Snowman Soup
This very cute gift worked out to $1.50 per gift, and you could easily simplify it further if you needed to trim the budget! What’s inside: Cadbury Hot Chocolate sachet (purchased in a box of 6), candy cane, mini marshmallows, chocolate ball. Packaged inside a self sealing plastic packet (purchased from discount store) and tucked inside a white paper cup. Draw on a cute snowman face and tie on a gift tag with instructions.
Christmas pencil & activity sheet
Purchase a pack of Christmas pencil and erasers from Kmart, which work out around $0.25 per pencil. Then purchase a Giant Christmas Activity Pad (again, from Kmart or Big W), and some mini candy canes. Detach each page from the activity pad, roll up into a scroll and tie on your candy cane and pencil!
Gift Card Bauble
For teachers, I usually like to purchase a gift card. They get so many gifts and unless I really know them and their interests or likes, I don’t want to be giving more ‘stuff’. I can usually work out during the year where they like to shop, but popular gift cards include cinemas, Amazon, Dan Murphy’s, Coles Myer, or dining options. This fun way to present the gift card was really well received by the teacher!
To make: purchase a clear acrylic bauble from craft supply stores like Spotlight or Lincraft. Take a photo of your child standing with their arms out like they are holding the card. I printed this on the printer and laminated it, but you could print an actual photo, or use clear packing tape to protect your printout. I cut around the body and positioned the body so the arms were tucked over the top of the gift card (you can’t see it, but the body included his legs up to his knees – this will just depend on the size of your bauble). Using some small bits of sticky tape I stuck it in place inside the bauble and filled with confetti (old confetti balloons work well for this!). As a finishing touch, I hot glued a small strip of tinsel on the bottom, which allowed the bauble to sit upright.
