I love giving handmade gifts for Christmas! There is just something special about receiving a gift that someone took the time to make for you. So, each year, Kate and I make our list of people that are special to us, and try to make them a little something. This Christmas, one of the things we have decided to make are handmade Gingerbread House Kits with Gingerbread M&Ms, and we made some cute Gingerbread People Gift Tags to go along with them!
We started by buying our supplies. M&M’s has a new flavor, Gingerbread, which is available exclusively at Walmart! We just knew these would be perfect for our gingerbread house kits. I mean, what could be more perfect than that? M&M’s has so many new options, and this may be my new favorite! We also grabbed some graham crackers for the structure, a couple of different icing options to use as the glue and decor, and a red tin to pack the kit in.
See how cute it is all packed in the tin? You could add some other goodies if you like, or maybe an instruction sheet!
I had to promise Kate that she could make her own kit and try it out.
She had a blast putting her mini gingerbread house together, and pinkie swore that she only ate a few M&M’s. Yeah, right!
She used the thicker icing to “glue” the graham cracker walls together and build the roof.
And…she embellished the roof line and decorated the house with the Gingerbread M&M’s!
We decided to make some cute Gingerbread People Gift Tags to finish off our kits, and we want to share them with you!
You may download and print yours by clicking —–> HERE!
We printed our tags, cut them out, then taped one to our kit.
This is a super easy and fun handmade gift that would be perfect for any child!
If you need some festive holiday decorating ideas check out these fun Gingerbread M&M’s crafts. If you have some creative ideas of your own, participate in the Gingerbread M&M’s Instagram contest to win a great prize!
Between now and December 20th, upload an original image to Instagram with inspirational ideas and creations using Gingerbread M&M’s to decorate and craft during the holidays, caption that image with the hashtag #HolidayMM and share on Twitter for an entry!
That’s not all folks! There is also a fabulous $1 off coupon…you can get yours by clicking the photo below!
So…will you be creating any handmade gifts this year? I would love to hear about them!
Shannon @ Fox Hollow Cottage says
atHI guys! Those sure are cute. What a great idea. Love everything all snug in the pretty red tin. The tags are darling and really top it off!! Super idea for a thoughtful holiday gift, and Katie is the perfect assistant ;)
Mel @ Outnumbered 3 to 1 says
atThat is such a cute gift idea! We are doing a $5 White Elephant exchange this year and a tin like this would be perfect! #client
Kathy says
atVery cute. Will try and remember this at Christmas time. Thank you.