Calling all crafters! The 2025 Holiday season is coming quickly: it’s time to capitalize on your crafty side hustle. Make money selling your creations at holiday markets, on your Etsy store or Facebook Marketplace. Now is the perfect time to tap into this year’s hottest handmade trends for 2025.
Personalized Christmas Ornaments
Every year personalized ornaments and decorations are highly sought after for families-2025 is no exception. New marriages, babies, occasions to celebrate and even remembrance ornaments are always top sellers at every holiday market and fair. Names, initials, dates and places hold special places in everyone’s heart and shoppers want to display those during the most wonderful time of the year!
Items such as:
Name Ornaments (Round, Resin or Wooden)
Baby’s First Christmas
Our First Christmas
Pet Names
If you are selling in an online store, offer volume discounts or tiered pricing to increase order sizes to achieve higher sales.
Christmas and Decorative Door Wreaths
Door wreaths are always a big seller for any market or fair since many people have a wreath of some type on their front door year-round. The holidays seem to be a little more special, with more decorative touches such as ribbon, ornaments, lights, and even signs tucked in. Prices for some holiday wreaths at highly rated retail stores are upward of $400 and shoppers are looking for similar styles at a better price.
If you have an Etsy store, be sure to have updated order forms, photos and available customization options since many want specific color palates if they are ordering a wreath. For a market or fair, simply bring a range of colors, sizes and styles (farmhouse, traditional, retro) for shoppers to choose from.
Handmade Scented Candles and Soap
Scented items are always hot sellers during the holidays. Everyone has memories attached to certain scents like apples, pine/fir trees, cinnamon, peppermint and cocoa. Scented candles can be easy to make money selling during a holiday market because they’re dual purpose: they can be used by the buyer during the holiday season, or they may be given as gifts. Other scented crafts to sell include soaps, bath bombs, sachets, potpourri and essential oils.
Vintage-Inspired Christmas Décor
Nostalgia and grandmillennial charm are trending in 2025 overall and holiday decorations are already highly sought after. Vintage mercury glass ornaments, linens, tableware and serving sets and décor of yesteryear are being snapped up almost as they’re available. Even vintage artificial Christmas trees sell at a high price. But, if you don’t have actual vintage items to sell at your market or fair, there are many ways to achieve a nostalgic vibe or look when making wall art, table décor, and even Christmas village sets.
Keep in mind that not all vintage holiday decorations are traditional red and green; retro colors from a few decades ago included pink, blue and orange in addition to red and green. Let your imagination wander when creating retro holiday décor and include metallic copper and even bronze.
Décor, Holiday Signs and Advent Calendars
Wooden holiday crafts come in all shapes, sizes and colors. From yard art to countertop displays, wooden décor is always a hot seller anytime of the year but especially during the holiday season. There are parties, gifts, caroling and family dinners in and around family homes, so décor is usually on the high priority list early in the season.
Wall décor and multiple frame wall displays are easy to sell in markets, fair or an online store. In addition, adding customizable options opens the market to even more sales; think painted welcome signs for the front porch or over the fireplace.
Related: How to Find Markets to Sell Holiday or Christmas Crafts to Make Money
