It all started because I wanted to give friends of ours a little date night type gift so they could spend some quality time together before their baby arrives. When I thought about a perfect cute and cozy date night, I thought of hanging by a fire with your hunny eating s'mores. Now because most of us don't have fires readily available to us, I made it home friendly. Pair that with cute packaging and voila!
The finished product |
Here's what you'll need:
1. Treat box-I got mine at Michaels in a pack of 3 (40% off with coupon)
2. Small food safe clear plastic/cellophane bags (Michaels in the gift packaging isle-make sure they say "acid free")
3. Chocolate-I used Hershey Milk Chocolate and Hershey Cookies and Cream (it is easier to assemble the s'mores with flat chocolate bars)
4. Graham crackers
5. Marshmallows
6. Tissue paper in colour of your choice
7. Ribbon in colour of your choice
8. Cardstock in colours of your choice
How to:
1. Assemble your favour box
2. Place 1 package of graham crackers in centre of box
3. Scrunch up 2 pieces of tissue paper and place one on each side of the graham crackers
4. Place your chocolate bars on top of tissue paper on one side
5. Fill a clear food bag with marshmallows and tie ribbon to close it up, curl the ends of the ribbon using scissors. Place on tissue paper on other side of graham crackers.
6. Write a personalized note with directions for baking s'mores in the oven on cardstock and layer with a contrast colour
S'mores directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Assemble s'mores on baking sheet
3. Bake for 1-3 mins until marshmallow starts melting
My note said "Enjoy S'more love before 2 becomes 3" and then directions |
-Christmas hot chocolate kits
-Easter egg/chocolate kits
-Personalized birthday kits (mini alcohol bottles, candies, small gifts, etc.)
-Coffee/Tea kits (with different flavours and biscuits/cookies)
I think for every birthday now I will buy small gifts that are personalized to that person and make up a little kit of them. Adding that personal touch, and hand making things really means something to people I believe. I would much rather get a gift where the person had to think about what I would like and take the time to pick things out, than just a gift card (although I love those too!).
This is going to be fun!
Really I like your ways of wrapping the gift which you have express in this blog, even in it, we can make the good use of waste material too.
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