by Lorelei Cohen

Created on: October 07, 2009

Homemade Christmas gifts are wonderful to receive. Usually very unique, well made, and often one of a kind items, they are created with all the care and love that can be sewn, baked, crocheted, mapped out, or sculpted into them. There are hand carved wooden boxes and bowls, knitted or crocheted scarves, slippers and sweaters. Hand made quilts, beaded jewelery, scented soaps and candles, as well as thousands of other craft items are placed under the Christmas tree each year.

With economics being what they currently are, many families are considering giving homemade gifts this year, they are planning a more traditional old fashioned style of celebrating Christmas. If your family is one of these, then you might be wondering exactly which handcrafted, or homemade items, are the most popular for gift giving. What exactly are the top 5 homemade Christmas gift ideas?

The number one homemade Christmas gift choice is a gift from the kitchen. Home baked pastries or breads, jarred preserves, and even full course meals are all welcome gifts. Boxes and tins of homemade breads, buns, cookies and cake delight not only bachelors, those newly out on their own, busy moms and working families, but also the elderly who no longer take the time to bake for just themselves. These delicious treats are a small sampling of pure heaven for those who receive them.

The gift of an ethnic food such as perogie, cabbage rolls, or babka taken to homes that do not traditional prepare these foods makes for a very unique Christmas dining experience for those who receive them. Traditional ethnic foods generally make very well received Christmas presents and are an excellent idea for a homemade gift.

Home made wine, jams, jellies, pickles and other preserves are other very wonderful gifts to give from the kitchen of your home. You can present your gift from the kitchen in a basket, a tin or a box. Your gift can consist of a number of baked and jarred goods combined to create one large gift, or it can be one solitary item gift wrapped in glittery Christmas paper.

The second hottest homemade Christmas gift item is knit or crochet items. Sweaters, slippers, mitts, gloves, socks, doilies, dishcloths and toques, the uniqueness, strength and warmth of these home crafted items makes them as popular today as they were a hundred years ago. If you can knit or crochet for even fifteen minutes each night, then you will find yourself with plenty of presents to hand out to friends and relatives, when Christmas

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