The holiday season is upon us, and it seems there is never enough time to get everything done. To help, we've collected some quick and easy craft ideas to pass along as handmade gifts or enjoy yourself.

For a playful nod to the traditional Christmas pin, try making these cheerful corsages for friends and family of all ages.

These charming snowmen boxes hides delicious surprises inside.

Lively clip-art decals turn ordinary store-bought pillars and matchbox covers into festive gifts.

Adorable miniature stockings and dreidels made of crepe paper and filled with personalized M&Ms make perfect gifts and party favors.

Jolly Santas in multiple sizes can be crafted using oval treat boxes, red paint, clip art, and glitter.

Make fancy napkin holders from felt holly leaves and a jingle bell for the perfect hostess gift.

Make these cozy holiday stockings for the whole family out of fringed scarves.

Next time you give a bottle of wine as a gift, dress it up with these lovely felt tree bottle covers.

Place a Christmas figurine made from foam balls, pipe cleaners, and batting atop a holiday favor, filled with peppermint candies and covered with crepe paper.

To make these adorable elf figurines, all you need are pinecones, pipe cleaners, and other simple supplies -- no toy-making expertise necessary!

These sparkling gift tags, with a front flap for holding gift-certificate cards, are as functional as they are pretty.

Give your holiday presents a one-of-a-kind presentation with these simple-to-make gift tags.

These sparkling nuggets are no ordinary lumps but gift boxes embellished with paint, paper, and lots of glitter.

These versions of the yule log, a quintessential symbol of the Christmas season, are actually favor boxes; they resemble birch logs, thanks to our clip art wrapped around paper-towel rolls.

Invite little ones to count down to Christmas with this charming treat-a-day calendar assembled from baby socks.

Transform old magazines into glittered tabletop trees with this easy -- as well as kid-friendly -- step-by-step process.

Brimming with gifts on Christmas morning, beautifully decorated handmade stockings are a delight to wake up to.

Decorate homemade gifts with button-stamped gift wrap that's fun to make.

Why send an ordinary holiday card when you can greet a friend with this merry messenger?

Create cute snowman greeting cards or gift tags with extra buttons and a bit of thread.

Present cookies in tins with our download-and-print doily labels, or scan and print your own doilies.

Gift tags are all the sweeter when they happen to be crisp cookies.

Recycle holiday cards as labels for presents. With a pencil, kids can draw (or stencil) the recipient's initial onto a card, and cut it out. Punch a hole in the letter, and tie to gift with yarn or ribbon.

Rickrack -- wavy cotton trim -- is easily manipulated into seasonal symbols. Glue rickrack designs to blank cards, and use them as holiday greetings.

Embellish holiday parcels with mistletoe made from felt leaves.

These mittens won't warm chilled hands, but they will generate good cheer when clipped to gift tags or used to present a gift card.

A hand-knit stocking is a beautiful but ambitious project; try these instead -- cozy stockings made from sweaters that have the illusion of being knit by hand.

Stack gumdrops, dot them with sprinkles and other candies in creative ways, and watch the colorful confections come to life as snowmen, Santas, and other icons of the season.

Although these whimsical birds look and smell like gingerbread cookies, their sparkling plumage hints at their true nature as sweet works of art.

Save scraps of holiday gift wrap, and put them to work in a festive greeting-card display.

Turn a basic pipe cleaner into a festive snowflake ornament.

For a tree that's trimmed to the nines, fashion a skirt out of red cotton fabric and white grosgrain ribbon.

Just the right shape for mailing (or hand-delivering) cookies, bright-colored cardboard tubes look even more festive when outfitted in red and white to mimic the season's best candy canes.

Turning a plain candy cane into a cute reindeer is a simple Good Thing to get you and your family in the holiday spirit.

Make one-of-a-kind stockings for your loved ones with this handmade holiday craft.

Stars made from folded paper are so easy to create that within a half hour you can have enough on hand to adorn all of your presents, string into garlands, or decorate a tree.

These paper trees are as pretty as origami versions but easier to make.

This snowflake is a beautiful and easy winter-inspired craft.

Add an elegant touch to your home with these easy-to-make gilded pinecones.

Who doesn't love tinsel? Here's another way to use it: Twist wired tinsel (available at specialty-crafts stores) into six-pointed stars.

This wreath is the ideal complement to a tree filled with paper ornaments and is also lovely displayed on its own.

Decorate a wall or an interior door by hanging a holiday-card wreath.

Crepe-paper bells add a festive jingle to each guest's place at the table.

Quarters come in handy at the newsstand, campus laundries, and video arcades; transit tokens are appreciated by commuters. Cover their utilitarian wrappers with candy cane hues.

Perfect for a children's table, these demure angels are made with 6-inch plain white paper plates.

Make your dreams of a white Christmas a reality with a showering of fanciful snowflakes made from doilies.