Covering old light fitting shades, ceiling or lamp.
These can look old or old fashioned over time.
Cover by either fabric and glue, sticky school book paper (own glue) – M Mart has a range, wool, string, rope. Stickers for small childrens shades.
Make sure none of the additions touch the light globe (potential fire hazard).

Maybe you could make some White Christmas.

My sister bought those funky glasses with a lid and straw (about $1 each at kmart or target) and filled them with lollies

mom66380 – we made some of the seashell people! Thanks for the great idea!

Loved reading these responses! It has given me some wonderful ideas for this year. Thanks

Rum balls are cheap, White Christmas yum! These are super special. Grab some cellphone and place them in and make your own tags on some paper!

homemade baked goodies are the way to go for me – can get the little ones involved

MOM66380; love your daughter’s seashell people! Sounds like a lot of love goes into each and every one!

Baked goodies are always fun to make and thoughtful to give to people.

My daughter loves to make sea shell people from shells we collect from the beach. She glues Google eyes onto them and each one is unique and never the same. This is what makes them extra special gifts because her creativity goes into each one including the time searching for the shells at the the beach hand picked for her special creations!!

A craft box you need a big gift box go to the bargain shops, different glues( craft &normal), pad of colour papers ( I got mine from big w),Google eyes, pipe cleaners, foam stick on shapes & animals, scissors, coloured pencils. You will be able to pick up all these things just from woollies,big w and bargain shops. Oh and glitter. My kids love theirs it gets a good work out especially if they have been watching mr maker

Their own drawing in a photo frame is such a meaningful present.

There are loads of ideas to sew if you are into that. I have made hanging kitchen towels. I just made the topper and used a store towel cut in half. They look fab and hanging on your oven door are very handy. Also for sewing friends make pincushions, needle books or scissor holders. Lots of patterns on line.

So love MOM108051’s Christmas Cookie Cutter idea and poem. . . sooo creative and imaginative…not to mention cheap.

Presentation can make the ordinary look extroidinary: home made sugar nuts, lollies, rum balls, dried apricots dipped in chocolate, biscuits, sauces in a jar, The lid tied with ribbon, assemble your own hamper, home made beauty products. Infuse olive oil with rosemary sprigs or chillis in a beautiful bottle, home made toffee, rocky road, candles. Good luck.

If you have any markets/swap meets nearby, I suggest you browse the stalls there. I have always found handmade soap to be a good present. Just a couple of cakes wrapped in coloured paper. Small jars of nuts, pickles etc. Handtowels. Tray/box of homemade biscuits. Notepads (perhaps with a bit of homemade decoration). A potted plant (perhaps from your own garden).

Home made calendars are great. You can print the actual calendar from websites onto the bottom of an A4 sheet of paper, then on the top section print copies of photos you have taken through the year, your family photos are always nice, or local scenery mixed with local wildflowers always looks great too, the possibilities are endless, the photo ive included is one I used ( from my front yard of a red breasted robbin) on the calendars last year. Most of all, have fun and be a little creative with it. The receiver will love it, guaranteed.

Gingerbread biscuits wrapped in cellophane

I have several ideas, some that I “stole” from the internet/facebook. Get some attractive glass bottles, olive oil and some sprigs of fresh herbs, chilli and garlic. Clean bottles with boiling water. While bottles are hot place some herbs, chilli or garlic or a mixture of them into the bottles. Fill with warmed to the touch” oil and seal to cool. All they need is a ribbon or raffia for wrapping. Make some cheap biscuits and cut and decorate with icing and sprinkles. Celephane bags with ribbon are cheap from discount shops or Spotlight. The cheap recipe is as follows 1 can Condensed Milk, 1 cup Sugar, 5 cups SR Flour and 500g Butter. Mix well and cook walnut sized balls for about 10min on 180*C. What about making some gift cards and tying about 5 together with a ribbon? How about searching 2nd hand book shops for nice books and tie with ribbon again. Make your own gifts tags in xmas shapes.

why not go to the reject shop and get a huge tub for under ten bucks and put some art, craft, paper stuff in it. relatively cheap and you can always add more stuff as you go along.