Hi everyone. As regular readers of this blog know, I have a lot of eBooks on journaling. One of them is a collection of 31 Christmas-related journaling prompts and one of its prompts is about turning hobbies into Christmas gifts. The prompt asks us to think of ten hobbies that could be turned into Christmas presents. They don’t have to be physical presents. In fact, the explanation behind the prompt was about a little boy coming to greet Jesus and, rather than bringing riches like gold or myrrh, he brought his drums and played little Jesus a song. Today, I am going to share some of my passions that I could turn into Christmas gifts. I am pretty sure I won’t make it to ten, but that’s okay.
1. Storytelling. Some kind words can mean the world to someone. I am not too much of a wordsmith in terms of poetry or fiction, but I can definitely share some of my positive thoughts with someone I care about this holiday season.
2. Soap making. Okay, I can’t find my Christmas tree mold as I write this, but I could still create a soap in festive colors. After all, I do have gold and red mica powders.
3. Aromatherapy. Related to the above one, I could obviously add a Christmassy scent to my soap or other DIY bath and body care product. I have a ton of seasonal essential oils, including white fir, cinnamon and orange. I also am pretty sure I have a Christmas tree fragrance oil.
4. Polymer clay. Of course. I recently created a polymer clay Christmas tree and am going to buy white Fimo soon so that I can create a snowman too. I have a few Christmas-related cutters, but I prefer creating sculptures.
5. Jewelry-making. I don’t have that many Christmas-colored jewelry-making supplies on hand right now, but if I wanted to, I could purchase them. I can definitely make a holiday-themed keychain or bracelet. If I am going to use my polymer clay to make jewelry with, I do have Christmassy colors.
6. Reading. I could read my fellow clients a Christmas-related children’s story.
7. Baking and cooking. I am not a great cook or baker, but I could with some help from the staff definitely whip up some seasonal treat. I love looking up recipes.
Well, I can’t think of anything else right now, but I am pretty content with how I did on this list.
How could you turn a hobby of yours into a Christmas gift?
That was a really nice list, those things would all be appreciated.
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Thanks so much for saying that! 💜
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awesome list, astrid, I took inspiration from you! xo
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Thank you and I am so glad I inspired you.
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That is a really good list x #kcacols
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Thank you! 🙂
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I should make more effort to make gifts. I used to do photo gift books of memories which I loved making. Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS
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Thank you for commenting. Photo books sound like really great gifts indeed.
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You have some lovely gift ideas here! I really like aromatherapy oils, so products incorporating some of those sound particularly good to me! Wishing you a very Happy Christmas, and a joy-filled New Year, too! Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS x
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Thank you so much for your kind words. Yes, products incorporating essential oils smell delicious and may be good for one’s health too. Happy holidays to you.
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What a great list of ideas! I like soap making or maybe candle making. I am obsessed with lovely smells, so this would be an amazing gift. Hope you had a lovely Christmas and Happy New Year! #KCACOLS
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Thank you so much for your kind words. I love the great scents of soaps too. I can’t use candles myself so don’t make those, although I’ve dabbled in it in the past.
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