I really like the look of fancy-schmancy wrapped packages. I just never could justify the extra time and expense, especially when the kiddos just rip into them and destroy all that effort! But, this year I was worried. The kids were only getting 4 gifts total (including from Santa) and I worried that this drastic reduction of the orgy that is opening gifts Christmas morning would result in some unhappy campers.
So, I thought and thought about what I could do to make the whole thing a little more exciting. The first stroke of inspiration was finding these huge vanilla tootsie rolls at the dollar store. My kids LOVE vanilla tootsie rolls so I thought they would be perfect. I was originally going to give them to the kids as part of the countdown, but that peetered out about two weeks before Christmas. So, I took some plastic snowflakes, some ribbon and gift tags from Less Cake {more frosting} and dressed up some packages. They’re hard to see in these pics, but I had to take them at night so it’s the best I could do. 😉
Here’s a mini-tute for ya. Take a package of Ice Breakers and punch out a 3″ circle out of scrapbook paper. Use stickers or stamps to put a name on the circle and tape it to the candy. Get a piece of cellophane (mine was about 14″ by 11″). Place the candy in the center name side down and fold the cellophane around it.

Use ribbon to tie up the ends. You will probably need to trim the ends up a little so it looks more like a wrapped hard candy.

These are the cookie boxes I made for some of our neighbors. I didn’t make enough for everyone, but I gave out what I had. If I missed someone, I’m sorry. It was a crazy year- and I plan to remedy it by starting on Christmas 2011, next week! I found the boxes over at Creative Itch and she found them at Inking out of the box.

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Anonymous
December 29, 2010 at 10:20 pmI really like the icebreaker idea. That will be used this year.
Ashlee @ I'm Topsy Turvy
January 4, 2011 at 2:46 amwhat fun tag ideas for gifts! Thanks for linking up to Topsy Turvy Tuesday's!
Jenn-Lee at Moments
January 6, 2011 at 7:44 pmGreat ideas! I LOVE getting creative with wrapping gifts too. The candy tag is genius! I am so going to do that for the next bday! Thanks so much. 🙂