Free and Low-Cost Christmas Gifts

iPods, Kindles, Cell phones, Nooks – there's no end to the gadgets that we carry these days. Give someone a hand-crafted case for their favorite gadget, and you'll be giving a gift that's sure to get used:

• Cell Phone Case Pattern
• Sew an iPod Case
• Knit a Houndstooth Kindle Cozy
• Knit a Entrelac Kindle Cover
• Sew a Laptop Sleeve
• Sew an iPod, Zune or MP3 Case

Laundry soap is really easy to make; but you'd never guess it, if you saw how much it sells for at craft shows. Make up a bunch, and give it to everyone on your gift list:

• Homemade Laundry Detergent Recipe
• Gel Laundry Soap Recipe

Gather up all those special family recipes, and make them into a one-of-a-kind cookbook. Be sure to include any special stories/memories that you associate with the recipes:

• How to Create a Family Cookbook
• Printable Recipe Binder
• Printable Recipe Cards

Personalized gifts are nice. Monogrammed gifts are nicer still. Make one of these monogrammed wreaths for each household on your list, and you're sure to impress.

Pick up an old fork or spoon at a thrift store (they usually have bins and bins of mixed-matched silverware), and turn it into a high-style keychain.

Buy a big pile of thrift store silverware, and use it to make a set of silverware napkin rings. Earn extra points by making a set that matches the recipients silverware pattern.

Turn 12 of your favorite pictures into a photo calendar for a loved one:

• Free Printable Photo Calendars

Make someone (or several someones) on your gift list a perpetual calendar, and it will be the last calendar they ever need:

• Printable Perpetual Calendar