This year I want to urge you to make your own gifts for everything, Christmas, Birthday's etc.  Not only will it save you money, it will also teach you a new skill and everyone I know loves a homemade gift.

Here are some ideas:

Melt old crayons in a muffin tin and make new crayons

Make soap crayons

You could make food in gift jars.

Make a quilt

There are a ton of sources on line you could search and learn from.

Good Luck!