Last night, the ladies at my church got together for a little holiday kick-off - complete with crafts! I was in charge of putting together two holiday craft ideas. The first was hot chocolate gift tins.
I saw these tins last holiday season on the
Blonde Design Blog. Kristin was nice enough to provide
labels and a source for the tins, so all I had to do was follow her lead. :)
The beauty of crafting as a group is you can buy in bulk. We made well over 100 tins last night, and the cost of each kit (minus the cocoa) came to only about $1. Each kit included:
- 8 ounce tin - Paper Mart
- Hot Chocolate label - Blonde Designs Blog
- clear cello bag (2 1/2 inches long, 2 inches wide, 6 inches tall) - Paper Mart
- white scallop seal - I used a Martha Stewart Scallop Punch on full-sheet label paper to make stickers to seal the cello bags. You can find full-sheet label paper at any office supply store.
- length of baker's twine - Supply Owl
- punched gift tag - I glued holiday-print scrapbook paper to white cardstock and punched using a gift tag-shaped punch
You can fill the tins with store-bought or
homemade hot chocolate mix. It is the perfect small gift for teachers, neighbors, or co-workers.
Homemade marshmallows would make a delicious companion to this gift!
Speaking of marshmallows, last night I had sweet potatoes (topped with marshmallows) that were so delicious, I wasn't even sad that I couldn't eat pie for dessert. I just had another scoop of potatoes. mmm ... sweet potatoes. I love Thanksgiving.
18 comments:
I love this idea! This weekend my daughter and I are making something very similar, we are using canning jars though. Who doesn't love hot chocolate! How nice of you to do this craft with your church ladies!
Awesome!
What a great idea (and cute too!) Thanks for sharing!
Glad this worked out! They look awesome. Soooo excited for sweet potatoes.
such a great idea! thanks for sharing! and where to get the goods too!
Oh-these would make the perfect neighbor gifts! What size tin did you use?
Super cute...dying to know what the other craft idea was...
Alyssa G. :)
love it! i'm going to make this for my daughter's daycare teachers and some co-workers! Thanks for the great ideas!
VERY cute! Love them!
Just I did this week a post about punches :( because I bought something wrong, snif snif, I'm really sad now.
I need a gift label punch in a good size.
Thank you for this awesome idea! I'll definitely be making these for the neighbors! I love it! Thanks for explaining where to get everything as well, I wouldn't have known where to start!
I have a bunch of tins I will be doing something with this Christmas. I LOVE this idea! Thanks!
Rebecca@RootsAndWingsCo
Super cute! I will definitely have to make these in the future! What size tin did you use?
I used the eight ounce tin. It's in the post in the list of kit supplies. ;)
lol! Apparently I was so excited I linked right to the tins and totally skimmed past the 8oz part. doh! THanks! :)
These are so cute! I just found your blog and I love all your fun crafty ideas!
Just adorable. I can't wait to make them. Thank you for providing all the links. That's a gift to me!
I know this is last year's post, but I just found it and I love it! I give my hot chocolate mix in boring old jars, but not any more! I put your photo and a link on my Firday Friends! post on my blog. I know others will enjoy it, too. Thanks for sharing your cute ideas.
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