DIY Gifts For Teens By Teens

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Welcome back to year six of our Festive Christmas Event where we team up with a bunch of talented blogging friends to bring you a plethora of creative ways to celebrate your holiday season. The blog post today shares four DIY gift ideas for teens made by teens themselves. They are some pretty cute ideas.

We will be baking some cookie recipes for you, sharing some party games, making some handmade gifts, doing some ornament crafting and sharing our Christmas movie family fun ideas. There will be breakfast recipes and as always our decorated Christmas Trees which is always a fun tour of homes.

New this year are Gift Guides. We are right there with you shopping from home due to Covid 19 and we understand how hard that can be. So, we have been busy little Elves doing tons of research to create fabulous Gift Guides to help you with your holiday shopping. You can see my ideas for kitchen gifts here and teen gift ideas here.

You will find new ideas every Monday and Wednesday between Oct. 19th through Nov. 18th. Scroll all the way down to find all the ideas linked at the end.     These gifts were made by three of my cute grand daughters. They choice the ideas out themselves by looking at all kinds of posts from Pinterest and made them their own.  

 

 

Here are some additional gift idea posts:

 

Christmas Movie Gift Ideas

 

Gift Ideas For Teens

Four DIY Gifts For Teens

 

Idea #1 – Wood Bead and Alphabet Bracelets Supplies:

• Wood beads
• Gold and White Alphabet Beads
• Elastic String 0.8 mm
• Glue Gun

 

 

Instructions:

• To start measure the string loosely around the wrist and add four inches. Cut.
• Insert the string into the hole of a bead and tie a knot around the bead at one end of the string. This is to hold the other beads on as you put them on the string.

 

 

• Starting with the wood beads of your choice string about 6-8 depending on the size of the wood beads you are using. You may need to add more depending on how you want the bracelet to fit.
• Add the alphabet beads in the word or name you have chosen. 

 

 

• Add more wood beads to finish the bracelet.
• Insert the end of the string into the starting bead’s hole and tie a knot around it.
• Optional – Put a little dab of glue on the knots to hold.

 

 

We put each bracelet in a nice bag and will add a cute bow to give at Christmas time.

 

 

  Idea #2 – Ceramic Ring Dish (Hydro Dipping) Supplies:

 

 

• Small White Ceramic Heart Dishes
• Variety of Spray Paint (We used what we had.)
• A Plastic Container
• Stir Stick

Instructions:

• Fill the plastic container with enough water to fully immerse the ceramic dish into.
• Spray the spray paint on top of the water in circles. (You can use multiple colors or just one.)

 

 

• Lower a dish into the water and swirl it around to get a nice design. It can be as light or dark as you want.

 

 

• Set the dish aside to dry.

 

 

• You can continue to use the remaining paint in the water to do another dish or two or you can use the stir stick to remove the paint.
• To make more just add more paint to the water.

 

 

  Idea #3 – Embroidery Hoop Bulletin Board Supplies:

 

 

• 8 Inch Embroidery Hoops
• Scraps of Fabric
• Roll of Cork Shelf Liner (We liked this one because it’s adhesive.)
• Acrylic Paint and Brushes (Optional)

Instructions:

• Separate the embroidery hoop and paint, if desired.

 

 

• Using the inside of the smaller hoop draw a circle on the cork. Cut out.

 

 

 

• On the back side of the fabric adhere the cork circle leaving a few inches of fabric around the cork.
• Placing the small hoop on the table add the fabric, right side up, on top of it centering the cork underneath. 
• Place the top hoop over the bottom hoop and tighten the screw. Pull the fabric taut and then continue tightening the screw.
• Cut the extra fabric off.
• Add any type of push pin you would like.

 

 

 

To make the push pins pictured we used a 3/4 inch cover button kit. Follow the instructions on the package and glue on a thumb tack to the back.  

 

Idea #4 – Picture Holder Mirror Supplies:

 

 

• 12 Inch Wood Circles (1/4 Inch Thick)
• 9 Inch Mirrors
• 10 Clothespins Per Circle
• Acrylic Paint and Brushes
• E-6000 Glue
• Ribbon For Hanging

Instructions:

• Paint the wood circle and clothespins in the colors you desire. Let dry completely.

 

 

• Using the E-6000 glue center and attach the mirror to the painted side of the wood circle.
• Place the clothespins around the edge of the wood circle with the clip part of the clothespins out. Make sure they are all evenly spaced.

 

 

• Place a bit of glue on half of the bottom side of the clothespin that will attach to the wood circle. Let all the glued pieces dry thoroughly.
• Glue a loop of ribbon on the top of the backside of the wood circle to hang.

 

 

  I hope these ideas will give you some ideas of what the teenagers in your life might enjoy making for their friends. My grand daughters sure had fun making them and they know who they are going to give their items to.

 

 

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