With Thanksgiving behind us and the holiday season officially here, I have been answering questions to many of you for ideas for great gifts to make or buy for the hippy/crunchy/natural living loved one in your lives. I decided to put together this gift guide filled with my favorite items to both make or buy gifts for each section. I have included gift suggestions for the new mama, babies & toddlers, children, for her, for him, for the budding aromatherapist and herbalist, and even for the yogi in your life!
I figured that some of these gifts you may want to purchase, while others you may want to hand craft yourself, so I have made sections for both so that you can find the right gift ideas for you!
Gifts for the Bohemi Mamma in your life
GIFTS TO MAKE
- The Best Homemade First Time Mom’s Kit (Baby butt balm, Boobie balm, Belly Butter, baby powder, Baby Spray, etc.) - because what new mom couldn’t use some really awesome natural homemade baby products! This isn’t just a great baby shower gift, but also a really great gift during the holidays too!
GIFTS TO BUY
- Moby Wrap Baby Carrier - One of my favorite multipurpose wraps, this is great for the baby carrying mama! This can be used from infant all the way up through toddlerhood!
- (Book) Treatment Alternatives for Children by Dr. Lawrence Rosen - One of my go-to books when my kiddo gets sick, this book is written by a pediatrician who gives both the common prescription and the alternative ones that have fewer side effects. This book is very helpful and gives all sorts of products that you can buy at your local health foods stores, without having to always make everything yourself.
- (Book) The Baby Book by Dr. Sears - A must have baby book for any natural mama out there, this guide is pretty definitive from birth to age 2.
- Homespun Aesthetic’s Hybrid Fitted One Size Cloth Diaper Pattern and Tutorial - Want to learn to make your own cloth diapers? Homespun Aesthetic has a great pattern and tutorial to give you the tools you need to make your own cloth diapers!
Gifts for the natural baby or toddler in your life
GIFTS TO MAKE
- Monster-B-Gone Spray – An Aromatherapeutic Spray for Little Ones (DIY Calming/Soothing/Sleep spray also known as Take a Chill Pill in my shoppe!) - Every baby and toddler out there could use a little bit of a calming moment every now and then! This spray doubles as a calming spray and can also be used as a wonderful Monster-B-Gone spray too!
- DIY All Natural Non-Toxic Paints - These paints are great for both brush painting and finger painting!
- Homemade Holday Scented Play Dough - I LOVE the apple cider scented play dough! It smells soooo good, I can never stop sniffing it!
- Homemade Water Color Paints - Children of all ages love to pain with water color paints, now you can make your own!
- Make Your Own Non-Toxic Oven Clay - You and the kids can make doll house furniture, plates, and bowls, or you could make jewelry beads or precious keepsakes to give as gifts.
GIFTS TO BUY
- Bella Luna Toys - For the lover of Waldorf style toys or just really well-made natural and wooden toys, Bella Luna Toys is one of my favorite places to shop for the kiddos of all ages! There are so many amazing toys that can be passed down from generation to generation. Half of the toys that I buy for my son and my nieces and nephews, all come from here!
- Homespun Aesthetic’s Cloth Diaper Pants - Cute cloth diaper pants that actually fit those cloth diaper bums! Many baby clothes on the market tend to be too small and not made for the cloth diaperer, but these adorable soft pants fit just right and stretch to fit any cloth diapered bum!
- Rocker Board - One of our favorite waldorf toys in our home, the rocker board has been a staple since Syfy was two! Three years later and he has all new ways to play with his curvy board and he still loves it!
- Munchie Mug - Seriously, Syfy was way too smart for all those other snack cups and/or they would spill all over the place. These were the ONLY mugs that we found on the market that lasted through his entire toddlerhood and works soooo well! I can not say enough amazing things about these snack cups!
- Alva Pocket Cloth Diaper 6 Pack With 2 Inserts Each - Any cloth diapering mama would be totally stoked to find extra cloth diapers under the Christmas tree!
- Take a Chill Pill Aromatherapy Roll-On - A great roll-on to help calm and soothe baby and mama!
- Bouncy Baby Boutique Amber Necklaces - There are all sorts of sources for amber necklaces out there, but this is where I have purchased mine!
Gifts for the fun loving child in your life
GIFTS TO MAKE
- DIY All Natural Non-Toxic Paints - These paints are great for both brush painting and finger painting!
- Homemade Holday Scented Play Dough - I LOVE the apple cider scented play dough! It smells soooo good, I can never stop sniffing it!
- Homemade Water Color Paints - Children of all ages love to pain with water color paints, now you can make your own!
- Make Your Own Non-Toxic Oven Clay - You and the kids can make doll house furniture, plates, and bowls, or you could make jewelry beads or precious keepsakes to give as gifts.
GIFTS TO BUY
- Bella Luna Toys - For the lover of Waldorf style toys or just really well-made natural and wooden toys, Bella Luna Toys is one of my favorite places to shop for the kiddos of all ages! There are so many amazing toys that can be passed down from generation to generation. Half of the toys that I buy for my son and my nieces and nephews, all come from here!
- A Toymaker’s Daughter Wooden Waldorf Toys - The toys that are from this shop are amazing and so well made! The beautiful craftsmanship just leaves me in awe!
- Wildcraft Cooperative Herbal Learning Board Game - A fantastic cooperative herbal learning board game! Syfy and I play this game all the time and it is a favorite in our house.
- Grimm’s Four Elements Building Set SMALL (or LARGE) - These puzzles are wonderful waldorf toys that are also great for open ended play. From baby to child these have so many uses, they grow with the child!
- Hill Country Wood Craft’s Handmade Wooden Hobby Horses - I purchased one of these for Syfy this year! These are such awesome hobby horses and great for pretend play.
- 2HeartsDesire Handcrafted Wooden Toys - Tons of great handmade wooden toys that make great stocking stuffers and gifts!
- Indie Bambino Toys - I bought some great waldorf stocking stuffers from here this year!
- KidKraft Deluxe Fire Rescue Set - Syfy got this for his birthday two years ago and it’s still a favorite and is played with every day.
- Plan Toys Wooden Tea Set - Every kid loves a good tea party!
- Melissa & Doug Spill Proof Paint Cups - These paint cups are great for toddlers and preschoolers alike! Anything that helps keep the mess off the floor, gets an A+ in my book.
- Melissa & Doug Deluxe Standing Easel - This is a favorite toy in our house. We like to keep our sidewalk chalk on the chalk side, and use them year around on the chalk board.
- Melissa & Doug Cooks Corner Wooden Kitchen - We got this for Syfy when he was 2 years old and he has played with it ever since! He loves to pretend he is a chef and cook along side us.
- Melissa & Doug Palace Pals Hand Puppets - All kids love a good puppet show, and as they get older they love to take over creating their own puppet shows to show you!
- Yoga Spinner Board Game - A great board game to learn yoga moves.
- Yoga Motion 3-Pack- Yoga DVD’s for Kids Ages 2.5+ - Wanna get the kiddos more into yoga? This 3 dvd set is great to get the kids up and moving around while learning yoga at the same time!
- Stockmar Natural Modeling Beeswax - Instead of clay, beeswax can be a fun alternative to mold and sculpt. Used frequently in waldorf practices, modeling beeswax can be very calming and soothing to work with.
- (BOOK) Peaceful Piggy Meditation by -
- (BOOK) The Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Treasury by Betty MacDonald -
- (BOOK) Starbright Meditations for Children by Maureen Garth -
Gifts for the Hippy Dude in your life
GIFTS TO MAKE
- Homemade Peppermint Tea Tree After Shave - For those who like to keep a clean shaven look, this aftershave is very healing and smells really good!
- DIY Natural Beard Oil - Instead of buying a great beard oil, make one yourself! With a ton of different scent options, these recipes are based off of the beard oil that is sold in my shoppe.
GIFTS TO BUY
- The Hippy Homemaker’s Hairy Hippy Beard & ‘Stache Conditioning Oil - For the bearded man in your life, a great beard oil can be hard to come by! This beard oil is tried and true! From my hubby to my customers, all have said only amazing things about their beard oil. Keep that beard soft and kissable, so that it can grow to its full potential.
- Big T Woodworks Handcrafted Wooden Beard Combs - Such fine craftsmanship and a quality products for the bearded man in your life!
- Craftsman Soap Co Beer Soap Gift Set - Four Natural soaps made with four different beers, these soaps are perfect for the natural dude in your life.
- MVWoodworks Wooden Beer Caddy - Last Christmas I bought my hubby one of these and it is SOOO awesome! He totally loves it and uses it to tote his homebrews to his buddy’s houses. The bottle opener on the side of it is genius, so they always have one on hand!
- The Hippy Homemaker’s Head Trip Hair Pomade - Comes in both a medium and a heavy hold, this natural pomade is great for both hair and beards alike. Naturally conditioning and lightly scented, this pomade is great for every hippy in your life.
Gifts for the Hippy Gal in your life
GIFTS TO MAKE
- DIY Hippy Lippy Lip Balms - Who doesn’t need lip balms? Everyone needs lip balms and you can customize them to everyone’s favorite flavors!
- DIY Hard Body Butter Bars - Adorably shaped and just as moisturizing as the whipped body butter, these make cute stocking stuffers!
- DIY Ultra Moisturizing Whipped Body Butter - Everyone can use body butter! If you have skin, then this will moisturize it. It can also be customized with your choice of essential oils.
- Aromatherapy Shower Steamers - During the cold and flu season, these can be just the thing to have on hand with a stuffy nose and chest congestion! Be a hero with a simple gift!
- DIY Non-Toxic Wax Tarts - Practically everyone I know has a wax tart diffuser in their home! This is a great gift for those with new homes too.
- Homemade Mayan Spiced Hot Cacao - For my chocolate loving family members, I make this every year. Add in or substitute the ingredients that you have on hand for a tasty and decadent hot cacao!
- DIY Honey & Cinnamon Lip Scrub - During the winter season, our lips get chapped and this wonderful healing lip scrub not only tastes amazing, but helps to smooth out your lips and heal them throughout the wintertime!
- DIY Non-Toxic Room Sprays - Body and room sprays are always a great stocking stuffer or great for a white elephant gift!
- Homemade Herbal Mudmask - Make your loved ones homemade herbal clay facemasks and have a mud mask and mimosa party together!
- Homemade Sugar and Salt Scrubs - Sugar and salt scrubs are these fascinating beauty products that once you try them you are hooked! The amazing way they can slough away dead skin and make your skin oh so smooth, every girl loves pampering herself with a good scrub.
- DIY Lavender Bath Salts - The great thing about this recipe is that you can customize it to your own liking with different herbs and essential oils. Epsom salts are great because they can help you get the magnesium that your body is lacking which in turn can help with muscle pain relief, insomnia, headaches, and more. PLUS they just look soo cool!
GIFTS TO BUY
- Lily at Nature’s Blessings Divine Feminine Orgone Pendant - Brand NEW and so beautiful!!! I want this soooo bad! I have many of Lily’s pieces already, but I love her work so much that the moment I saw this new necklace, I knew I had to have one! We’ll see what Santa brings me.
- The Hippy Homemaker Facial Cleansing Kit - Seriously the ONLY facial care routine that has worked for my face and MANY other clients and fans of mine. There is also a 3-piece set, without the facial mask. One of my clients loves these products so much that she bought a set for each of her bridesmaids, as gifts.
- (BOOK)There’s Food on Your Face: The Hippy Homemaker’s DIY Guide to Natural Health & Beauty by Christina Anthis - All bookshelves are incomplete without my book on them! With recipes for everything from baby butt balm to all sorts of makeup products, you can make everything that your family needs to smell, look, and feel great, naturally.
- NCBeadsNBags Medicine Bag - I purchased the absolute cutest medicine bag I have found on Etsy from here, and it is the BEST quality leather and craftsmanship for the money. I am totally in awe of the beauty of this medicine bag!
- Morrocco Method Healthy Hair Care Starter Kit - I don’t have enough words to say how much I love my natural hair care routine and anyone wanting to make the jump to a more natural regime, will love to get this starter kit from Morrocco Method. Raw, Vegan, All-Natural, and Organic, Morrocco Method has helped my hair to go from chemically damaged to Rapunzel Hair that is actually growing out passed my shoulders.
- Juil Earthing Shoes - Fashionable and awesome, Juil makes shoes that helps you to connect closer to the Earth and look cute while feeling great!
- HVART Yoga, Bohemian, Spiritual Unique Jewelry And Gift Shop - I have been dying to get one of the tree of life wrap bracelets from HVART! I always see the wrap bracelets popping up in my watched shoppes and I am reminded how I want one of these adorable pieces of art.
- EcoDesignProject’s Handmade Eco-Friendly Jewelry - This shop has the cutest eco-friendly jewelry ever!!! I love all of the native American inspired earings.
- The Sage Goddess - If you are into crystals and stones, The Sage Goddess has some awesome stuff! I also really love her perfumes and incense.
- High on Hemp Bracelets - I have a wrist full of these awesome handcrafted bracelets, and the best part is they are sized perfectly to my wrist! With such small wrists, most things are too large to wear without falling off, but these bracelets were perfectly sized. They have so graciously given us a coupon code to use this holiday season! Use the coupon code HIPPY15 for 15% off your purchases until December 31st!!!
- Flax Relax Heat & Freeze Wraps - I can’t live without my Flax Relax wrap! I use it for all of my aches and pains in my back, neck, and shoulders. I am never without it during Aunt Flo’s visit every month! I also love to warm both of mine up and then put them in my bedsheets at night before bed, during the COLD winter months! It makes my bed nice and toasty for me before bed!
- The Tailored Home Unpaper Towels - I have 2 sets of these awesome unpaper towels and could always use a third! I would be delighted to receive a set of these for a gift!
Gifts for the budding herbalist and aromatherapist in your life
BOOKS TO BUY
- Essential Oil Safety by Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young
- The Complete Guide to Aromatherapy by Salvatore Battaglia
- Essential Oils: A Handbook for Aromatherapy Practice by Jennifer Peace Rhind
- The Healing Intelligence of Essential Oils: The Science of Advanced Aromatherapy by Kurt Schnaubelt Ph.D.
- Aromatherapy for Health Professionals by Len Price and Shirley Price
- Aromatherapy Workbook – By Shirley Price
- Aromatherapy: A Complete Guide to the Healing Art by Kathi Keville and Mindy Greene
- Holistic Aromatherapy for Animals by Kristen Leigh Bell
- The Animal Desk Reference by Melissa Shelton
- Hydrosols: The Next Aromatherapy by Suzanne Catty
- Gattefosse’s Aromatherapy by Rene Maurice Gattefosse
- A Modern Herbal (Volume 1, A-H) by
- The Herbal Medicine-Maker’s Handbook: A Home Manual by James Green
- Rosemary Gladstar’s Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health by Rosemary Gladstar
- The Earthwise Herbal: A Complete Guide to New World Medicinal Plants by Matthew Wood
- The Earthwise Herbal: A Complete Guide to Old World Medicinal Plants by Matthew Wood
GIFTS TO BUY
- The Hippy Homemaker’s 10-piece Aromatherapy Roll-On Set - You don’t have to be an herbalist or aromatherapist to appreciate this gift! Anyone with a love for more natural stuff can use a set of aromatherapy roll-ons!
- Herbal Academy of New England’s Online Introductory Herbal Course or Intermediate Course - HANE is the most awesome online school of herbal learning! I am also a student of the Intermediate course!
- Herbal Academy of New England’s Herbarium Membership Program - A yearly membership that includes videos, ebooks, forums, a whole database of information that is being added to each month, HANE’s Herbarium is the perfect learning gift that keeps giving all year long! The monographs alone, go in depth into each herb, giving you a chance to really delve into the many benefits of each herb as you are going through your HANE Online Herbal Course.
- Classic Ultrasonic Aromatherapy Diffuser - No aromatherapy loving hippy should be without a diffuser!
- Green Air Spa Mister Aromatherapy Diffuser - No hippy should be without an aromatherapy diffuser!
- Mountain Rose Herbs Gift Certificate - With a plethora of herbs, ingredients, and essential oils, it can be difficult to know what your loved ones may need for their own diy projects, which makes a gift certificate that much easier! I would bounce up and down with joy for a MRH gift certificate!
- Bulk Herb Supply Gift Certificate - It can be hard to remember which herbs your sister said she needed for that cough syrup she was wanting to make, so why not get a gift certificate?
- Essential Oil Starter Kits - What budding herbalist and aromatherapist doesn’t need essential oils? Any hippy/crunchy loving friend you have, would LOVE to get any one of MRH’s starter kits! Every drop of essential oil is precious!
- Tea-To-Go Tea Glass Infuser - This is such a hand tea container to take your loose leaf tea on the go! I carry this thing everwhere with me during the wintertime!
- Tea Press or Tea Pot - Every budding herbalist needs a really great tea press to easily make their herbal concoctions. I use my tea press at least 2 times a day, if not more, and that is just for my regular daily tea drinking habits. That doesn’t count the numerous bath and beauty projects I steep in my tea press!
Gifts for the Hippy yogi in your life
GIFTS TO MAKE
- DIY Non-Toxic Room Sprays - These recipes are actually the exact same base spray that I would use for any chakra, meditation, or yoga mat spray! You can tailor your yoga mat sprays with essential oils to correspond with the chakras or meditation purposes! These sprays are antibacterial and great to kill germs on your mat after an intense practice.
- Crochet Yoga Strap Pattern - A pattern for a crochet yoga mat strap! So awesome and super simple to make too!
GIFTS TO BUY
- MyYogaWorks.com Subscription - I personally subscribe to MyYogaWorks and do their yoga classes in the comfort of my own home, on my own time schedule. With a business, a kid, and a hubby, it can be so hard to find classes that fit around MY schedule, but with MyYogaWorks I work on what I need to when I want to. MyYogaWorks has so graciously given hippy lovers a coupon code good for first time subscribers, until Dec. 31! Use the coupon code: HIPPY at checkout to get 50% off for six months on a monthly subscription. You can cancel at any time!
- The Hippy Homemaker’s Body & Room Sprays - Not only do these all-natural body and room sprays smell great, they also have aromatherapuetic purposes with their essential oil ingredients. Helpful for meditation, aligning chakras, calming the mind, bringing peace and joy to your practice, and more, these delightful body and room sprays are also antibacterial and great to kill germs on your mat after an intense practice!
- Zafu Yoga Meditation Cushion with Organic Buckwheat Fill - I have the teal one of these and LOVE it! These meditation cushions align my spine better so that nothing hurts while sitting in meditation. I use mind daily! Syfy seems to find endless uses for both mine and the hubby’s, always dragging them both around to sit on or use for open-ended play.
- Chakra Essential Oil Kit - What yogi doesn’t need an essential oil kit with blends made specifically for each chakra?
- Yoga Rat Yoga Mat - The Hippy Hubby and I both LOVE our RatMats!! They aren’t slippery at all and none of those yucky chemical smells that some mats give off when you first get them!
- ToeSox Half Toe Yoga/Pilates Toe Socks With Grips - With my balance and not being able to feel my feet, I actually really love using ToeSox because they give me that extra grip!
- Yoga Towel - Great for hot yoga classes and to help keep your mat slip free.
- Yoga Mat Sling - It’s always handy to have something to carry your yoga mat in when you are on your way to your class!
- Yoga Block - Every yogi needs a yoga block. It’s great for beginner’s and advanced yogis alike!
- GrizzyLove Conscious Wears & Accessories - I can’t get enough of her clothing! My absolute favorite yoga tank tops and shirts come from GrizzyLove!
- Lychee Grove Stylish & Soulful Clothing & Accessories - I LOVE the yoga pants that come from Lychee Grove, such detail for handcrafted eco-friendly clothing!
- (BOOK) The Yoga Bible by Christina Brown - This is one book for every yogi’s bookshelf! Full of every pose imaginable, from your downward dog to your headstands and everything in between.
- (BOOK) Light on Yoga: Yoga Dipika by B. K. S. Iyengar - A yoga best seller, Light on Yoga is the definitive guide to the philosophy and practice of Yoga by its greatest living teacher. Light on Yoga provides complete descriptions and illustrations of all the positions and breathing exercises as well as illustrations throughout.
- Yoga Journal 1-Year Subscription - One of my favorite magazine subscriptions on my kindle!


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