7 Low Budget Thoughtful Holiday Gift Ideas to Make

Everyone loves the holiday season. We get to relax and let the stress that has to mount up ebb away, spend time with friends and family after demanding work periods, and share goodwill with the people we love. It is, however, quite unfortunate that our minds have been conditioned to believe that we can only do these things best when we exchange elaborate and expensive gifts. Although expensive gifts are lovely, many gift items are not exactly expensive but go a long way in carrying love and goodwill to the receiver. So if you are kind of low on cash this holiday season, do not give up the idea of giving this year. I am here at your rescue with seven great low budget gift ideas.

Gourmet Tea and Coffee

Make a tea or coffee basket, which includes a carefully selected mug, your recipient's favorite flavor of coffee or tea, and other items as desired, which may consist of honey, sweetener sticks, and specialty creamers according to taste. There is nothing more gratifying than an aromatic, rich, and indulgent cup of coffee or tea.

Homemade Cocoa Mix

Another excellent gift idea is to create a homemade cocoa mix. You can do this by adding together powdered sugar, cocoa, powdered milk, and other ingredients you desire. To bring out exceptionality, uniqueness, and beauty, you could arrange the mix in layers in a jar and include instructions for making the hot cocoa on the gift tag.

Homemade Baking Mix 

It is the same idea as the homemade cocoa mix. The difference is this time; it is done with a cookie or brownie mix to create a special gift. It requires layering the individual ingredients like flour, sugar, and chocolate chips in a jar. You can also include clear instructions so the recipient can recreate your favorite cookie recipes.

Gourmet Gift Baskets 

Carefully select ingredients like gourmet cheeses, meats, crackers, mustards, jams, and other elements to create your gourmet gift baskets. You must do your research to know if what you buy is to the taste of your recipient. To save cash, instead, purchase individual items than buying pre-built gift baskets from specialty stores.

Gardening gift basket 

If your recipient enjoys gardening, this is the perfect gift idea for you. Combine flour, vegetable, or mixed seeds along with other gardening tools - like trowels and hand shovels – and other goodies like plant markers, pretty containers, homemade soil mix, a carrying bucket, liquid fertilizer, gardening gloves, as desired. 

Home movie gift basket 

Everyone loves movies, especially when those movies bring back beautiful memories. Find an old often overlooked film and pair it up with popcorn, seasonings, spray butter, and a box of favorite candy to create a gift basket for enjoying movies at home with the family.

Video Game Gift Basket 

Combine thumb extender for Xbox, rechargeable AA batteries and base, turtle beach headphones, and Microsoft Xbox points gift card. You can include glass bottles of root beer and Crunch and Munch.

You can tailor all of these gift ideas to suit the recipient, and each gift is meaningful because you put it together and put your heart into them. You'll be surprised at how much money you can save when you create homemade gifts yourself!