How to Save Money » Frugal Living

15 Homemade Gift Ideas for Teens

15 Homemade Gift Ideas for Teens

It’s Homemade Gift Week at MapleMoney.com! This week, I will be sharing with you 15 different gift ideas for kids, women, men, teens, and even your pets – every day. I’ll give you food gift ideas, crafts that make great gifts, and other DIY projects that work well for gift-giving.

 

I’m sharing these gift ideas with you, in the hopes that you will consider giving more homemade gifts this year. Not only are they often much cheaper than giving store-bought gifts, but they are also much more meaningful, because you have to spend your time creating them for the recipient.

So far, I’ve shared gifts ideas for kids, gift ideas for women and gift ideas for men. Today we’re talking gifts for teens. Here are 15 gift ideas that teens would love:

15 Homemade Gift Ideas for Teens

Candy Bottle Gifts

Candy Bottle Gifts
Lucky Lollipops Gift

Lucky Lollipopss
Sailors Knot Bracelets

Sailor’s Knot Bracelets
Dollars for Christmas

Chocolate Cash!
Movie Night Kit

Movie Night Kit
Foot Care Kit

Foot Care Kit
Apple with Cream Cheese Dip

Apple with Cream Cheese Dip
DIY Picture Tiles

DIY Picture Tiles
Cherry Sugar Scrub

Cherry Sugar Scrub
DIY Coin Ring

DIY Coin Ring
Gift Card Cozy

Gift Card Cozy
Flat Iron Holder

Flat Iron Holder
Lip Balm Locket

Lip Balm Locket
Box of Sunshine

Box of Sunshine
DIY Frame for Jewelry

DIY Jewelry Storage Frame
When it comes to gifts, it’s not really hard to please teens. Many want food, money or something cozy (I always loved getting new socks at Christmas!). I hope that these ideas give you some inspiration for the teens you are buying for this year!

What kind of gifts do you give the teens in your life?

Comments

  1. pat

    My children are 17 and 21. This year I am making baskets. My daughter likes to bake so I will be making a basket of stuff to make cookies and muffins with pans that she can move out with. My son loves to cook with spices and sauces so I will be putting together a basket for him so he can be creative while he is cooking.

  2. Anna

    When I first saw the title to the article I was sort of rolling my eyes because teens are SO hard to buy for in some respects and homemade gifts are not what first come to mind…. BUT… I have to say these are all really great ideas and I can’t think of any teen I know that wouldn’t like them! Kudos!

    • Cassie Howard

      I feel the same way, which is why I searched extra hard for gifts that most teens would actually want to receive!

  3. Lynne

    My teens love candy and money, so thanks for the different ideas for packaging them! Of course they will get socks and underwear whether they want them or not!

  4. Angela

    Hi Cassie….thank you so much for these great ideas. I have three daughters and this year I 16, 22 and 26 and this year I am completely at a loss. That is until I just read your post. What great ideas! I will definately be using some of them…think you just saved my butt!!! Sincerely, a dedicated reader of your site. Thanks!

    • Cassie Howard

      Whoo hoo, that’s great to hear! 😀

  5. Barbara D

    I do my kids (24, 26, 28) baskets for Easter. I have done bath towels with candles, one with movies, popcorn, wine ane wine glasses and a blanket, and my favorite is a colander with dish towels, cooking utensils and ingredients for spaghetti sauce.

Leave a reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked*