Shut the front DOOR!
Who is ready to start making Christmas Gifts?
I’m showing you today one of the many Handmade Christmas Gifts to come in the next few weeks.
Check out this DIY Recipe Book… perfect to keep those favorite special Christmas Recipes in one place.
I made this Recipe Book with a cute Christmas touch since we are going to collect from now on our favorite
Christmas Recipes from the past and those that will become new favorite recipes for the future.
Here is a tutorial for you!
MATERIALS
You’ll need a note book.
{ I love these two that I found at Target }
Wooden Spoon
{ You can find them at Wal-Mart in a package of five for 88 cents }
Ribbon or Bakers Twine.
Tape.
Paint: I love Santa Red from DecoArt. This is the perfect red!
Punch Holder and Craft Paper.
Let’s make this Recipe Book together!
First we are going to give the wooden spoon some fun Santa Red design.
Get your tape and make the stripes as wide as you like.
Then paint them, pull the tape and let the red festive stripes dry!
While drying work on the book.
Punch some circles from your scrapbooking paper and fold them in half.
Divide your book in section for different types of recipes such as Main Dishes, Desserts, Soups, Salads and Side Dishes…
You get the point!
Then get each folded circle and glue it on the page to divide each section.
I added a little paper clip to each division because it is cute and you can even clip a little note to them…
Oh the details!
Now that the inside of the book is done it is time to finish the outside.
Make two holes in the right side of your note book and thread a string of Bakers Twine through it.
I like to add some tape to the end of the twine so it is easier to thread.
Place the spoon in place and tie it with a little bow.
Make sure to knot the end of the twine so it doesn’t fray.
At this point it was super cute but the corner logo on the notebook was really bothering me.
Solution? I cut a piece of red vinyl and stuck it right on top of it.
To add a little more fun I punched a few white vinyl circles and I stuck them right on top of the red.
Fun, cute, useful and an affordable Christmas Handmade Gift Under 5 Dollar!
You can even make it double special if you add these
DIY Hot Pads that I made with a set of Hot Pads from the Dollar Store.
Make sure to check out the DIY Hot Pads Tutorial HERE.
For more gift ideas also take a look at my favorite list of
25 Handmade Gifts Under $5. These are awesome ideas!
Besos
Desirée
YEAH Sistah! I absolutely love this and the idea of keeping special holiday recipes in one place is a wonderful idea! Thanks for sharing:)
xxx
Kim
Kim, how are you my friend?
So good to see you here!
Love it girl! You come up with some of the cutest things. 🙂 This one just makes me smile with it’s wholesome “girl at home” feel… I can almost smell cake batter!!!
Great ideas! Love the colors.
I will keep that on my “to do” list.
Thanks for sharing,
Deb
Such a cute and simple idea! Love it so much!
Adorable! I pulled out my family cookbook that I compiled 10(!) years ago the other day and thought about improving it. This is perfect! (and would make a fabulous gift!) Pinned it!
Thank you Christina for stopping by and taking the time to drop a comment 🙂
This is such a cute idea! I would love to give a blank one to my mom and make her write down all of her recipes that she makes from memory so that I know how to make them as well! When I ask her how to make something and she has to tell me off the top of her head she tends to forget key ingredients. Whoops!
Gretchen, that would make a great family tradition as well… Love it!
simply an awesome idea, and i can think of few gifts that family would appreciate more! i made cookbooks for family members years ago, but it is time for a new edition. thank you for this inspiration.
happy november and pop over for some paris glam when you have a moment.
michele
This is totally adorable! : ) I pinned for later, my sister would love this!
Oh these are so cute! What a great gift idea 🙂
Thank you Taryn! Have a wonderful weekend love…♥
What a wonderful idea. I would love to make each of my kids one and put all the family favorites in there! Cheers.