Homemade Holiday Gifts Under $10

Make It: Keep the entire family entertained on holiday road trips with on-the-go tic-tac-toe. Update a fabric bag with banding tape laid out in the center and cut into a tic-tac-toe grid. Fuse the banding to the bag with iron-on adhesive tape and an iron. Pick up wooden X's and O's, paint (if desired), then place inside the bag.

Make It: Put a fresh spin on an old teacup by turning it into a fragrant candle. Melt a block of crafting wax in a pan, and then once liquefied, pour it inside the cup, leaving a one-half-inch rim around the top. Before the wax hardens, cut wick material to size, then place in the center.

Make It: Breathe new life into a scratched serving platter by coating it in chalkboard paint. Use chalk to identify the drink or snack being served as well as its ingredients or recipe.

Make It: Bring the charm of an old general store to your holiday parties with a tiered serving tray made from tin baking pans and candlesticks. Use square or circular tin baking pans in three different sizes as well as one large and one small wooden candlestick. Update the candlesticks with holiday hues using spray paint. Next, use a drill to add pilot holes directly through the center points of all three pans. Secure the pans to the candlesticks, first by drilling wood screws through the holes and into the bases of each candlestick, then by drilling screws through the top of the pan and into the top of each candlestick.