With Christmas season and the festivities only one short month away, everybody starts thinking about gifts and attentions to give to their friends, family and loved ones. But the most important of these, are the best Christmas gifts for mom and dad.
Here is a mini guide and a list with some of the best Christmas gifts that you can give to your parents and family.
Popsicle Stick Frames
Popsicle Sticks are everywhere, mainly in the summer, but if you love to eat ice cream, you will probably have a ton of these sticks around in your house. If not, now is the time to eat a lot of ice cream.
The leftover [easyazon_link identifier=”B01HN4LJEQ” locale=”US”]sticks[/easyazon_link] can be used to create really great frames for family pictures or pictures from your childhood, to gift to your mom and dad for Christmas.
You just need some glue and a lot of family photos, and the result will be a really heartwarming gift that costs you basically nothing and is very easy to make.
The Mini Book
A spare key-ring and some carton or paper is all that is required to make this awesome gift for your family.
Just write what you love most about your mom and dad on each card, even glue on some photos and then just use a hole puncher to punch a hole through each of them, binding the cards together with the key-ring.
Make as many as you want, and your parents will surely love this well thought out gift for Christmas.
Cookies and Candy in a Jar
This gift is really easy to make and is sure to bring[easyazon_image align=”right” height=”144″ identifier=”B014VEJ8JE” locale=”US” src=”https://www.myideasforgift.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/41yZu0BdecL.SL160.jpg” width=”160″]much joy to anyone who loves sweets. All you need is a pretty big glass jar, that you can get in local supermarkets, and a lot of different cookies, candy or assorted sweets.
The trick is, to align each type of sweet, that you use, on a separate tier, so that your cookie jar has that distinct color. For example, align chocolate chips at the bottom, followed by cashew nuts, topped with pieces of cookies and so on.
Just go with your imagination, and you are sure to create the perfect cookie jar and gift.
Lid Magnets with Photos
Almost everything that you buy has a lid on it. Be it milk bottles, or soda drinks. Usually, people discard those lids, but you can also craft some really creative things out of them.
You will need a medium to big sized lids for this gift, childhood photos, some [easyazon_link identifier=”B0119B3SQQ” locale=”US”]magnets[/easyazon_link]and glue. You can also use paint to further customize your creations. And the process is really easy as well.
You basically have to glue on the magnets onto the backside of each lid, glue the photos to the inside, and then apply your custom paint-job if you want to. The result is a really nostalgic and nice gift for your parents for the holidays.
The Movie Nerd Bowl
This gift is especially catered towards the[easyazon_image align=”right” height=”120″ identifier=”B0046BAHTS” locale=”US” src=”https://www.myideasforgift.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/41f2BP4d1MVL.SL160.jpg” width=”160″]movie-loving mom or dad and is the perfect thing to hold popcorn, Doritos or Tortillas whenever their favorite show or movie is on TV.
You will need a big plastic or ceramic bowl, which you can buy at stores or supermarkets and a lot of used cinema tickets. Apply glue to the outer side of the bowl, and stick the tickets together however you want.
You can even write a custom message on them, or add some soda or fast food labels, for that extra cinema feel. This gift will be definitely loved by any movie nerd.
The Personalized Coffee or Tea Mug
You can probably get a bland white or black mug for as cheap as 2 dollars almost anywhere locally. The trick is, applying permanent vinyl letters of your chosen color to it.
Apart from being a really great gift for Christmas, you can basically do whatever you want with those letters. A personalized message, your mom or dad`s name, you can do whatever you want. And they will love this gift for sure.
Customized Golf Balls
Chances are, your dad is a really great[easyazon_image align=”right” height=”160″ identifier=”B0182RF57U” locale=”US” src=”https://www.myideasforgift.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/51r0E74ETL.SL160.jpg” width=”160″]and avid golfer (or maybe even your mom). The customized golf ball would be the perfect gift for them, in that case.
And creating this gift is the easiest yet, on this list. You will surely need a lot of golf balls, for this one, but only a really cheap set of water-paint and you are all done.
Just paint whatever you want on the golf balls. Be creative, and you are sure to make one or both of your parents happy, with this really nice gift for Christmas.
These few ideas are just examples of what you can create with really cheap ingredients and a creative mind. And the best thing is, hand made gifts are usually much more valuable than store-bought and expensive commercial gifts. It is all about sentimental value in the spirit of Christmas.