag chocolate chips + 1 can of chocolate icing. Melt in a saute pan and pour into a 9×13 dish lined with wax paper. Refridgerate until set. EAsy and yummy. Plus it works because this recipe doesn’t have milk in it, so my daughter can have some too.
I live in the Midwest and it does get cold here in the winter (just as it is now). but one thing most people need is a good scarf.
I knit them and give them as gifts.
I also make rag wreaths.
I MAKE HOMEMADE CANDY TO GIVE OUT AS GIFTS. EVERYONE LOVES CHOCOLATE.
I agree with the fudge. Rachael Ray has a super easy way to make fudge! She uses sweetened condensed milk and I make some every year!
Favorite homemade gift idea: photo collage.
I do peanut butter fudge and chocolate chip cookies for homemade gift.
My favorite is different depending on the person but I love giving old pictures with new – for example my son with his first dog along with my husband as a boy with his first dog – framed for grandma.
Chex mix is a great homemade gift! I love eating and making it!
I love to make chocolate covered pretzels.
I also wanted to mention that your date says 11/13 🙂 Thanks for giveaway.
All types of fudge in a cute box.
I love to make homemade vanilla extract! Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
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I love to make homemade ornaments from my boys!
Homemade cinnamon rolls! I made them this year for my neighbors and they are delicious! I think I ate my fair share too…had to make even more to share 🙂 I love the homemade treats at holiday time. Yummm!
Anything made by the kids makes grandma and grandpa smile. We make a yearly calendar with photos from the previous year.
We love to do the twelve days of Christmas and make cinnamon rolls, ginger snap cookies, and colored egg nog snikcerdoodles. Also, quillows have been fun to make( pillow in a blanket) thanks
I love making rice crispy truffles! Of course, I eat too many of them myself! 😀
My favorite homemade gift idea is: Popcorn Ball, yummy.
I love making different kinds of cookies and also for the family decorating ornaments with the kids hand prints is always a hit!
We make chocolate-oatmeal cookies
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Every year I make tins of cookies and candies for my friends/family. I bake each weekend of Dec. I love doing it, and I have lots of requests now 🙂
I left a tweet about your give away on Twitter…
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I left a tweet about your giveaway on Twitter…
My favorite homemade gift is cookies! They show that I’m willing to take the time to make something, but they are not expensive!
Thanks for the giveaway!
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Hi Mercedes,
I love giving away homemade cookies and brownies in fun Christmas shapes, wrapped in a special tin & bow. Yummmmm… 🙂
I like to make pumpkin bread for our friends and family!
Also, I tweeted about your giveaway! Thanks — Misty (@mistymathews, mlbell30@gmail.com)
This year I made reusable tote bags for my sister from empty coffee bags and duct tape. They’re distinctive and practice. I’m using one to wrap a bunch of small gifts for her.
My favorite homemade gift is a homemade cookies.
Any type of food is a good gift.
I twittered or tweeted!!!!! Trying to get used to Twitter!
Carol
Now following you on Facebook and put message about the giveaway.
Definitely, homemade cookies, I love making biscotti because they look so nice wrapped up. and they are something different – not a cookie you;d have any other day. Thanks Mercedes!
I love framing my children’s works of art and giving them to family.
Chocolate dipped pretzels or spoons. Kids can help make the pretzels and the spoon are an elegant and fun gift for a coffee or hot chocolate or chai drinker.
Favorite homemade gift idea? Homemade marshmallows in a mug for hot chocolate. Yum!
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Love to give fudge too, I think I have the same recipe, it’s great. Thanks!
We make cookie trays to share with neighbors and the various teachers. That is our favorite homemade gift.
I love to make cookie mixes in jars with a nice fabric top and a pretty ribbon! Personalize with the instructions on a label!
Thanks for all you do!
Cfosh
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I love homemade fudge and toffee.
For some favorite friends, we like to make homemade Kahlua! Yum!
A plate of homemade goodies is always good for me!
Homemade mexican flan. one of the greatest dessert you can enjoy with everyone
I made some white chocolate popcorn mix and put in pretty bags, and will also be making up some jars of homemade hot chocolate mix to give away. 🙂 I also do a cookie exchange with a few friends.
Sun
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I use to love to make cookies-in-a-jar.
Banana Bread.. Yum!
I tweeted!
I like to give homemade peanut butter fudge as a gift.
Every year while caroling we give out a homemade jar of cookie mix.
I like making soy candles out of gift tins!
I also make a fudge for gifts, it is very simular to this recipe. I just got done buying the ingredients to make it. It’s great for teachers!
We’re fans on facebook.
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my favorite homemade gift is cocoa layered with chocolates and marshmallows in glass containers!
I have made peppermint cocoa for teachers and friends.
I always make homemade peanut butter fudge. Its an old, old recipe that was given to me when I was 15. I love the stuff!
We’re fans on facebook and I love your website.
My favorite treat is fudge too!!!!! I keep it in the freezer and eat it all year round.
My favorite homemade gifts are personally made scrapbooks for all the grandparents of my daughters year. They love the photographs and I have fun making them with my daughter.
Cookies! 🙂
I make pumpkin bread!
One of my favorite homemade gifts are the sweet treats I have grown up with. My mom has several holiday treats like carmal brownies, butterscotch chips melted on chinese noodles & peanuts, the white pecan ball cookies ( aka wedding cookies), peanut butter chocolate switl bars, oh & the list goes ON! I always start craving all the traditional recipes this time of year! I would love to win the $100 Visa! =)
My favorite homemade gift it tied fleece blankets.
I love making new things each year. Some of my favorites have bee hot fudge, creamcheese cherry breads, caramels, caramel corn… yum!
I like to make Chocolate Mice.. they are soooo CUTE! They are a Hershey’s Kiss for the head..and Maraschino Cherry dipped in chocolate for the body..(leave the stem..it’s the tail..hehe)..sliced almonds..will adhere to the kiss with a bit of melted chocolate..and then a bit of white icing to dot on the eyes..these are even cute to serve on an oreo. They are soo sweet..and sooo tasty!! 🙂
My favorite homemade gift is a plate of goodies or homemade hot chocolate.
I love to make homemade cookies to share with friends.
I am not very crafty or original. I usually do some homemade penut butter fudge!
this year i had a baby and a niece, it seemed impossible to figure out what to get them for their first christmas so i sewed them some stuffed animal/monsters and they came out so cute that i will make more to give to my husband and i think i will do smaller versions to give to the other kids of the family… homemade gifts are the best… i hope i could also bake something yummy too…i have to give it a try…
Homemade gifts I’ve done:
homemade photo calendars
fudge
cookies in a jar
cake in a mug
Kid made picture frame with art drawing for grandparents
I like to give coffee mugs filled with a recipe for spice tea, a bag of spice tea for one cup, candy, and a candy cane wrapped and tied with a bow!
Hi, just tweeted about your giveaway!
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My favorite handmade gift is photo calendars. I make mine with scrapbooking supplies and stamps. Cute and inexpensive (except for my time)!
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I LOVE to make blankets for people. Mostly children blankets! Home-made blankets say I LOVE you!
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holiday cookies!!
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I always make homemade fudge, too! Everyone seems to love it and appreciate the effort that it takes to make.
The best homeade present I have made is to scan in every drawing or project that my boys have made over the year and put it onto a disk with Google’s phot screensaver. Then, whenever they are at work or home at the computer they have a fairly classly way to show off the stuff that often clutters up the fridge only to be lost over time.
I usually make cheesy ranch Chex Mix. This year I’m also going to try Amy’s Chai Tea mix. I’m also going to try to make peppermint bark.
My husband I like to make homemade barbeque sauce. It’s his grandfather’s recipe from Kansas City. Everyone loves it!
Gina
A friend of mine makes wreaths for gifts at Christmas,they are beautiful,and this year she is going to teach me how to make them.
Packages of homemade hot chocolate mix. Thanks for the giveaway.
Homemade plate of goodies. Muddy Buddies, ginger snaps, caramel, fudge, choc. turtles, and white choc. covered ritz with peanut butter inside.
Yum!!
I like to crochet stockings and stuff them with fun goodies.
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I also forgot to mention that I make angel feather ornaments. It’s a very spiritual and simple gift that people love.
I love to make English toffee!
My daughter and I made “cake mix in a mug” gifts for her friends and I am excited about making a journal jar for my mom this year. I will create questions and idea starters for daily journaling and put them in a jar for her to pull out when she needs inspiration.
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cards the kids make
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My kids & I make fleece blankets or scarves. It is very simple yet people enjoy them. A friend just asked me today to make her 2! She loves them! I tweeted you & posted your message on my Facebook page! Love your site!
I follow you on twitter and I tweeted
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This year I’m making heating pads filled with scented rice. I’m loving the idea of them, and I’m pretty sure they’ll be a hit!
My fall-back gift is a purse. If I can’t think of anything else, I’ll usually make a purse. :p
I love to make cookies, different types of bread, and Christmas crafts such as Angel tree toppers, crochet Christmas stockings etc. It makes you feel good when you share something you made yourself.
My favorite homemade gift to give is canned apple pie filling with the dry ingredients for apple crisp topping in a ziploc bag. Who doesn’t love apple crisp on a cold night? Everyone loves to get it! Another hit I’ve given is Dipping Oil (in a mason jar) and a loaf of homemade bread.
I’m a Facebook fan!
My favorite homemade gift is from MomAdvice a few years ago she posted directions on bubble magnets. I LOVE mine and everyone loved getting them. They are cute and practical! I’m making them again this year.
We give Reindeer “Poo”. It’s miniature marshmellows in sandwich baggies decorated with ribbons and a small christmas card on card stock. They’re cute, cheap and people always seem to get such a kick out of them.
That fudge looks yummy! I always make puppy chow for my neighbors! And family…they beg me!
We love making sugar cookies with plenty to share and plenty to eat!
Love making cookies for family every year!!
I already follow you on Twitter, but I tweeted about your giveaway.
This year we are making little gift baskets of baked goodies for all of my daughter’s teachers. She chose to make the Muddy Buddies from Chex! We will also add some cookies and fudge to the baskets!
My favorite gift is spiced pecans…sweet, crunchy and cinnamony. Delish!
My other favorites are peanut butter balls, fudge, and chocolate covered spoons or pretzels.
I think I’ll try peppermint bark this year…doesn’t that sound yummy?
Definitly red velvet cupcakes decorated for the season!
One year I made car review mirror hangings out of glass beads. I made frogs and lizards. They were so cute! I need to make them again 🙂
Hawaiian Banana Nut Bread. Be still my heart.
I love doing mixes in a jar.
I’m crafty, so I like to make wreaths, ornaments, quilts, and embellished paper crafts as gifts. I find great ideas in the martha stewart living magazine.
I like making gift baskets with a theme. For instance, I’ve assembled a pizza basket for my brother and family, with an apron, pizza cutter, crust mix, jar of sauce, and container of parmesan cheese. We’ve also assembled a family movie night basket, with pkgs of microwave popcorn, a pkg of Junior Mints, a two-liter drink, and a DVD movie was got through Swap-a-DVD.
VERY well-received!
My favorite is to make little bags of “reindeer food” to give to the kids. We mix bird seed & a little glitter ( so the reindeer can see it at night ) and put in fun bags. They all get so excited when they get to go home & sprinkle it on their lawn. 🙂
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I like to give homemade bread during the holidays
I love giving out cinnamon rolls at Christmas!
I love to make homemade bundt cakes for my neighbors.
My favorite homemade gift is Oreo Truffles (just google for a recipe). They look like you spent a lot of time making them (which you didn’t) and they taste heavenly. Best of all, they only have 3 ingredients.
Homemade chocolate chip cookies in holiday themed tins.
I haven’t done it yet, but I am gonna try my hand at peppermint bark this year. That stuff is yummy!
my favorite home-made gift is homemade cookies and other homade goodies wrapped in nice prety jars.
I love the cookie mix in a jar!
I give my Almond Toffee and iced sugar cookies.
I make fudge and chocolate chip tea cookies.
Our favorite homemade gifts to give are bird houses that my husband creates…so unique and beautiful!
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My favorite homemade gift is artwork. I love to draw and paint (neither of which I have done very much of since having our daughters). If you know someone’s style or can do a portrait, it’s super personal.
I like to make gift baskets for people. its always a hit with tons of stuff i get free through out the year!!
We basically do the same thing. Make many Christmas candies and put them in decorative tins or baskets and give them away.
Anything with pictures!! I am making a collage portrait for my parents this year. they are going to love it!!!
My daughters and I bake and decorate homemade sugar cookies for friends and family. It’s my favorite thing we do together for others!
entry 1 – i love to make my grandmother’s Rocky Road chocolate. it’s amazing. “mmmm” is the usual reaction when someone takes a bite.
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A personalized scrapbook.
My mom and always made holiday sweatshirts for my kids’ teachers. also, the kids make ornaments for the grandparents every year.
I made calendars for the Grandparents with pictures of all of their grandchildren. We also give tins of homemade goodies to teachers and friends.
I love to make homemade holiday themed sugar cookies with red and green frosting.
I make hard candy for gift giving.
Home made bed warmers. Take a flannel scarf and sew up the edges to make a large pocket. fasten the flap with hook and loop fastener or buttons. Fill a heavy duty freezer zippy bag with rice or beans. Microwave for 1-2 min. and put it in the flannel pocket to warm your bed. This can also be used for a heat pack for sore muscles.
I love making homemade cards and wrapping them up pretty. I give these to teachers and friends. THANKS for the giveaway!
We like to give our services as gifts around the holidays helping neighbors put up lights or helping family clean out their dirty old closets!! These are things that people truly appreciate much more than material gifts!
My favorite homemade dessert is oreo truffles. they taste sooooo good. Thanks for the giveaway.
I love to make pies and give to people. thanks for the giveaway.
i’m making homemade vanilla extract this year for family and friends
I like to make platters if cookies and fudge. Nothing says lovin’ like something from my oven!
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I’m following you on Twitter and just tweeted about this giveaway.
We like to give a cute ornament made by the kids (mommy helps too.)to grandparents every year. They look forward to them and its going to be so neat to look back at them all when they are grown.
I just became a fan on Facebook 🙂
I like flavored cooking oil and vinegar
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i tweeted! i follow u on twitter!
i am a fan on facebook ,i commented!
I like giving mixes in a jar. My favorite recipe is for a chocolate chip oatmeal cookie that is so fast to make (for the person receiving the mix) and tastes so yummy. I also like giving sets of handmade cards that I’ve stamped and embellished (of course, those are harder to give away, because I usually like them so much, I want to keep them). I’ve also made Christmas wreaths or regular wreaths, too. There are so many ideas for homemade gifts! 🙂
Thanks Mercedes for all you do!!
Im already a fan on facebook! 🙂
Thanks Mercedes for all you do!!
Im already a fan on facebook! 🙂
One of my favorite homemade gifts to give for presents is fudge as well.. but I make the cheater variety… It takes only minutes and everyone LOVES it!!
1 bag of chocolate morsels
4/5 can sweetened condensed milk
Add the two together in a glass bowl and cook on high in the microwave for 2-3 minutes.
Remove & stir quickly until all the morsels are melted.
Pour into a small pan (5×7 or 8×8) lined with a piece of heavy foil.
To harden quickly, I place it into the freezer for about 3/4 hour, then cut & eat.
You can use the full can of condensed sweetened milk but the end product will be a little bit tacky/sticky but still tastes wonderful.
My favorite homemade gift is wash cloths! my cousin crochets them!
I make homemade breads – everything from fruit and nut loaves to brioche!
I wrote about the giveaway on my blog:
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we like to make homemade hot chocolate mixes & dip plastic spoons in chocolate. wrap up the spoons & attach a bag of cocoa mix. So easy & quick! Or we like doing chocolate covered pretzel rods.
My girls and I love to bake cookies so we’ll make a bunch, grab a few of each kind and present them in a pretty Christmas tin to our neighbors.
i’m doing a cookie/fudge basket this year for my family and friends. they all love my homemade chocolate chip cookies, and i’ll make a few others and include the recipes so that they can enjoy the gift whenever they feel like baking!
My sister and I get together and bake tons of different kinds of cookies and candy and put them in tins. We have teachers that are disappointed when they don’t have our kids as students!It is a lot of fun.
Homemade cookies or bread.
bulls-eye cookies made with a round pretzel, a hug, and an m are always a great food gift!
This year I will be giving out my homemade strawberry jam and fresh english muffin bread made in my bread machine! LOL, that is if I can get it out of the house without anyone stealing it first.
Use things from your stockpile to create gift baskets, the key to creating a lovely basket is putting something in the bottom to bulk things up, either used a paper bag that has been rolled or tucked under or use plastic bags, just anything to give it some extra padding and then use shredded tissue or just tissue to give it a lovely area to rest, you can even use skewers and tape if you need to balance things. It just helps them look a lot better. https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v729/Kristinemomof3/baskets005.jpg
Those jars of cookie mix are a cheap and easy gift to make. They even look pretty in the jar!! :o)
I love making homemade scrapbooks not big ones by little ones I like to call brag books. They are easy and a true gift from the heart.
I love making scrapbooks for other people!
homemade cards done by the kids.
We made the painted mugs and cocoa mix from MomAdvice for my girls’ teachers this year. Fun & easy! Thanks for the giveaway!
I love to make the gifts in a jar
This year I made chocolate covered spoons with crushed pepermint candy canes on top. I wrapped them with plastic wrap, put a bow around them and they look so cute! I plan to make baskets for family and friends with the spoons and some Caribou coffee from my stockpile.
I love all the homemade cards that my 6 year old daughter makes for every holiday.
I like to make sweet chex mix for christmas gifts.
I love to buy inexpensive gold/silver platter/trays from the dollar store and arrange either homemade or store bought cookies on them. I sit a coffee mug filled with coffee/cocoa packets in the center of the tray and stack cookies and other treats around it and then cellophane the entire tray/platter. Makes a wonderful gift to give because the recepient usually ends up opening it and sharing with others 🙂
My favorite homemade gift idea is a jar filled with cookie dough ingredients with a pretty top and recipe attached. I also like (and make) homemade bread to give away.
I love making home made turtles with home made caramel. People love them. In addition, it is a family tradition to make them with my Mom.
I make people Fleece blankets with their name embroidered on them. My husbands extended family picks names and everyone hopes I get their name because they know I will be making a fleece blanket for them to snuggle up in which is really needed in WI especially the last couple day with the Freezing wind chill.
i love to make homemade candles and give them out. there is so many different kinds you can make and everyone can use a candle
I make a homemade bark that is awesome. I got this recipe from my sister.
Dark chocolate
Cherries or Cranberries dried
Pistachios
White chocolate
Basically you melt the dark chocolate and pour over wax paper. While the chocolate is still warm add cherries/cranberries and pistachios. Drizzle with white chocolate. Wait for it to cool and break into chunks. Wrap up nicely.
My tip is to buy large jars/vases and fill with potpourri and a strand of white christmas lights. cover the top with a pretty cloth and leave the plug and wire on the outside! The lights usually warm the potpourri and it smells lovely! Just watch who you do this for as many people are allergic! I learned this from a lady I lived for a year!
I like making cookies for Christmas gifts (or candy).
Homemade cookies, candy, apple butter(made when I found apples for 3#/99cents!).
My mom’s homemade pralines, I can never get them to turn out just right so I have to rely on her help!
Yay! I so could use this gift card! I make cookies in a jar! yummY
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I love to make carmel and chocolate dipped pretzels for my neighbors!
i like painting wood and using a paint pin to add scripture on wood and adding some wire with buttons or other fun sparklies to brighten the wall decoration.
Our family bakes sugar cookies and we use Christmas cookie cutters to make Santa, Christmas Trees, reindeer, etc. Then the children paint the cookies. The cookies turn out great and the children really enjoy it.
Two years ago I made fleece tie blankets for all my family. I found a lot of great fleece patterns at wal-mart. My family loves them because they are double sided and super comfy. Thanks for the opportunity.
FOOD is the best homemade gift!!! Especially chocolate!
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Oops, forgot my favorite homemade idea. I love to make truffles. They are so easy and a huge hit.
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My fave is baked goods!
We always give homemade sugar cookies and roasted nuts as teacher gifts.
I love to have the kids help me with our baked homemade goods. We make chocolate covered carmel corn, regular Christmas cookies and this year, I’m letting the kids make some peanut butter kisses. It’s so much fun to try to find ways to let all 4 of them help in the creative process!
I tweeted!
I love making candles.
My favorite gift to make and receive is an ornament for the tree. People can enjoy it during the season and then pack it away with the rest of the things already being packed away and then enjoy it again the next season. A really cute wreath ornament (that’s so easy it’s crazy) that I found in my inbox this year is listed here: https://fun.familyeducation.com/slideshow/crafts/48963.html?page=5&detoured=1
Enjoy!
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Homemade rocky road candy treats. It’s yummy. Thanks for the giveaway.
I make anise seed biscotti each year, though I also made fudge very similar to yours last year!
Homemade applesauce. It is so yummy and not that many people make it.
Homade tamales. You can freeze them and they are a little meal in themselves!
I love anything I can sew. I’m currently working on handmade advent calendars. 🙂
This year I am giving out copies of DVD’s I made from all of our VHS’s of our family’s home videos from our childhood growing up. We haven’t seen them in years and it will be nice for something that every family member can have.
I’m a facebook fan!
I always make pumpkin bread to giveaway (and some to keep and eat). I love it!
Thanks!
My kids and I love to make homemade cookies and ornaments.
Homemade cookies or mixes for various soups/cakes/cookies. :O)
We love to make homemade cookies and share them with all the extended family!
I love to make treats galore!!! Dipped chocolates are a favorite!!
knitted gifts. no time for those anymore 😉
My favorite gift I’ve received was a scrapbook for my Hawaii pictures.
Last year I received homemade truffles–they were beautiful and delicious. I’m going to try my hand at making them this year.
White chocolate covered mint oreos are my favorite and so easy!
The best thing I ever made was stockings for my mom, dad, and grandma. I cross-stitched their names and a little tree or present on it. I was so proud of myself!
I follow you on Twitter and tweeted your giveaway: https://twitter.com/dopeymouse05/status/6569175608
Thanks!
If you go to the Nestle website, they have an awesome recipe for peanutbutter chocolate cookies! Make a few dozen and it’s a perfect gift for neighbors
We are making different types of holiday breads/muffins for food baskets my workplace is giving to needy families. My teenage son is doing most of the cooking for a school cooking project. In addition to getting school credit he will learn a valuable lesson in giving to those who are less fortunate! My husband’s coworker requested a cheeseball I took to their Christmas party….so that will be a new homemade gift I give this year!
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I love making homemade cookies and giving them out to people I know!
My fav is homemade cookies.
I do a package of homemade cookies and candies for all the neighbors.
Homemade caramel corn. Yum!
My favorite gift is homemade candy. My grandma and my mom used to make it and now I do. It’s quite simple and so delicious! Thanks for the giveaway!
My daughter has a lot of friends and can’t buy for everyone, so we bake! We bought after Christmas last year all kinds of cute little holiday containers (tins, boxes,mugs,stockings etc). We now bake fudge, cookies, brownies, and chocolate bark and fill the containers. * For her best friends we also add lip gloss, lotions, makeup,nail polish ( all items that we get year long for free or close to it from using our coupons and ecbs)!
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I love making caramel corn and giving it away in nice tins.
this yr me and my two yr old made ornaments for her grandparents and great grandparents…we made a santa complete w/cotton beard and hat (she really loved putting this on!) and then we made a mitten w/buttons, a stocking w/glitter, and a snowman w/stickers each one of these has a picture of her on it! i got the designs from an oriental trading magazine…cut out all the pieces from paper/material/foam board that i had…the only thing i had to buy was the pictures (which i got free from snapfish =)) the grandparents get gifts to treasure and we enjoyed mommy daughter time and had fun!
I like giving mini cheesecakes and brownies from scratch. Always a hit!
I have a Rum cake that I like to give – depending on who it is I am giving to. And I also have a recipe for Cherry Mash Candy that I love!!
Digial printed hardbound scrapbook from Arscow best site ever for these!! My in-laws loved theirs (gave them early 🙂 )
I blogged about it here.
https://lynnek67.blogspot.com/2009/12/yup-another-100-give-away.html
I try to do something different each year. This year it’s wool dryer balls made from a half-finished afghan I got at a yard sale for $2. They’re useful, inexpensive, and green!
What a perfect giveaway – who couldn’t use $100 extra dollars for that holiday shopping!
My fav hommeade gift Idea is to make Christmas ornaments! I made my own Christmas ornaments last year – they are different sized yarn balls, and everyone always compliments them and asks me where I got them, so I am making a bunch of extras and taking sets of them to holiday parties as hostess gifts!
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I like to cook homemade cookies.
I just became a fan on facebook (been meaning to do that anyway!)!
I enjoyed making potholders for my mom with my son’s footprints on them. It was fairly simple and now she has some potholders with a memory attached. 🙂
My favorite homemade gift is bath salts/beaty products. Such fun!
I love giving homemade hot cocoa mix in a jar. I use the recipe on momadvice.com.
I make coloring books for all my nieces and nephews- there are tons of coloring page websites out there for every character imaginable. I print out the pages on both sides, and then I put them in 3 prong folders (free and/or super cheap at the beginning of the school year). Round out the presents with the 10 cent and free crayons from the back-to-school sales, and I have presents for about 20 kids for less than $10 (including paper for the printer!). These are always a big hit, and several of my nieces put in special requests this year.
I always like the homemade treats. My grandma makes the best fudge and it is always a treat to get a box of homemade fudge from her. The other homemade gift I like is the family coupon books (free night of babysitting, free homemade dessert, get out of cleaning your room, etc.).
I am already a fan on facebook.
Every year my mom and I spend an entire weekend in the kitchen. We make several different kinds of cookies and 4 – 5 different kinds of fudge (using Carnation evap milk of course!). We give an array of goodies to friends, family and coworkers. It’s my favorite holiday tradition!
We make pumpkin rolls for our neighbors.
Awesome, going to try that
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My favorite handmade gift is the ornament I get every single year from my grandma.
My favorite homemade gift has been the homemade apple pie filling. I know I always have a quick dessert that looks fancy and is easy.
Chocolate covered pretzels in cute holiday plastic bags are my favorite homemade gift.
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Homemade caramel corn is my favorite. Making your own gift bag is a great way to give it.
My favorite homemade gift is a photo book. I am a scrapbooker so it is a simple but thoughtful gift. :o)
I love giving soup and drink mixes in cool decorated glass jars that I reuse from various sources spagetti souce, etc…
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I give homemade goodies (cookies, turtles, truffles, caramel popcorn) along with winter accessories such as warm socks!
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I love to make fudge and then pack it into cookie cutters. A little cellophane wrap and some ribbon and it makes for a festive and yummy gift. And who couldn’t use more cookie cutters?! 🙂
We make homemade candles.
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My favorite homemade gift is bannana bread. I lvoe to make it and give it away.
I prefer to make homemade craft ornaments.
I love to make homemade 7-up cake. It’s refreshing and delicious and most people have never had it!
A good friend/sister-in-law of mine made all the women in our family home made bracelets symbolizing the events and birth of Jesus last year. So beautiful and really hits the mark on what Christmas is all about =) Me, not so creative. If I can find time in between raising my small children, running our small business and bargain shopping 😉 I love to bake cookies for all of my very large extended family. Favorite cookies/most requested=chocolate chip with chopped Andes Mints, yum-yum!
my homemade gifts are christmas fruit cake.
I love to make the salty-sweet toffee candy bars with saltines, butter, sugar & melted chocolate and nuts on top. It’s so easy and no one ever guesses it is made from saltine crackers!
For relatives, anything with our children’s handprint or picture, an ornament, plate, etc., seems to be a hit and something to treasure for years to come!
My favorite homemade gift idea is a handwritten card. Making the card and writing a personal note is a unique treasure:)
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My favorite handmade gift (this year) is crocheted scarves. I’ve been making a few and they are fast and easy and just as cool as any in the stores.
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My family is always trying to come up with something. Last year we made a mix in jar. Most of my relatives had never seen it before and they let me know how much they enjoyed it.
I love to make homemade cinnamon rolls to give. I freeze them and give them already cooked and give them instuctions on thawing and heating up for Christmas morning.
OOoh…. Since my friend introduced me to her Bishop’s bread, I’ve made that each year for the past 5 years for family members…and pignoli cookies. Love the pignoli cookies!!
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I like making frosted sugar cookies for the holidays.
I love giving gifts in a jar full of dry ingredients for cookies, soups, etc.
I love to make and share holiday ornaments. It’s a wonderful tradition, and something personal for each guest to take home.
I love baking Christmas cookies for all my friends and family.
My favorite homemade gift is cookies!
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Love to give homemade banana bread.
My favorite homemade gift are chocolate covered pretzels decorated with colored sprinkles.
Homemade cookies
We love making and giving away Swedish Tea Rings.
wow you are so right $100 would be great help. My daughter and I have for the last two years been making chocolate suckers for the neighborhood children. Not to expensive the kids love them and I try to buy everything on sale between Halloween and Christmas. We have a large neighborhood of children (military base)and this is fun. Merry Christmas
My favorite homemade gift is time. I make up a pretty card on the computer and give what the person would most like. A cooked meal, babysitting, petsitting or just a good old fashioned day of helping around your house. I know I appreciate time and help more than I do presents. Thanks for all you do to help me save $$$.
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Last year I made “New Year’s” Baskets for a few families with young children. I made up jars of dry ingredients for cookies, jars of cocoa mix, snowman mugs (found at the dollar store) and a matching plate for their cookies, plastic champagne glasses (from the dollar store) and sparkling jello to make up and add to the champagne glasses. I also added a bag of chips and dip and a gift card for movie rentals.
ALWAYS homebaked goodies!! I always seem to be the one giving the food but I never get any food… that’s what I want for Christmas!! :>)
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Last year I made up a basket of all the dry ingredients needed to make a soup along with the recipe card. All the recipient needed to add was the ground beef.
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Every year it seems I do something different, but this year we are giving away Reindeer Food in little tins.
This year I am doing homemade ornaments! 🙂
I love giving away our homemade quiltedpatch works, from wallet, potholder, teapot holder…etc.
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My favorite homemade gift has to be my grandmother’s homemade candy. Luckily she is teaching me how to make it 🙂
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i dont usually make homemade gifts for christmas, but there are a few friends an family members who love my fudge, i only make it about twice a year now ,since i cant stir it or hold the pan ,so i do try to make it for them , they love it and it feels great to know how happy i made them feel with something so little
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Favorite gift is a plate of whole wheat chocolate chip cookies with lots of bits and nuts.
I learned how to knit a few years ago. The only thing I can make so far are scarves =)
I got this from my friend. She used a glass block and stuff with the Christmas lights in it, tie with a decorative ribbon, berry and pine cones, etc. There you got the pretty centerpiece. I love it.
It would have to be homemade cookies.
homemade banana bread is the best
I love either carmelized nuts or candied popcorn in a tin
I actually make fudge too, but use Andes chips or Andes mints as the chocolate. Sets up better than the Nestle Tollhouse chips. Use crushed peppermints on top as it sets.
AND I like to get out my spritz gun (cookie press) and make all kinds of butter cookies. That is my favorite kitchen implement.
I make calendars for all the parents and grandparents every year.
My favorite is the homemade cocoa. Way better than any I’ve ever had.
I like to make scrapbooks for the family. They get pictures of the kids throughout the year and I have a reason to scrapbook, which I love to do.
I’m so simple. I just like doing cookie baskets!
My favorite homemade gift is reindeer food. I make it every year to give to friends,teachers and neighbors. 1 box of golden grahams,1 jar of peanuts, and a pack of white almond bark. Melt the almond bark and pour it over the cereal/nut mixture-awesome!!
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I’m making refrigerator magnets for my friends with pictures of their children.
I actually just made a few batched of cinnamon honey butter for gifts. So simple & delicious!
Homemade cookies for the neighbors. (My kids love to help).
My favorite home made gift is what I have my daughter make for our family members. She does Christmas Ornaments or Paintings that she paints. I buy all the supplies at a Craft store, then she and my nieces make the gifts. That way they don’t have to worry about buying gifts, and they can give a beautiful personal gift.
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i love making buckeye balls, fudge, homemade hot chocolate and cookies to give as gifts
I purchased really inexpensive snowman holiday cookie jars at the end of last season. I am going to make homemade buckeyes and fill the cookie jars. The only time I make buckeyes are for the holidays!
This card would really help me out. I still have 4 grandchildren to buy gifts for & I’m just about out of money. Good Luck everyone.
My favorite homemade gift is cookies.
My favorite homemade gift is ornaments. I prefer handmade ones over store bought
I love to make and give homemade fudge for gifts.
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my favorite homemade gift idea is coupons…for my birthday this year, my husband gave me a “coupon book” with things in it like “cook dinner” or “paint the dining room”. It was perfect! 🙂
This year I’ll be giving relatives homemade Toffee… so yummy!
Homemade peanut butter balls
I make bath salts that are “handmade” by my preschool kids. It is easy on the pocketbook. My kids stir up the salts (before I add the essential oils). I add & stir the oils into the salts, then put them in a pretty canning jar topped with a ribbon & tag. I use a different recipe each year… Orange lavender last year, chocolate mint this year. They are great teachers gifts!
I crochet blankets for my kids. They love them cause they are warm & mom made them 🙂
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I love making chocolate chip cookies for my co-workers and friends!
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I make stain glass windows for friends, these are colored mini marshmallows, rolled in chocolate and frozen, then sliced yummy and pretty!
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My favorite homemade gift idea is chocolate covered candy….peanut butter balls, nuts & pretzels put inside mugs or tins.
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I think it’s really cute when little kids make gifts with their handprints on them. It’s a great keepsake to look back on when they’re older.
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i like to make homemade Carmel corn and add a little red food color and cinnamon to it
Our family made photobooks at shutterfly.com to share with all of our friends and family this holiday season. Their photo books made it easy to design and print a long lasting treasured gift. Our theme was “us in hats,” and we’d been compiling pictures of our family members in all of the crazy and whacky hats we’d found in stores, on vacation and anywhere we could (even garage sales). If we found a crazy hat, we’d put it on and click a photo with either our digital cameras or cell phones and compiled it into one nice photo book that makes all of us smile and laugh every time we look at it.
I have an awesome recipe for glazed cut out sugar cookies that are always a hit!
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I made a tackboard out of used winecorks as a gift. It was cute and practical.
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I like making decorated gingerbread men & woman for Christmas treats. They are delicious and fun to make/decorate.
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My favorite homemade gift is cookies in a jar. You take your favorite recipe and layer the ingredients in a decorated jar. I love how simple and cute they can be. 🙂
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I always make chocolate covered pretzels for the neighbors. They are easy for the kids to help with and a nice change from the traditional cookies.
i make fudge and cookies and I start my knitting for holiday gifts in August in September to make sure I have enought time.
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I like to make homemade pot holders for christmas gifts.
I’m making homemade gift tags. I print them on label sand voila instant gift labels.
I make lavosh and homemade humus.
Just today my sister and I made pound cake and pumpkin bread to give as gifts!
A couple of years ago I went all out and baked up a bunch of goodies for friends.
Homemade cookies or fudge
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The best homemade gift is holiday cookies.
My favorite homemade gift is pecan pie muffins.
Homemade hot chocolate
Every year the kids and I make up goody plates for the neighbors. The girls favorite thing to do all by themselves is make chocolate covered pretzels.
Trying my hand at homemade gift baskets.
My favorite homemade gift is by far Homemade English Toffee!!
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spiced nuts in a tin. YUM!
I would love to win the Visa Card – definitely need it to wrap up shopping!
Favorite homemade gift has to be good old cookies. Nothing beats a nice mix of holiday cookies as a gift for neighbors and others – even the mail man or woman!
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Me and my mom always get together to make fudge for those hard to find a gift people
I like giving homed jellie and I also like to give out my baked goods!!!
I’m making lasagnas to give away this year to a couple teachers and coworkers.
My favorite homemade gifts are the one’s my son makes. Especially the cards since he is just learning to write
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Homemade truffles placed in shiny foil mini-cups. Wrap in a nice box and they look as classy as Godiva chocolates!
My favorite homemade idea is to by the cone bags and make up flavored cocoas to give as gifts! They are great gifts for this time of year
frozen choc chip cookie dough
My favorite homemade gift idea is individually wrapped baked loaves of zucchini bread.
I’m a Facebook fan and I shared about this fantastic giveaway on my Facebook page. What a wonderful contest …. I would so love to win!
I’m one of your newest Twitter followers and I tweated about this giveaway. I’m in the ‘baby steps’ of learning how to use Twitter, so hopefully I did everything correctly so that I will have a chance at winning the $100 Visa Card. Thanks for offering all of us this opportunity.
This year, I’m making aprons and cute tote bags for all my female friends/relatives. I love sewing, and these are turning out pretty cute, so it’s a win-win!
My aunt always makes us homemade fudge so that is my favorite!
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I make fudge with 12 oz chocolate chips, 12 oz butterscotch chips, and 1 can sweetened condensed milk. Just as good, but much simpler!
We make homemade turtles.
Bath Salts! Easy to make and everyone loves it!
Homemade caramel corn is one of my favorites to give.
I like to crochet homemade scarves.
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I like to make loaves of mini Pumpkin Bread.
Homemade sugar cookies decorated with homemade frosting in a tin. Yum!
I like to make all kinds of things homemade liquors, cookies, candies, preserves,vinegars, mustards, paper crafts, bath salts, jewelery and what ever else I can find to make.
I’m all about giving away homemade cookies and jelly!
I liked to give cookies and treats on Christmas. People appreciate things you make and take the time to do yourself.
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I love to cook, so homemade candy or bread is my favorite easy gift.
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My favorite homemade gift that everybody seems to love is my White Chocolate Chex Mix. Yum!
I love white chocolate covered pretzels…or fudge.
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My favorite homemade gift isn’t a food item, its the fleece tie blankets.
I wil be baking some homade items for my friends and family
This is the first year I have tried homemade gifts–cookies, mixes in a jar, apple butter, decorated memo books. I hope everyone enjoys them as much as I have enjoyed making them!
oatmeal raisin cookies with almond bits
I like to make ritz cracker and peanut butter sandwiches then cover them in almond bark. Mmmmmmm
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cookies!! especially with chocolate bits and nuts.
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I love to make all different kinds of cookies/bars and then make plates or tins full of a variety of different cookies or bars and give them as gifts.
homemade caramels, yummy, thanks!
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I make all kinds of homemade fudge and I love doing it.
I love cookies!
I love making caramels and fudge and putting them in nice decorative tins. Thanks for this great giveaway!!
Homemade caramel corn. Gone in a flash!
My favorite homemade gifts are baking cooking and packaging them nice so my children can help
I like making Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread for our friends and neighbors.
I make a large Pumpkin Roll, then cut it in 3 and use that as gifts for friends and neighbors.
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I love to give family and friends homemade cookies!
My favorite homemade gift idea is the “Cookie In a Jar”.
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I love making Mexican Wedding Cookies, they are a tradition every year. My sister, mom and I compete to see who’s tastes the best.
I posted it on my Facebook page.
We make cookies for neighbors and our local firefighters.
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I make chocolate covered pretzels.
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Thumbprint peanut butter cookies with Kisses!
Bread (pumpkin or banana) and have my little girl color the gift tags.
we make homemade calendars
Fudge looks yummy!!!!!!!!!!!
Strawberry banana bread!
I make homemade banana breads to give to our neighbors.
Last year we made everyone pajama bottoms. Very comfy. My husband helped me make them. It was great to have a project we could work on together.
Banana bread is my favorite homemade gift! Thanks for the chance to win!
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We give away chocolate covered pretzels and sticks.
My favorite Holiday Homemade Gift Idea is Homemade Fudge and Cookies.
I made Homemade Peanut Butter Cookies in 2007 for both my husbands bosses and last year I was sick and didn’t make them and the second in command was wondering where they were! lol His wife LOVED them!
Give coupons!! Homemade coupons are great. You can make them for babysitting, dogsitting, mail pick up, cleaners pick up, or just HUGS. Use your imagination and also personalise them!!
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I love making truffles and giving them away! THey’re usually a hit! 🙂
my sour cream fudge
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I like to knit mittens for others since I live in San Diego and don’t really wear them much.
For Christmas last year I bought some inexpensive picture frames and let my kids decorate them and then put their pictures in and gave them to the grandparents for Christmas
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It’s not exactly home made, but pictures sometimes make great gifts! E.g. if you put them into small frames to be hung on the Christmas tree…
Love Homemade cookies.
My two year old daughter and I love to make art projects for the grandparents. 🙂
My favorite homemade gift idea is felt play food I saw a post on at Cafemom. They seem like so much fun to make and look good.
My kids and I love to make sandart brownies for friends, teachers and family. Everyone loves that they can make their brownies when they want and are always sure to rave about them to the kids.
MY favorite cookies are Chocolate filled snowballs.
I love giving homemade bath salts because it’s so easy – just mix 9 parts epsom salt with 1 part baking soda, and some drops of essential oil and food coloring to get the desired scent and shade. Thanks for the giveaway, Mercedes!
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Plus I blogged the giveaway here. 😀
This year I’m crocheting hats for my niece and nephew
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We like to make Cookie Mix in a Jar for teacher gifts. Might decide to make Soup Mix in a Jar this year though.
I like to give “spa” gift sets with bath salts and massage oils. It’s easy to do since I always have essential oils on hand.
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So many choices–homemade apple banana bread, cookies, even a scrapbook calendar for my mil–she loved it!
Favorite homemade gift idea…
A big bag of homemade caramel corn! That’s my favorite thing to give at Christmas. 🙂
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Favorite homemade gift idea for me is to sew a nice cozy quilt.
I love making photo gifts with pictures of my son. Anything from calendars to books!
Last year we made homemade bread for teachers — and they loved it. My recipe is here:
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I like to give out an assortment of cookies and marshmellow squared drizzled with chocolate are always a favorite.
Today on Twitter I tweated again about the $100 Visa Card giveaway. Thank you for the chance to win such a fabulous prize!
I make homemade chocolate spoons. Dip plastic spoons into melted chocolate and then use sprinkles, marshmallows, etc. to make them stand out. Wrap in pretty cellophane. These can be used in hot chocolate.
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my favorite homemade gift is something knitted or crocheted like socks or scarves.
Homemade cookies is a great gift to give!
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i would have to say fudge…i make it every year and had it out. Christmas is the one time of year i don’t feel guilty for eating it.
My favorite homemade gifts come from my MOther in Law. She is very crafty with crotching and knitting. I like to make homemade cookies. I didn’t get a chance this year, because we are in the middle of a move and have very little counter space.
My favorite homemade gift is to make anything good for hanging on the wall or displaying. Right now I really love receiving framed paintings/watercolors/etc, but a simple alternative is to do something in felt or tiles.
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I make chocolate covered prezils and wrap them in cute christmas bags.
I follow you on Twitter and I tweeted again today about this fabulous giveaway.
I shared this giveaway on my Facebook page again today. Thanks for the opportunity to win this!
Each year I make my dad fudge or a cheesecake. Those would also be two of my favorite homemade gifts to receive.
I scrapbooked calendars with pics of grandchildren for my family members. That fudge looks yummy!!
I just became a fan on FB and shared with my friends!
I like making reindeer cookies, fudge, & peanut butter balls & wrap them in pretty celophane to give away.
I also blogged about this giveaway for my readers
I also tweeted! 🙂
Every year we make calendars for our families with pictures of the previous year’s highlights. They make great keepsakes!
My favorite homemade gift to give to people is the caramels I make every year (my in-laws won’t let me in the house without them 🙂
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