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Here are tons of unique gifts ideas for 8-14 year old girls, birthday gift ideas that you can make, that are low cost and creative - from DIY gifts for your tween or teen sister, daughter, niece or granddaughter - we hope you enjoy these cheapest low cost no waste gifts ideas that are easy and quick to make!
DIY no cost and low cost gifts for 8-14 year old Girls
1. Make her a novelty shaped cupcake pullapart
This looks amazing and is so much fun to eat! Simply arrange your plain cupcakes in a desired shape or formation - for example, a heart shape or rainbow shape, or Squishmallow, or even arrange them to spell out her initials - or in number formation to represent her age - then ice them all together as one, creating one whole shape, like joining the dots.
2. Some amazing decorated hot chocolate bombs 👈🏻
These make beautiful and adorable gifts, plus are super low cost to make too! You could even decorate them however you like, to match any theme and experiment with different kinds of chocolate and fillings. You can even order these ready made if you are short on time!
3. Create a life size cookie pet face portrait
This is so cool and you could ice it to look exactly like their furry friend and create a beautiful portrait of their pet, the cookie version! This is such a fun, special and creative gift idea that she will love!
4. Make her some cute scrapbooking stickers
To make this you will just need a printer and some blank printable a4 sticker sheets, that people use for making labels. Then just put together some pages of cute designs from the web, or even design your own! Then simply print them by loading the blank a4 sticker printer paper in to the printer, and set to print as normal!
You could even make her a blank scrapbook to go with it, by gathering some paper together and sewing the pages down the middle, to create the binding.
5. Bake her a life size cookie face portrait
Nothing is cooler or more special! You could even try to make it life size, it's such a funny and creative gift idea they are sure to love!
6. A bake with her favourite cereal
You could make some rocky road, decorate cake pops with the cereal or make some special colourful cereal bars - or even pop it in cookies!
7. Bake a bunch of biscuit pops or cookie pops
Bake the sticks in to the cookies in the oven, then ice and decorate them and arrange them in a beautiful formation, tied with a ribbon! You could try plain sugar cookies or opt for chocolate flavour - or try a mixture of both!
8. Make some chocolate covered marshmallows or pops
Why not DIY some chocolate covered marshmallows, by dipping jumbo marshmallows into melted chocolate and adding cute decorations on top. You could decorate them with different designs and dip in different types of chocolate and colour white chocolate with a few drops of food colouring. You could even ice them afterwards to make them look like different characters from their favourite shows! You can even order some ready made here if short on time - they are adorable!
9. DIY a sugar cookie flower bouquet
Similar to n.3, why not make them a bouquet of sugar cookie flowers! Bake the sticks in to the cookies in the oven, then ice them to look like flowers and arrange them in a beautiful bouquet formation, tied with a ribbon! Alternatively arrange them in an adorable jar - or if you are short on time, why not opt for these adorable gift ready sugar cookie blooms! You can keep them in the jar as an adorable gift, or use them to create your sugar cookie flower bouquet - gift them a whole bouquet of edible flowers!
10. Bake her a huge cookie
Just like the giant 'Millie's Cookies' gifts that are all over social media, but it will mean so much more as you have made it yourself!
11. Make her a selection of fun mug cake mixes
This is such a fun and cute low cost - or no cost - gift idea that she will love! Mug cakes are the perfect easy comforting dessert and she will love being able to make her own on a whim. Create some mug cake mixes (minus the milk or wet ingredient) in different flavours and colours and place each one in its own airtight container or zip lock sachet. Your recipient only needs to add the wet ingredient to the mixture and pop it in the microwave to create their mug cake! You could even include an adorable mug as part of the gift. You can even order ready made mixes all ready for your recipient if short on time!
12. Make some unique chocolates to suit her tastes
You can have so much fun with this! Why not craft your own chocolates to make them perfectly match your recipient's tastes. You could make them tiara shaped - or cute cat shaped - and infuse them with popping candy and fun candy shapes.
13. Make a special scrapbook or book of memories for her
All you need is some papers and a needle and thread to create the binding - you could even craft a pretty cover from free wallpaper or fabric samples. This is an adorable gift idea that is very low cost to make but she will treasure!
14. A gift of fancy macarons
There is nothing quite as special as a box of pretty macarons, they are such a beautiful and charming multisensory gift idea! You could bake some yourself, pertaining to a special theme for your recipient, or order some ready made if short on time. Decorate them with edible lustre to make them extra pretty!
15. Bake her a box of confidence sparkles
Shaped sugar cookies! All you will need to make this is a sparkle emoji style cookie cutter and some ingredients for sugar cookies plus yellow or gold icing or frosting.
16. Create some kusudama origami decor for her
The most gorgeous room decor! It looks so beautiful and barely costs a thing - you only need some pretty coloured paper, or paper in her favourite colour!
These are so beautiful and feature an assortment of origami shapes formed together to make a ball like shape. There are so many different beautiful designs to try - our favourite cherry blossom style kusudama guide is here!
17. Gift her a weighted blanket
This is a super special and unique gift idea to give, as weighted blankets are known to aid sleep and have a soothing and comforting effect - a hug in blanket form!
18. A stationery mystery box
This is perfect for the stationery aficionado and mystery and blind boxes like this are great for a birthday surprise.
19. Craft her some magical 3D letters
These look amazing and make great room decor! All you will need is some pretty paper samples (you can often find free wallpaper samples at DIY stores) and some thick paper or cardstock, plus some pva or craft glue.
20. Make her a set of shower steamers 👈🏻
These are really fun and easy to make! These are so affordable and you can even DIY them from ingredients such as essential oils, baking soda and constarch. There are so many varieties and scents to choose from and they make your shower smell amazing, the shower equivalent of bath bombs for the busy person on the go!
21. Make her a custom piece of clothing
Personalise a plain piece of clothing and make it unique to them - use iron on or sew on patches to adorn a blank piece of clothing, making it in to something totally different and amazing! You can find all kinds of creative iron on/sew on patches, for every franchise, tv series, anime, movie - there are so many to choose from and there are bound to be loads that will match your daughter's personality perfectly! This is such a special gift idea as it will be a unique piece of clothing she can wear, that totally represents her, plus it is homemade too!
22. Create a book of personalised colouring pages of you both 👈🏻
Colouring - but better! Unlock a new level of creativity by creating some personalised colouring pages for your recipient, based on funny and special photos you treasure of you together. She will love being able to colour in herself and customise members of the family! You could even frame them when they are finished, for the cutest family portrait and the best way to cement special memories!
23. Make her a snack bouquet gift
Why not put together a selection of adorable sweets or snacks, arranged in bouquet formation! You could even arrange them in a letter or number shaped gift box, for a standout display and gorgeous looking gift!
24. Put together a waffle making kit for her
With a waffle maker! This is an adorable gift option and you could fill it with all of the toppings. A super creative and fun, indulgent gift that your recipient will love!
25. Bake some cupcakes with special photo edible toppers 👈🏻
This is such a great inexpensive gift for your recipient and ticks all the boxes... something delicious they can eat, check! Something you can DIY for your recipient, check! Something inexpensive, yet stands out and makes them chuckle at the same time, check! You could personalise these toppers with pictures of your daughter and lovely memories together. This is the best way to share memories and cake with your recipient.
26. Make an assortment of magical crystal candy (kohakutou) 👈🏻
These Japanese crystal candies look just like gemstones and make for the perfect unique gift! To make these, you will need some agar agar powder, sugar and food colouring. My favourite guide to making these amazing crystal candies is here, I love how they taste just as beautiful as they look!
27. Make a cuddly toy version of their pet
This could be a cute cushion, keyring or a plushie! If you are handy at knitting or crochet, this would make an adorable and unique gift. This is such a special, cute and funny gift idea for your recipient they will treasure and always remember.
28. Amazing stationery she can eat! 👈🏻
It really exists and this is such a quirky idea she'll love!
29. Gift her a special themed milkshake kit 👈🏻
With all the toppings ever! This is so much fun to put together, especially if you have a cute theme in mind, but you can also order these ready made if short on time!
30. A milkshake bottle themed candy gift 👈🏻
Candy arranged to look like a milkshake! To make this, layer sweets or candy inside an empty milkshake or sundae cup, to imitate a milkshake. You could even create an ombre display, from white sweets or candy at the top, gradating to pink candy at the bottom. You could even opt for a rainbow layer at the top to represent rainbow sprinkles. Pick and mix sweets would be perfect for this make and are super affordable too. Tie with a pretty ribbon or bow and it's all ready to gift to your recipient!
31. Craft a mosaic effect personalised room sign for their door
A special DIY gift idea that your little one will love! You can have a lot of fun with this and can get super creative with it, it's a special, cute and thoughtful DIY gift idea for girls that is low cost too!
32. Make her some amazing candy bark
Make some super pretty candy bark/chocolate slab and add some edible glitter! This is super easy to make and requires no baking and all you will need is some cooking chocolate or melting chocolate (milk chocolate or white chocolate is fine) and some sweets or candy pieces.
You could even change the colour of your candy bark and make it pink or purple by melting down some white cooking chocolate and stirring in a few very small drops of food colouring. All you need to then is pour in to a mold and decorate with all the cutest sweets and candy of choice, with a sprinkle of edible shimmer or glitter!
Then pop in the fridge to set and break in to pieces when cool, to arrange in a pretty bag and tie with a ribbon!
There's so many ways to get creative with this and you could add a sprinkle of freeze dried raspberries or incorporate a swirl of melted milk chocolate to create a pretty pattern. Sprinkle in some jelly sweets and add some popping candy, a must have ingredient, to finish, before setting it to cool!
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