It’s Christmas! LIKE FOR REAL. I’ve decorated the house, I’ve bought presents (well, most of them) and even hosted a Christmas party. But I still haven’t sent out Christmas cards. Or made teacher’s gifts. The only teachers in Lydia’s life are her teachers at church (she goes to two services on Sunday) and her ballet teacher. And to Lydia? They are all famous.
When Lydia was 1 I made the cutest card for her teachers at church. I digi-scrapped a picture of her with a nativity scene with the words, “Thank you for introducing me to Jesus.” Her teachers were teary-eyed and some have said they still have it on their fridge!
Along with that picture I made those pretzel-hershey-kiss-m&m treats. Have you had them? My friend Kathy from House of Hills made some with her daughter this week and did a great post about it! I also love the pretzel-rolo-pecans treats she did, too!
I’ve made and gifted Muddy Buddies–you know that yummy peanut-butter-chocolate-powdered-sugar Chex mix? Oh my goodness. It is divine. And very easy to make—you get to throw it all in a giant plastic bag and shake it up. Lydia loved it! Oh, I’m getting hungry!
So, I’ve been on the look out for a new kind of treat to bring to her teachers (and to my tummy) and I think I found a good one from Marie at Make and Takes! Look how fun, easy and adorable this is:
(photo by Make & Takes)
All you do is melt chocolate chips, dip your candy canes in and then gift-wrap! I am so in love with this. I just bought a pack of candy canes today so this is perfect!
And now, I can think of no other good way to segue this except: SPEAKING OF CHOCOLATE, Nestle is giving away a big bag o’treats to one of our lovely readers! They’ve got this big photo contest going on at Nestle Family.com where you can win one of several $50 giftcards! They wanted to share the wealth and have generously offered up a big holiday gift pack which will include coupons for FREE Toll House chocolate chips and cookie dough, Carnation Evaporated Milk and Breakfast Essentials, Stouffer’s, Juicy Juice and Boost Kid Essentials, as well as products from Wonka and Rasinets. Also, a cute silver picture frame and a yummy Carnation holiday recipe guide. The prize value is around $40.
If you’d like to win, please leave us a comment below. Any comment will do—even a simple Merry Christmas! But if you’d like to dazzle the judges with your impressive comment, please tell us about your favorite handmade treat you love to give at the holidays! And as always, you can receive an additional entry if you tweet or facebook this post!
Merry Christmas to you!
I usually like to giving cookie mixes, snack mixes and drink mixes – this year though I am giving homemade gift card sets.
I hope you have a Merry Christmas! 🙂
NESTLE’S IS THE BEST !!!!!
This year, most of my handmade goodies are of the non-food variety. But usually, I break out the family cookbook, and everyone gets an assortment. It’s hard to break tradition. 🙂
Merry Christmas!
I like to make a variety of fudge at Christmas 🙂 *Thanks* for the giveaway!
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We made chocolate covered pretzels for my boys’ Sunday school teachers! Of course, church has been snowed out 2 weeks in a row so we have enjoyed A LOT of chocolate covered pretzels!
.-= Sandra´s last blog ..Snow Day =-.
i like to make peppermint sugar cookies for me kids teachers!!
I LOVE chocolate chips. And will only use Nestle brand. There you have it. I’m a chocolate chip snob.
It’s tweeted
It’s on my FB
.-= Kathy Hill´s last blog ..Christmas Bake 09 Round 2 =-.
I made our own hot chocolate & put it in baggies to hand out to my kids Sunday school teachers. I included mini marshmallows in the mix. We used mini candy canes but I love the idea of using the big ones dipped in chocolate. Maybe next year! I also included this little note:
Snowman Soup
Was told you’ve been real good this year.
Always glad to hear it!
With freezing weather drawing near,
You’ll need to warm the spirit.
So, here’s a little Snowman Soup,
Complete with stirring stick.
Just add hot water & sip it slow.
It’s sure to do the trick.
Thanks for the chance to win. Merry Christmas!
Ummm, how did I miss this! Great giveaway! Oh, and Merry Christmas!
Oh & it’d help if I read the last sentence– it’s not very dazzling, but my best homemade gift ideas come from the Gooseberry Patch Gifts for Giving books– I think there are 2 of them!
.-= Will Blog for Shoes´s last blog ..On Santa… =-.