Christmas is a time for giving and it is time for huge commercial sales. However, the two do not have to go hand-in-hand. There are easy homemade gifts one can make for friends and family for Christmas. In many cases, making homemade gifts is less expensive and more personal.

Movie Night Basket

To make this gift, you will need a wicker basket, a 12- to 16-ounce Christmas tin, wide green and/or red ribbon, silver or gold glitter paint, popcorn, wax paper, semisweet chocolate, caramel, a throw blanket (store bought or homemade) and a DVD.

Wrap the ribbon around the basket near the rim and tie it in a bow. On one of the hanging ends of the bow, paint the name of the recipient in silver or gold glitter paint. Melt the chocolate and caramel while you pop the popcorn. Once the popcorn is done, lay it out on wax paper and drizzle chocolate and caramel over it. Allow it to cool and then place it in the tin. Put the blanket in the basket with the tin and DVD.

Personalized T-shirt

For this gift, you will need a printer, computer, t-shirt transfer paper, a light-colored t-shirt and an iron.

Find a great picture or make personalized text and prepare it to print. If you would like to customize it, use a photo manipulation program like paint or Photoshop to perfect the image. When you go to print the image, make sure to size it so it will look nice on the t-shirt, load the transfer paper into the printer and reverse the image. Print the image and make sure it is backward before proceeding. Place the t-shirt on an ironing board front facing up. Line up the paper with the image facing down. Make sure it is centered. Iron the image onto the t-shirt using the instructions on the transfer paper packaging. Allow the transfer to set and then put the t-shirt in a gift box.

Homemade gifts like crafts, baked goods and chocolates still work wonders during Christmas. People can decorate their houses with crafts and serve food gifts at holiday celebrations. Some of the more modern homemade gifts include homemade DVDs made with pictures and home videos and digital cards. Clearly, there are homemade gift ideas for the old-fashioned and the modern alike. What you decide to make is entirely up to you, but remember to keep the recipient’s taste in mind.

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