Instead of spending a lot of your time roaming around the mall or looking for products online for the perfect gift for your loved ones, consider doing it yourself. All you need are some stationary, pencils, markers, stickers, etc.—just some crafty stuff for a perfect gift, but you’re going to need to channel your creativity and your love into this one.

Materials used to create your perfect gift ideas
Yes, we get that panic when we look at the calendar and few weeks from now, it will be the special day of a special someone. Worst case scenario, we still haven’t prepared their anticipated birthday gift!
Well, it takes time to think of the perfect gift for them, you’d be thinking, “Should I get my sister the bag that she wanted since last month?”, “Should I get my mother the latest Victoria Secret perfume?”, “Should I get my best friend tickets for a concert?”, “Should I get my brother another shirt?”, “Should I get dad a new watch?” or “Should I just greet them a happy birthday?”
Remind yourself, “It’s the thought that counts.”
Give them something that reminds them of your bond. More than anything, it’s important to make them feel special. A DIY craft will guide you in deciding the perfect gift for your loved ones. You can get it done by the weekend without disappointing your budget.
Art involves unstructured activities where one can enhance and explore their imagination, while craft involves activities where one can identity their goal in mind. When you combine these two together, it’s a symbolic communication through the art and craft that you can create. You can always use your DIY crafts as an expression of your feelings and trust us, your loved ones will appreciate them because it involves your effort, time, creativity and heart.

Gather your friends for a fun and creative art and crafts session
Do-It-Yourself or also known as DIY, is a popular trend. It’s about repairing and enhancing materials in order to come up with a masterpiece. It boosts your inner craftsmanship and uniqueness, while at the same time it’s recreational and a cost-saving activity.
People are appreciating the power of crafts and recycled art in order to create a product that is useful and creative. You think of a gift and you come up of different materials in order to create that product and with the help of the magic pens, scissors, glue or stickers, you are able to manifest a good idea.
The more effort you put into your perfect gift idea, the more creativity and the more love can be shown in the final product.
Here are some DIY gift ideas for your loved ones:

How about a Jar of Sweets for you loved ones?
DIY Jar of Sweets (As easy as 4 little steps):
- Buy their favorite candies or bake their favorite cookies. You can always exert an extra amount of effort when you have little notes inside the jar.
- Look for a recycled jar. (Make sure it’s clean)
- Don’t forget to decorate your jar.
- Pour all your love sweets into the jar.

How about an awesome memory box?
DIY Memory Box (As easy as 5 little steps):
- Prepare a shoe box.
- Decorate your shoe box with paint or crafted papers.
- Put your memory photos with your loved one.
- Put cute letters and notes.
- If you can, put all the stuff that you’ve collected with them. (Movie tickets, friendship bracelets, etc.)
If you’re up for more creative and awesome gift ideas, you can always check Pinterest and YouTube. On Youtube, you can always check DIY videos if you prefer visual tutorials.
The process of making our creation provides appreciation of our feelings through symbolic communication. DIY guides us into our own individual craftsmanship and self-expression. You don’t even need to spend too much for a gift to make your loved ones feel special.
It’s the thought that counts, indeed. Prepare your materials and get your loved ones the DIY gift that they deserve!
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