Only a few days left until Christmas and you're still looking for great Christmas gifts? Here you'll find creative inspiration for gifts with a difference.
This year's festive season will be different from what we are used to. The time of coming together is massively affected by the current situation and we are all forced to keep our distance from each other. And yet, we don't want the most wonderful time of the year to fall completely flat. We offer you some ideas for creative Christmas gifts with which you are guaranteed to put a smile on the face of the recipient and do something good at the same time.
Do It Yourself!
Gifts don't always have to be bought, but can easily be homemade - this is often cheaper and in most cases also very well received. Below we show you a few gifts that are super easy to make yourself:
- Jute bags: Fabric bags are the perfect alternative to plastic bags and accompany you through everyday life without leaving any waste behind. To make one yourself, you don't need much more than fabric (e.g. old curtains), thread and a sewing machine. You can customise the bag with waterproof colours. You can find various instructions on the internet.
- Photo album: Thousands of photos gathering dust on your smartphone and hardly ever looked at again. That doesn't have to be the case! Create a photo book for your best friend to relive the beautiful memories. Especially after a trip together, this idea is a great way to capture unforgettable moments forever. You can find various tools for this on the internet.
- Agenda: A personalised agenda for your office buddy? Totally cool and super easy to make. All you need is a blank notebook that you can design yourself with your creativity. For example, you can embellish the agenda with photos, quotes or drawings, which will add an extra personal touch.
- Homemade jam: Homemade tastes best. Get regional and seasonal fruits like strawberries or apricots and the few ingredients you have at home anyway and create your own jam. With the right instructions (you can also find them on the internet) you can make a homemade and always popular gift for your loved ones.
You don't just have time, you take it.
Great gifts do not necessarily have to be of a material nature. Most of the time, it's the small gestures that have the biggest impact. We live in a busy world, everyone is engaged somewhere, on the road a lot and rarely get to really rest. But you also need a break once in a while to reflect on what is really important in life. Time is a limited and therefore one of the most valuable commodities and must therefore be used very conscientiously. Rekindle an old friendship or relationship by setting aside some of your precious time for someone important in your life. The following activities are just a few of the thousands of ideas that will provide plenty of fun, whether as a couple or a group.
- Game night: Whether Monopoly, Scrabble or card games - the selection of great games is huge. The fun factor is guaranteed!
- Movienight: Film lovers will surely be happy if you give them an evening where they can show you all their favourite films. Or you can watch an exciting documentary or a gripping series together.
- Making music: Have you ever learned to play an instrument or even been in a band? Then now might be the perfect time to brush up on your musical skills!
- Cooking: Whether as a couple or in a group, cooking expands your culinary sense and, if all goes well, may result in a real feast that you can then enjoy with a glass of wine.
- Coffee get-togethers: When good friends start to lose track of each other, there's nothing better than consciously taking the time to meet for a coffee or a beer and just talk about what's going on in your lives, reminisce about old times or launch new joint projects for the future.
An animal sponsorship or tree sponsorship
With this gift, you will not only please animal lovers, but also offer our animal friends a perspective. There are various organisations that are actively involved in projects that aim to improve and preserve the well-being of domestic animals or in distant regions of the world. With a sponsorship, individual endangered animals, entire animal species or entire habitats can be protected and preserved. On the internet you can find various local or globally active projects under the keyword "animal sponsorship", which thank you for your contribution.
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Speaking of sponsorships: you can also give a tree sponsorship as a gift! A sponsorship makes an important contribution to the biodiversity of the forest and helps to compensate the forest owners fairly for not using the trees. Again, there are many different projects and ways to help. Sponsorships for new or existing trees can be purchased, for which one often receives a personal certificate.
It's even easier and more effective if you donate any number of trees in the name of your loved ones, which will then be planted in places around the world where they have previously disappeared for various reasons such as the timber industry or even natural events such as forest fires. For this we recommend our tree planting partner OneTreePlanted.
A great Christmas present from NIKIN?
As you know, together with OneTreePlanted we plant one Tree for every product sold. With the order we also send a personal Tree certificate made of tree-free paper, which confirms that a Tree is really planted in the name of the recipient. Discover our latest articles here!
