21 Homemade Gifts You Can Make Over the Long Weekend

I adore the weekend after Thanksgiving. It’s long and replete with leftovers, and it’s also when I get seriously excited about planning holiday gifts. This weekend is perfectly early enough to start a project like DIY vanilla or cocktail bitters, and not too early to freeze some dough for homemade puppy treats.

If you need a few fresh ideas for homemade holiday gifts this year, take a look! We have 21 homemade gifts from the kitchen (or for the kitchen) that you can get a head start on this weekend.

Sweets are the first resort of gift-givers, and who can resist soft and chewy caramels all wrapped up? Here are even more ideas though, like seven-layer chocolate truffles and homemade limoncello!

• How To Make Soft & Chewy Caramel Candies
• How To Make the Easiest Chocolate Fudge
• Chocolate-Dipped Figs with Sea Salt
• “Seven Layer” Chocolate Truffles

• Homemade Dog Treats
• Chai Tea Cookies
• How To Freeze Cinnamon Rolls and Bake Them Later

• How to Make Homemade Vanilla Extract
• How To Make Flavored Salts
• How To Make Herb-Infused Honey
• Homemade Caramel Syrup for Your Coffee

• How To Make Limoncello
• How To Make Fruit-Flavored Vodkas
• How To Make Homemade Bitters
• Jalapeño-Infused Tequila

Not every kitchen gift needs to be edible, though. Here are a few simple projects that make fabulous gifts.

• How To Make an All-Natural Kitchen Cleaner
• How To Make Soap at Home
• How To Build Burner Covers to Double Your Kitchen Counter Space

• How To Dip Dye a Tablecloth
• How To Make Rolled Beeswax Candles
• How To Make Candles in a Slow Cooker

What special gifts will you start making this weekend?