Homemade Christmas Presents
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For the past couple of Christmases I have tried to make sure that the presents I gave were as eco friendly as possible - some were organic and fairtrade, others were to help people save energy or do something greener etc. I had lots of criteria that i tried to meet, and put lots of it onto ecolocal.
This year I thought it was worth trying to gather ideas for homemade Christmas presents...
So if you have any ideas, please add them on (I'm sure that you can think of some Blue Peter presents from over the years! I know that's where my ideas often came from as a child).
Scented cushions
A nice one that can be as "eco" as you like.
Use some nice fabric (may be organic cotton, or fun Christmas fabric if it's coming from kids);
Cut it into squares (So you've got 2 of the same size. I think I made them about 14cm wide)
Place rightside to rightside and sew around 3.5 sides (if the fabric frays a lot it's worth zigzagging the edges first)
Then turn it the right way and fill it with a combination of dried lavender and cotton wool (or something else to bulk them out a bit) and sew up the gap.
Then have fun with sequins, glitter glue (yes, I'm a great advocate of this stuff even if it isn't green as kids love it), beads, fabric pens, felt shapes... the options are endless so each one can be very different.
Homemade sweets
Make a selection of homemade sweets (see the How to make Christmas Greener article) and put them into a nice glass jar, then decorate the lid and the jar.
Not only does the receiver get some great chocolates, but a nice jar to keep using after the festivities.
Personalised t-shirts
This one's pretty straight forward and you can get as carried away as you like.
Buy plain t-shirts (ideally fairtrade and organic cotton) and then use fabric pens to decorate them. If you're worried that these wouldn't be used, why not use night-shirts? Personalised night wear is always a nice gift.
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For the past couple of Christmases I have tried to make sure that the presents I gave were as eco friendly as possible - some were organic and fairtrade, others were to help people save energy or do something greener etc. I had lots of criteria that i tried to meet, and put lots of it onto ecolocal.
This year I thought it was worth trying to gather ideas for homemade Christmas presents...
So if you have any ideas, please add them on (I'm sure that you can think of some Blue Peter presents from over the years! I know that's where my ideas often came from as a child).
Scented cushions
A nice one that can be as "eco" as you like.
Use some nice fabric (may be organic cotton, or fun Christmas fabric if it's coming from kids);
Cut it into squares (So you've got 2 of the same size. I think I made them about 14cm wide)
Place rightside to rightside and sew around 3.5 sides (if the fabric frays a lot it's worth zigzagging the edges first)
Then turn it the right way and fill it with a combination of dried lavender and cotton wool (or something else to bulk them out a bit) and sew up the gap.
Then have fun with sequins, glitter glue (yes, I'm a great advocate of this stuff even if it isn't green as kids love it), beads, fabric pens, felt shapes... the options are endless so each one can be very different.
Homemade sweets
Make a selection of homemade sweets (see the How to make Christmas Greener article) and put them into a nice glass jar, then decorate the lid and the jar.
Not only does the receiver get some great chocolates, but a nice jar to keep using after the festivities.
Personalised t-shirts
This one's pretty straight forward and you can get as carried away as you like.
Buy plain t-shirts (ideally fairtrade and organic cotton) and then use fabric pens to decorate them. If you're worried that these wouldn't be used, why not use night-shirts? Personalised night wear is always a nice gift.
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love that idea--------------personalised nightshirts,
excellent, thankyou!
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