Four cash-saving craft projects for thoughtful Christmas presents
BRUSH up on your craft skills to save money on Christmas gifts.
Give these paint-your-own projects a go for thoughtful pressies with a personal touch.
CREATE FOR KIDS: Cut costs on children’s presents by painting something special for them.
Hobbycraft has dozens of paint-your-own money boxes from cupcakes to football shapes, all £4.
Kids and adults can add pops of colour to it and set the young recipient on the road to saving money.
HOME DECS: Gifts for the house and garden are always well received.
Nature lovers can appreciate your handiwork on a painted wooden bird house.
You can buy plain wooden nesting boxes ready for you to personalise at The Range from £2.99.
Just like the birds, the sky’s the limit for your decoration.
For a classic home offering, Hobbycraft has a blank ceramic vase for £5.30 as well as ideas for how to transform it into a special gift.
You can even whip out the brushes to decorate a lamp base to light up a loved one’s holidays.
Paint-your-own bases start from £18 at Dunelm.
PICTURE PERFECT: Budding artists can really go to town and paint a picture for their nearest and dearest.
You can buy blank canvases in high street shops.
Prices at The Works start at £3.
If art isn’t your thing, that doesn’t mean you can’t create a brilliant design.
Paint-by-numbers kits, like the Colourful Zebra, £4.89 from The Range, can help anyone get it right.
FESTIVE FINGERPRINTS: Celebrate the family togetherness at this time of year with a special handprint picture.
You can buy different styles of family handprint sets from stores including The Works and The Range.
At the latter, prices start from £4.19, down from £6.99, for a kit including metallic paints to print your family’s hands.
You can then display in the frame which is also part of the kit.
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