I'm not sure what to do for adults at Xmas

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Sahm with loads of time on my hands.
Handy with (hand) sewing, knitting and baking and making bits.
Give me ideas! I'm out of money and still have my parents, inlaws, grandparents, inlaw grandparents, my brother and sister left!
I've also got one nephew to buy for, but he's 10!

I have lots of time and fat quarters and wool and baking bits.

Come on mumsnet! I've looked at pinterest but some of the ideas I think are really naff, so some of my ideas I'm sure others will find a bit rubbish.

Is there anything home made and cheap or free that you'd like to receive.

I've done jam and photo albums and picture frames (charity shop) with kids school photos I'm previously. It's only got to be token really.

Try the Christmas threads OP. What is your AIBU?

aibu for not pasting on the Christmas board?

Not unreasonable at all, OP - we're almost in December, after all.

But if you'd like us to move it over anyway, you might get more responses in the Christmas topic. Just let us know if so.

How about fudge made with white chocolate and condensed milk. The cheaper the chocolate the better the fudge. You can flavour it and add decorations before cutting and bagging.

Millionaire squares

I’d not bother, personally I’d rather receive nothing than a homemade gift.

What are fat quarters?

Biscotti.

After the first baking, when you have sliced them up ready for the second baking, you can open freeze them. Then when you do bake them you can do it from frozen just add an extra 5 minutes.

I find this useful as you can then make them well ahead of when you want to give them. They will be OK to eat for 2 to 3 weeks after baking

www.mumsnet.com/talk/christmas/4640556-the-2022-poncetastic-christmas-thread?page=1

Can you crochet? My sister makes stunning crochet gonk figure type things that sit on chunks of wood ♥️

Quoted the wrong one!!! 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ sorry!

This sort of post illustrates why you are probably better off having this in Christmas toopic

This. Homemade gifts are awful.

I'd be thrilled with fudge

I would love some little scented pouches for my wardrobe/drawers. If you can get some lavender or similar, to fill a pouch sewn from one of your fat quarters. I'd genuinely love to receive that!

I'm the opposite. I love homemade gifts!

So much thought and time gone into them. Much nicer than buying something imo

I can’t think of anything that could be home made that I’d want, I’m afraid.

Maybe a cushion cover (with a matching sized cushion in it for the love of god) in a very plain design - in one of the colours of my living room.

I think homemade gifts are lovely OP. I've loved homemade gifts ever since our neighbour bought round some homemade mince pies on a paper plate one Christmas, it was so thoughtful and they were genuinely nicer than the ones in the shops.

The following year I made Brownies for the neighbours, and boxed them up. She loved them so much she asked for the recipe.

Also would love some knitted fingerless gloves. I work from home a lot and am trying to have heating on less. Fingerless gloves would be useful so that I can still type easily but have warmer hands.

A piece of fabric where a metre length has been cut in to 4. Since fabric typically comes in widths that are slightly over a metre, e.g. 110cm, then when a metre length is cut into 4 each piece will be 50cm by 55cm. So not a perfect square but a slightly fat square.

Very popular in craft work so people often by bundles of them in assorted fabric

If you have enough money to buy the stuff to make this homemade stuff with then you have enough money to buy a proper gift.

Don’t force a load of fudge/biscuits/fabric stuff on others just because it’s easy for you to do.

Either put some thought into the recipient - which is what gifting is all about - it don’t bother at all.

A friend once gifted home made shortbread that she wrapped in some plastic wrapping with a bow... it was delicious and we loved it. I made handmade Christmas decorations once. Sewn with felt and stuffed with the stuff you use to stuff teddy bears. Little doves and Christmas puddings are relatively easy to make.

Only those on the Christmas topic receive gifts now do they?

I would be over the moon with hand knitted slipper socks. Keeping feet warm while heating is turned off is a challenge. Slipper socks would be bliss.

So would wrist warmers, ankle warmers or big knitted headbands that keep ears warm and hair out of eyes on windy days, without being as itchy as a full on knitted hat.

I wouldn't want any home made sweets. There are always too many sweets at Christmas and they'd end up being chucked away.

People tend not to piss on each other's Christmas plans on that board.