Christmas in July Day 3: Choose Five Quick Handmade Gifts

Today, choose five quick handmade Christmas gifts you could realistically make.

The key word is realistically.

Christmas crafting should not become another unpaid job. Choose simple, useful, inexpensive gifts that suit your time, supplies and energy.

Good handmade Christmas gift ideas include:
• Knitted or crocheted dishcloths
• Handmade cards
• Gift card holders
• Bookmarks
• Jar mixes
• Pancake mix
• Hot chocolate mix
• Spice blends
• Mini note card sets
• Decorated notebooks
• Fabric coasters
• Simple pot holders
• Christmas tags
• Jam jar covers
• Tea and biscuit packs

Choose gifts that use supplies you already have. If you sew, look at fabric scraps. If you knit or crochet, look at your cotton yarn. If you make cards, pull out your cardstock scraps and Designer Series Paper offcuts. If you cook, check the pantry for flour, sugar, cocoa, oats, spices and jars.

Cheapskates tip: Five finished gifts in July is five fewer gifts to think about in December. That’s a win.