DIY New Year's gifts. Creative DIY gifts for the New Year. Coffee tree in the form of a toy or magnet

Show me a person who doesn't like gifts? And, of course, many people like to give them. But often the process of finding a suitable gift turns into real hell, especially if you need a lot of them at once, as is usually the case two or three days before the New Year. Money is running short, there is only consumer goods left on the shelves, and it is unknown what to give to a second cousin who has suddenly appeared!

What a pity that the times when a book was a universal gift have sunk into oblivion (today almost everyone has both a tablet and an e-reader). And I don’t want to give something trivial that will be immediately passed on or thrown away as unnecessary. Thinking about all of the above, I discovered that there are at least 25 gifts that you can easily make yourself, moreover, without spending much money, using mainly scrap materials.

1. Soft toys and sofa cushions

Kids will never turn down a big soft toy, and neither will most adults. And sewing any funny face is not as difficult as it might seem at first. Don’t throw away old clothes, bright children’s socks, scraps, buttons, beads and you will always have the right material at hand. You can stuff the toy with holofiber specially purchased for this occasion, or you can use the same shreds or padding polyester. Make the pattern yourself, or find a simple master class on the Internet. Don’t be afraid of the difficulties, the Internet is simply replete with the easiest video tutorials on any type of needlework! Even a child can sew a pillow with their help!

2.New Year's wreath

An ideal New Year's gift for a friend, mother, sister or colleague. Everything related to decor that is done with taste and a sense of style will be appreciated! Such a traditional wreath, hung above the door or decorating a table, will become a bright accent in the festive interior.

One of the simplest master classes...

Take an unnecessary aluminum trample, use pliers to straighten it until it takes the shape of a circle (this is not difficult to do by hand, even without using other tools). String Christmas balls of different sizes and different colors onto the wire (pre-lubricate the places where they touch each other with glue so that your wreath holds the desired shape) until you fill the entire space. The colorful wreath is ready!

Anything can serve as material for a New Year's and Christmas wreath - from clothespins to foil! Imagine!

3. DIY vintage painting

Using a cutout from gloss and canvas, you can make an unusual and stylish gift in a couple of hours, which will suit your girlfriend, your beloved, your second cousin, your hairdresser Zoya, and your English teacher. Cut out a beautiful photo or drawing from a magazine, paste it onto the canvas with the design “down” (you will get a “mirror” reflection) and leave the painting until completely dry. Then take a spray bottle, a sponge and begin to gently remove the top layer (see photo), splashing water on the canvas and wiping it with a sponge until the picture appears. The paper will be removed in fibers - they must be removed immediately and excess water removed. When the painting is completely dry, you can rub it a little with a dry abrasive sponge to give it a worn, vintage look, so to speak. Now you can open it with varnish.

4.Handmade soap

Soap is a unique gift. Everyone uses soap. Moreover, if it is made by hand with the addition of oils and herbs... Mmm... The easiest way to make it: grate a bar of baby soap and heat it in a water bath with 2 tsp. olive oil. Then add 100 g of water and cook everything until smooth, stirring occasionally. As you go, add (optional): finely chopped herbs, dried fruits, ground coffee, dyes. Add essential oils last and immediately remove your brew from the heat! Grease your soap molds with oil and you are ready to pour your soap! A couple of hours in a cold place and your unique handmade gift is ready. To remove the product from the molds, you need to turn them upside down and tap lightly. If you have any difficulties, hold the molds over the fire for a while - the soap will melt and slide out easily. You can also freeze it in the refrigerator for a few hours and try to pull it out again.

8.Birthday calendar for the most forgetful friend

What do you think about the idea of ​​a calendar where the birthdays and anniversaries of all your relatives and friends will be entered? I think this is cool, especially if among your friends there is someone who consistently forgets these dates! Include additional cells in the kit for such a very useful thing, in case new dates appear, and the calendar will serve its owner for a very, very long time!

9.Original postcard

Don't forget about postcards! A large, beautiful postcard with a “zest” can become either a full-fledged gift or an addition to the main present.

10. Gift for a needlewoman

Is your friend interested in sewing? Is your mom always making something? Give them a beautiful pincushion! Such things are sewn quite simply, but the needlewomen themselves always have little time for themselves. What can you say, a shoemaker without boots! How to sew .

11. All kinds of decorations

There is never enough decoration! Therefore, you can safely give your friend, mother, mother-in-law, or colleague a hand-made necklace or brooch, but only if you know at least a little about her taste preferences!

12. Towel - robe

Giving just a towel is trivial, but presenting a towel that, if desired, can be transformed into a very comfortable and stylish robe is already something. The secret is simple: buy a large bath towel, a couple of buttons, ruffles and ribbons “to match” and start assembling the “transformer”. Make a couple of loops on the towel at one end in the chest area, and sew buttons on the other (here, of course, you need to know the size of the person for whom you are preparing this gift). You can sew ruffles or ribbons on the bottom and sides. You can also make embroidery, a monogram with initials, or applique on the robe. This gift will be appreciated by many, because this thing is not only beautiful, but also practical - it can be used both at home and on the beach. If you think that this will not be enough, you can buy bright slippers or a set of useful “bath” little things for your robe: bombs, bath foam, body scrubs, essential oils, handmade soap.

13. Bath bombs

Another “bath” gift is homemade “fizzy drinks” filled with aromatic oils and skin-friendly starch. Many people will like this gift.

The simplest recipe for making “bombs”: take 2 cups of soda; a cup of citric acid and the same amount of corn starch (it can be replaced with potato starch or milk powder); 0.5 cups of sea salt; 2 tbsp. any oil (olive, coconut, walnut...); 1-2 tsp. any essential oil; dye as desired.

You can also add herbs, coconut flakes, ground coffee, etc. if desired. The main thing is in moderation, otherwise your bombs may not form well. Now mix starch, citric acid, soda and sea salt. If you use dry dye, use that too. Mix thoroughly to completely remove any lumps. Then mix: base and essential oils, as well as dye (if it is liquid). Shake the mixture to a creamy consistency and mix it with the starch-soda mixture, dripping drop by drop into the center and gradually kneading everything until smooth. If the resulting mass is smooth and does not crumble, you can form bombs; if it does fall apart, sprinkle it with water and knead again.

Molds for bombs can be special molds or any available materials: an ice cream spoon, an “egg” from a Kinder Surprise... Dry the finished products on a napkin until they become hard as a rock and you can start packaging!

14. Sweets

Today, confectionery factories produce a lot of “themed” delicacies for the New Year holidays: snow-covered houses made of ginger or almond cookies, chocolate trees and Snowman figurines, snowflakes - gingerbread cookies... You can do all this yourself if you wish! Moreover, both adults and children will be delighted with such gifts!

15. Beautiful decor for bottles or glasses

An ideal gift option for those who are interested in making homemade wines and liqueurs. In any other case, you can give good wine or cognac, while decorating the bottle with something “New Year and Christmas”.

Before you start decorating the bottle, it is better to remove all labels from it and wash it thoroughly. When it's dry, start decorating. You can use a syringe filled with glue to apply a design on it, and then quickly sprinkle it with semolina and let it dry. The resulting pattern will resemble frost.

The second decor option is decoupage. Apply a good coat of primer (this could be paint or glue) to a clean bottle, then take a regular patterned table napkin and peel off the very top layer. Using a brush and a solution of glue and water (1:1), glue the napkin onto the bottle, smoothing out any irregularities with your fingers. Allow the work to dry completely, then coat it with varnish. You can also further decorate the bottle with sparkles, inscriptions, stamps, etc.

The third option is to decorate with cotton fabric or an elastic bandage. To do this, you need to soak the bandage fabric for a couple of minutes in glue, and then carefully stick it on the bottle, modeling beautiful folds and irregularities. The fabric is applied in one layer, but with the bandage you may need to tinker and put it in two or three layers. When the glue is completely dry, the bottle can be painted or decoupaged. The final stage is opening the finished work with varnish.

You can decorate glasses in the same way: paint them with acrylic paints, decoupage them, make openwork modeling from thermoplastic or polymer clay.

16. Christmas tree decorations

The most popular New Year's gift. There are many beautiful Christmas tree decorations today, but none of them compares to the one you make with your own hands, because it automatically becomes unique. Consider the characteristics of the person to whom you are giving such toys. A musician - decoupage the balls with sheets of music, an architect - glue mini-models from cardboard, loves dancing - fashion ballet shoes out of plastic, is crazy about cars - attach a ribbon to a small Ferrari model...

17. Fun flash drive decor

A flash drive has now become as necessary a thing in our everyday life as a telephone or a comb. Without a flash drive - nowhere. But presenting a friend or relative with just a flash drive is somehow... boring. But giving a photographer a miniature “Canon”, which, if necessary, quickly transforms into an information carrier, is at least funny! How to make a work of art out of an ordinary flash drive? Using polymer clay. But only self-hardening, since the usual one will have to be baked together with the equipment, and this, alas, is deplorable for the latter.

18. Gloves

In such a snowy winter, a pair of gloves will never be superfluous! They, of course, can be knitted, but it’s easier and faster to sew them from an old sweater, a piece of dovetail or thick felt. The scheme is simple - draw a hand on paper or cardboard - a mitten of the desired size and cut it out, adding another 2 cm for the seams. Now take a fabric or an old sweater, apply your stencil to it and trace it twice (the second time in a mirror). All that remains is to cut out both parts of the mitten and sew them together. The rest of the decor is at your discretion.

19. Clothes for your beloved pet

If the person you are looking for a gift for has a cat or dog, a warm “fur coat” for his beloved pet would be a good gift. And if this “fur coat” is made with funny New Year’s prints (with a hood in the shape of a Santa hat or with deer horns) - this is a double plus. You can use unnecessary knitted items, worn-out towels, or any other scraps as material. And to make it easier for you to navigate, here is a basic cutting diagram...

20. Key holder

Maybe I’m the only one whose keys bring a lot of trouble - they tear the linings of my pockets, get lost in the depths of my bag, get confused with the headphones of the player... Maybe. But, if you know another such person, give him a key holder! Believe me, he will be very, very grateful to you!

21. Warm slippers, socks or blanket

In winter, warm clothes become our fetish! We buy gloves en masse, run to supermarkets for duvets, take out bags with extra insoles from the depths of closets... Therefore, everything soft and warm will be an ideal gift for the New Year! If you really want, you can sew a large and warm blanket from fleece, or you can make a more modest gift - socks or slippers.

22. Passport cover

Today, handmade passport covers have become very popular: made of felt, jeans, lace. You can try to sew the same one. Or you can decoupage a regular plastic cover.

23. New Year's bottle decor

A bottle of champagne in a fluffy bright “fur coat” (this could be a costume of Santa, deer, Snow Maiden, snowman or Christmas tree) will be a good gift for lovers of all kinds of New Year’s decorative things. They will drink the champagne, but the fur coat will remain, and it can be used more than once! The simplest cut of such “clothes” looks like mini aprons with ties at the bottom and neck.

24. Socks for gifts

If you are visiting a whole family, then you can give traditional personalized socks as a gift, which hang over the fireplace and into which the caring Grandfather Frost then puts gifts. Sewing them is not difficult, just draw and cut out a stencil of the required size from paper, transfer it to the fabric twice (the second time in a mirror), leaving a couple of centimeters for the seams and sew both blanks, finishing the edges beautifully before doing this. A couple of bright ribbons and Christmas decorations - the socks are ready!

25. Sweet bouquet of candies

A bouquet of sweets that you can easily make with your own hands will be a good gift for any table. Look

We offer you a large selection of ideas for handmade New Year's gifts. By putting all your warmth and kindest thoughts into such a gift, you will not only please your loved ones, but also bring them happiness in the New Year!

A jar with wishes or predictions. You can decorate it beautifully, and put a lot of small pieces of paper inside with wishes, predictions, or just smart thoughts and parting words. You can also add a few small objects or candies there.

Ginger cookie. This sweet gift will appeal to everyone - both children and adults. You can decorate it with beautiful patterns and wrap it in a beautiful package.

Gingerbread house. From the same dough as cookies, you can bake blanks for the house, then “glue” them together with sugar icing and decorate as desired. It makes a very beautiful and effective gift.

Fragrant decorations for the Christmas tree. Cinnamon sticks, cardamom, star anise, citrus peels, coffee beans - all this is useful for creating a wonderful fragrant decoration for the Christmas tree. Collect several of these ikebanas and create a wonderful, fragrant holiday set.

Pillow monkey or toy monkey. The monkey is a symbol of the coming year, so gifts in the form of monkeys will be more relevant than ever. You can make such a wonderful pillow monkey or toy, depending on the size of the product.

Monkey made from paper tubes. Another idea for creating a New Year's souvenir or tree decoration from paper tubes.

Scarf knitted on hands. Even if you don't know how to knit, you can make this scarf. All you need is your hands and thread.

Christmas tree toy with photo. This is a very cute idea for a memorable gift. Let, for example, the cheerful eyes of a little grandson, or a loving son and his family, look at grandma from the New Year's tree.

Snowball It’s not at all difficult to do it yourself. Simply glue a ceramic figurine to a jar lid, fill the jar with distilled water with added glycerin, add some fake snow or glitter, and screw the lid on. Now shake and flip!

New Year's topiary a little more difficult to make. You will need a flower pot with filler as a base, a strong twig, a foam ball and many different small items to decorate it. It can be pine cones, acorns, spices, cotton wool, and even Christmas tree decorations! And, another important element is your imagination!

Photo frame. This simple, but very practical and stylish frame can be made as a gift for the New Year. Small decorative clothespins, thin wire and the frames themselves are all you need!

New Year's candlestick will be a good gift for the New Year. It's easy to make yourself. Here is one idea, but you can use your imagination and create much better!

New Year's panel, which every housewife will be happy to do, is easy to do with your own hands. There are no rules here, the main thing is more New Year's fabrics and bright ribbons.

Postcard- the most popular gift. And if it is made by yourself, it is doubly pleasant! There are many ideas for New Year cards! The World Wide Web will help you choose the one you like best.

Figures made from footprints and handprints. This is a good gift for your beloved grandmother or godmother.

Decorative Christmas tree. This is the kind of Christmas tree you can make as a gift to family and friends. Make a cone out of thick cardboard and stick nuts, bows, tinsel, and other natural materials on it.

Jam. A jar of delicious, aromatic jam will be a good gift for the Christmas tree.

Pineapple made of champagne and sweets. An ordinary gift set of a bottle of champagne and chocolates can be presented in such an unusual way.

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New Year's holidays are approaching - time to receive and give gifts. New Year is a special holiday when everyone, at least a little, believes in a miracle. And if you believe in a miracle, it will definitely happen. In a sense, on this day, each of us is a wizard and it is not at all difficult to make our family and friends a little happier. Show a little more attention and care, and you can show your love with a handmade gift.

In this article, we have collected for you 20 cool ideas for New Year's gifts that you can easily make with your own hands. Take advantage and get ready for the holiday!

Warm mittens from an old sweater

A gift is a manifestation of not only attention, but also care. Because We are talking about New Year's gifts; handmade mittens will become very popular. No, no, don’t worry, you won’t have to knit anything. All you need is an old warm sweater, preferably wool or cashmere, otherwise the mittens will not be warm. Well, then it’s a matter of little things.

Home Uggs

A cool gift for the New Year is homemade ugg boots to keep your feet warm all winter. You can also make such an original gift from an old sweater or you can buy faux fur in the store. Well, then everything is simple.

Photo holder

The past year was filled with various events, including those that you always want to remember. To ensure that happy moments are always with you, do not forget to take memorable pictures, and the photo can be placed in a prominent place using a photo holder. Making such a gift with your own hands is very simple.

Rug made of pompoms

An excellent gift for those who are celebrating the New Year in a new apartment will be a cozy handmade rug made from pompoms. The cutest little thing will appeal to everyone: both children and pets!

Mask for sleep

For those who work a lot and have little rest, a sleep mask will be an excellent gift for the New Year. You can make it from felt using our “Sleeping Beauty” master class. However, there can be an incredible variety of ideas for a mask, so use your imagination and get creative!

Hot stand

A universal New Year's gift is a hot stand. Making it yourself is very simple. Ordinary clothespins or thick rope are suitable materials. The manufacturing process will take no more than 15 minutes!

Blanket "Mermaid Tail"

Winter is a special time of year when all people are divided into two categories: those who prefer to sit at home with a cup of hot tea and read an interesting book, and those who love winter fun. So, the ideal gift for the first ones would be a warm blanket in the shape of a mermaid tail. And you will learn exactly how to do it from the detailed step-by-step MK.

Scarf

But for the second type of people, for those who love winter and prefer to spend more time outside, a knitted scarf would be an excellent gift. Stop, stop, stop! There is no need to panic, we won’t need knitting needles, we will knit with our hands. How? Watch the detailed video master class.

New Year's handbag

New Year is the time for corporate events and holiday parties, so the ideal gift for a girl would be a cool New Year's handbag that will ideally complement the festive look. Making such a gift with your own hands will not be difficult even for those whose hands grow from you know where (just kidding)! In general, let's get started!

Case for laptop/tablet/phone

An ideal New Year's gift for gadget lovers is a case for a laptop/tablet/phone. What will we make it from? Metallic leather. It's both practical and looks cool.

Earrings

An ideal gift for fashionistas is handmade jewelry. Any girl will be delighted with cool earrings, if, of course, she wears earrings. If not, this gift will not work!

Decorative pillow

A great New Year's gift for housewarmings is a handmade decorative pillow. Surely the guys haven’t really had time to furnish their home yet, but they really wanted to celebrate the New Year in a new apartment. Please them with a simple and original gift.

Potholder for hot

But an oven mitt is a great gift for those who love to cook. Ideal candidates are a mother or grandmother. But young people will also be delighted.

Poof heart

An ideal gift for those who have problems with furniture. Ideal candidates are students. Also, a homemade pouf is suitable for those who have a large apartment or house, and, accordingly, have free space.

Jewelry box

A handmade jewelry box will be a very original gift. To make it you will need a wooden round box, masking tape, sponge and felt.

Travel organizer for jewelry

For girls and women who love to travel, a travel organizer for handmade jewelry will be an excellent gift. To make it you will need a piece of leather, thread and needle, glue and rivets. See step-by-step MK with photos below.

Stylish clutch

What girl would refuse an extra handbag, especially if it’s a handmade designer clutch, and her best friend, sister or mother tried her hand at being a designer? Definitely take note of this idea if you are looking for a gift for a fashionista!

Stand for small items

A universal New Year's gift that can be given to both a woman (girl) and a man is a leather stand for small items. The stand is very easy to make. All you need: leather, glue, a sheet of gold foil and decoupage glue.

Decorative candles

If you don’t know what to give, give handmade candles. You can decorate ready-made store-bought items, or you can completely make your own candle. We will decorate it with glitter, and for this you will need tape, glue and glitter.

Bath bombs

A great gift for the New Year would be homemade bath bombs. This way you can be sure that the cosmetics you give are 100% natural. Making bombs is quite simple. You will need: 4 parts baking soda and 2 parts citric acid. You can add other ingredients at your discretion.

Ingredients:

• Soda – 500 g
• Citric acid – 250 g
• Powdered milk – 14 g
• Sea salt – 70 g
• Cream of tartar – 14 g
• Cosmetic shine – 1 tsp.
• Almond oil – 2 tbsp.
• Grapeseed oil - 1.5 tbsp.
• Aloe vera oil – 0.5 tbsp
• Flavoring (optional) – 2 tbsp.

Manufacturing:

1. In a separate container, mix soda, citric acid, milk powder and sea salt. If possible, use a mixer or food processor to best combine the ingredients.
2. In another container, mix liquid ingredients.
3. Gradually pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients, constantly stirring the mixture with your hands. Ultimately, you should end up with a substance that resembles wet sand.
4. Place it in a mold, compact it tightly and leave to dry. The bomb will take about a day to dry. To speed up the process, you can place it near the battery.
5. Now the bombs are ready, you can decorate it with body glitter on top and package it beautifully.
6. Your DIY New Year's gift is ready!

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There is very little time left until the New Year. We are sure that most of our readers are now concerned about choosing and buying New Year's gifts for their loved ones. I would like to give something necessary and memorable, unusual and original for the New Year. With a large selection of New Year gifts in stores, it can be very difficult to find something worthwhile. Stop for a minute... wait, don’t rush... Think about it, because all the above characteristics are met by a New Year’s gift made with your own hands. And you don’t have to convince yourself that your “hands are growing in the wrong place” or that you don’t have enough time to make gifts for the New Year with your own hands. In this article you will find a lot of great New Year's gift ideas that require minimal investment of time and money. But how much joy and pleasure you will get by making gifts for the New Year. And how nice it will be for the person to whom you give them! Be sure to involve children in the process of making original New Year gifts. This will be a useful creative practice for them.

1. New Year's gifts. Sweet gifts for the New Year

One of the most popular New Year's gifts is, of course, candy. Santa Claus always gives sweet gifts for the New Year to children at all kinds of matinees and New Year trees. Adults are also happy to receive a sweet gift for the New Year. Meanwhile, not everyone knows that ordinary sweets can be given for the New Year in a very unusual way. It’s easy to make a Christmas tree with your own hands from sweets and tinsel.

To make a Christmas tree gift from candies you will need:

Delicious candies in a beautiful, bright wrapper,
- tinsel (by the way, not necessarily green)
- thick Whatman paper or cardboard
- double-sided tape, stapler, glue, scissors.

Make a cone out of paper or cardboard. The paper should be thick enough to support the weight of the candy. You can fasten the paper using glue, a stapler or tape. Next, glue the candies by the “tails” onto the paper cone using double-sided tape. You can glue them either in even rows or in a creative mess, as if you were hanging toys on a Christmas tree. Finally, fill the space between the candies with tinsel. Your DIY New Year's gift is ready!

2. DIY New Year's gifts. Sweet gifts for the New Year

Here is another New Year gift that you can easily make with your own hands. What do you think this wonderful pineapple is made of? We answer, this is a bottle of New Year's champagne, decorated with candies and corrugated paper.

To make such a New Year's gift with your own hands you will need:

Champagne bottle
- round chocolates in gold wrapper
- corrugated paper in two colors: green and yellow
- twine
- glue gun

For a detailed master class on how to make a pineapple from a bottle of champagne and sweets, see the photo below. The most convenient way to make this New Year's gift with your own hands is to use a glue gun. You can buy corrugated paper at art or office supply stores.

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Is giving alcohol as a gift for New Year boring and banal? There is a way to change this common belief. An original New Year's gift - a bottle of champagne decorated using decoupage technique. To make such a gift for the New Year with your own hands, you will need:

A bottle of good champagne
- napkins for New Year’s themed decoupage
- special glue for decoupage or regular PVA glue
- ribbons, beads for decoration

If you are not yet familiar with the decoupage technique, then especially for you we provide here detailed instructions on how to make such a New Year's gift with your own hands. First, separate the top layer with the pattern from the napkin. Cut out the image with scissors. Using special decoupage glue, stick the picture onto the bottle. Instead of decoupage glue, you can use regular PVA glue, diluted with water in a ratio of 2:1. Finally, decorate the bottle with ribbons and beads.

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5. Gifts for the New Year. Original gifts for the New Year

If you want to please your loved ones with New Year's gifts with your own hands, then a good idea would be to make them Christmas tree decorations and Christmas decorations with your own hands. To make gifts for the New Year, you can use any materials: paper, felt, beautiful buttons, waste material, natural material.

Felt Christmas tree decorations look very impressive and cozy. Sewing them will not be difficult for you. Any friend or relative of yours will be delighted with this New Year's gift.

To make an original gift for the New Year, it is not at all necessary to use expensive creative materials. Look at the photo below. These DIY Christmas tree decorations are made from old light bulbs. For painting you will need acrylic paints of bright colors.

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A great gift for tea lovers. “Tea connoisseurs don’t drink sawdust from tea bags!” - you say. But who’s stopping you from packaging good, expensive tea in envelopes?

You will need:

• a cone made of foam plastic or thick cardboard;
• round cardboard box and rice for stump;
• tea packed in small paper bags (the quantity depends on the height and diameter of the cone);
• glue gun;
• star, bows and other decorations of your choice.

Cover the cone with tea bags, applying glue to the top of them. Move from bottom to top in a checkerboard pattern. It is better to use bags of contrasting colors: the tree will look more elegant.

Glue the lid of the cardboard box to the bottom of the cone. Fill the box itself with rice to make the tree more stable, and then attach it to the lid. If you don’t have a ready-made box of the required diameter at hand, make it yourself. Take a tube from a roll of paper towels as a basis or glue it from cardboard according to this pattern.

Decorate the tree with bows, rhinestones and other decorative elements, and glue a star to the top of the head.

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Girls will highly appreciate such a gift. After all, this is an individual scent; no one in the city will have such a perfume.

Before you create, find out what smells the one you want to please prefers. For example, if a girl likes citrus scents, she will need lemon or orange. To add woody notes, you need sandalwood or cedar oils, powdery ones - roses or vanilla.

Ingredients:

• ½ cup almond butter;
• ½ cup grape oil;
• 100 g beeswax;
• 1 teaspoon vitamin E;
• 60 drops of lemon oil;
• 25 drops of eucalyptus oil;
• 20 drops of lavender oil;
• 20 drops rosemary oil.

Mix almond and grape oils with wax in a separate saucepan and place in a steam bath. When the wax is completely dissolved, let the liquid cool slightly and add essential oils and vitamin E. Pour the future perfume into molds. A bottle of old hygienic lipstick, a jar of Vaseline, etc. will do.

Once the wax has hardened, the perfume is ready to use. All that remains is to package them beautifully.

A great gift for freezing girls. A pair of warm, fairly sturdy socks that you don't wear can be turned into fingerless gloves.

Additional materials:

• needle with thread;
• heart cut out of felt.

Trim and sew the sock as shown in the photos. Be sure to hem the edge to prevent fraying, and make all seams from the inside out.

Sew a felt heart on top. You can use any other decorative means. For example, embroider the inscription “Happy New Year!” or embroider mitts with rhinestones.

Another DIY gift for those who are always cold is. By heating it for 1-3 minutes in the microwave, you will get a great heating pad that also smells nice.

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Paracord is a cord made of nylon. Initially used as a material for parachute lines, but then paracord began to be used wherever a lightweight and durable cable might be needed. For example, stylish men's bracelets are woven from it. In ordinary life it is just a decoration, in an extreme situation it is a life-saving rope.

There are various techniques for weaving paracord. Here is one of the most common.

You will need:

• 150 cm of paracord of one color and the same amount of another (it is desirable that the shades be contrasting);
• 75 cm of black paracord;
• scissors;
• ruler;
• needle and thread.

From paracord you can weave not only a bracelet, but also a keychain, or make a braid for a knife or a car steering wheel. You can easily find the diagrams on the Internet. It’s even easier - watch video tutorials on YouTube, there are many of them.

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You can not only drink from such a mug. You can leave messages on it for your household or just draw.

Materials:

• white porcelain mug without relief;
• slate paint;
• masking tape;
• brush.

Chalkboard paint is most often used to renew the surfaces of school boards. Now there is a large selection of such paints. You need one that can work on ceramics. For example, like this one.

Choose an area of ​​the mug that is comfortable to write on, but that will not come into contact with your lips when drinking. Cover the rest of the mug with masking tape.

Degrease the untaped area and apply paint to it in a thick layer. Remove the tape and leave the mug in a well-ventilated area for a day.

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When the paint is dry, place the mug in an oven preheated to 150°C. After 30 minutes, turn off the stove, but remove the mug when it has cooled.

Now the mug can be washed in the dishwasher and put in the microwave.

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If you are one of those who like to give experiences rather than material things, you will love this idea. After all, it’s not only a delicious warming drink, but also a reason to go or invite you to visit.

Take some pretty glass jars and fill them about a third full with hot chocolate or cocoa powder. Add a few candies or pieces of chocolate. Fill the remaining space with marshmallows.

Decorate the jars to your liking. For example, place a piece of fabric under the lid and attach a heart made from candy canes to the top. The label can serve as a postcard; write your wishes on it.

Another variation of this gift is a set for mulled wine. Take an orange, an apple, a clove and a cinnamon stick. Pack it all beautifully, make a label with your wishes and add a bottle of good red wine.

Candles are a traditional New Year's gift. But glamorous store-bought ones are one thing, a personalized candle or a candle with a phrase understandable only to the giver and recipient, or even with a photograph, is another.

Take:

• white candles with a diameter of 5–7 cm;
• A4 size printing paper;
• parchment paper;
• scissors;
• glue stick;

Trim the parchment paper so that it is 1-2 cm wider than the A4 sheet. Glue the parchment to the printing paper, turning the edges over to the other side. Insert the sheet into the printer with the glossy side, that is, the side where the parchment is. Print out the image you would like to place on the candle.

The drawing will appear on parchment paper. Now you need to transfer it to a candle. Cut out the image, attach it to the candle, wrap it tightly with another layer of parchment on top and direct a stream of hot air onto the resulting structure. If the picture becomes lighter, it means it was imprinted on the candle. Carefully remove the top layer of parchment and let the wax harden.

The gift is ready! If desired, you can decorate it with rhinestones or sparkles.

This cosmetic bag greatly simplifies the search for the necessary items, because any lock can be opened.

You will need:

• 10 zippers 15–20 cm long;
• safety pins;
• needle or sewing machine;
• threads

Sew the zippers to each other from the inside out; for convenience, you can first attach them with pins. Close the resulting fabric into a ring and sew. Also sew the zippers across in front of the dogs, and then turn the cosmetic bag inside out.

This is a gift for a person who cannot part with gadgets. Using the same principle, you can sew a phone case.

Materials:

• a piece of felt suitable for the size of the tablet;
• 2 buttons;
• sewn-in magnets;
• safety pins;
• dense thread in the color of the buttons;
• thread in the color of felt;
• needle;
• scissors.

Fold the fabric so that the bottom part is longer than the top: this is the future cover of the case. Sew along the edges and turn the product inside out.

Cut the lid into a wave or semicircle. Sew a button to the middle. Attach the second one below, to the case. Make a loop between them, as shown in the photo.

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Sew a magnet onto the base and lid of the case on the left and right. The fashionable case is ready!

You can also make a stylish organizer for headphones, flash drives, phones and other gadgets from an old book in a beautiful binding. Here's the detailed one.

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A gift that will delight not only children, but also adults with a sweet tooth. Making Santa Claus's sleigh is very simple.

You will need:

• glue gun;
• ribbons and other decor;
• sweets: chocolate, sweets, candy-shaped candies.

Here is a detailed video instruction.

A gift for a bosom friend or colleague. Beer can come in handy on January 1st, and brown bottles can easily be styled to resemble Rudolph and friends. (Rudolph is one of Santa's reindeer, distinguished by his red glowing nose.)

Materials:

• beer in dark glass bottles;
• decorative wire;
• toy eyes;
• red pom-poms;
• ribbon and bows;
• box;
• Super glue.

Remove labels from bottles. Make antlers from wire for future deer.

Glue them to the back of the bottle. Attach the eyes and nose to the front. Tie a ribbon (to prevent it from slipping, you can fix it with glue).

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Decorate the rest of the bottles in the same way. Put them in a box and decorate it.

A gift for economical women and men who love to cook.

You will need:

• cotton fabric with a New Year's pattern;
• batting for lining;
• threads;
• scissors;
• needle.

If you have a sewing machine, the work will not take much time. Detailed video instructions - from pattern to thread cutting - are included.

Inside such a mitten you can put a spatula, a ladle and other little things useful for the kitchen.

A little more imagination, and your New Year's gift will become even more original. Attach a ring to the spatula and hang favorite family recipes printed on cards and laminated on it.

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Glass snow... wine glass

Balloons with a miniature figure and artificial snow inside are very popular. Life hacker already shows how to make something similar from an ordinary glass jar. Today it's the turn of wine glasses.

Materials:

• transparent wine glass;
• thick cardboard;
• a figurine that can easily fit into a glass;
• artificial snow;
• bows and other decor;
• glue.

Cut a circle out of cardboard with the same diameter as the wine glass. Glue the figure to the cardboard. It could be a Christmas tree, fawns, or, for example, a car with a Christmas tree on the roof.

Place artificial snow, finely chopped white paper or foam plastic on the bottom of the glass. Glue the cardboard base to the edge of the wine glass and turn it over. Decorate the leg with a bow or ribbon.

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Over the past year, very large knitted blankets have been incredibly popular. Finished products are quite expensive, so it is more profitable to make a blanket yourself.

Merino wool is best suited for this, but other thick threads can be used. Video tutorial is attached.

You can also knit a beautiful, warm scarf with your hands, without knitting needles or a hook. Life hacker has already seen how this is done.

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This gift will help you remember the best moments of the past year. Just choose the best photos and print them. Get some clear glass jars and vases. Round and cylindrical vessels work best.

Many people have flaky skin in winter. If there are such people among your friends, prepare them a sugar-lemon scrub as a gift..

According to the Chinese calendar, the symbol of 2017 is the rooster. Therefore, gifts with the image of a rooster or in the shape of roosters and hens will be especially relevant. A universal option for such a gift is a Christmas tree toy.

You will need:

• cardboard blank in the shape of a rooster;
• thick fabric;
• filler for toys;
• twine and lace ribbon;
• white outline;
• scissors;
• needle and thread;
• glue gun

The manufacturing process is shown in the following video.

You can sweeten such a gift with sweet cockerels on a stick. Many people still have their uniform from Soviet times.

Ingredients:

• ½ cup granulated sugar;
• 2-3 tablespoons of water (just to moisten the sugar);
• 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar (in some recipes add regular tablespoon or a pinch of citric acid).

You need to boil syrup from sugar and pour it into a form generously greased with vegetable oil. Then stick the sticks in and wait until everything hardens.

If you know other original DIY solutions, share them in the comments.