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6 Creative Gift Ideas That Will Make DIY Lovers Busy
Christmas gifts for people who love to make stuff!
By: Denisse Shawntel Tan | December 16, 2020
These DIY kits can make creatives busy this Christmas.
What can you give to someone who likes to create things with their own hands? They can just make everything themselves! It can be frustrating, but there’s a simple answer: give something to make them busy! For someone who loves to create things, the best Christmas presents you can give them are activities that won’t keep their hands idle.
Luckily, you won’t run out of creative gift ideas as there are different DIY kits that can help your loved one learn new hobbies or to create new works of art. Check out the list below for seven creative gift ideas for the DIY enthusiasts in your life.
1. Miniature DIY Monica’s Apartment Set
Where to buy: Lil Haven PH
Price: PhP2,800
Any FRIENDS fan would love this miniature version of Monica’s cozy apartment.
Image: Lil Haven Website
This DIY dollhouse from Lil Haven is a fantastic gift for someone who loves to DIY and who loves the show FRIENDS. With this DIY kit, your giftee can recreate Monica Geller’s apartment! The kit includes scissors, wood, paper, fabric, plastic, glue, LED light, and other tools that can be used to assemble the dollhouse. Assembling the dollhouse might take a long time and requires a lot of patience, but the end result is rewarding.
2. Blooms Embroidery Kit
These embroidery kits can make your embroidery talent bloom.
Image: The Craft Central Website
Got a friend who wants to try embroidery? You can give them the Blooms embroidery kit from The Craft Central to start their new hobby. The kit includes embroidery floss, a needle, a 20-centimeter hoop, stitching instructions, and a washable linen cloth with the printed pattern. Color variations for the embroidery kit are pink, brown, and blue.
3. Notebook DIY Kit
The DIY notebook kit includes a booklet guide by Papemelroti artist Robert Alejandro.
Image: Papemelroti Website
A customizable notebook is a thoughtful gift for a person who loves to DIY. Papemelroti’s notebook cover DIY kit includes all the materials needed to create a unique notebook cover: acrylic paint, gel pen, pencil, brush, kraft notebook, and booklet. The notebook pages are also kraft paper, and the entire kit is assembled in the Philippines.
4. Banff National Park DIY Paint-By-Number Kit
Where to buy: CNC Paint PH
Price: PhP1,499
These paint by number kits can be therapeutic and increase creativity.
Image: CNC Paint PH Website
For the hobby artist, a paint-by-number kit can help them get started on creating beautiful pieces. Your giftee can be a newbie or an expert artist and they will still enjoy the process of painting. CNC Paint PH offers different designs of sceneries, animals, and portraits. Each kit includes three assorted fine tip brushes, instructions, a linen canvas, and a set of non-toxic acrylic paints.
5. Fragrance Play DIY Perfume Blending Kit
Where to buy: Fragrance Factory PH
Price: PhP750
This fragrance play kit box lets everyone create perfume at home.
Images: Fragrance Factory Website and Facebook Page
If your giftee already tried the other kits above, you can give them something new to try: perfume making. One of the most unique gift ideas is probably this fragrance play kit box from Chemworld Fragrance Factory, which can help anyone create their own perfume at home. It contains a guide, fixative, dipropylene glycol, perfume-grade alcohol, two fragrance oils, and two perfume bottles.
6. DIY Sugar Cookie Kit
Where to buy: Cookie Project MNL on Facebook
Price: PhP380
The sugar cookie DIY kit comes with an instruction paper, greeting card, design cookie kit, and cookie kit.
Image: Cookie Project MNL Facebook Page
Expert-level baking skills are not required to enjoy Cookie Project MNL’s DIYSugar Cookie Kit. This “dough” it yourself sugar cookie kit includes 8 medium to large delicious sugar cookies that can be decorated with 3 candy sprinkles and 4 colors of royal icing. The kit box can be themed or assorted. The cookies can be stored for up to 2 weeks.
From miniature dollhouse to DIY sugar cookie kit, these DIY gift ideas will make any creative happy and busy this Christmas.
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About Denisse Shawntel Tan
Denisse Tan is currently a work in progress: she’s an aspiring writer, artist, and fashion designer! She’s trying to figure out how to manage her time in achieving all of her goals while also taking in life as humanly possible. Aside from art, she’s a big fan of the color pink, disco music, Bratz dolls, and Genshin Impact. By age 35, she plans to travel to New York City 🗽.
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