Homemade Gifts – Gifts In A Jar

When my girlfriends and I get together during our annual holiday party, it has become a tradition to give each other small and thoughtful gifts.

Instead of bringing one big gift for secret santa gift exchange, we share the love with everyone with our small gifts.

After we eat and have desserts and chit chat, we each take turns to give a little speech about our gifts.

We say what it is we are giving, why and the story behind it. Some are sentimental, some are customized and some are homemade, but everything is always fun.

Thanks to Pinterest, I found this really fun idea to put gifts in a jar.

I gathered items that I personally like, something that would give me energy or a little pick-me-up in the afternoon. Energy In A Jar.

Stuff all the items carefully into a large glass jar and print fun labels.

You can print the jar labels and find other fun ideas for gifts in a jar –> here.

(The long strip doesn’t wrap all the way around the jar but that’s ok. The two ends doesn’t meet, but the “Energy In A Jar” oval shaped labels will cover it.  I used tape to stick the labels on the jar)

I also added personalized jar lids. If you want to add individual names on the jar, you can print these pantry jar labels –> here.

I printed the round labels with cardstock paper, cut them out, hand write the names and taped them on the lids.

The girls loved the gifts.

The jars are reusable and the labels can be easily removed. It’s also refillable if you want to keep the jar as is.

Other homemade gift ideas:

– My friend Cher gave us ornaments. She bought the plain/clear ornaments at Michaels. She stuffed the ornament with a picture of us girls from last year’s holiday {ugly sweater)party. On the back of the picture, she put a meaningful quote.

Front side

Back side.

My friend Sarah attached small ornament picture frames with her gifts.

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Do you do gift exchange with your friends? Do you make homemade gifts?

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