The Handmade Christmas Gift Guide: Laser-Cut Gifts and Décor

Christmas shopping often ends with last-minute gifts that look like everyone else’s. This year, give something made for the person receiving it. Personalized, handmade gifts feel warmer, and many of them become part of the family’s Christmas tradition for years.

Christmas décor that becomes tradition

• Personalized ornaments. A wooden star, snowflake or bauble engraved with the family name or a baby’s first Christmas. Hang one new ornament every year and the tree tells your family’s story. See Hanging Ornaments.
• A wooden Christmas tree centrepiece. A laser-cut tree that stands on the table, stores flat, and returns every December.
• A “Merry Christmas” welcome sign for the front door, from Welcome Signs.
• Clear plexi snowflakes that catch the light in a window.

Gifts for family

• For parents and grandparents: a photo engraving of the whole family, from Photo Engravings. It is the gift that makes people go quiet when they open it.
• For the couple: engraved coasters and a matching tray, from Coasters and Trays, just in time for holiday hosting.
• For kids: a 3D model kit to build during the holidays, or a jigsaw puzzle for the whole family to do together. See 3D Model Kits and Jigsaw Puzzles.
• For siblings and cousins: a night light or a name sign for their room, from Lamps & Night Lights.

Small gifts and stocking fillers

Sometimes you need ten small gifts, not one big one: for colleagues, teachers, neighbours or the Secret Santa. Engraved keychains, bookmarks, magnets and single coasters are affordable, personal and easy to wrap. See Small Gifts & Accessories.

Gift tags that are part of the gift

Swap paper tags for wooden ones engraved with each person’s name. They double as a tree ornament after the gifts are opened. See Favour Tags & Place Cards.

Order early for Christmas

December is the busiest time of year for custom work. To make sure your gifts arrive before Christmas, we recommend ordering by the end of November, and earlier for large or bulk orders.

Browse the full Christmas collection, or send us your idea through Custom Orders.