Quirky DIY must-have gifts for older women who have everything they want and need
By Roopa Ki Yatra
It’s a big hassle, right? Buying gifts for our mom, our mom-in-law, our grandma, our older sisters, our aunts – because just about everything you think they’d like (and yes, they would like them) but they already have them. In multiples.
Do you want a new dress? Nope. I have enough to fill three wardrobes.
A new pair of earrings? A cute necklace? Dinner for you and dad?
No. Have many pairs of earrings already and nowhere to put them. No. I don’t wear necklaces – cute or otherwise, anymore. And the perfect date night for dad and me is to snuggle in and order Pizza. Who wants to get dressed and go out when staying in so much nicer?
How about a bottle of expensive wine? Or Champagne?
Uhhh…well…uhhh…
So, yeah. That’s a no, then. A. Big. Fat. No.
NO.
So – what in AF do you want mom? Or other older women in your life?
So you scream inside your mind. And on the outside mull and ponder over what to get someone who seems to have – not everything – but everything that they could possibly need.
So, yes. It IS a big hassle. It’s not like teenage girls or young women in their 20s and 30s – phones, tablets, clothes, shoes, jackets – there’s such so much out there that you can get them. But women in their 50s, 60s and even older – they are sentimental enough that they expect something more than a practical gift card to Target but every thing you ask them if they’d like – they have three of everything.
So this list is a crisp and cute list for those picky older women in your life who expect something thoughtful but also seem to have everything. This list is full of gift ideas that will make them think. It will make them interested. Because these gifts are not just something you picked off of a shelf (well, you did do that but that’s not quite what I mean here!) but these are gifts that will get the women in your life interested and intrigued. For these are DIY gifts that the women in your life will enjoy making something with instead of just getting something.
1. Planter’s Choice Bonsai Tool Kit
Calling all garden lovers!
2. Mindful Design Stackable LED Indoor Garden Kit
3. Victrola Nostalgic Wood Countertop Jukebox with Built-in Bluetooth
Calling all music lovers! She would probably love to fool around with a portable jukebox – trendy enough that her kids and grandkids think she is cool. Conventional enough that it brings memories of her past with grandpa when they first started dating!
4 – Brewer’s Best Brut IPA Limited Five Gallon Beer Making Ingredient Kit
She loves beer? Well, maybe she’d like to make her own beer?
5 – Craft a Brew Home Pinot Grigio Making Kit – Easy Beginners with Ingredients and Supplies – Ultimate Wine Brewing
Or she’d like to make wine?
6 – Home Complete Portable Greenhouse HC
Maybe she’d like her own greenhouse – even if she lives in a frozen tundra!
7 – Luxury Candle Making Kit
Or she’s the candle-lover in the family and would like to get her hands on making her own? One candle for each of you?
8 – STMT DIY Lip Balm Kit
Or she can make her own lip balm and distribute it to her family members?
9 – The Ultimate Cheese-Making Kit
Or she’s just a cheesehead like the rest of you?
10 – Craft Crush Bracelet Box Kit
Nope. She has 6 grandkids and she’d much rather make bracelets for them than buy them from Claire?
11. Hot Sauce Making Kit
Ooooh! Y’all like spicy food? Well, she’s going to make her own hot sauce for everyone. Hot Sauce, y’all!
12. Stylish Wooden Back Scratchers
OK. She’s done DIYing. She just needs to chill and rest her back. but before scratching it with the new wooden back-scratcher you got her. And when she doesn’t use it to scratch her back – she mounts it as wall art!
Hope these DIY gifts make the women in your life happy!
ENJOY!
Drop us a line below if you think we should add more to this list.
