Homemade Eco-Friendly Gifts Week

Hello
Everyone, and welcome to our “Homemade Eco-friendly Gifts Week”!
Today’s idea is a project by PlayLibrary/Linette Gerlach. It is a “Hot Chocolate Mix Jar”, which is perfect for
the cold season as well as being a little easy on the wallet.

Hot
Chocolate Mix Jar:

What
you’ll need:

• 1
  Ball wide mouth quart jar

• 1
  Ball wide mouth lid and band

• 7″
  square of blue (or holiday) printed fabric

• 1
  Grossgrain ribbon 13″ long by 1″ wide blue

• 1
  Grossgrain ribbon 13″ long by 3/8″ wide white

• 1
  Grossgrain ribbon 30″ long by 1/8″ wide blue

• Paper
  images (from scrapbook paper, wrapping paper, cards , or stickers)
  If you want to duplicate the look here you’ll need two snowmen, a
  small mug
  image, and a shovel.
  

• 2
  1/8″ x 3 1/2″ scrapbook paper, for gift card

• 3
  snowflake buttons

• Clear
  1/4 cup measuring cup

• Craft
  Glue Dots

• 3-1/4″
  foam layering circles

• Hot
  chocolate mix

• Scissors
  

• Pinking
  Shears

• Paper
  Punch

• Ruler
  

How
To Make It:

1. Read
   all the instructions and gather all of the supplies above before you
   get started.

2. Assembling
   the Jar~ Draw a 6″ diameter circle on the back of the fabric,
   and cut out the circle with pinking shears. Fill the jar with the
   hot chocolate mix. Place the lid on the jar, center the fabric, and
   twist on the jar band.

3. Cut
   a 2 1/2″ x 3 1/4″ snowman (or chosen) image for the front
   of the jar, and attach it with the glue dots.

4. Wrap
   the wide blue ribbon around the jar and over the lower edge of the
   snowman image, securing the ends at the back of the jar with glue
   dots.

5. Repeat
   with the white ribbon, centering it over the blue ribbon.

6. Attach
   the snowman and shovel images to the front of the jar with glue
   dots.

7. Fold
   the 2 1/8″ x /3 1/2″ scrapbook paper in half to form a
   gift card. Center and attach the mug image to the front of the card.
   

8. Use
   the paper punch to punch a hole in the upper left hand corner of the
   gift card.

9. Wrap
   the thin blue ribbon around the jar and tie it in a knot.

10. Thread
    one end of the ribbon through the holes in the measuring cup, and
    the gift card. Tie the ribbon into a bow to secure the cup and card.
    

11. Use
    glue dots to glue the snowflake buttons to the top of the jar as a
    finishing touch.

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