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hot chocolate gift tins

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.