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From 101lifeStyle.com Handmade Christmas Gift Ideas: 1.Handmade Gifts Ideas For Family And Friends Ice Candles: Materials Needed:
Empty half gallon cardboard milk/juice carton - rinsed and dry; 10 in. white candle; ice cubes; crayons; candle scent-optional; 2 lbs.. wax ( you can use Gulfwax which can be purchased at the food store. It comes in 1 lb. pkgs. and each pkg. contains 4 slabs of wax).  Method:
If you buy Gulfwax you will need 7 slabs of wax. Prior to melting the wax you can prepare the mold. Place candle in the middle of the carton and fill with ice cubes. Make sure candle is centered while filling carton. Place carton in freezer until ready to use. Melt wax in coffee can placed in a pan with several inches of water over low to medium heat. Add bits of crayon/candle coloring and candle scent as desired.
Stir wax while melting-you can use a piece of wooden dowel. Do not leave melting wax unattended on stove. When the wax has melted, remove the mold from the freezer and slowly pour the melted wax into the mold. Make sure the coffee can is not too hot to handle prior to pouring the wax. Fill to the top of the mold and let sit for at least 15 minutes. The ice cubes will start to melt and you can drain water out of the candle by holding over the sink.
Let candle sit for another 15 minutes and drain again. Repeat several more times, then carefully peel away the carton from the candle. Let the candle sit for several more hours in order to ensure all of the water has drained out. You can dust the outside with glitter or attach sequins for decorations. For a nice display, place the candle on a plate covered with tin foil, put some greens around the base, light and enjoy!!!  Food Baskets:  Include your child’s, friends’or grandparents’ favourite cookies, desserts in gift baskets, trays and wrap beautifully with colured paper , ribbons, and Christmas ornaments and decorations, you can also add a tag containing the recipes in short.Thus you can make Breakfast Baskets for Christmas containing Cookies, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Homemade jam in an airtight jar, any Flavoured Popcorn, Muffin Mixes, Flavoured Tea/Coffee/Chocolate Mixes,Brownies; beautifully decorate them with ribbons. Similarly You can make Gingerbread Men Basket, or Family Snack Baskets. Home Decorated Vases: Materials Needed:
: A baked clay pot; colours; paint brushes of all sizes and shapes; a colour palette; water; spray varnish and a mixture of ceramic powder and glue for the piping; a small piping bag.  Method
Mix red colour(base colour chosen) with a little water on a palette.Take a plain pot of your choice and start your painting from the base upward. When the whole pot is covered, keep it aside to dry completely.In the dry pot, lightly draw your design with a pencil( you can draw santa faces, snow flakes, bells, etc).Fill a small bag with the mixture of ceramic powder and glue roll it into a cone and snip the tip off, making a very fine small hole(alternately you could use a piping bag).Now pipe the mixture over your design for a 3-D effect.Again start at the bottom and work towards the top, making sure you are fast enough for the ceramic mixture to remain cool and wet till you finish.Once you’ve completed your design, let it dry.Once the piping is dry, take a little paint in the palette, and with a thin brush, start painting over it.Again, work upward and keep it aside to dry when you are done.After drying it off, pain the mouth of the pot in a neutral colour.Once the pot is completely dry, switch off the fan, place the pot on a high stool and spray it with varnish till it shines, making sure it is evenly sprayed all over.Let it dry for about 48 hours, after which your pot is ready to be gifted…And now for the best part-it is also water proof! Homemade Christmas Postcards/Artcards: A. Stamp Season's Greetings on evergreen cards with red pigment ink. Draw in cherries and leaves. Use corner punch to decorate the four corners. Punch a hole on top left corner and tie a ribbon. B. Cut a white card in a cone. Punch blue snowflakes on card. Stamp Season's Greetings with Brilliance ink and mount onto Metallic Blue Basic Blank Card. Punch different sizes of white snowflakes and paste on both white and blue portion of card.  C.Recycled Cards: You can also make new cards from old Christmas cards.Just pick a theme, spread the old cards on a table and group the cards as per theme, snowman theme, Christmas tree theme, Santa Claus theme, snowflakes theme etc.Take blank cards and paste cut outs from these old cards as per theme, add embellishments such as gold or silver rick rack; thin gold or silver ribbon or bows; small-scale pressed flowers, leaves, herbs or vines; stickers, fancy bubble stickers; paper, card or craft fun foam stickers; scrapbooking charms; seasonal confetti; fabric scraps - think memory quilt, homespun, sheer, or any other fabric that excites the imagination and fits your theme; small photos or cut-outs from gift wrap that suit your theme; any fairly flat ornament that fits your motif - possibly an image or font text made of metal, paper, cardboard, plastic, flocked paper or any other medium that is lightweight and flat enough to fit into a card envelope. Family Albums/Photobooks: This present is perfect for a relative or friend who lives abroad. Materials Needed:
Assorted photos; Craft Knife; 4-ply and 2-ply rag board (sold at art supply stores); 26-inch-long piece of ribbon; coloured paper; glue stick.  Method:
Choose seven favorites from a stack of family photos. Use a craft knife to cut two 5- by 6 1/2-inch rectangles from the 4-ply rag board for the book covers. For the inner pages, cut one 5- by 39-inch rectangle from the 2-ply rag board. Lightly mark 6 1/2-inch increments along the long edges of the 2-ply rag board, and accordion-fold the sheet at those marks Use a ruler edge to press the folds into sharp creases. Lay the ribbon on a tabletop and center the folded rag board on top so that the side with three creases is on the left and lines up with the midpoint of the ribbon Apply glue to the top of the folded rag board. Then lay the left side of the ribbon over the glued page and top with one of the book covers, pressing firmly until well stuck. Flip over the book and use the same method to attach the right side of the ribbon and the back cover. Now, cut the colored paper into seven 4- by 5 1/2-inch rectangles. Glue one onto the center of each page and the front cover. Then glue the photos onto the colored paper. Finally, print the year on the front cover.
Tips:
Open the album into a full circle, tie the ribbon binding into a bow and it's ready to display on an end table or dresser. More Christmas Gift Ideas | 
