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Any damn fool can go out and buy a cool gift, but how many of us can make one? Well, lots of us, it turns out. And Core77's Ultimate Gift Guide can point you in the right direction, DIY-style. So fire up that soldering iron, check the bobbin on that sewing machine, and get makin'!

Paper snowflake instructions
Free!
We blogged this item last year, and have personally made several of them to never-ending oohs and aahs. Use silvery blue paper if you got it, but just about any stock will sparkle. Start with 8.5 x 11's, then work your way up!

Knit Night Cupcakes
free/diy/cost of supplies
The crafty and sweet-toothed ones on your list won't stop ooh-ing and ahh-ing for hours at your kick-ass DIY skills, that is, until they get kinda hungry. Chomp!

Ghetto Flash Drive
$4.95 + ???
How many 256mb CF cards do you have laying around? Put them to use as ad-hoc flash drives.

IE voodoo plushie doll
FREE!
Not hating here, just this seems like such a wonderful analog, mystical, way of addressing digital frustration. Plus the x-ed out eyes are hilarious.

Wine Rack
Free
Free, that is if you have a $10,000 laser cutter sitting around. or a strong arm and a key hole saw! Download the PDF, get some 3mm MDF, make it ASAP.

Gakken Cup Phonograph Kit in Edison-style
$65
Turn a plastic cup into a phonograph! Kit includes everything you need—motor, battery box, plastic cups, and a needle. We want this ourselves!

Pinstriping Starter Kit Package
$71.38
Squirrel Hair SWORD Striper; size 1 and size 0 + 1 Shot 5 COLOR STARTER KIT + Laying Down the Line; Pinstriping Masters Book

Ultra TV-B-Gone
Cost of materials
You could buy one of these, or just build it. And since turning off the TV in any decent restaurant would constitute a nice gift to all its patrons, maybe just you keep this item for yourself.

Find these and 69 other wonderful items in Core77's Ultimate Gift Guide 2007!