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35+ Natural & DIY Christmas Gifts Ideas

December 7, 2015 by Katie Wells
35 DIY Natural and Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas
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  • DIY Beauty Gift Ideas
  • Health Related Gift Ideas
  • Edible Christmas Gift Ideas
  • Miscellaneous
  • Gift Basket Ideas

This year, we’ve decided to keep things simple, natural and sustainable with homemade, natural and DIY Christmas Gift Ideas (and a few select wooden toys for the kids that will (hopefully) last for generations). We are also trying to focus more on experiences than material gifts for the most part.

There are so many great options for DIY homemade gifts, and I hope that others will consider joining me in gift giving this way…

Below are a few of my favorite homemade gift ideas and some suggestions for some simple gift baskets.

DIY Beauty Gift Ideas

Healing Lip Salve

Tinted Lip Balm

Homemade Lip Stick

Luxurious Sugar Scrub Recipe

Beach Waves Natural Hair Spray

Natural Baby Care Recipes (baby powder, diaper cream, lotion, etc)

Homemade Dry Shampoo

Lotion Bars Recipe (all natural, easy to make and amazing for skin!)

Luxurious Lotion Recipe

Whipped Body Butter Recipe (like Velvet on the skin)

Homemade Deodorant Bars

Here is a post with a list of seven ingredients that can be used to make 20+ DIY beauty recipes.

Health Related Gift Ideas

Homemade Magnesium Oil (great for improving sleep, energy, hormones and more)

Herbal Tea Blends (delicious and health boosting)

Healing Clays (for masks, internal and more)

Coconut Oil (because there are 100+ ways to use it!)

Homemade Tooth Powder Recipe (helps sensitive teeth)

DIY Remineralizing Toothpaste

All Natural Vapor Rub

Homemade Healing Salve (like Neosporin ™ but natural)

Or, if you are really motivated, you could put together an entire Herbal First Aid and Natural Remedy Kit.

Edible Christmas Gift Ideas

14 Homemade Herb and Spice Blends

Healthy Delicious Chocolate Recipe

Homemade Marshmallows

Coconut Cream Recipe

Healthy Chocolate Truffles

Himalayan Salt

Kombucha Starter and Instructions

Water Kefir and Instructions

Miscellaneous

DIY Fleece backed T-Shirt Quilt (one of my husbands favorite gifts I’ve ever given him)

Homemade Buckwheat Pillow or Eye Mask – Just sew a simple rectangle of whatever fabric you’d like filled with some organic buckwheat hulls to make a natural pillow that doesn’t hold body heat and that keeps its shape! You can also add herbs like lavender flowers, yarrow, mint, chamomile and catnip for the gentle scent of herbs to help improve sleep

DIY Canvas Photo Print – A perfect personal gift of a favorite photo for a loved one. A sophisticated and artistic looking canvas, but DIY to avoid the photo lab price tag

Gift Basket Ideas

Herbal Teas Basket: An assortment of homemade herbal tea blends with a natural cast iron tea pot and some tea cups.

Natural Beauty Basket: An assortment of Healing Lip Salve, Tinted Lip Balm, Homemade Lip Stick, Luxurious Sugar Scrub Recipe, Beach Waves Natural Hair Spray, Homemade Dry Shampoo, Lotion Bars, Luxurious Lotion,  Whipped Body Butter Recipe and Homemade Deodorant Bars.

Natural Baby Basket: Some or all of these Natural Baby Care Recipes

Mom-to-be or New Mom Basket: This Luxurious Lotion Recipe to help prevent stretch marks, Homemade Magnesium Oil to help with nausea and after pains, Healing Clays for use as a skin mask to prevent the “mask of pregnancy” or itchy skin, Raspberry Leaf Tea to tone the uterus, Homemade Healing Salve for perineum healing post baby, DIY Remineralizing Toothpaste to keep her teeth strong during pregnancy, and of course, some Healthy Delicious Chocolate.

Do you make any homemade gifts? Any ideas to add to the list? Share below!

35 DIY Natural and Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas

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About Katie Wells

Katie Wells, CTNC, MCHC, Founder and CEO of Wellness Mama and Co-Founder of Wellnesse, has a background in research, journalism, and nutrition. As a wife and mom of six, she turned to research and took health into her own hands to find answers to her health problems. WellnessMama.com is the culmination of her thousands of hours of research and all posts are medically reviewed and verified by the Wellness Mama research team. Katie is also the author of the bestselling books The Wellness Mama Cookbook and The Wellness Mama 5-Step Lifestyle Detox.

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Discussion (36 Comments)

  1. Jenny

    October 15, 2014 at 7:00 PM

    I take my kids broken crayons, melt them down with like colors, or combine a couple to make “special” colors, then pour them into candy molds.. I give out 8-12 crayons in wax baggies to the kids that come to our solstice party, and my school age boy takes them to his friends at school. At the beginning of this school year, a little girl came up to me and asked “are you making heart shaped crayons again this year!?!?!” It’s my thing.. But it should be everyones, as it’s “upcycling”, affordable and the molds are reusable time and time again, for crayons- or chocolate 🙂

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  2. Bria MacDonald

    July 17, 2013 at 10:56 AM

    I’ve just discovered your DIY recipes and as a student, I’m hoping to be able to make my own products rather than spending all my money on drugstore brands. However, I was wondering if there was an alternative to beeswax that I could use.

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  3. Sabrina Bullock

    January 14, 2013 at 6:11 PM

    Love your website. I’ve been trying to do a lot more DIY gifts. I usually bake quite a bit, crochet many gifts, and made herbal heat rice packs one year.

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  4. Cherisse Brumley LaSalle

    December 19, 2012 at 9:07 AM

    Katie!
    I have been meaning to leave a note on your blog for a very long time. I absolutely LOVE your website. It has been so helpful to me! Your recipes are delicious (please keep adding more), and I am so thankful for your articles concerning health. Also, this list of homemade gifts was perfect for me this year! My friends and family will be getting body butter and sugar scrubs.
    Thank you! God bless and have a Merry Christmas!

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  5. Lynette Green Nelson

    December 9, 2012 at 6:35 PM

    I can’t wait to dig into this after the kids go to bed. Waiting on my shipment from Mountain Rose Herbs so I can whip up a batch of body butter and some lip balm. Love your blog…thanks for sharing! I look forward to more of your posts!

    Reply
  6. Katherine Atkinson

    December 5, 2012 at 8:23 PM

    How wonderful! Another great post to share on the Wildcrafting Wednesday blog hop! 🙂 We’d love to have you link this one up! 🙂 You are awesome! 🙂

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  7. Janet White

    December 5, 2012 at 12:05 PM

    Thanks for this list. I had just written down on my to do list “ideas for homemade gifts” so your list is super-timely. Yay!

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  8. mary

    December 4, 2012 at 9:16 PM

    I have sewn fleece socks, aprons, and crocheted pot holders as gifts throughout the years.

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  9. Terra

    December 4, 2012 at 4:13 PM

    it didn’t seem to make ur list, but I am baking tons of muffins for Christmas, they freeze and warm well, also I can get creative. chocolate with cream cheese in them, apple caramel, banana nut. I love to cook, and ur website makes it so easy. thank u and may u and urs have a blessed holiday :).

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  10. Kris Leigh

    December 4, 2012 at 12:37 PM

    Unfortunately, if I were to give these to people, they would look at my like I’m crazy. I’ll make them for myself, though!

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    • Terra

      December 4, 2012 at 4:14 PM

      my family thinks I am nuts, but they seem to love the after effects..lol…

      Reply
    • Nicole

      October 29, 2013 at 4:55 PM

      My hubby used to think I was nuts until he saw the results. He was the first one on board to try toothpaste powder I made recently…I think he is a convert!

      Reply
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