When you make your gift by yourself, the person who receives will more appreciate your gifts. Now what are you going to do, you are going to take simple everyday household items, and use them to help develop your designing skills. Make sure you know what you are doing. I would like for you to get a few items, most of which should be lying around your house somewhere. Then thinking a few ideas from the item you collect. Keep practicing, and before long you’ll be designing wonderful projects using anything your mind can imagine. Have fun!!

My example:-

Spoon:

Break off the handle, sand it down a bit, and use the oval section to make a nice miniature painting.

Use the handle and some straw to make a miniature broom.

Make a guitar for fashion dolls.

Break off the handle and use the oval to make doll hats by painting it and decorating with lace and ribbons.

Glue the ends of several spoons together, in a fan shape, and lace cloth or ribbons through the spoons to make a very attractive fan shaped wall hanging.

Can:

Decorate with cloth or attractive paper for a nice pencil holder.

Glue several cans on their sides into a pyramid, cover attractively, and hang on wall for a unique shelf.

Fill a can with bells, rice or dried beans then super glue heavy duty plastic to the bottom to seal. Paint a funny face on the can, attach yarn for hair and call them tickle tossers where children can toss them for a nice giggle when they hear the funny sound it makes.

A smaller shorter can would make a nice miniature drum Christmas ornament.

Fill a can with recycled candle wax, add a wick and decorate attractively for a nice candle.

A pencil.

Paint a face on the eraser; add string for hair, some pipe cleaner arms and a piece of cloth for a dress for a cute little doll pencil.

Carve into a mini totem pole.

Slice erasers into little slices, arrange and glue onto a miniature plate for fake bologna slices for dollhouses.

Attach a small Valentine’s Day card and sucker to the top of a red pencil for a Valentine flag.

Glue fake flowers to top of several pencils, arrange in pencil holder attractively for a nice floral gift for your lover