Natural gift ideas | Handmade Christmas
Natural gifts are thoughtful and sustainable gifts to give to friends and family members. By choosing the ingredients yourself, you can make more eco-friendly gifts to give to any natural home. You can pick and choose some eco-friendly gift ideas from here or put together a collection of your homemade gifts and make a gift basket or natural gift sets. Add some homemade organic tea blends, and gingerbreads and decorate with natural materials found from the forest and you have just created a natural handmade Christmas.

From scratch food to give as a gift
To give food that is made with love is the ultimate gift to any loved one. You can do some rather early in the week, like some homemade roasted almond butter or granola, and seal them in a beautiful jar. These gifts do not need plenty of wrapping, and they will be eaten to the last bite, so you minimize the waste and tossable wrappings and gifts that will make just more clutter. Making the gift from scratch shows your love for the receiver in a whole different way.
From scratch food to give as a gift
Gingerbreads and hot glogg are a must when talking about Nordic Christmas. I created these spicy orange gingerbreads to mimic a traditional Swedish gingerbread brand that makes such flavorful orange gingerbreads - so why not have them as a handmade Christmas gift? These gingerbreads get the flavor from Christmas spices and orange peel with some orange blossom water. The scent in the kitchen says welcome Christmas time! When cooled pack them in a glass jar with a Christmas ribbon and decorate with a beautiful dried Orange or cinnamon stick!
Make the most delicious homemade roasted almond butter with only one ingredient, the mighty nutty almond. Nut butter is a great gift that you can make almond butter even one week ahead. Store in an adorable glass jar like a mason jar or Fida- jar that I have used in here. Fill a small sachet with some roasted almonds and seal with a beautiful ribbon and a bow to make this gift perfect.
The Christmas we are used to giving away chocolate boxes, but I am here to encourage you to change this tradition into baked goods. The amazing scent of cinnamon and cardamom takes over the kitchen when making these soft and utterly delicious cinnamon buns (korvapuusti), and gets you in the holiday mood. Topped with sprinkled pearl sugar, Finnish style, these cinnamon buns can be wrapped into wrinkled parchment paper and closed with a Christmassy red ribbon to be the perfect gift for every palate.
Kefir cheese is a simple, slightly tangy cheese to make already a few days ahead and to store in a thrifted glass jar and decorated with a ribbon. Depending on the receiver, you can bottle as well the whey that separates in the process to give with the cheese jar Print out the Kefir Whey Crêpe recipe and encourage the happy receiver to use the Kefir Whey in cooking! Just remember to mainly store the gifts in the fridge and not the whole day under the tree to keep them in good condition.
Use your sourdough discard to make this simple sourdough flatbread recipe with carrots in a no-fuss way in the oven. Pile the flatbreads and pack them with parchment paper or beautiful kitchen linen to give away with the gift. Seal with a silk ribbon.
Granola is a tasty present for any yogurt lover. Make a batch or two even a week ahead and pack in a nostalgic glass jar with a metallic lid. Grid with a beautiful ribbon and a big bow to seal the gift.

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Natural homemade drink gifts
Giving handmade drinks as a gift is a beautiful gesture. Whether it is a Hot Chocolate Mix, a Spiced coffee Mixture, or a bottle of Nordic Glogg you can find several ways to wrap these personal gifts.
Make a hot chocolate mix ready for your cupboard or give it as a gift for your loved ones! Print out the beautiful FREE Hot Chocolate tags for your gift to label them nicely. Pour the mixture into tiny glass bottles to give a fun chocolate mix pair for a couple or do a bigger batch to seal into a mason jar. Seal the gift with a tablet of dark chocolate to make it beautiful.
Seal the spiced apple glogg in a beautiful glass bottle. Apple glogg is a white Nordic glogg, made with apple juice and warming spices. The apple glogg is a perfect excuse to cozy up and have a slow moment during the cold months. Decorate with a beautiful ribbon and star anise, or a dried apple slice to give away this beauty.
For a coffee enthusiast, make a Moroccan Spiced Coffee Mixture in about ten minutes—maybe nine. Moroccan spiced coffee is a lovely mixture of coffee and warm and fragrant spices like cardamom, cinnamon, and ginger that makes the coffee lover’s day start a hint more luxurious. An ideal gift to warm the Christmas days and beyond.
This Danish cranberry gløgg is a simple non-alcoholic Nordic hot glogg recipe to keep you warm. The Nordics love easy hot drinks with warm spices to enjoy with friends and some gingerbreads during the holiday season. Gloggs are simple but warming handmade gifts that you can make already a week ahead. Decorate the bottle with a ribbon and a stalk of cinnamon or star anise to get into the holiday mood.
Gifts made from scratch for well-being and decoration
Creams, lotions, decorations, or even clothes are useful and thoughtful gifts. Create a well-being gift box with some essential oils, aromatherapy candles, or organic candles made from beeswax with lip balm that you have made yourself.

Here are a few handmade natural gift ideas for you:
Beeswax Christmas Ornaments bring the old charm to your Nordic Christmas. Make these beeswax ornaments simple and safe way with beeswax sheets. These are beautiful Ornaments on the tree, but as well looking gorgeous on a Christmas gift package decoration.
Make simple but stunning rolled beeswax candles. Prepare a gift with a candle pair, and tie them up with jute yarn. Decorate with spruce twigs, other branches, or spices like cinnamon and star anise.
Beautiful handmade natural wreaths are thoughtful natural gifts for any homeowner. Choose the favorite colors and natural materials of the recipient to create unique decorations and beautiful gifts to give as a Christmas present. When you use foraged elements in your wreath, you are creating a sustainable Christmas gift. Click Read more below and find out at the end of the Nordic Wreath Ideas post how to recycle the wreath after the holiday season.
Chilly weather calls desperately for a good lip balm recipe. This easy cocoa butter lip balm recipe has only three ingredients and it can be whipped up in five minutes or so! Don’t know what to give your friends for a Christmas present and Christmas is tomorrow? Make an adorable lip balm that heals dry lips, tastes good, and has an irresistible scent. Pack in a cleaned and unlabeled one-portion marmalade jar and decorate with a ribbon of the favorite color of the recipient to finalize the gift. Sustainable skincare products are a great gift to add to the daily routine.

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Gifts to inspire to learn
When time is limited to give handmade gifts turn to the books. A handbook encourages the receiver to learn new things. A book can be such a thoughtful gift when you know one’s interests well.
Here are the best books about teas and infusions that are a joyful gift for any tea lover!