Freebies: "Disposables", containers, junk mail, food scraps, egg shells, coffee grounds and all that weekly waste.

Egg Shells: Make a great gift for gardeners. 5-ways-to-use-eggshells-in-your-garden. Now write (or print) a nicely presented how to guide, add pictures if you like. Egg shells can be added to a hamper or simply wrapped in old newspaper with twine. (try to find gardening pictures in the paper.) If you don't go through them then ask at a local cafe.

Coffee grounds: Make a great gift for gardeners. 5-ways-to-reuse-coffee-grounds. "Eggshells and coffee grounds go hand in hand. They are gardening’s BFF’s. They are a natural fertilizer and a One-Two Punch pick me up for your veggie garden or your houseplants. Eggshells provide calcium and coffee grounds provide nitrogen." As quoted from here. Thank you Shari, and I'm glad to read your Son is safe, what a fright. (To find out what that is about feel free to read the top of the page linked above.)

Technology associated gift for free? YES! Find this and other great ideas at http://www.upcyclingthegift.com/2013_01_01_archive.html
find directions and more inspiration here.15-minute-make-magnetic-storage-tins. This box remake and more here.

These two pictures and loads more inspiration/ information can be found here.

This truck idea and more here.

A great how to guide on planting in just about anything can be found here. I hope this has given you inspiration.