Did you overestimate your ability to make gifts for everyone on your holiday list? That’s OK! Take a class, learn a new skill, or at least block off a couple of hours to work uninterrupted with someone to help you along the way. You get a new skill; your loved one gets a gift.
- Woodworking: Are you feeling the call of your inner Nick Offerman? Take a four-week-long intro to turning course at Community Woodshop Salt Lake City and leave with four gift-worthy projects. You can also learn to use the woodshop at Make Salt Lake and go home with a cutting board.
- Candlemaking: Go solo or with friends to make your own candle at The Wick Lab or The Wicksmith.
- Needlepoint: Make a very cool Utah canvas or learn how to finish a round ornament at The Needlepoint Shoppe.
- Embroidery: Take home an embroidered bookmark for your favorite reader at Handcraft Revival.
- Cardmaking: Get a kit with all the supplies to make five cards and then actually MAKE THEM at the monthly card kit class at Heartfelt Pages. A set of ready-made cards for multiple occasions is an awesome gift to your most thoughtful friend.
- Sewing basics: Learn how to actually use and maintain your sewing machine at Salt Lake Sewciety. Your impending late-night breakdown over a broken needle while you finish all these other projects thanks you.
- Workshopping: Make a leather journal, a clay pet sculpture, and the wrapping paper for them at Workshop SLC.
