Books About Making Gifts

Author Jodi Kahn has compiled a wonderful collection of craft projects that make perfect gifts for everyone on your list. The projects in this book will appeal to people of all crafting abilities and most use just basic crafting items and recyclable items you may already have laying around your house.

By Elizabeth Macleod, this book is packed full of wonderful recipes and ideas for packing and/or wrapping the treats you make. Great gifts ideas for everyone to make or receive.

More than 250 full-color photos illustrate gifts children can make. The most colorful, easy-to-use guide you'll find.

Subtitled 'Inspiring Stories, Handmade Crafts, and One-of-A-Kind Ideas'. This book presents a collection of stories and ideas to inspire readers to give with thought and feeling. Readers can plan a "date" for their parents, write the story of their grandparents' lives, or compile an heirloom recipe cookbook.

In this book, Kathy Ross offers 29 handmade gifts for children to create for their families, friends, and even pets. Most of the supplies needed for these crafts can be found in the home and, more often than not, involves recycling items.

This book is jam-packed with designs that both beginners and advanced crafters will enjoy. Full-color photographs present these imaginative projects that can be made using skills such as sewing, applique, needlework, and more. So, when readers are looking for something special but don't want to spend a bundle, Handmade Gifts Under $10 is the book for them.

Presenting hundreds of unique gift ideas, one for every day of the year, a colorful guide to handmade gifts with a personal touch includes detailed, step-by-step instructions, hundreds of photographs and illustrations, tips on materials and techniques, and elegant, gift-wrapping suggestions that add to the presentation.

Here are more than 30 attractive options that take 60 minutes or less to make, including linens, paper crafts, jewelry, home décor, and gift and card holders. A simple bottle of bath salts quickly becomes special when topped with a beautiful silk flower, while a gorgeous hand-beaded necklace takes just a jiffy to thread.

rom cute and colorful sock puppets for a younger brother or sister to a stylish stationery set for Dad and a beautiful bracelet for Mom, these accessible and easy-to-follow projects will keep children engrossed for hours.

The author and boutique owner, Wanda Wen, digs deeper into gift wrapping than many have ever ventured. While many of us may try to get creative when wrapping gifts, Wen definitely transformed ordinary packages into works of art.

Learn how you can make fun and fancy boxes for yourself or gifts.