MAGIC REINDEER FOOD
Make your own ‘Magic Reindeer Food’ as a lovely low cost gift idea for little ones. All you need is a small plastic or paper bag and mix up some plain rolled oats, coconut and some tinsel, glitter or brightly coloured paper cut up in small pieces. Fill up the bag and add this special poem to go with it:The moon will make it sparkle bright,
Sprinkle on your lawn at night,
When Santa’s Reindeer fly and roam,
This will guide them to your home.is enchanting for little ones and is guaranteed to help Santa and his reindeer on Christmas Eve!
A perfect take-home gift for Christmas parties that
Contributed by: Emily Mauger
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CANDY CANE BATH SALTS
Try making these for a perfect Christmas gift which
is both low cost and useful!
Ingredients:
3 cups Epsom salts
3 tsp sweet almond oil
9 drops peppermint essential oil
1 drop of red food colouring (more if you like)
1 drop of green food colouring
To decorate:
Several jars with screw lids or cork seals.
Red, green and white Christmas ribbon.
Several gift tags shaped like candy canes OR
several small candy canes.
Instructions:
You will need three mixing bowls. Put a teaspoon
of almond oil and three drops of peppermint oil
into each of the bowls. Add one drop of red food
colouring to the first bowl, add one drop of green to
the second and leave the third bowl plain. Mix each
bowl well and be careful not to mix the colours.
Put one cup of Epsom salts into each bowl. Then
stir well. This will leave you with a bowl of green, a
bowl of red and a bowl of white scented salts. Let
sit, covered for a few hours.
To create the candy cane effect, make layers
of each colour – a layer of red, a layer of green,
a layer of white – over and over until you fill the
jar. Decorate with matching ribbon and tag or
real candy cane. These make great inexpensive
presents for teachers, work mates, family – they
always appreciate the effort and love something
different. They look bright and cheerful, add a
festive touch to the bathroom, smell great and best
of all, cost next to nothing to make!
Contributed by: Kim
PUDDINGS IN A TEACUP
Christmas puddings are great to give as Christmas
presents to loved ones. I make a few and wrap
them in calico with a ribbon and they love getting
them as a personal gift. I also adapt the idea
for couples by mixing the recipe and instead of
cooking in a cloth/basin I grease teacups and 3/4
fill them with the mixture, cover with alfoil and
place in a frying pan with water and cook with the
lid on until done. They cook quicker than a large
pudding and are perfect sizes for individual serves.
If I am giving to a couple I wrap them in cellophane
with a lovely gold ribbon and none of the pudding
is wasted or not eaten.
Contributed by: Jalan
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MEMORY JAR: GIFT OF MEMORIES
Christmas time can mean having to get creative to
stay within your budget. One present that will be
treasured for a lifetime is a gift of memories.
Find an attractive jar and cut different coloured
paper into small, note-sized pieces. Write a single
memory you have about the particular person on
each piece and place it in the jar. Continue doing
this until the jar is full. Add a nice ribbon around the
jar and you have a wonderful jar of memories to
give. A lasting gift that costs little, yet means a lot!
Contributed by: Debbie Gillon
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