{Holiday DIY} Printables Cookie Dough Wrap & Snowman Soup | Make Your Home-Made Gifts Super Special

Tis the season…for baking up a storm! I find myself collecting unusual cookie and dessert recipes throughout the year and when Christmas season comes around, I want to try them all. Each year I make an assortment of cookies and small loaf breads and put them in tins and gift bags, add some snowman soup (Chocolate recipe below) and pass them out to my neighbors on my street.  I just love the act of giving, there’s nothing like it.

This year I decided to do something a bit different. I made the cookie dough, wrapped it in wax paper and covered the dough logs with our downloadable Merry Christmas Classic holiday paper wraps, we sell in our Etsy store. We have over 20 kids on our block and I thought this way, the moms can make fresh no fuss cookies with their children. You can also tie little bags around the dough with sprinkles and small candies in them for decorating.

This is really a great gift anytime.

Wrap cookie dough and tie ribbon to ends.

Cut paper to size & wrap with patterned paper first. Tape closed.

Tape greeting paper to pattered paper.

I have been making Snowman Soup for years, the kids absolutely love this and it’s just plain instant coco! But the creative packaging is what makes it so fun.

Supplies

Front of bag

Tag placement

Gather:

• Bags of instant chocolate
• Box of small candy canes
• Bag of mini marshmallows
• Candy kisses
• Toothpicks
• 2 Different colors of card stock paper
• 1 White card stock paper
• 1 White regular paper
• Snowman stickers or stamp & ink
• Plastic goodies bags, approx. 4″ x 8″
• Downloadable holiday label wrap, optional
• Glue Stick
• Decorative & regular scissors
• Stapler

1. Gather and place in plastic bag; instant chocolate, 1 candy cane, candy kiss and 6 mini marshmallows.
2. Cut white card stock paper 4″ x 5 1/2″ and fold in half. Cut colored paper 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″. Cut a different color card stock paper & white paper into 1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ pieces.
3. Type out snowman soup message (which follows) and sign message. (that goes on the toothpick) Print and cut out, using decorative and regular scissors.
4. Download holiday wrap greeting, print and cut out strips. (Optional)
5. Glue soup message to back of folded white card stock  and colored paper to front.
6. Glue tooth pick to one side of paper at an angle. Glue small square of colored paper and white paper on top of that, that says “Snowman Soup, Enjoy”. Glue both on top and in the middle of toothpick. Stamp or adhere snowman sticker to lower left side of label.
7. Place the folded label over the filled plastic bag up to the fold and staple 2 lower corners of  bag and label together.
8. Optional: Fold Happy Holidays paper wrap, below tag onto and around plastic bag and glue or tape at back.

Snowman Soup message:

“With the cold weather upon us, you will need to warm your spirits & your tummy.  So here is some snowman soup, complete with a peppermint stirring stick.  Add hot water & sip it slow, it’s sure to do the trick.”

Have fun passing out your “Snowman Soup” and Happy Holidays !

By: YLE Crafty Chic, Sharon Tittle