Shopping for friends who homestead is actually quite fun and easy!
Whether you know someone with 3 backyard hens in a subdivision, or have a friend with more chickens than they can count, these Christmas gift ideas are sure to please!
- Local Gift Basket
Shop local and fill up a basket with goodies from artisans in your community! Chances are there is a winery, some local farms selling homemade breads, jellies or jam. Local honey is always a hit! Handmade soaps are popular, as well as heirloom seeds for next year’s garden. Add a bright book for them to read this winter and start dreaming of warmer days ahead.
- Personalized Farm Signs
Most little farms I know have a name, usually a quirky name with a story behind it. I bet your homesteader would love a custom created farm sign. The mediums are endless; wood, metal, painted, there is a style for everyone. Most signs can be ordered directly over the internet and are super easy.
- Custom Art
One cute idea is to commission a portrait of your loved ones’ favorite pet! Each community usually has an artist you can reach out to. A whimsical painting of their favorite goat or an ornament of their best chicken is sure to bring smiles. The art will be there forever as a little reminder of something that brings them joy.
- New Gear
Most homesteaders would never turn their noses up at anything that makes life easier! With animals, things are always needing to be replaced or changed out. Gift your homesteader new chicken waterers, an upgraded feeder, brand new halters for the horses, or maybe a new rake? Just walk into a farm store and go to town on practical, useful gifts that’ll make farm life easier.
- Skill Start-Up
People who homestead are masters of many trades. No matter the degree at which we are self sufficient, there are skills I bet your homesteader is wanting to learn. If you can find out, why not get them what they need to get started? If they are into cheesemaking, maybe a book on the subject, along with the supplies to make a few batches? Perhaps they are interested in gardening and learning to can. A set of jar, lids, a pair of tongs, and a pressure cooker would be such a practical and exciting gift! Get a feel for what their interests are, and cultivate them.
- Gift Card to Hoover’s!
What better way to say Merry Christmas than the promise of chicks to come? I know personally I would be thrilled to receive the gifts of chicks! Maybe some hot cocoa and a Hoover’s catalog will inspire the homesteader you love!
Winter can be a bleak and hard time for anyone living the farm life. Spread the gift of giving with some of these gifts. You’ll be sure to warm up your homesteader with many smiles. Merry Christmas!