Share your love of seasonal and cozy living with homemade hygge gifts. These presents will help loved ones get comfy at home through the winter and beyond.
Use these ideas to fill meaningful care packages with beautiful, fun, and practical presents. These are gifts that pass on warmth and love while also being relatively easy and fun to make.
Giving Handmade Without Overwhelm
Making a bunch of handmade gifts can be just as stressful as trying to buy gifts in stores or online.
Choose wisely. Choose what to make – don’t pick a new craft, for example pick something you can do easily and efficiently.
Choose who gets gifts. Honestly, decide early and talk to family and friends. Choose not to exchange gifts if at all possible. This isn’t about being stingy with time or money but rather about avoiding things you don’t need and giving things others don’t need.
For example, I don’t personally need or want much. I ask people to not give me gifts. Let’s all just have a meal together instead. This works most of the time and is honestly a relief for most people to hear.
When deciding on making homemade gifts. Do them in batches. If you can knit hats quickly. Choose to make hats for everyone in various colors. Knock out a big batch of lip balm or bath salts in one sitting.
How to Give Cozy Gifts
Keep it simple. Tuck homemade gifts into baskets and boxes to mailed. Wrap simply to prevent waste, protect the environment and your budget.
Package them up with several items. Pair the coffee cozy with a purchased travel coffee mug and some homemade cocoa mix, as an example.
Make for the Home
Because home should be full of comfort at all times.
Rustic Candle Holders
Drill holes into logs for a simple and yet lovely candle holder. Pair the candle holders with simple tapers for an easy gift.
Driftwood Candle Holder
A simple to make, natural, and practical holder for candles or other items should the gift recipient desire.
Herbal Dream Pillows
Use dried herbs to make simple dream pillows to encourage sweet dreams, relieve stuffy noses, and more.
Scented Mug Rug
Make a simple but wonderful smelling mug rug for your hot drink loving friends.
Easy Beeswax Candles in Mason Jars
The soft glow of beeswax candles add instant light and warmth to a home helping everyone embrace a feeling of hygge.
Handmade Cribbage Board
Share fun and togetherness by making and giving handmade game boards.
Crochet Pillow Cover
Give someone a soft and cozy pillow to help them relax this winter and beyond.
Chunky Knit Blanket
Is there anything cozier than snuggling up under a handmade blanket? I don't think so...
Simple Beginner Quilts
You can make a comfy quilt even if you're a beginner that will wrap friends and family in warmth and love.
No Sew Fleece Blanket
Want to give blankets without sewing, knitting, or crocheting? Try these no sew fleece blankets for sweet and easy gift giving.
Knitted Mug Cozy
Keep those hot drinks hot with this simple but oh so lovely and practical mug cozy.
Gifts for the Body
Help loved ones feel cozy in their own bodies with these amazing gifts.
Calendula Cocoa Butter Balm
Soothe and nourish overworked hands and feet with the power of beeswax and natural ingredients in this DIY calendula cocoa butter balm.
Calendula Sugar Scrub
This easy to make scrub will help remove dead and dry skin while leaving behind much needed moisture.
Red Clover Lip Balm
Protect the lips of loved ones with this easy to whip up herbal lip balm.
Homemade Heating Pad
Give natural and simple relief to body aches and pains with a rice filled heating pad.
Bedtime Bath Teas for Kids
Give the little ones in your life the blessing of cozy nights and good sleep with these easy to make bath teas.
Cozy Clothing Gifts
Give loved ones clothing that helps that feel cozy and warm in the cooler months so that they can get outside and stay warm inside.
Sherpa Infinity Scarf
Give someone the gift of warmth on a cold day with this easy to make scarf.
Easy Fingerless Gloves Knitting Pattern
For folks that need to work outside in the winter, these fingerless gloves will help them stay warm while still be able to tasks that require nimble fingers.
Crochet Celtic Weave Slippers
Keep those tootsies warm when the temperatures dip with some handmade and comfy slippers.
Irish Moss Stitch Hat Pattern
Just like grandma said, we lose heat through our heads, keep those heads warm with a simple but delightful knitted hat.
Homemade Hand Warmers
These sweet little hand warmers will help loved ones stay warm outside and will easily tuck into stockings, care packages, gift baskets, and more.
Cheri S
Thursday 8th of December 2022
I’m using up leftover yarn to make the fingerless gloves for presents. I thought the pattern looked familiar and realized it was from the Joybilee Farm that I also follow! Easy instructions-thanks!
Christine Dalziel
Monday 16th of December 2019
Thank you for including my fingerless gloves. Funny story. Today, I found a pair of gloves that I was knitting in 2012. I finished one glove except for the thumb. And glove number two was ready to start. It's now on my list for this month.
Stephanie
Monday 25th of November 2019
thanks for including my hand warmers, this is a great post for winter :D