Homemade Gifts for Girls

Treat your favorite girly girl to a few pots of homemade lip gloss or lip balm:

• Vanilla Lip Gloss
• Cocoa Lip Gloss
• Apple Cinnamon Lip Balm
• Chocolate Lip Balm
• Honey Butter Lip Balm

Snag a pair of worn out jeans from your kiddo's dresser or the nearest thrift store rack. Then, turn them into a fab new skirt:

• How to Turn Jeans into a Skirt
• More Skirt Projects

Whip up a batch of yummy smelling lotion just for her:

• Make Body Butter Cream and Bars

• Bubble Bath Recipe

Up the bathtime fun with an assortment of fancy, handmade soaps:

• Popsicle Soap
• Treasure Soap
• Soap Crayons
• Soap on a Rope

Know a little girl who has (or will soon be getting) an Easy Bake Oven? Surprise her with a bunch of homemade Easy Bake mixes. Budget101.com has a whole collection that you can choose from.

Hone your jewelry making skills, and give the gift of bling:

• Scrabble Letter Bracelet
• Scrabble Photo Bracelet
• Safety Pin Bracelet
• Soda Tab Bracelet
• Pressed Penny Bracelet
• Bottle Cap Necklace
• Jean Bracelet

Save the pockets off of an old pair of jeans, and use them to make a pint-sized purse for your favorite pint-sized gal:

• Denim Pocket Purse Instructions

Stitch up a backpack for all her essentials from two bandanas.

Turn a pretty scrap of fabric into a change purse that she can carry her lunch money in:

• How to Make a Change Purse

More Change Purse/Wallet Projects:

• Cassette Tape Wallet
• Drink Pouch Wallet