Easy Gifts to Make

Special events keep happening and that's when you feel short of gift ideas. Presenting or thinking of a unique gift each time might be tough task. Also, you might have already explored the gift shops and picked up those unique items. From extremely expensive pieces to some inexpensive but personalized gifts, you would have opted for all. Well, now it's time to think of something different. How about some unique homemade gifts? These will have the sweet personal touch and these will be something that's much more useful to the recipient. So here are some ideas on easy gifts to make at home.

Quick and Easy Gifts to Make

Teacup Candles
These are one of the lovely gifts for women especially for the housewarming function. All you need is a set of teacups, wicks, colored wax and some fragrances. Best to opt for teacups with saucers. Instead of wax, you can also use candles in your home and if they are white, use food colors or pieces of crayons. The material is easily available in a craft store. Now start by melting the wax in a double boiler. While its melting, add colors (if required) and then add fragrance. Now hold a wick in center of the teacup, pour the wax in this cup. Hold the wick till the wax is at least semi-solid. Let the wax cool down and thicken. A pretty teacup candle is ready. You can also have add second shade of wax, if the teacups are transparent.

Bath Basket
A bath basket can be a classic thing to gift someone. Filled with items that will help you have a perfect bath with a calm touch of relaxation. Get some scented candles, essential oils, washcloth, bath salts and a classic DVD for a soothing music background. Here's an easy recipe of making bath salts that needs to be added to this basket. Take 4 cups of Epsom salts, 2 cups of sea salt, lavender oil for its ultimate fragrance, and a food color. Mix the salts and add about 10 drops of essential oil to it. Finish by adding the desired food color. Mix well and transfer it in a zip-lock bag. Leave it for 2 weeks, shake everyday. Take a nice, transparent, tall and narrow bottle. Fill it with this bath salt, close the lid and tie a ribbon matching with color of the salt. Place it in the bath basket. This is one of the best easy gifts to make for friends, especially women. Such gift baskets are very popular homemade birthday gifts.

Bread Dipping Oils
Another easy gifts to make for men or women is bread dipping oil. You need olive oil and a decorative, transparent glass bottle. Here's the recipe. Take 1 cup of olive oil and add 1 teaspoon of each of these, ground black pepper, crushed red pepper, oregano, basil, parsley, rosemary, garlic and salt. Increase the quantity of these spices according to the quantity of oil. Stir and pour into the bottle. Close the lid and tie a metallic or satin ribbon to neck of this bottle. Stick a small note saying shake well before serving. This forms a lovely homemade gift that will perfectly accompany a loaf of freshly baked bread.

Decorative Eggs
Decorative eggs are amongst the perfect Easter gift ideas. You can also gift these on other occasions as a pretty decorative item. Have a few of these and place them in a decorative basket filled with dry grass, a decorative gift item is ready. Here's how to make decorative eggs. Take an egg and make a hole with a needle. Hold the egg over a bowl and expand the hole with a nail. Make at least 1/4 inches hole and empty it. Wash it from inside and outside properly with water. Once its dry start painting it with glossy paint. Take decorative lace and glue it on the egg, make sure that you cover the hole with this. Let it dry and then spray acrylic finish spray over it. Similarly work on rest of the eggs.

So these were some easy gifts to make, you can pack these in a cute way to make them more special. Try some variations in these and get more gift options. All the best!