1. Pick a recipe that you know is going to be liked. Cookies are an easy recipe to choose. Find a nice glass container and decorate with your own personal touch. Add all the ingredients to the jar or container and cover with a nice piece of material. Add a card with the instructions on how to follow the recipe.

2. Do you have left over candles sitting around the house ? If so you can melt down your wax and make a whole new candle.

Melt the wax in a pot. Be careful because wax will leave a nasty burn if you spill any of it. Find a piece os string and dip your string into the melted wax. Wash out the container you are going to put your new candle in. When the wax is completely melted and you string is dry, have someone hold the string in the jar or container you are going to use and slowly pour the wax, holding the string up but making sure that it still rests on the bottom of your container.

Mix different candles with different scents to create your own delightful smell.

3. If you know how to cross stitch. You can make a personal gift by stitching the person’s name to a towel or even a pair of socks.

4. Make up your own coupons for free babysitting, a car wash or any idea’s you would be willing to do for the person you are making the gift up for. Give the coupons as a gift for them to use anytime they like.

5. Make your own air freshener by making a flower arrangement and adding potpourri. When potpourri is spayed with a bit of water, it brings the scent out again. This way your gift can last for years.

6. If you can paint, you can paint a nice picture on any piece of wood you have around the house.

7. If you have the ability to knit, you can knit a nice pair of slippers, or even a nice dish cloth. The home made dish cloths always seem to last longer then the store bought one’s.

8. Make your own homemade light switch. Use nine popsicles sticks. Glue seven of your popsicle sticks together then add one to the top and one to the bottom to form your light switch. Now decorate with your own personal touch.

9. If you have plants around your house, you can cut a piece off to start a whole new plant to give out as a personal gift.

10. Use pictures you have to create your own special scarp book to give out.

11. If your friend has children, you can have them over for the day. Then with paint you can create a handprint of each of the children to give out. Parents love personal gifts that have to do with their children.