Thank you all for your replies and advice.

Thing is, my family sadly isn't as non-materialistic and there's certain expectations. I wish baking would be enough but there's no way you can change the mentality of an entire family. Know the feeling of being given the smallest gift? As stupid as it sounds, as shallow as it seems, the feeling is real.

And in times like these, I think my family can't afford to be let down when it comes to their wishes. I certainly am doing whatever I can to keep them happy and lighten the mood, take a bit of the burden.

However, an origami bird doesn't really do much at the moment.

It's a tough situation because I so wish that something so simple like that would suffice, but I know my family and it was never that simple.

I love homemade socks and stuff like that, I appreciate it but for others it means nothing. My sister's boyfriends family is loaded so she has gotten used to getting big stuff, like free vacations and expensive electronics.

But I'm sure I'll figure something out... ;s