25 Days of Christmas: Day 22

For day 22 of my 25 Days of Christmas challenge, I have another fun gift idea for the holidays. You can get this really cute snowman wrapper for free from Aimee Asher of you can design your own. Wrap it around a gift of your choice to make it more festive. You also use gloves for the hat so you could use it to make the gloves more fun if they are the main gift or you can buy a cheap pair at the dollar store and include it with another main gift. I chose to wrap it around microwave popcorn which is perfect to pair with a dvd or blu-ray gift.

Supplies Needed:
Snowman wrapper
Microwave popcorn (or you could use a chocolate bar, etc)
Pair of gloves
Tape
Ribbon

Simply cut the snowman wrapper to size and tape it around your item, in my case, the microwave popcorn. Next take your gloves and put one inside the other so the person gets a pair still. Then place the gloves over the top of the snowman's head. Next tie a ribbon in a bow around the gloves and you have a cute snowman with a hat! You can add a scarf using felt if you want but I chose not to. Pair with a Christmas favorite dvd or blu-ray for an awesome gift!

25 Days of Christmas: Day 15

For day 15 of my 25 Days of Christmas challenge, I have another fun reindeer themed gift idea. This one can be used for a bath and body themed gift basket or to be paired with a spa, massage or nail salon gift certificate.

Supplies Needed:
Brown or tan wash cloth
Brown or tan pipe cleaners
Christmas colored bells (red, green, silver or gold)
Google eyes
Ribbon
Red pom pom
Hot glue
Bar of soap, nail polish or airplane size bottles of hand sanitizer, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, etc.

Take your bar of soap (or other accessories) and wrap up in the washcloth and tie with a ribbon, leaving some material at the top for "ears." Next stick a pipe cleaner on each side of the gathered material at the top for antlers. Cut smaller pieces of pipe cleaner and wrap around for additional pieces of the antlers. Finally add a bell or two if tiny onto the pipe cleaner for extra flare. Next glue on the google eyes and pom pom for a nose.

25 Days of Christmas: Day 14

For day 14 of my 25 Days of Christmas challenge, I decided to make Candy Cane Vodka. I actually had to start the process on Day 12 because it needs to sit for two days.

Ingredients:
1 cup of candy cane pieces
Vodka
Mason jar

All you need to do is break up pieces of candy canes until you have about a cups worth. Next you put the pieces in a mason jar and pour vodka over them until the jar is full. Next seal the jar up and let it sit for 2 days.

After two days, you should have a red colored liquid. Add ribbon and a gift tag that reads "Candy Cane Vodka" if you are giving it as a gift. I used glitter letter stickers to spell out "Candy Cane Vodka" on the lid and tied a mini candy cane to the jar with a bow for added decoration. If you're keeping it for yourself, taste and enjoy! If you like this, you can try this recipe with a cup of your favorite sugary candy such as skittles or even candy corn for Halloween.

25 Days of Christmas: Day 6

For day 6 of my 25 Days of Christmas challenge, I am sharing an affordable but super cute gift idea. This is a perfect small gift if you're looking to only spend around $10. It's a great idea if you're putting together multiple gifts to hand out to neighbors, co-workers, etc. I originally found this on a site that offered gift ideas for under $2 but I think it'd be tough to make this one for quite that cheap. This was also the only idea I really liked from that site, the rest were pretty dumb but this one was really cute.

Supplies Needed:
Whisk
Handful of Hershey kisses
Cellophane - preferably with a Christmas pattern or winter design
Ribbon
Printable gift tag

The reason I say that I don't believe you can make this for under $2 is because I could not find a whisk at any Dollar Tree's. Looking around, most whisks tend to run $6-10. I ended up getting a set at Target that came with a big one and a mini one so I made two versions!

All you do is take the whisk and fill it with Hershey kisses. You can use plain ones, get the Christmas colored wrappers, or they have candy cane and mint truffle flavored ones which are fun for the holidays. Next you wrap the whisk in cellophane or a cellophane gift bag and tie it up with the ribbon. Curling ribbon looks best. Finally you add a gift tag that reads "We Whisk You A Merry Kissmas." The cute play on words on the gift tag is obviously what makes the gift!