https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 02:18:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-homemade-gifts-have-you-received#post-425481 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:46:03 +0000 MrsTiz 425481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our extended family stopped doing gift exchanged a few years ago because they couldn't afford it, but my mom, sister and I still make cookie baskets every year for all the families. We get together one afternoon and bake all kinds of cookies, wrap them up really pretty and there you go! Easy, cheap and yummy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-homemade-gifts-have-you-received#post-425463 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:37:54 +0000 polkadots 425463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: I like your ideas! we are really tight on money this year and Im just hoping no one will be disappointed. Between the both of us we have 8 silbings, 4 parents and 1 niece plus our little family to buy for so I'm trying to get really crafty! So far I think I'm making the memory game with family pictures for our niece and a framed family picture for one set of parents and a snow globe with grandkids pictures in it for MIL ....I've got a lot of thinking to do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-homemade-gifts-have-you-received#post-425388 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:05:15 +0000 heffalump 425388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyBoecksMom: More like thrifty :)</p> <p>I also do homemade cards which my parents love. I never buy my dad a gift anymore, I always make him cards and he always gives them to people, he never has to buy cards anymore. </p> <p>And in a thread I wrote awhile ago about my extreme cheapskateness I mentioned that in a camping themed gift I made homemade fire starters out of toilet paper rolls, lint, brown paper, and twine. That gift hasn't been given yet so I'm wondering how that will go over :)</p> <p>I also made an ornament for my SIL, it looked like a onesie and said her LO's name and 1'st Christmas 2012.</p> <p>And my new thing is making tutu's so I made her daughter a blue and white chanukah tutu. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-homemade-gifts-have-you-received#post-425373 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:58:55 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 425373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I received my first homemade gift this year - My friend gave me some homemade sugar scrub for my birthday. </p> <p>@artbee: You are so creative!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-homemade-gifts-have-you-received#post-425339 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:47:54 +0000 heffalump 425339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last year my sister made me a basket of breakfast treat mixes. They were in mason jars and packaged really pretty, flavored pancake mix, tea, muffin mix, latte, etc. It was AWESOME! I saw her pinning another thing like it recently and called her out on it hoping it was for this years gift and it was, so I'm super excited. It makes it really easy to make a yummy breakfast :)</p> <p>Something I've done that's gone over well is a cookbook. I'll do a theme (this year I'm doing camping/outdoors) and either find new recipes or use recipes that we use and love and put in pictures of us camping throughout the book. I know my SIL loved it last year because I did a holiday themed one and she copied me and made one for her mom full of Christmas cookies that they make every year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-homemade-gifts-have-you-received#post-425125 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:12:21 +0000 MrsBrewer 425125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't but I want to follow this because I think I want to make some handmade gifts this year too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-homemade-gifts-have-you-received#post-425121 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:10:45 +0000 polkadots 425121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm making all of our gifts this year... (haven't gotten much started yet : / ) I want everyone to like their gifts even though they are handmade. Have you received homemade gifts? What was your honest opinion of the gift? </p>