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.

1. Picture frame or album: Make a frame yourself or decorate a simple store bought frame and insert your favorite picture with your loved one. Or create an entire album of funny and sweet images.