The Christmas season is very beautiful, but also very stressful. Decorating the apartment, buying gifts and planning the menu all take up a lot of time and you can quickly feel overwhelmed. If you're not done with the presents yet but want to avoid the shopping chaos in the remaining days until Christmas, then we have the solution! Simply make the remaining gifts yourself instead of buying them. Check out our DIY ideas for last minute Christmas gifts that are anything but boring and ordinary.
Easy Christmas gifts to make last minute
Homemade gifts are beautiful, inexpensive and personal. You don't have to be a real craft enthusiast to make a beautiful gift with your own two hands. The following ideas are suitable for both women and men and can be made in less than an hour - without any special materials or skills.
Make your own snow globe scented candle as a gift for Christmas
With this idea you can transform any simple scented candle with a lid into something very special. All you need is a divisible, transparent plastic ball that has the same diameter as the candle lid. Once you find a ball like that, the rest is really easy. Stick a photo, a picture and/or small Christmas figures on the lid, spread some artificial snow on it and glue the half of the ball around the decoration using hot glue. Add a bow and your unique gift is ready.
Easy last minute Christmas gifts: tea trees
If you have already bought a few pretty cups as gifts for your loved ones, you can turn them into an original Christmas present by making these pretty Christmas trees with tea yourself. All you need are cardboard cones (which you can easily make yourself), glue and individually wrapped tea bags. Glue these to the cone from bottom to top so that they overlap slightly until you reach the top. Glue a bow or another tree topper there. Then put the trees in the cups and the original gift is ready for its recipient.
Last minute Christmas presents from the kitchen
Eating and preparing treats is a must at Christmas time! And as far as Christmas presents are concerned, they are cominghomemade ideas from the kitchenalways good. Even if you've already bought the perfect gift, you can make it more unique with an idea from the list below.
Christmas ball filled with hot chocolate
Christmas and chocolate go hand in hand. So you simply can't go wrong with chocolate as a gift. The variants are also almost endless. If you don't have time, you can even wrap a simple chocolate bar for Christmas and have the gift already on hand.
But we would like to go one step further and present a great idea for making your own hot chocolate. The drinking chocolate mixture is filled into a transparent Christmas ball and looks really decorative. But the best part comes after the party, when you can put the drinking chocolate in a cup and enjoy it with hot milk.
Tipp: Add a tag to the gift that includes both a greeting and the method of making the hot chocolate, such as: B. “Merry Christmas! Mix me with 250 milliliters of hot water or hot milk”.
Hot chocolate bombs or chocolate spoons
Okay, you'll need a lot of things for this idea, but if you have the supplies, you'll make a really great Christmas gift. You can also ask friends if they have a silicone ball mold and can lend it to you for a short time (of course, only if the gift is not intended for that person). It may not be the easiest task, but it is certainly fun and you will like the result if you follow the steps carefully. Complete instructions and several flavor combinations can be foundin this post.
But we also have a faster alternative for you! Filled with your choice of chocolate and also dissolved in hot milk or water, these sweet spoons are much easier to make but just as cool. Simply melt your choice of chocolate and pour it into the spoons. Decorate with other ingredients and let the chocolate harden before wrapping the chocolate spoons.
Make your own Christmas tree out of gingerbread
Christmas time is baking time and if you're planning a baking session anyway, you can put together this great Christmas tree from star-shaped pastries as a last-minute gift. All you need is a good dough, star cutters of different sizes, and time to bake.
How does the tree hold itself together?
The trick to keeping your gingerbread or cookie Christmas tree from falling apart is called icing. Make simple frosting with powdered sugar and lemon juice and use it to glue the stars together and decorate the tree.
Somake the gifthimself
Prepare gingerbread dough, roll it out and cut out the stars. Bake the large stars first and then the small stars so that they are baked evenly. Allow the gingerbread to cool completely before continuing. Meanwhile, prepare the icing. It has to be thick. To make the tree, place the largest star on a flat surface and add a dollop of icing to the center. Glue the second largest star on top in a chess pattern and continue until you attach the second smallest star. Attach the smallest gingerbread cookie as a tree topper. Decorate the sweet Christmas tree as you wish with more icing, edible sprinkles, powdered sugar or whatever your heart desires. All you need is some pretty packaging and your gift is ready!
