Awesome Handmade Gifts For Navratri

Other than celebrating Navratri with much enthusiasm, people like to pamper their loved ones with gifts during this festive season.

Instead of giving gifts bought from shops, you can make your own special handmade gifts for your loved ones. Handmade gifts for Navratri 2014 include colourful lanterns, cards and clay diyas.

Those who have a creative bent of mind can try their luck in recycling things that are easily available in the house. For instance, you can add beauty to a handmade gift card by making use of unwanted fabric. Diyas can be decorated with painted pulses and much more.

These handmade gifts for Navratri are unique. All you will need is lots of glue, cardboard and recycleable materials. These things can be put to use in a creative manner.

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Take a look at some of these easy to make, handmade Navratri gift ideas:

Colourful Lanterns
Colourful lanterns is one of the interesting handmade Navratri gifts to give anyone. You will need coloured paper and chart to prepare a lantern. Cut out a variety of shapes to make lantern. Use your creativity to add more beauty to the lantern.

Kumkum Box
Kumkum is used by all Indian married women. So making a sequin studded kumkum box for a newly married woman could be the best Navratri gift. Use a plastic container and add sparkling sequins to it after coating it with a bold coloured base.

Bangle Box
Bangle boxes can be made from old cardboard boxes. You can also use ceramic containers to design a bangle box for your wife or girlfriend. This is one of the best handmade gifts for Navratri.

Clay Diyas
Diyas light up your house. You can also decorate it in such a way that it reflects the bond you share with your loved ones. Purchase a plain clay diya and use your imagination to make it look cute and unique. Little posters of your friendship, slogans and other things can be used to decorate the diya.

Potpourri
Potpourri never runs out of fashion. It is one of the best handmade gifts for Navratri! Here is how you can make Potpourri at home - click here.

Trendy Vases
Old bottles can be recycled to make beautiful vases. Plastic and glass can be recycled into best handmade gifts for Navratri 2014. Give it a good base and then get your creativity flowing. Sketching, adding glitter or pasting cut out floral gift paper on the bottle will make it look just perfect.