BLOGMAS DAY 23 - DIY LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS
Well, as you may know there are just 2 days till Christmas, and you may have not bought the Christmas presents either to your family members or to your friends. You are debastated, thinking you are so stupid and lazy, what did I do all this time? Well today I will solve your problem by giving you some easy and fast DIY last minute Chiristmas gift ideas.
1- DIY/MAKE a Bath Bomb
Homemade Bath Bombs, makes two (you can easily double or triple)
What You Will Need:
4 oz. baking soda
2 oz. corn starch
2 oz. citric acid
2 oz. Epsom salt
1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons water
1 teaspoon essential oil
1 1/4 teaspoon oil (I like coconut or olive oil here)
1-2 drops food coloring (optional)
In a bowl combine the dry ingredients (the first four listed above). Whisk to remove any clumps, corn starch tends to be clumpy. In a small glass jar stir together the wet ingredients
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(the last four ingredients listed). If you’re using coconut oil, give it a quick melt in the microwave or stove top first so it will more easily combine with the other ingredients. Slowly pour the liquid mixture in with the dry mixture, whisking as you go. If you see the mixture fizz or foam, you may be adding the liquid too quickly. Once all the wet ingredients are combined with the dry, take a small amount in your hand and squeeze it together. It should stick together fairly well in one or two big chunks. If it’s still too powdery to hold together, just add a tiny bit more water and mix until it does hold together.
Then fill each half of your bath bomb mold with the mixture until it’s just overflowing a little. Press together, then gently remove one side of the mold. Place the bath bomb on a tray and allow to dry out just a little (10-12 minutes) before removing the other side. Once you are ready to remove the other side, gently invert the bath bomb so the uncovered side is facing down, then gently remove the other half of the mold from the top. These can fall apart on you very easily if you’re not careful. If a bath bomb does crack in half while you’re removing it, you can gently press it back on top of the other half, or remove all the mixture back to the mixing bowl and start the molding process again. I had this happen to a few, so don’t fret, it’s easy to fix.
Once they are completely out of the mold, allow them to dry out for 8 hours or overnight. Once very dry, you can wrap them in plastic wrap and store in a dry place until you’re ready to use them, or you can gift them to friends.
2- 101 Reasons Why I love You Jar
This is actually very simple and very cute and considated, you'll just need one midium sized jar, you can decorate it with whatever you want and you fill it with small papers telling reasons why your firend or family member is the best and you love them. Then, when they have a bad day or they aren't feeling good they look at that jar and take a little paper written by you with a reason why you love them.
3- A DIY'd Painting
This is also very easy but it could turn out being very cute a beautiful, just go to andy place near where you are or live and buy a canvass and some acrilics or some kind of thing you can paint with and you paint something important for both of you or something you know that will meen something important for your friend or family member. This is a way to show her or him that you love them and that they are important for you.
4- DIY Clock
This is a very original gift to give as is unusual but it could be very cute if you give a little of DIY and personal touch on it. In the folowing photos you will see some inspiration to make this gift. It is very asy and very cheap as you just need to buy a simple blanck clock or only the hands of the clock which will just cost around of 10 U$ Dollars.
5- DIY Phone Case
And finally a hand made phonecase, this is also a very easy and cheap but cute present to give, you'll just need to buy a white or see through case (depending on how you want the case to turn out) and just go and do the design that is in your head. If you like this idea but you dont have many ideas in your head there are plenty of videos on youtube that will help you, just type "DIY Phone Cases Ideas" and plenty of videos will pop up.
