The best gifts are inspirational, personal, and just plain fun. For an arts and crafts lover in your life, finding new supplies from a trusted local source like Guiry’s makes shopping for Christmas gifts easier than ever. If you’re ready to fill their stockings with something beyond a new set of paints, here are some ideas to make this holiday season explode with artistic possibilities.

The Best Holiday Gifts for Your Creative Friends and Family

Ideas for Kids (of all ages!)

We know kids love craft supplies, and their art bins are likely overflowing at home already. Add to their cool art supplies this holiday season by helping them explore new tools and techniques they wouldn’t pick up from big box stores.

For kids who love to paint and color, give this vibrant set of watercolor pencils. They can draw a picture and then use a small brush with water to watch the image transform into a watercolor masterpiece. The comfort-grip shape and intense hues are perfect for the kids in your life.

This visual journal is a perfect gift if you’d like to encourage your budding author or illustrator. 

Kids will feel professional with a wire-bound book that can help them document their lives, observe their world, and hone their storytelling skills.

Young artists who want to branch out beyond crayons and markers will love these gel sticks that come with stencils and blending tools to experiment with textures beyond the everyday matte or glossy finish.

Artistic creativity goes well beyond paper, and you might know little hands that love to make sculptures and scenes from Play-Doh or clay. An assortment of modeling clay in several 18+ color options will allow them to create, reshape, and expand on their creations day after day. 

Gifts for the Crafty Creatives

You know the friends and family who always gift something inspiring and homemade? Now, you can give them tools to support their creativity and DIY brilliance with these supplies.

For the ultimate in excellent craft Christmas gifts, this gold leaf kit is unmatched. Even the most seasoned crafter won’t typically splurge for such embellishments, but the extra bit of luxury that comes with a well-placed gold accent can elevate any home project.

Handmade gifts are an easy present for birthdays, so the crafters in your life might enjoy a different approach with a beeswax candle kit. They can gift something personal to use during the party itself!

Help push your crafty friends outside their comfort zone with an at-home stained glass project inspired by this paint crackling kit. These supplies could be used for DIY Christmas ornament gifts, small panes of window art, or even picture frames.

Many DIY hobbyists have the skills necessary to produce crafts for their neighbors and friends, but they lack the proper setup for larger-scale operations. Deluxe craft kits are perfect for these recipients, and you can find a wide selection at Guiry’s, including screen printing kits, tie dye kits, a deluxe calligraphy set, and a whole range of colors for leather painting clothing and accessories.

Presents for Aspiring Professionals

Some of the best gifts for artists are tools and supplies that allow them an almost unlimited opportunity to practice their craft. If you have friends and family who aspire to add more time for creative hobbies this year, you can jumpstart their progress with these professional finds.

Investing in quality supplies can make a big difference for artists. These brass palette cups can hold mediums like turpentine and linseed oil that professional painters always need close at hand. Pair these beautiful cups with a new palette for a memorable gift this season.

Stocking an art studio can be an intimidating undertaking, so a wonderful gift for the creative people in your life is a professional studio-quality easel. Include a daylight lamp so that their color matching is perfectly tuned every time.

For the artist who uses canvas or wants to frame their own work, gift a joiner framing tool so that every unique piece can be displayed proudly.

Whether you’re buying for the youngest artist on your block or a professional who’s re-entering their artistic prime, a local store like Guiry’s can help you find the perfect gifts to let their creativity shine this season.