Most people welcome personalized hand-made gifts tailored to the individual needs and interests. These ‘gifts in a jar’ will be appreciated. The idea is fairly simple: select one of the seventeen items in this list, assemble the ingredients, and pack them in a festively decorated glass jar.

Read these two articles to get suggestions for doing this. (Click here for the second article.) Be sure to include directions so that your gift can actually be transformed into actual food. Your most creative and time consuming task  will to create the jar in which your creation will be packed. Click here to see examples  of how you might decorate the jar for your presentation.