Put your creativity to use with things you have in your craft supplies or kitchen, and add some extra warmth to the winter holidays by making gifts to give to family and friends! The titles below provide ideas and inspiration for a variety of makers, from beginner to expert.
Craft in America. Holiday [DVD] by PBS Distribution 2013 (745.59412 CRA)
Embraces familiar and new winter celebrations as part of our American experience with the handmade. Celebrate some of our most important cultural and religious customs and get inspired to discover your own creativity.
Crafting with Nature: Grow or Gather Your Own Supplies For Simple Handmade Crafts, Gifts, & Recipes by Amy Renea (2016) (745.5 REN)
A beautiful and practical step-by-step guide to growing and gathering plants and using them to fill your life and home with natural homemade creations. Crafting with Nature offers an incredible collection of easy projects using natural materials you can gather or grow and form into beautiful and useful crafts. The book has a total of 58 detailed step-by-step tutorials and 44 quick-and-easy inspiration ideas and crafting techniques. Amy Renea is the founder of A Nest for All Seasons, chosen as the reader’s choice best gardening blog in the Better Homes & Gardens Blogger Awards.
The Complete Autumn & Winter Cookbook: 550+ Recipes for Heartwarming Dinners, Holiday Roasts, Seasonal Desserts, Breads, Food Gifts, and More by America’s Test Kitchen 2021 (641.564 COM)
Gifts in Jars: Homemade Cookie Mixes, Soup Mixes, Candles, Lotions, Teas, and More! by Natalie Wise 2016 (748.82 WIS)
Handmade Gifts by DK Pub. 2013 (745.5 HAN)
A Happy Book of Little Gifts to Make by Sarah Hand 2022 (hoopla eBook)This book features easy-to-follow step-by-step projects, creative inspiration, and prompts, all designed to be done at home using affordable, accessible materials. Best of all, the projects are small-scale, so they are portable, giftable, adorable, and fun! The small size of the projects makes them manageable even for beginning crafters and artists, and kids will love working on the projects too (possibly with a little adult help). The art is adorable and whimsical and appeals to artists of all ages and skill levels, including beginning crafters, DIYers, crafty families, and more.
Holiday Baking: New and Traditional Recipes for Wintertime Holidays by Sara Perry 2012 (hoopla eBook) – Holiday Cooking
The holiday season is alive with tradition, and nothing brings a family together faster than baked goods pulled fresh from the oven. Holiday Baking celebrates the six major events of the season with new and traditional holiday treats everyone will love. The recipes mix and match easily, whatever the holiday. Whether the plan calls for old-fashioned favorites or entirely new inspiration, the eighty-plus festive recipes in this baking compendium will bring everyone home for the holidays.
Jewish Holiday Baking by Uri Scheft 2020 (hoopla ebook) – Holiday Cooking
Bake your way through the Jewish holidays with 25 insanely delicious, foolproof recipes-including Poppy Seed Hamantaschen for Purim, Coconut Macaroons for Passover, Apple Babka for Rosh Hashanah, jam-filled Sufganiyot for Hanukkah, and so much more. These dishes from master baker Uri Scheft, author of Breaking Breads, capture the Old World/New World/out-of-this-world flavors of contemporary Jewish and Israeli cuisine. A handy resource for classic Jewish holiday baking recipes (with flavors from both Europe and the Middle East), plus some with a creative twist, from a world-renowned baker, in this new addition to the Artisanal Kitchen series.
More Last-Minute Knitted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson 2010 (746.43 HOV)
An elegant collection of 30 projects organized according to the time it takes to complete them, from less than two hours to more than eight. Among the projects featured are sachets, bracelets, ornaments, mittens, gloves, hats, sweaters, baby blankets, and throws. Understanding that knitters today love to personalize their projects but also need guidance along the way, Hoverson showcases many of the projects in several colors and yarn weights, and with optional embellishments and creative ideas for gift-wrapping.
Sew Many Gifts: 19 Handmade Delights to Give or Keep compiled by Karen M. Burns 2016 (746 SEW)
Quick and easy, bright and delightful — these are gifts you’ll love to make and give! Whether it’s for a birthday, anniversary, home warming, or “just because,” you’ll want to make these thrifty and nifty gifts for every special occasion!
- Featuring a wide variety of cheerful and colorful projects, including home decor, bags, wearables, and more
- Fun, functional, and fast gifts to give or keep, with appealing designs for adults and youngsters
- Easily customize each project with favorite colors and fabric patterns for truly personalized gifts