30 DIY Personalized Family Gifts with a Cricut!

Make all your personalized family gifts this year with your Cricut. Browse this list of personalized gift ideas for him, her, kids, really anyone!

If you’ve been following me for a while, you know I absolutely love personalized gifts. I love receiving them and I especially love making them.

I try to give unique personalized gifts for birthdays, Christmas, party favors, graduation, really anything that I am giving a gift at. It makes my heart happy when I go to my friends or family homes and see one of the custom gifts I made for them on display. I know it means a lot to a person I love, so it means a lot to me.

Giving personalized gifts doesn’t have to cost a lot if you have a Cricut. A Cricut is a pretty big investment upfront, but I have saved so much money over the years by making the majority of the gifts I give.

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So What Are Personalized Gifts?

Personalized gifts are unique gifts that are specific to the recipient. This could mean having someone’s name or monogram on something.

Or it could be putting someone’s favorite quote, scripture, or animal on something. There are a ton of ways to make DIY personalized gifts and honestly, having a Cricut makes the possibilities endless.

What Things Can You Customize?

Nowadays, you can really customize anything. By simply applying vinyl or iron-on vinyl to almost anything you can think of, you can make a unique and pretty cheap personalized gift. (But don’t tell them you didn’t have to spend much money!!)

You can also use a Cricut to etch on glass and to engrave on acrylic or leather. The newest Cricut blades open up the creativity door even wider!

Top Things to Customize:

Glassware – wine glasses, mugs, plates, vases, mirrors
Apparel – t-shirts, pajamas, shoes
Accessories – totes, bags, earrings, belts, scarves
Decor – signs, tiles, wall decals, craft glass blocks, ornaments, stockings
Kids Stuff – lunch boxes, backpacks, phone cases, laptops, towels
Kitchen Supplies – oven mitts, tea towels, wooden spoons, kitchen decor

How Do You Customize Something?

This is the fun part! With a Cricut, it is so easy to customize anything. The easiest way to customize a gift is to add some kind of vinyl to it.

You can cut out a person’s name or monogram with adhesive vinyl and apply it pretty much any product they love. Or cut out iron-on vinyl and adhere it to something that is fabric, wood, or even faux leather.

My favorite way to customize something is by using someone’s handwriting. These type of sentimental gifts really touches the recipient because they know you put thought and time into their gift.

In today’s rushed world, where gift cards are the norm, when someone gets a thoughtful custom gift it will easily tug at their heartstrings and launch it to their top cherished belonging.

Favorite Personalized Presents I’ve Made

I’ve loved making many gifts, but probably my favorite personalized gift I made was when I added my beloved Grandma’s recipe to an oven mitt. My Grandmother was a huge part of my life and all of my cousins. We all remember her teaching us to bake and always being in the kitchen with her when we visited.

When I came across one of her recipes that was hand-written on a recipe card I knew I’d have to figure out a way to transfer it to something. Using some free software and my Cricut, the end result brought tears to my eyes and to the eyes of the recipient.

From then on, I try to use my kids’ handwriting or artwork on the majority of personalized family gifts I make. With all the technology today, we don’t see too much of drawings or handwriting anymore which makes me sad.

What Are The Best Personalized Family Gifts

So now that we’ve talked about the ideas behind making customized gifts, let me give you a bunch of examples with tutorials so you can make your own.

Click on “Continue Reading” to jump on over to the tutorial.

DIY Personalized Family Gifts

I love making personalized family gifts with my Cricut. There are never-ending possibilities on what handcrafted gifts to make.

Customized Gifts for Her

Women and Moms love receiving customized gifts. We don't want a sweater or purse we'll never use. Make one of these customized gifts for her to win her heart!

Makeup Glitter Brush Holder DIY Tutorial ~ So Easy and Fun!

These cute makeup glitter brush holders from the Dollar Tree are fun and easy to make. You can customize them by cutting any image or wording out of adhesive vinyl.

Personalized Makeup Bags With a Cricut Maker!

I'm not sure if any woman or girl can have too many zipper pouches. They are so useful for so many things. These monogrammed gifts are perfect for daughters, mothers, cousins, teachers, friends, etc. Plus the Cricut Maker even cuts out the design and you just have to sew it and apply the customization.

Cricut Gifts: Special Kid's Artwork on Tote Bag

This is one of the personalized presents I made using some flowers my daughter drew. I applied them to a tote with Cricut Infusible Ink. Moms and Grandmas would love this type of gift!

Sentimental Gifts: How to Make a Unique Heartfelt Gift

This is the gift I mentioned above. A custom oven mitt using my Grandmas apple pie recipe. It's a great Christmas or wedding gift!

Glitter Tumbler Step by Step Pics and Video Tutorial!

Women love these personalized glitter tumblers. I give them as gifts quite a lot. You can personalize the decals to suit anyone's favorites.

Cricut Glass Music Plaque Tutorial with FREE SVG File!

Make a music plaque with a photo and barcode that links to a favorite song on Spotify.

Cricut Mug Press for Beginners: How to Set Up and Make a Cricut Mug!

Make a custom mug specific for your Mom or Grandma!

Fun Gift Giving ~ FREE SVG for DIY If You Can Read This Socks!

Most Mom's love a good pair of comfy socks and adding something funny on the bottom is even better! I have a bunch of FREE SVG cut files for the socks.

How to Make a Unique Mom Hat That She Will Love and Use!

This is the hat I made using my kid's handwriting on it. It was so simple! Any Mom or Grandma would love the extra personalization of the kids' names.

DIY Cricut Starbucks Cup with FREE Cold Cup SVG File!

Grab a cheap Starbucks cold cup and 3 different FREE SVG templates to personalize their own Starbucks cup.

Personalized Shirts for Mom: DIY Gift That Mom's Will Love!

Nothing is more personalized than a Mom shirt! Names and established date. Hop on over to check out a full video tutorial on how to design these shirts.

Personalized Baby Gifts and Kids Presents

Making a personalized baby keepsake or kids presents are also big winners! My youngest carries around his personalized stuffed animals still.

Patterned HTV Vinyl on an Easy Personalized DIY Pencil Pouch!!

Personalized zipper pouches are perfect for artists who have a lot of markers and pencils.

Narwhal Gifts: Using the New Cricut EasyPress Mini!

My new favorite way to personalize gifts is by adding names to stuffed animals with the EasyPress Mini!

DIY Baby Gifts: How to Make an Adorable Birth Stat Elephant!

Birth stats and the name all on an adorable elephant! You can find my file in Design Space on the post and edit it to fit your needs.

Cricut Print and Cut: All You Need to Know!

You can make stickers out of photos or your kids' artwork to add to tumblers, notebooks, walls, you name it!

Acrylic Wall Calendar DIY with FREE Cut File!

This is a great idea for a teenager. It was way cheaper to make than buying one from Pottery Barn!

Make Your Own Personalised Swimming Towel!

Quick and fun gift idea for anyone!

DIY Journal Cover using Heat Transfer Vinyl!

You can personalize journals and planners with all of the kid's interests.

Customized Gifts for Him

Men are usually the hardest to shop for. My husband and Dad get personalized presents all the time. And they wear them too!

Personalized Presents for Grandparents

Grandparents are the perfect recipients of DIY personalized gifts. They already have everything they need, so give them creative homemade gifts to cherish.