Christmas is a time of joy, piece, and giving. It is also a timeof being broke. Adults often think that the idea of makingChristmas gifts is only for children who do not yet have theirown money to buy gifts. However, with a little bit of ingenuity,some clever shopping, and a fair amount of free time, you canmake some very grown up do it yourself Christmas gifts.

The first step is to spend an afternoon at a craft store, andsee what sticks out at you as things you would be comfortablesitting down to work on. Some very basic, but very nice finalproduct ideas include:

(1) Knit caps. If you have time to pick up crocheting orknitting, Christmas is a perfect time of year to put that talentto good use. You can make knit caps, mittens and scarves for menand women alike on your holiday shopping list. With all of thedifferent available colors and textures in yarns today, it isvirtually limitless what you can do to personalize a knittedgift. For some extra special fun, you can work in some fun beadsfairly easily to jazz up a more basic design.

(2) Pick up some shadow box frames at the art store, and makesome personal home decorations. For example, if you have someoneon your list who is a big fan of Beethoven, you can create ashadowbox picture with some music notes in the background with acopy of a Beethoven songbook and maybe a dollhouse piano in theframe. Stuff like the dollhouse furniture as well as lots ofgreat designs for backgrounds and the like can usually be foundin the scrapbook section of your favorite craft store.

(3) Jewelry is a great personal do it yourself gift. There areall different skill levels for creating your own jewelry, andlots of different pieces that you can purchase to make your giftas professional looking and beautiful as you want. If you go toa good bead store, they will have lots of different settings onwhich to put earrings and a great selection of different andinteresting beads for you to use. The best part though, is thatthey have expertise. With a little bit of help from the experts,you can make beautiful, one of a kind jewelry for less than adollar a piece.

(4) Ornaments are a great way to celebrate the Christmas season.There are so many different ways to create your own uniqueornaments, that you could make a different type of ornament fornearly everyone on your list. You could cross-stitch someornaments, hand paint a box of regular glass ornaments, createegg shell ornaments with glitter or paint, make picture frameornaments, bead Holiday shapes with pipe cleaners and ponybeads, string some Hawaiian flowers for a funky tree garland, orjust put a glittery hook on a plain ornament bulb. The best partabout this gift, is that you get to see it every year on yourloved one's Christmas tree.

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