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HU How To: DIY Holiday Gifts Under $25

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Hofstra chapter.

As Christmas rapidly approaches there are so many gifts and gadgets you can buy for you loved ones. In less than three weeks Christmas will be here, and who wants to be stuck in line on Christmas Eve shopping at the last minute? Instead, why not make it yourself!? There are so many cool gifts you can create for such low prices that you’ll be wondering why you didn’t think of this idea yourself (you’re welcome). DIY’s are the way to go. Not only do you save money but people will love your unique and genuine effort.

Now you might be wondering what can you make as a present, well have no fear—here are great ideas for DIY’s.

You can never go wrong with scrubs! Bath Scrubs, Lips Scrubs, Hand Scrubs, no matter the scrub it will make a great gift. What’s Special about Scrubs are the ingredients. Its come right out of your kitchen. You won’t have to drive your neighborhood finding special ingredients instead you’ll be home raiding the cabinets. You’ll only purchase the mason jars, which are very inexpensive. The beauty of scrubs is you can make a little or a lot and the smell is divine.

DIY Natural Room Scents are also another beautiful gift to give to love ones during this holiday season. This is also perfect for people who do not like the harmful chemicals store manufactured air fresheners bring. The beauty of Natural Room scents is the ingredients are in your cupboards. You can make different smells from spices to citrus combining food like oranges with cinnamon or cloves. With DIY Natural Room Scents you can never go wrong.

Snow Globes are another great idea for Christmas gift. All you’ll need is old toys or trinkets that you’re now longer using, fake snow or glitter glue and mason jars. Together you can create a DIY snow globe that the whole family will love and enjoy.

Tie Dye Shirts are a DIY classic. Going back to the 1960’s during the hippie movement tie dye has been a popular commodity. If you’re looking for a gift for a best friend, sister, cousin then tie dye is for. You can make the shirt several colors making it looking very unique.

Instagram Coasters are a must have gift this year. Not only is it a simple coaster but you doesn’t want a customize face of themselves on a coaster. This might sound hard is but it’s not. All you need is Modge Podge, pictures, cork pieces, foam, Instagram printouts.

 

Decorative candles are also a nice Christmas gift for family and friends. There are some many things you can do with a candle. You can dye it, put glitter on it, decorate it will lace; the list could go on and on. So if you’re looking for an artistic gift candles are great choices.

DIY chalkboard serving platter is one of the most interesting DIY gifts. This platter will bring back memories of writing on boards instead of Ipads and mac computers. When you give your special someone this gift people will be amazed and blown away by this creative gift.

 

Just like scrubs, DIY Bath Salt is another great Christmas gift for the people that love pampering. Mixture of Salts and oils Bath Salts closely resemble the Scrubs for its naturalness. With this gift can you choose the type of container, salts and oils making this gift personalized.

Hi, My name is Stacyann Nathan, an air on talent and Reporter for 88.7 WRHU Radio Hofstra. I love to write, sing and dance. My weakness is Chocolate and I hope that one day I will one of the greatest journalist Alive