The holidays are upon us which means holiday parties for the work space, White Elephants, and Secret Santa’s. You want to give that favorite coworker of yours a fun, unique gift but you don’t want to break the bank this year. Look no further! I have gathered easy, affordable do-it-yourself gifts that will impress your coworkers and will actually be used at the desk. And When I mean “easy”, I mean anyone can do them!
P.S… If you click on the pictures for each DIY gift, you can get great step-by-step instructions to create your one-of-a-kind gift for this holiday season!
1. Emergency Chocolate
What you’ll need:
- Hershey Bar
- Cardstock
- Picture Frame (preferable with turn-able hooks on the back)
2. Rice Bag Warmer: You can make hand warmers, feet warmers, back and stomach warmers for those achy, cold days!
What you’ll need:
- Fabric
- Sewing Machine/good ol’ needle and thread
- Scissors
- Rice
- Optional: Essential oil to put on rice (and let dry) before putting in bag for a scent.
3. Dry Erase Board/Desktop Tray
What you’ll need:
- Desired Picture Frame
- Scrapbook Page or Colored Paper
4. Page Corner Book Mark
What you’ll need:
- Fabric
- Needle and Thread
5. Emergency Stress Relief
What you’ll need:
- Bubble Wrap
- Stapler
- Paper/Cardstock
6. Quick Cookie Basket
What you’ll need:
- Paper Plate (easily durable)
- Scissors
- Tape (can even use wasabi tape to decorate plate if you’d like)
- Cookies!
7. Hot Cocoa Mix Ornaments
What you’ll need:
- Single serving package of Hot Cocoa
- Clear, plastic fillable ornament (assortment at Walmart for cheap!)
- Sprinkles
- Chocolate chips
- Mini marshmallows
- Optional: Candy cane, crushed candy cane.
8. The Classic Marker Mug
What you’ll need:
- Mug (cheap at Dollar Tree and Walmart)
- Sharpie (any desired color)
- Pencil
- Oven
9. “Chill Pills”
What you’ll need:
- Jar with Lid
- Mike and Ike’s/Jelly Beans/Tick Tacs/Any other preferred candy
- Cardstock
- Double-sided tape (to tape printed/hand written message onto jar)
10. Goodie Gift Bags
What you’ll need:
- Cello Bags
- Ribbon or a Stapler (whatever you want to use to close the bags)
- Chocolate bars or packaged candies
- Chapstick
- Gum (you can also buy the small packages of gum or tins of mints)
- Antibacterial gel