Homemade Gift Ideas for Men – Gifts that Guys Will Actually Like

Whether it is a boyfriend, husband, father or a big brother, coming up with homemade gift ideas for men seems harder than coming up with handmade gift ideas for women. Everyone wants to give something more original than a photo album, homemade CD, jar with cookies or a custom grilling apron.

This article will provide a few ideas for homemade gifts you can give to the man or the teen boy on your list.

If you need an inexpensive homemade gift for a guy who likes beer and sports, don’t go for the crocheted beer sleeve. Nothing says masculine like grabbing a crocheted sleeve for your beer because the can is too cold. Make beer bottle glasses instead.

Bottle glasses are both environmentally friendly and pretty cool to look at (and expensive, too - check out the price tags). They are made by cutting off the top of a beer bottle and sanding off the sharp edges. This may seem like a difficult project but it is not. Watch the video to the right to see how easy is to make a perfect cut when you know the properties of glass and when you know what you are doing. All you need is a glass cutter and water.

These glasses can also be made from wine or vodka bottles and would make fantastic homemade gifts for Father’s Day, Christmas or birthdays.

Your husband, boyfriend, brother or father is not a beer or wine drinker? No problem! The glasses would look just as cool holding juice or milk.

Many women and teen girls think that a scrapbook is an amazing and romantic anniversary gift for men. But the truth is that most men are not likely to want and pour over a scrapbook of romantic memories. However, you can make a “scrapbook” with a difference; create a magazine that is all about him.

Ask all of your friends and family to send you a fun and memorable story about your husband or boyfriend along with a picture of the two of them. Put all the stories and pictures in a “magazine-style” template in Microsoft Word and print them on a semi-glossy paper. Get an old magazine and photoshop its cover, using a nice picture of him or both of you and print it. Then glue all of your custom pages on top of the original magazine pages. To make your magazine look even more fun, you can keep some of the original advertisements and articles.

This personalized and clever magazine can be a wonderful birthday, Christmas or anniversary present for a man who is really heard to shop for. You can find all the details on how to make it on www.HowDoesShe.com

Paracord lanyard would make a great homemade gift for boyfriends, husbands, brothers or friends who like outdoor adventures, sports or are in the army. The lanyards are braided from though parachute cord (paracord), using different stitch patterns, and can be used to secure key chains, knifes, multi-tools, gear bags ,flashlights, cell phones, cameras, and whatever else a guy may find useful. The cord can also be used in the outdoors in a time of need.

Braid a paracord lanyard in one or two colors using his favorite sports-team's colors, for example. A step-by-step guide, found on www.Homemade-Gifts-Made-Easy.com, will show you how to make a wrist lanyard using a snake knot.

Another homemade gift idea for men who enjoys wine or beer is a set of vintage tile coasters.

Find some vintage beer or wine ad images on Google or Flickr, print them and seal them on top of small ceramic tiles with Mod Podge glue (Mod Podge matte finish). This is a really easy way to create a very unique and interesting coaster collection. Watch the video on the right to see how to make them.

Duct tape wallets are popular homemade gifts for Christmas and birthdays. They are certainly not a new thing, you can buy them in stores nowadays, but you can make truly unique gifts from them if you make them at home and personalize them with different colors and patterns. Add logos, names, or the colors of his favorite sports team.

All you need is a roll of duct tape, ruler, small knife and some creativity. You can find step by step instructions in the video on the right.

People who know how to work with wood can easily make some cool-looking key chains, belt buckles or pendants form broken skateboard decks. Their worn graphics and colorful plies offer endless possibilities for original designs. These small, homemade gifts are something that many teenage boys would appreciate.

Graffiti art is popular with many young people and you can see it not only on the streets but also on skateboards, shoes, clothes and cell phone cases. Putting it on a canvas is another idea that can be turned into an original homemade gift for a teenage boy.

Get several art canvases, lay them next to each other, and if you know a teenager who can draw graffiti, ask him to paint them with cool designs. This can be a nice gift for a teenage room. This project can be made even by people who know little about drawing. There are free Graffiti Creator websites or letter templates that can help you created realistic looking graffiti art.

Personalize the canvases with nicknames, names of favorite songs, bands or teams, inside jokes or favorite sayings.