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September 19, 2019

25 easy homemade Christmas gifts you can make in 15 minutes

In today’s post: Want to make some DIY Christmas gifts for family and friends but not sure you have the time? Today I’ve rounded up 25 easy homemade Christmas gifts you can make in just 15 minutes!

I know it’s early to be thinking about Christmas, but I love giving homemade gifts, and those require a bit of planning ahead. Luckily, these DIY gifts are easy to make and won’t take much of your time, plus friends, family, grandparents, and teachers are sure the love them. Now, a few of these ideas might take longer than 15 minutes to make just one, but if you make them in batches you’ll end up averaging about 15 minutes per gift. Enjoy!

Collage of 25 fast and easy DIY Christmas gifts

 

NOTE: As with all roundups, if you’d like to Pin an individual photo, please click through to the original post to do so. Feel free to pin the collage above to remember where to find all these ideas in one place.

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25 quick, easy homemade Christmas gifts

1. Personalized photo candles from It’s Always Autumn are quick, easy, and inexpensive.

Hand holding a white jar candle with a family photo on the front

2. Wholefully gives recipes for 6 different soup mixes you can put in jars for easy DIY Christmas gifts that everyone will love.

Soup mixes in jars as Christmas gifts

3. These stamped wooden utensils from The Idea Room don’t take long to make and look like they came from a high end kitchen boutique.

Wooden utensils with words burned on the handles tied with a ribbon for a homemade gift

4. You can make a big batch of caramel apple butter in your slow cooker! This easy recipe only takes a few minutes of hands-on work and has a big yield, so you can get lots of gifts done at once.

Caramel apple butter in jars with tags

5. Wrap empty chip cans in pretty paper and fill them with cookies for a quick, easy homemade Christmas gift. From Fun Squared.

Chip can decorated with Christmas paper and ribbon with Christmas cookies inside

6. This stovetop potpourri from Yellow Bliss Road is fast and easy to put together, looks amazing, and smells even better!

Christmas potpourri in mason jars with printable tags

7. If you know how to crochet, these crocheted face scrubbies from Craftaholics Anonymous come together super quickly! And if you don’t know how to crochet, it’s a great beginner project.

DIY Christmas gift: small crochet circle scrubbie with crochet hook

8. Homemade sugar scrub is a really popular handmade gift – learn how to make easy sugar scrub cubes at Smart School House.

Pink homemade sugar scrub cubes on a white dish

9. This keepsake photo box from It’s Always Autumn only takes a few minutes to put together, making it a very easy DIY gift idea.

What a great gift idea! DIY photo box - easy & cheap, and perfect for mom, dad, grandparents, spouses, and more.

10. You can sew up these pretty sunglass cases from A Kailo Chic Life in just a few minutes for a unique DIY gift.

Hand holding a homemade sunglasses case

11. Learn how to make lovely color blocked wood vases from Sarah Hearts for a modern handmade Christmas gift.

Homemade flower vase gifts

12. Use a free template to drop your photos into these cute photo calendar magnets for a quick, easy homemade Christmas gift. From It’s Always Autumn.

Photo calendar magnet

13. Download the cut files for these funny coffee mugs from Happiness is Homemade for a handmade gift your mom friends are sure to love.

Coffee mugs with text on them

14. This Elf Mason Jar gift from the Polka Dot Chair literally could not be any easier to make!

Mason jar filled with green M&Ms decorated to look like an elf Christmas gift

15. Mix up a batch of homemade peppermint milk bath from Tidy Mom to pamper someone special!

Mixes inside Christmas tins

More DIY Christmas gifts

16. You won’t believe how easy it is to make these these cute pineapple bookends from DIY Candy.

Homemade gold pineapple bookends and books

17. Everyone loves cookies, but there are so many treats around during the holidays that giving a Cookie Mix Gift Sack is a great way to go. From It’s Always Autumn.

These cookie mix gift sacks make an adorable handmade Christmas gift, and they're easy and cheap to put together. DIY gift idea.

18. Whip up a batch of 10 minute Pumpkin Spice Soap from Happiness is Homemade.

Homemade 10 minute pumpkin spice soap

19. This t-shirt produce bag from Delia Creates is one of the coolest easy DIY projects I’ve seen!

Produce bag made from a t-shirt

20. Print out the 12 daytz of Christmas for a fun DIY gift for your husband or boyfriend that you guys can enjoy all year long! From Somewhat Simple.

12 dates of Christmas printable kit

21. This tutorial from Sugar Bee Crafts shows you how to make a sweet photo pendant in just a few minutes.

Hand holding a necklace pendant with a picture of children on it

22. Make homemade drawer sachets with this tutorial from Craftaholics Anonymous and get multiple gifts made in a snap!

Homemade potpourri sachets

23. Today’s Creative Life shows you how to make whipped body butter for a quick and easy handmade Christmas gift.

Homemade whipped body butter in a jar

24. Learn how to make handwarmers from Rae Ann Kelly for an easy homemade Christmas gift that’s both cute and practical.

DIY hand warmers: squares of fabric filled with rice and sewn together

25. If you’re really short on time, give a gift card and add some handmade flair with these pretty pop-up gift card holders from Karen Kavett. Video tutorial included.

Homemade Christmas card with pop up gift card in it

For even more DIY gift ideas, visit these posts:

25 gorgeous but CHEAP DIY gifts

25 DIY gifts people actually want

20 DIY photo gift ideas

 

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Collage of Christmas gifts you can make in 15 minutes

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  1. James says

    August 26, 2020 at 3:26 am

    Meaningful! I make them and save many money

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  2. Katie Ren says

    September 21, 2019 at 10:46 am

    The caramel apple butter looks delicious! I love the idea of packaging it in little mason jars. Thanks so much for the idea 🙂

    Reply
  3. Nana Rivard says

    November 12, 2018 at 11:12 am

    Love the ideas. How can I learn to make some of them for my family for Christmas .

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  4. komal says

    October 12, 2018 at 5:39 am

    Aww lovely.. Thank you so much for these easy DIY projects.. Love you mate.

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