Top Ten: Handmade Birthday Gifts
10. Flash Mob: Remember flash mobs? Get all of the birthday boy or girl's loved ones together and surprise them with a song and dance at a park or other public place. Just make sure they enjoy the spotlight.
9. Homemade coloring book: Create a book of simple drawings for the birthday boy or girl to color in and make it their own.
8. Baked Goods: It doesn't have to stop with birthday cake. Bake something sweet or savory to celebrate your friend.
7. Write them a song or a poem: Put your friendship down in words. You can even add music! Give them a hand painted copy to frame or record a video and post on YouTube.
6. Sew them a quilt: If you are a long term planner, start early and pick patterns and colors that you know your friend will love.
5. Painting: Buy a blank canvas from your local art supply store and paint a meaningful image for your friend.
4. Bath products: Break out the coconut oil and make a hydrating sugar or salt scrub. Add some essential oils to make it smell like a spa. You can also make lip balm, lotion or even bath bombs!
3. Digital Scrapbook: Assemble pictures and meaningful mementos, like movie tickets, from your friendship and scan them to add to an online slideshow. You can even create a timeline of your friendship.
2. Plant a flower: Buy a small plant, a plain ceramic pot and paint markers and decorate a beautiful living gift.
