Cool gifts for hardcore DIYers and Christmas tree crafts the whole family can enjoy. Check out our favorite links from around the web this week!

Here at DIY Life, we appreciate the many uses of Borax, so were delighted to spot this DIY snowflake Christmas ornament project that uses our favorite household multitasker as its main ingredient. It’s a great weekend holiday craft to enjoy with the kids. [Curbly]

Step away from the bag of store-bought bows! It’s fun (and easy!) to embellish gifts with stuff you already have lying around the house and the yard. This photo gallery + tutorial gives you tons of ideas for using paper, greenery, feathers, string, beads, buttons, and more to dress up your presents. Cheap, easy, sustainable — why would you ever buy gift toppers again? [Design*Sponge]

Make: Online has some of the coolest gifts for DIY-minded folks that we’ve seen all year. Case in point: the Pyro-Master Woodburning Toolkit (pictured), which comes with a 25-watt heating pen and 19 interchangeable burning tips. Use the tool to perform pyrography: the art of decorating wood and leather by sketching, illustrating and otherwise embellishing it with heat. Other favorites include the Make: Bomb Defuser and the Bolo Style Machete with Sheath. A machete for Christmas? You’ll be the coolest gift-giver in town. [Make: Online]

Sherry and John, the adorable DIYing couple over at Young House Love, created a first Christmas tree ornament for their baby, Clara, and we love the results. Head over there for a step-by-step photo tutorial on how to make this chic silhouette tree ornament for someone in your family — or maybe for the whole family. [Young House Love]

Still need a skirt for your Christmas tree? Grab some big pieces of felt from your craft stash and create an unconventional tree skirt like the one pictured above. All you need are a hot glue gun and a pair of scissors. [CasaSugar]

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