12 Doable D.I.Y Gifts for Boyfriend on Birthday or Anniversary, Because Nothing is as Personal as a Handmade Gift

DIY stands for Do It Yourself. As the name says, DIY is an art of converting regular, not-in-use things into useful or decorative products without assistance of a professional or an expert. Doing projects yourself gives you immense happiness because the product obtained is the result of your efforts and crucial time.

Creating a d.i.y gift for boyfriend will let you put your creative skills to use alongside saving money. Your boyfriend will surely like the handmade item instead of a readymade gift product bought from the market. Accuracy and quality don't matter when a gift is given with emotional feelings and love. You can gift him decorative things for his room, garden, gadgets, cook his favorite dish, and do much more.

DIY gifts are highly valuable, not in terms of cost, but the efforts that you make in finding things, exchanging ideas and knowledge with people, and using your heart and brain to make a gift at home.

If you are not comfortable with your DIY skills, you will start getting better results day by day, when you make them frequently. You can mend various things, do enhancements, practice your hobby, and have a lot more to do when creating a handmade gift. All you need to do is enjoy making things, and your efforts will surely be appreciated by the receiver.

Inspiration and motivation matter a lot when you are planning to start doing something. The desire to celebrate a special day with your partner, like his birthday, anniversary, valentine day, or a festival is a great inspiration. You can watch various videos on the internet on how to make diy gift for boyfriend anniversary that he would love to receive. Gifts you make must be useful in one or the other way otherwise your efforts will go in vain.

For Indian women, cooking is the best and the most loved DIY project, when they need to express love and concern for someone. Whether he is vegetarian or non-vegetarian, a dish made by you will surely make him lick his fingers. You can find easy recipes for how to cook all kinds of food, from sea food, candies, chutney, and pasta, to cakes, cookies and more that are all clearly described with mouth-watering pictures and full list of ingredients.

What to Cook and How to Cook is a great savior if you are not confident on your cooking. The book helps you cook the tastiest cuisine for your boyfriend with recipes for around 100 everyday dishes. Available for Rs.2,901 on Flipkart, this book is your key to expressing your emotions via the stomach route. Cook for him or cook with him and serve him a dish full of love and care with easy to make recipes for appetizing and luscious food.

Utility DIY projects are those by which you can fix many things, and men love to do minor household repair and simple tasks on their own. Espares.co.uk has tools using which allow you to do various utility works at home, without needing any prior knowledge. Though this isn’t one of those diy gifts for boyfriend, buying him a kit from the site with full description and explanation on how to use one efficiently will let him go DIY mode with minor household chores.

For instance, if you want to design stairs for your house, create simple and cheap air conditioners, repair a screen door, or fix your car, you can spend quality time with him by assisting in his DIY work. Let him be a hero in everyone’s eyes by empowering him with the right tools to fix, repair, or mend various things on his own.

Though they don’t show it much but men are also concerned about their personality and appearance. Though many products publicize about safety and guarantee through various appealing ads but not all available in the market are healthy. Some may contain various harmful ingredients which will produce side effects in the long run.

Are you worried about your boyfriend’s personal care? A simple solution to this is to make your own customised beauty products such as sunscreen lotion or a deodorant using natural and safe ingredients and present the same to him as a diy gift for boyfriend; look for ideas on Pinterest.

Win a man’s heart through his stomach is an old but true adage. Catering one of the basic human needs, hunger needs you to make efforts, and making them for your boyfriend can be intimate as well. In addition, creating a menu with his favorites on the list will show your willingness to put him above yourself.

Ginger beer is a healthy and tasty drink, which you can make in no time at home. Your man will surely love this unique mock tail. To prepare it, all you need is ginger, sugar, water, and some more ingredients that you will find as you go through the steps to make it below:

As already mentioned, cooking is one of the easiest and the best diy anniversary gift ideas for him. Have you ever thought of a special dinner for him? You need to do a lot of arrangements, and ordering food online will only add to the cost and hassles, in case of late or early delivery. You should prepare it at home, adding your emotions and love in the dish.

A Punjabi Thali is a scrumptious option, as you get to add a variety of vegetables along with pickles, sweet dish, snacks, papad, etc. Don’t know how to make Punjabi food? Don’t worry, Punjabi Recipes is a great option available on Flipkart for Rs.140. You can choose from some luscious recipes provided in the book and create a memorable dinner with the mouth-watering DIY Punjabi thali for him.

Rasgulla – a tempting sweet dish with a magnetic effect is another good option on the list. Everyone loves rasgulla and imagine when you prepare it for your boyfriend, you can sense his feelings for you. You can make tasty and delicious rasgulla in just an hour and I am sure it will take only seconds to finish it.

The ingredients for this simple to make dish are also easily available in the kitchen. However, since rasgullas are readily available, from local vendors to high-class restaurants and shops, why not try and make a delicious rasgulla cake to make your boyfriend feel special. Get some rasgullas from your nearest store and follow the steps below from a tarladalal.com recipe to make one:

A cocktail can be a perfect d.i.y gift for your boyfriend if he loves drinking it, and you can add more fun to it if you are comfortable drinking with him. Many people have only heard of or seen cocktails in parties, functions, or pubs and bars only, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make one at home.

Liquor.com has a variety of cocktails for you to prepare the favorite one for your boyfriend on a dream date or any other special occasion. There are recipes for mojito, martini, bloody mary, manhattan, margarita, daiquiri cocktails and many more. You can also prepare the cocktail according to a specific theme, and set up his mood. However, if you are new to making cocktails at home, a simple recipe for the French Martini Cocktail given here will help you amuse him.

Handmade gifts are the best ones that you can give to your boyfriend, where all you need is to choose the one that he will admire and appreciate, something useful for him. You might be new to the DIY thing or an experienced DIYer. A few diy anniversary gift ideas for him given below can help you make him feel special with your extra efforts.

Keys often get misplaced if not kept properly. The hassle of finding keys might irritate you when you are in a great hustle. Don’t let your boyfriend face the same situation anytime in his life, by creating him a lego key hook. He can hold the keys in the holes in the lego key holder, which can contain up to 6 keys depending on the design.

Let him know that he can carry it with himself as a key ring or use it as a wall hanging key holder. If you don't have spare pieces of Lego around the house, get Lego 200 Random Pieces of Good Clean Used Bricks and Parts Bulk from amazon.in for Rs.1,830 and make him a wonderful key holder to help him keep his keys safe.

Heart shaped soaps are a great diy anniversary gift ideas for him as a token of your love. Their shape and fragrance will melt his heart too. You can also write his name or a love message on the soap using stamp. Make soaps in assorted colors and wrap them in a transparent and designer pouch to win his heart with hearts. Follow the below steps to make a heart-shaped soap.

While you might get all the items at home, you will need a heart-shaped cookie cutter to create the desired shape. Stainless Steel Heart Cookie Cutter 5pcs is the thing you need, which is available for Rs.69 from Romwe.

Coasters are used to cover drinks or to make them rest on the table so as to prevent the marks of spilled drinks. Now you can make your own coasters at home and customize them according to your choice. If he is like the other guys out there and likes to read comic books, you can create some of the same theme.

With a number of methods to create a comic theme coaster available online, you can design them in different shapes and sizes. Choose a specific theme keeping in mind the age, choice, and interests of the person you want to gift a coaster to.

Tea bag or tea balls are easy to make and carry, and could be one of the best gifts for boyfriend. Material required is also less, which one can find them from the kitchen itself. Being a very unique gift idea, this could be a compelling idea for your tea-loving boyfriend. Make sure to create a bulk of items and wrap 15-20 in a box as a gift.

After gifting it to your tea-lover, sit back for a cup of tea with him. Simply, add a cup of hot water in it and your tea is ready. This healthy choice will keep you fresh all the time.

All you need is some coffee filters, string, stapler, and loose leaf tea, in order to make a coffee filter tea bags. Follow these steps to make your DIY tea bag at home, or watch the video below to understand how to make tea bags at home.

This is a wonderful chance to show that you love him, care for him, and want him to be his best always. A personal care gift not only comes out as product of use, but a gift that displays your concern for him from head to toe. Caring for his personality will surely make him fall in love every time he gets to use something gifted by you.

Shaving cream, a very pampering and useful gift for a man, something he cannot resist. Adding the fragrance of rosemary mint will act as an icing on the cake. However, like personal care products, a shaving cream available in the market may contain harmful ingredients. Since facial skin is very delicate and needs special care, you can go for a homemade cream as a diy gift for boyfriend anniversary.

Use natural ingredients to make a cream that will serve the purpose of shaving and also provide moisture to the skin. Melt 2/3 cup shea nut oil and coconut oil together, stir in grapeseed or olive oil (1/4th cup) and add 10-20 drops of the essential oil you want (here, rosemary mint). Pour the mix in a container, stir it, then put to harden, in a fridge, let it soften, and at last, add 2 tablespoon baking soda, 2 vitamin E capsules’ content to make it light and fluffy. Gift him this regular use thing free from side effects, and display an emotion of love and care.

It is said that the West Indie bay leaves made their debut across the world in the 16th century when sailors used to mask their body odor. This bay rum recipe is a manly thing that your boyfriend is going to love, for sure. You can make one at home with simple ingredients. Follow the recipe below.

Survival kit is a kit specially made to use in emergency situations. You can customize your kit using essential products such as matches, flask, hatchet, whiskey, batteries, set of cutlery etc. It is a kind of suitcase in which you can insert the essentials in the provided cut outs. As simple as it looks, it is a kind of small briefcase which is used to hold essential items in the cutouts provided for each.

Take an old briefcase, some plywood, cutting and finishing tools, and the items that your boyfriend’s survival kit should contain. Make cut outs for all the items you are going to include in the kit, use double tape or button up locks for every item, preventing any item from moving freely in the briefcase.

Make your own stamp with your name, a special message, or a desired text on it. Use it to stamp the text on handkerchiefs and you get your hand-stamped handkerchiefs ready. Though quite easy to make, such handkerchiefs can even be tried by some youngsters.

Gift a handkerchief with a special message on it, to your boyfriend, husband, or father, and he will surely love the idea. You can stamp in a proper order or free style, based on your personal preference. Follow the steps below to make them at home.