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Cheap, Homemade Food Christmas Gift Ideas

Christmas is just a few months away. Everybody on a tight budget is beginning to think about inexpensive christmas gift ideas to get to the Yuletide season without amassing more debt.

By Kerry Beck

Christmas is just a few months away. Everybody on a tight budget is beginning to think about inexpensive christmas gift ideas to get to the Yuletide season without amassing more debt.

Here are some money-saving, homemade, Christmas gifts recipes for you to think about.

Bake a large batch of your favorite cookies. Set the cookies on a lovely plate, and use color cellophane to cover the entire package.  Tie the cellophane at the top, using ribbon, and make a large bow. Homemade cookies are a great present anyone would enjoy, and the cost to you is minimal.

If you adore jam making, why not make one as a Christmas present?  A small wicker basket should suffice and fill it with glass containers filled with your homemade jam. Decorate it with bows or ribbon.  Put the jars in the basket and either decorate the basket with ribbon, or cover the basket with color cellophane and tie the cellophane at the top with ribbon. You can also add a special batch of delicious Oreos or cookies.

Candles are a great gift for anyone, and are inexpensive as well. Purchase about a dozen small scented candles and one or two candle holders. Put the candles and candle holders in a small basket.  Cover the basket with colored cellophane, and tie the package at the top with different color ribbons.

With the winter months nearing, giving your friends gloves and a hat set is also popular.  These sets come in a myriad of colors, fabrics, and styles.  Glove and hat sets are a welcome gift by your friends or family members, and are easy on the budget as well.

Why not purchase picture frames?  For instance, buy two each of a 3-1/2 by 5 inch; 4x5 inch and 5x5 inch picture frames. Decorate them with a bow at the top center of the frame, or in the center of the frame. This makes a simple craft idea for christmas presents

Here is another easy, cheap, homemade Christmas gift idea.  Take a Christmas stocking and stuff it will incidentals that most people need, but never buy.  For example, nail files; nail polish remover; q-tips; cotton balls; samples of hair shampoo; conditioner; body lotion; shower caps; shower gel; hand creams, etc.

Christmas isn’t about buying the most expensive or nicest gifts.  It is the thought that counts.

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