It’s that time of year, sweet friend! And if you’re anything like us, you don’t buy into the myth, “Great gifts come with big price tags”. We like to think that the best gifts don’t come with one.’
We’ve compiled this year’s best DIY Gifts For Couples into the list below and yes, we’ve personally tried and tested all of them! (If you’d like to see last year’s list, CLICK HERE)
Without further ado, let’s get to it!
7 Easy DIY Gifts for Couples
1. Five Senses Gift
Compile gifts that appeal to our five senses: Touch, Taste, Scent, Sight, and Hearing. Wrap beautifully and you’re done!
Here’s some examples.
Touch:
- Soft socks
- Blanket
- Scarf
- Sweater/Hoodie
- Soap/Bath Products
Taste:
- Wine/Beer
- Favourite Snack
- Restaurant Gift Card
- Chocolate (This one is pretty much guaranteed!)
Scent:
- Perfume/Cologne (Even samples will do!)
- Bath Products
- Scented Candle
- Gym Bag/Car Fresheners
Sight:
- Photo of the two of you
- Sunglasses
- Eye Make-Up
- Tickets to The Movies
- Favourite Book
Hearing:
- Headphones
- Favourite Music Playlist
- Gift card for Itunes or the like
- Recorded message from you!
- Tickets to a concert/orchestra
2. Letters To Open When…
This gift is the perfect gift for all year ’round! Writing out letters for your partner to open on specific occasions, feelings, and more. We’ve even made this one easier and FREE with this printable. Download, complete, and enjoy!
3. Book Of LOVE Coupons!
This gift is one that keeps on giving! With fun activities, prompts, chores and more, a coupon book is a great gift that let’s your partner choose when and how they’d like to receive them. We’ve even made this one easier and FREE with this printable. Download, complete, and enjoy!
4. Custom/Theme Baskets
This DIY gift can be as extravagant or simple as you’d like. Basically, choose a theme and compile little goodies that fit the theme to fill a basket and you’re done!
We got this basket at the dollar store and filled it with His and Hers items.
Some other theme ideas could be Movie Night, Stay At Home Date Night, Bath Time, Bed Time, Gamer Night, Your Favourite Things, Outdoorsy Fun, etc.
Feel free to get creative and include a nice hand written note explaining your theme and gifts!
5. Date Night Calendar
We did this gift for Valentines Day this past year and we both LOVED it. It’s an upgraded take on the one from last year. We completed a calendar with one date for every month. Check out the photos below.
We designed the months to be a bit of a memory game where we had to remember which month these fun things happen in to find our date.
Then under each month was a specific date that we had to carve out time for in one of our date nights! We’ve also made this one easier and FREE with this printable. Download, complete, and enjoy!
6. Clay Key Chains
This one miiiight be our fav. And we definitely went over board and made them for our friends and family. (If you’re reading this, still act surprised!)
We bought polymer, bake-able clay from the craft store, rolled it, cut it, made a tiny hole, then marked with initials. Then baked it for around 15 minutes. We then added jump rings and key chain rings and it’s good to go! Beautiful, inexpensive, and so much fun to make!
7. Custom Ornaments
This has become a yearly tradition around our house. Any big life milestone gets a new ornament. Simply find pain ornaments in the colour of your choice, grab a paint pen or gel pen, and write away. Feel free to practice ahead of time if you have a specific design in mind!
There you have it. Our Top 7 Easy (and mostly inexpensive!) DIY Gifts For Couples! Which one is your fav?
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