If you’re anything like me, you love a good DIY, and giving something you made as a gift feels extra special and personal. Here are 12 DIY consumable gift ideas that will show someone you care this holiday season or any time of year!
1. Baked Treats in a Reusable/Regiftable Canister
Give the gift of homemade treats, given in a reusable, regiftable container! Whether it’s cookies, brownies, squares, or pie, it’s made with love and gifted waste-free!
Try these Fudgy Chocolate Cookies:
2. Homemade Playdough
Give the gift of the softest playdough made with ingredients from your pantry, for the child in your life (or the inner-child of the adult in your life.)
Basic Playdough:
– 2 cups all-purpose flour
– 3/4 cup salt
– 4 teaspoons cream of tartar
– 2 cups lukewarm water
– 2 Tablespoons of vegetable oil (coconut oil works too)
– Food coloring, optional
Stir together the flour, salt and cream of tartar in a large microwave safe bowl. Add the colouring to the water then add the water to the bowl. Next add the oil and stir everything together. Cook on high for 4-5 minutes, stirring each minute. Allow to cool slightly and then knead until smooth. Store in airtight containers.
Get two extra special recipes:
3. Hot Cocoa Kits
Warm cocoa for a cold winter’s night, gifted in containers/travel mugs/soup mugs that are sure to delight.
Which one would you try?
1. Single serving hot cocoa with marshmallows & candy cane, gifted in a reusable to-go cup or thermal tumbler.
2. Build a snow man hot-cocoa station! One canister for hot chocolate mix, one for candy canes, and one for marshmallows.
3. Snowman Soup gifted in a microwave reheatable soup mug, for a warm treat today and many bowls of warm soup in the future.
4. Homemade Bread
You’ll be a favourite guest to invite to dinner if you’re the one who brings fresh bread as a gift. Wrap it in a large canister, mixing bowl, or tea towel.
Get the easiest no-knead sandwich bread recipe here: https://heatheroshea.ca/the-easiest-no-knead-sandwich-bread/
Or learn how to make incredible loaves of sourdough bread, starting from scratch with this FREE Beginner Sourdough Course.
5. Layered Baking Mixes
An experience gift, a consumable gift, and a reusable gift all in one! Layered baking mixes are delicious fun!
For even more layered baking mix recipes, join our private Facebook community and click on “Guides”!
6. Meringue Cookies
Meringue cookies are beautiful as they are delicious. Give them in a transparent reusable container like a glass or clear plastic storage container. Add some green food colouring and sprinkles for a fun Christmas tree variation:
7. Layered Soup Mix
Similar to layered baking mixes, layered soup mix is a consumable gift, and a reusable gift all in one! This tortilla soup will warm them up!
8. Homemade Bread Mix
With a few simple ingredients you can give the gift of fresh, homemade bread on demand. The only thing they need to add is water!
9. Brown Sugar Body Scrub
A luxurious gift that smells good enough to eat, made with just three ingredients!
10. Homemade Spice Blends
Spice up their life with a handmade spice blend in an airtight reusable shaker! Make a set of aromatic blends both sweet and savoury or give a single spice blend as part of a themed gift!
Get two delicious DIY spice blend recipes and more:
Which of these ideas would you give as a gift?
1. Chocolate Dessert seasoning blend, gifted with a Snack Stor conainer, Whip n’ Mix, and a package of Lady Fingers cookies for making a sinfully delicious Tiramisu Trifle.
2. A set of spice mixes featuring 4 flavourful cuisines: Cajun Seasoning, Thai Spice, Southwest Chipotle, and Jamaican Jerk seasoning.
3. A set of Sweet spice blends: Apple Pie seasoning, Cinnamon Vanilla, Gingerbread seasoning, and Pumpkin Spice.
11. Sourdough Starter
A level up from dry DIY bread mix, sourdough starter is a labour of love that feels like you’re literally gifting magic.
With a little flour, water, and time, you’ll have a ready-to-use starter in about one or two weeks that you can then go on to share any time of the year. It’s a gift for yourself AND for others!
Want to try making your own sourdough starter?
Watch this step by step video:
You can also take the Breaking Bread: From Zero to Sourdough Hero in Three Weeks course for free!
12. Whipped Body Butter
Want a companion gift to go with the Coconut Vanilla Brown Sugar Body Scrub? This is it!
A luxurious gift for someone you want to pamper (even if that’s you!)
Which gift would you love to receive?