Lavender Gifts to Make Before the Holidays

A gift that smells like summer

The holidays are a perfect time to share the clean, sweet scent of lavender with friends and family. A handful of dried lavender and an afternoon at the kitchen table is all it takes. Whether you make sachets, bath salts or a wreath, lavender brings a personal, fragrant touch to your holiday presents.

Why Choose Lavender for Holiday Gifts?

Lavender is loved for its scent and how many ways you can use it, which makes it an easy ingredient for handmade gifts. Dried lavender keeps its fragrance for months, so gifts made now still smell lovely on the big day. We grow and dry our lavender here in Rockford, Michigan.

What you'll need

• Dried lavender bundles: for wreaths, swags and gift toppers. They hold their fragrance well.
• Craft lavender buds: for sachets, bath salts and anything you fill.
• Our lavender essential oil blends: a few drops add scent to bath salts and candles.

Creative Lavender Gift Ideas to Make Before the Holidays

Lavender Sachets

Simple to make and lovely in drawers and closets. Fill small fabric pouches with craft lavender buds and tie them with ribbon. Short on time? Our ready-made sachet bags make easy stocking stuffers.

Lavender-Infused Bath Salts

Mix Epsom salt with a spoonful of craft lavender buds and a few drops of a lavender essential oil blend. Package it in a pretty jar with a handwritten label for a spa-style gift.

Decorative Lavender Wreaths

Wire small bunches from a dried lavender bundle onto a grapevine or straw wreath form, overlapping each bunch to hide the stems. It makes a lasting gift that scents the room.

Lavender-Infused Candles

If you enjoy candle-making, add a lavender essential oil blend to your wax, following your wax's guidance for how much fragrance it holds. It makes a charming handmade gift.

How to Store and Care for Your Lavender Gifts

Store your gifts somewhere cool and dry, away from direct sunlight, until you give them. Tell your recipients they can gently squeeze a sachet or brush a wreath to wake up the scent, and refill sachets with fresh buds when the fragrance fades.

Getting your supplies

Everything in this note is in our online shop: dried bundles, craft buds, sachet bags and our essential oil blends. Questions about a project? Send us a note and we'll help.