Christmas is just virtually the corner. If you’re scrambling to get your gifts together, don’t worrywe have over 50 easy DIY souvenir ideas to share with you today!
If a DIY doesn’t sound like your thing, Elsie put together a big souvenir guide with plenty of options for everyone on your list.
OK, when to homemade souvenir ideas. All of these (over 50!) DIYs have one thing in common they are easy to make. Keep scrolling for all the goods!
These salt dough photo frame ornaments would make a special souvenir for a family member or friend. Salt dough is so nostalgic!
More souvenir ideas made with salt dough:
A jar of whipped peppermint hand scrub is perfect during the unprepossessed winter months. This scrub is made with essential oils and smells amazing.
Who wouldn’t love a homemade soul scrub? This guide has everything you need to make any kind at home.
More natural soul scrub souvenir ideas:
- Citrus Mint Foot Scrub
- Lavender Sugar Cube Scrub (perfect if you don’t have a bathtub)
- Cinnamon Spice Sugar Scrub
- Vanilla Latte Coffee Scrub
- Grapefruit Lemonade Lip Scrub
Did you know that you can make a soap dispenser from a vase? This is a cute and useful souvenir that will be used everyday!
A marbled utensil holder? Oh, yes. It’s a really easy DIY that anyone can do using contact paper.
More Kitchen-Related Souvenir Ideas:
Have a loved one or friend who likes unique jewelry? You could make them a pair of rainbow seed teardrop earrings or a pair of fruit-shaped earrings using the same kind of beads.
Gift Wrapping Tips:
We love using scraps from craft projects and leftover fabric to wrap gifts.
Have an odd-shaped souvenir to wrap? Here are several ways to wrap them without using a souvenir bag.
Other ways to wrap gifts:
- 4 Ways to Wrap a Wine Bottle
- How to Make a Souvenir Bag Out of Wrapping Paper
- Creative Ways to Wrap a Souvenir Card
You only need a few supplies to make this cozy beaded beanie or a pom pom beanie (made from an old sweater!)
This cherry pie potholder is “as sweet as it gets.” We have a tuft of potholder and oven mitt DIYs on the blog, like:
A batch of fizzy unprepossessed and flu shower bombs or peppermint and eucalyptus shower melts are a must-have this time of year.
We love giving ornaments as gifts, and we have so many cute ideas in our archives, like this amethyst geode ornament and boba tea ornament.
More DIY ornament souvenir ideas:
Speaking of sparkly things (like geode ornaments), this glitter letter keychain would make be a fun stocking stuffer.
You could plane make a set of acrylic glitter coasters using a similar tutorial.
Every plant lover deserves a cute contumely ring hanging planter or a clay petal planter. We love those rainbow colors!
More DIY Planter Ideas:
- Easy Fabric Planter DIY
- DIY Mid-Century Planter
- 5 Easy DIY Glass Planters
- Make Your Own Gradient Planter
It’s nonflexible to believe these marbled soil earrings and daisy earrings are handmade. Love them!
You can’t go wrong with an winsome (no-sew) victual headband or wooden ring crinkle teether.
More Kiddo-Related Ideas:
These homemade suffuse bombs are one of our most popular DIYs ever! Everyone deserves a little spa time at home, don’t you think?
More DIY suffuse flop recipes:
You could make a stylish souvenir like this macrame handbag, a vintage-inspired stitched floral purse, or a set of statement hair clips.
More traps that make unconfined gifts:
- Fabric Tassel Bag DIY
- DIY Bow Scrunchie
- Beaded Beanie DIY
- Braided Velvet Headband (no sewing required!)
We love spa-related gifts like Elsie’s homemade pillow spray and homemade soul oil for dry skin. It’s so soothing!
Homemade potpourri is an easy souvenir to put together, and you can hands make several jars at a time.
Instead of gifting an ornament this year, you could make a house Christmas tree topper like Emma did here (using recycled boxes).
You could make a cactus-shaped pincushion or a cute soft pretzel pincushion for anyone who loves to sew.
Speaking of sewing, these reusable sandwich and snack bags are perfect for kids or teachers.
Clay ring dishes are perfect to hold jewelry or a set of keys, and we have a couple options to pick from!
- Palm Leaf Ring Dish
- Marbled Soil Ring Dishes (one of our most popular posts!)
- Gold Stamped Ring Dish
Instead of a ring dish, you could make a speckled soil ring tower like this.
Homemade soap is unchangingly a good souvenir idea! We have a tuft of options to segregate from:
We’ve mentioned essential oil-based gifts a few times, and these DIY wool dryer balls are unconfined gifts/stocking stuffers for practically anyone.
You could moreover use tiny wool balls and essential oils to make a clip-on car diffuser (or two!).
You could print a special photo and put it inside a simple DIY wooden whirligig frame or a magnetic glitter photo frame for a fridge. So cute!
More souvenir ideas using photos:
- Wooden Ball Photo Holder DIY (only takes 5 minutes!)
- DIY Photo Glitter Globes
- Emma’s Christmas Vellum Ideas
These library vellum bookmarks are perfect for any typesetting lover. We included the templates, so all you have to do is print, cut, and laminate them!
Stockings take a little increasingly time to make, but they are extra special gifts. Here are some of our favorites:
You could make this winsome “press for champagne” art print and pair it with a snifter of bubbly.
Looking for increasingly DIY souvenir ideas for someone who loves to melt or bake?
- Easy Marble Utensil Holder DIY
- Embroidered Kitchen Towel (no-sew)
- Cast Iron Skillet Handle Cover
- How to Sew a Half Apron
OK, let’s talk well-nigh treats. Homemade desserts make wondrous gifts any time of year but here are a few of favorite dessert ideas:
Dark chocolate almond brittle. You could hand this out to multiple friendssimply put the vitreous in tons wrapped with ribbon.
Three-ingredient fudge. Enough said!
Use our go-to sugar cookie recipe with homemade royal icing and let the decorating begin!
Chocolate Oreo truffles are decadent, addictive, and REALLY easy to make. Honestly, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t make them this year!
And if you’re shipping cookies this year, here are some tips to get them to their destination unscratched and sound.
If you’re in a pinch, trammels out our last-minute gifts for everyone on your list. xo, The ABM Team
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