Consider in these economic times, try to keep Christmas gift easier. The attempt of some of these ideas will actually be fun! Once you start your creativity and imagination are unleashed and gifts can be less stressful and not too expensive!
Choose gift bags, baskets, gas tanks, buckets, containers, all types of containers that are fun and fill it with items motto.
Pasta night: a jar of favorite pasta sauce, box of whole wheat pasta, a bottle of ItalianDressing, croutons, Parmesan cheese, towels, seasoned olive oil, bread, Italian bread, biscuits, apron, etc. You get the idea ... You can as many as you want!
Movie Night: Popcorn, popcorn, spices, DVDs, candy, popcorn bowls and boxes of popcorn, napkins fun.
Fantasy / magazines that the interest of the person on your list, tied with pretty ribbon or raffia.
Variety of individual packets of special blends of coffee or tea along with a cup of coffee or glass of water only.Add a package of gourmet cookies or box of chocolates.
A bottle of wine, a box of biscuits and a small cheese platter, which can be added at the last minute.
A bowl of cookies packaged mixes, a wooden spoon and a jar or two solid leads.
"Cookie mixes in a jar" - recipes are available from the book, Gifts for Lia Roessner Wilson jam - is the layer of dry ingredients in a quart size wide mouth jar, add the lid and tie a tag with instructions for addingIngredients and cooking! Simple and a joy to receive!
Footprints of a child, framed
For the writer on your list, journal, cards, Post-It Notes and fancy pen
If you have access to photos of interest to the person on your list, get a collage frames for the photos to get a mini-photo album, an album or a photo calendar with pictures.
For dog lovers and cat, gather it, toys, a leash or a new collar, a pet picture frames; Explore otherPET and your gift items, include a copy of the magazine Fancy, dog and cat.
For the gardener, a package or two seeds, gardening gloves, garden tools, garden shoes, flower pot, bag of garden soil and the magazine - which is a great idea for kids who want to play in the dirt!
A gift of all-time favorite for children is a box or a bag full of different types of paper, drawing and design, notepads, glue, stickers, a mini-stapler and staples,Adhesive tape, scissors - with and without patterns, stencils, craft a book with "how-to" instructions, colored pencils, markers, gel pens, colored pencils ... Children love to create and do business.
Craft-box (or other flat items of wood) with paints, brushes and adhesives, or stickers to decorate with them.
Holiday serving bowl or a bowl of homemade cookies and snacks filled mixture.
Breakfast Basket: Pancake mix, syrup (maybe more than one child), spatula and / or rings, pot holders, bowldispenser with a spout or pancake, spoon.
Fantasy napkins, placemats and napkins (sold many times!)
Bread pan and bake the bread mixed with shortening spray.
Muffin pan with muffin mix, cake mixes and muffin or muffin cups.
Crockpot Crockpot cookbook and coating to clean up a breeze!
Ingredients for a simple homemade chicken soup: carton of chicken broth, canned chicken, small can of carrots, noodles package, add a copy ofChicken Soup for the Soul books.
A book by genre, you know the person enjoys, are mixed with a special bookmark, a packet of hot chocolate and a cup.
Hershey kisses with glass rather or M & Ms, candy or whatever you want to fill.
Fuzzy, comfortable socks, foot scrub, foot cream.
A cookbook for children (great suggestion: The Cheerios Cookbook: Tasty Treats and Clever Crafts for Kids) can use and add some non-perishable ingredients for the children of some ofRecipes.
A box of greeting cards and book of stamps.
Shaggy fancy soap, shower gel and bath sponge or loofah nylon mesh or soapy.
Home-made skin scrubs recipes:
Almond Body Scrub: In a small bowl, whisk together ¼ cup of sea salt and ¼ cup of oil until the baby out with the oil contained in the salt thoroughly. Add ½ teaspoon of almond extract or vanilla extract or lightly scented fragrance oil and mix until incorporated. You can double orTriple the recipe to make a larger quantity. Set in a small glass jar with airtight with these directions: use in the shower, after they are completely wet. Consult with your hands, washcloth or body puff scrubber. Massage in Rinse. (Recipe from the Reader 's Digest Home Made - Like hundreds of everyday products fast, fresh and natural)
Sugar Scrub for dry skin simple: In a bowl, combine 1 cup of brown sugar, white sugar, or half of each. Mix ½ cup olive oilGrape seed oil or almond oil into the sugar (s) with a wooden spoon until a paste like mixture. 2 drops of vanilla or almond extract and mix until well incorporated. Transfer to a clean, airtight glass jar container /. Store in refrigerator for 6 months to a year. Application: In the shower, gently massage the mixture onto damp skin. This is an exfoliating and moisture at the same time. Not on broken, irritated or scarred. Avoid eyes. This mix is a particularly fat,so it is best for dry skin. (Recipe from the book Reader's Digest, Household - Like hundreds of everyday products fast, fresh and natural form)
Add a scrubber and a cloth body, breath enough for your gift.
