Best Handmade White Elephant Gift Ideas (DIY Gifts)

Best Handmade White Elephant Gift Ideas (DIY Gifts)

Making handmade gifts is my favorite part of the holiday season.

I love white elephant party gifts, I always want to win the most laughs!

The best white elephant gifts are the ones that take everyone by surprise, a wrapped gift that looks really fancy is usually a dud!

We have white elephant exchange gift swaps with my family pretty regularly every year now.

The most hilarious gift is always a winner...is there a better way to spend the holidays? I think not.

A good laugh from the most hilarious gift is the point of white elephant game...and these would work great for an office Secret Santa exchange too!

What better way to give good gag gifts than to add a handmade flair. (no need to bring a live fish)

These tutorials and ideas weren't originally intended to be the best white elephant gift ideas...but they are funny enough, and could end up being the most coveted gift of the night.

Price range and skill level may vary, but you are sure to find the ideal choice for unique white elephant gift ideas!

Let's get started, some affiliate links included!

How to Make Etched Baking Dishes!

Not originally made to be funny white elephant gift ideas, but these pyrex dishes are likely the most useful white elephant gift ideas on the list.

These etched baking dishes are easy to customize and make the perfect handmade touch to a gift! I love giving personalized baking dishes for wedding, holiday and house warming gifts.

Etching a baking dish takes about 30 minutes, so it's a very time effective craft! I love custom gifts that show a little more love and care to them.

These ones are a funny variety as opposed to these ones I did with last names.

How to Make a Funny Face Sublimation Shirt

Use a sublimation printer and a polyester blank and cover it in all the classic photos or just a funny photo of someone that will be at the white elephant gift exchange!

It's such a good laugh when someone else gets a shirt filled with faces of another family member or coworker--it's a great white elephant gift idea!

How to Make a Takis Tumbler Funny Gift Idea

Make a Takis tumbler to match a bag of Takis!

This is the favorite items of a lot of people...chances are high that this unique white elephant gifts will be the high sought after item of college students or any young adult!

Takis tumbler video tutorial:

Dum-Dums Sucker Wrappers Upcycled into Buttons!

Use candy wrappers and transform them into buttons and badges of honor with a badge maker.

This fun craft is the envy of every school aged person...and probably adults too!

Get a small bag of Dum-Dums from the dollar store and eat them all. 

Save the wrappers for a new gift, a fun way to upcycle trash and share at the next gift exchange, without much money!

These make a great stocking stuffer too!

Dum-Dums Buttons Video Tutorial:

How to Make Sublimation Mugs with Child's Art!

Turn a child's precious artwork into the perfect keepsake mugs! Not necessarily a funny white elephant gifts idea...but if you can find some artwork from a coworker or someone that will be at the party...or a funny face photo, a mug is the perfect blank for a "mug shot" and a big laugh!

Get a Sublimation Printer and get these fun mugs ready for Easter gifts, teacher appreciation presents, Mother's day, Father's day, birthdays and more!

I'm sure you have stacks of artwork that need to be immortalized into a mug!

Best part. This mug is dishwasher and microwave safe. Woohoo!

Such a great way to turn a picture stuck to the refrigerator into a useful treasure. 

These custom sublimation mugs make great handmade gifts too! Add some hot cocoa and candy canes and it's really the perfect gift!

Fantastic Pun Gift Idea!!

Make a funny gift with a can of Fanta and a stick, it's a truly fantastic gift!

This is a great for small gag gift exchanges, or a punny gift to share with coworkers around the office.

Great for staying in a low price range too!

How to Make Custom Shrink Plastic Enamel Lapel Pins

Learn how to make your own enamel pins with this fun faux shrink plastic enamel pin technique!

Make a collection of full color pin badges in various shapes, because it's done on a printer, you can print off funny faces of your boss, your uncle or grandma! 

The perfect gift if you want to make something handmade and serious, or make it a hilarious gag gift with the right picture.

You'll have the next person stealing this gift away!

I'll show you how to make them every step of the way!

Rae Dunn Inspired Salt and Pepper Shakers DIY

Make the perfect "Not Salt" and "Not Pepper" shakers for April Fool's day! This fun Rae Dun inspired craft is done easily with the Cricut and adhesive vinyl. 

In just a few minutes you'll have the most confusing spice containers for a April Fool's day dinner, white elephant gift or just to be quirky!

It's a little bit confusing, but it's the perfect gift for a house warming gift or good white elephant gifts.

HTVRONT Auto Heat Press 2 Review and Sublimation Sequin Pillow

Sublimate a handsome Squidward reversible sequin pillow for the perfect White Elephant gift idea, funny gift for a friend who has everything, or just to make your visitors laugh!

This sublimation pillow craft is easy and so much fun even if you aren't a big fan of Squidward Tentacles (that's tennis balls) from Spongebob Squarepants, you can make it of whatever you like--use a photo of the president of United States or a picture of Uncle Roger!

I love giving handmade gifts and sublimation makes it a breeze--add a personalized photograph, a child's drawing or anything you can print off onto something amazing!

 Alpaca Bag Llama Tote!

Make a darling tote bag with a funny pun--Alpaca Bag!

Puns are a good idea for funny gifts and they make good white elephant gifts too!

It's an easy way to make something handmade, that's useful and funny!

Never Trust an Atom Funny T-Shirt

Make a funny Pun shirt, "never trust an atom--they make up everything!"

How to Make a Reverse Sequin Pillow with HTVRONT Auto Heat Press!

See how easy it is to make a reversible sequin pillow using sublimation printing and the HTVRONT Auto Heat Press!

I love personalized gifts, so sublimation is my current favorite.

I love taking photographs, handwriting, art or other memories and infusing them into sublimation blanks. 

This is my first go at a reversible sequin pillow and I love it!

I made this pillow for my sister. It's a fun picture from their engagement shoot, and it's the perfect surprise picture to reveal by reversing the sequins.

Stress Relief Capsules!

Learn How to make stress relief capsules as a funny white elephant gift or as a neighbor gift.

Just a couple of easy supplies make this hilarious gift look fantastic!

Mountains are Hill Areas Shirt!

Make a funny pun shirt for a white elephant gift or the perfect dad joker.

10 White Elephant Gift Ideas that are Hilarious!

Hilarious gifts are my favorite!

I love white elephant parties for the funny gag gifts--these kind of gifts are also perfect for that person who already has everything or doesn't know what they want!

I love the added creativity behind them.

I love custom gag gifts, like sublimation of a persons face all over socks...but here are 10 funny gag gifts from Amazon.

Here's the 10 Hilarious Gift Ideas:

Be sure to check out this holiday gift guide on the Best Gifts for Crafters too!

Best Holiday Gift Guide 2024 for Crafters (50 ideas)

Here's the best gifts to get a craft this 2024 holiday season!

The best gift ideas are the ones that won't just end up as an expensive paperweight or in the dumpster in no time flat.

Let me be completely honest, this list of 50 gifts is sooooo good that I bought several of these unique gifts just curating the list alone!

You are sure to find the perfect gift or the best stocking stuffer ideas for the crafter in your life in these curated gift guides!

These are the best things to wake up to on Christmas morning, the perfect holiday shopping, done from home for everyone on your gift list.

Great gifts are easy to find in this list of 50 holiday cheer goodies; some of them are tech gifts, which are still totally the perfect presents for creative minds.

Best Cyber Monday Gift Ideas for Crafters!

I love giving and receiving creative gifts! I love gifts that I can develop skills...I love the ones that help me make a little extra money too.

I love gifts for decorations and party decor.

The best gift my parents (aka, my mom--you know dad never knows what the gifts are) gave me was a ream of paper. Just regular copy paper. I was about 10-11 years old. Best gift ever.

Just putting this gift guide together...I may have purchased some of these for myself!

Which is your favorite?

All the prices vary, many are on sale for Cyber Monday--so check them out now!

10 fabulous gift ideas for music lovers!

Being a musician is not my strong suit, although I took 5 years of piano lessons as a child, so I can read music.  

My husband is very musical--but not on the piano.  He loves unique instruments and picks them up pretty quickly.  

Here's a great list of gift ideas for other music lovers...uncommon instruments, musical accessories and just fun novelties!  

Which do you love best?  I want #9, probably because I am such a crafter.

10 Gift Ideas for Teenagers That Don't Suck!

Teenagers can be difficult to shop for, especially teen boys. 

Of course they want all the big ticket items...phones, gaming systems and tech gifts.

All I have left at home are teenagers, so they are my world right now.

I've compiled 10 gift ideas, some are gaming, some are tech gifts...looking at you Nintendo Switch, but they add a level of togetherness that I think is worth it.

Check them out!

Alright, here's the ten gift ideas for teenagers:

Handmade Gift Ideas to DIY (Homemade Gifts for 2024)

As this gift giving holiday season approaches, I'm sharing 1115 of my best handmade gifts and DIY gift ideas for everyone on your list.

I love customizing a useful gift. Those personal touches, handmade items and DIY projects make the best thoughtful gifts. 

Each of these amazing DIY gift ideas has an easy tutorial with it and step-by-step instruction, some have a free download to make creating it even easier.

This list of homemade gifts is great for young and older kids to pick through and decide what they want to make for someone this holiday season.

Shifting the focus to giving makes Christmas morning much more rewarding, as a child is anxious to give the gifts they created, rather than worry about what ideal gift they are receiving under the Christmas tree.

Some of these creative ideas take a little time and are very budget friendly products...others of these great gift ideas are more large scale and probable extra cost involved.

Scan through the list of homemade Christmas gifts and find the ones that fit your vibe, your wallet and what you already have on hand.

Or take your store-bought gifts and add fun personalization to make them even more great!

This comprehensive list of great DIY gifts is not just for diy christmas gifts, but can be perfect stocking stuffers, Mother’s day, Father’s day or any last-minute gift needed.

Hopefully this collection of homemade gift ideas helps you with that to-do list this year...and save it off for next year too!