8 Fantastic Homemade Gifts - Echoes of Laughter

With Christmas now only 1 week away, I thought I would do a round-up of projects from the last 2 years on Echoes of Laughter that can be made fairly quickly and easily.

Most of these homemade gifts require only a trip to the grocery/craft store and less than 1 hour of time.

1. Candy Cane Sauce. Super easy and only takes 3 ingredients.

2. Peppermint Foot Soak. Requires only 2 ingredients…epsolm salts and peppermint essential oil. No baking required!

3. Strawberry Butter. Just butter, icing sugar & strawberry jam. Great for biscuits or cookies, or bars!

4. If you have a bit more time, this Gourmet Cookie Dough is a wonderful gift.

And if you don’t have canning jars, or are worried about breakage….the mix can also be packaged in paper bags!

5. This project is from over 5 years ago, but Pretzel Hugs make a great gift for children to make for their teachers, coaches, their little friends or neighbours. Pretzels, Hersheys Hugs and M&Ms and a cookie sheet are all that is needed!

6. This family vacation Memory Jar is wonderful gift for children or grandparents. Just use a jar, pictures and few objects.

7.If baking is not really your thing, this Grape Jelly can be whipped up in less than 10 minutes, and just requires grape juice, sugar and a pouch of liquid pectin.