Last-minute gifts you can make yourself:
– Ice Cream sundae gift box: Paint or cover a box with a lid (can be a shoebox). Fill it with sprinkles and chocolate bits neatly packed in pretty containers, ice cream cones, fudge and chocolate sauces, wafer biscuits and cute napkins. Type out a card with the words “Just add ice cream”.
– Biscuit tube: Cover an empty Pringles tube with festive wrapping paper. Fill it to the brim with the recipient’s favourite sweets or biscuits, or stack some of your special homemade cookies inside. Replace the lid, tie a pretty bow around it and a name tag.
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– 5-minute fabric scrap bookmark: Cut a strip of ribbon (40cm for a basic paperback book or 50cm for a larger hardcover). Finish off the ends of the ribbon by looping an elastic hair tie in one end before pinning. Sew across the folded edges to secure. On the side that doesn’t have the elastic, sew a button.
– Woodsy beard oil: Mix 6 drops of cedarwood essential oil, 2 drops lavender essential oil, 2 drops tea tree essential oil, 1 drop rosemary essential oil and 1 drop lime essential oil in a dark glass bottle and shake well to combine. Stick on a label with a catchy name and these instructions for use: To apply, massage about 5-7 drops into the skin underneath the beard, and smooth over the hair as needed. Wrap it in a manly box.
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