I want to share a simple little treat that can either be made for your little ones as a special Christmas gift, or you can let them be hands on with this project as these would also make great Christmas teacher gifts!
My boys love helping out, especially in the kitchen, so they would love to give their teacher’s something they helped make for the holidays!
For these Christmas Kisses Treat Jars we’ll need two main ingredients:
3 jars and Christmas Hershey Kisses (2 bags).
I like the quilted Mason jars for this project, but you could also use smooth Mason jars.
Divide the Hershey Kisses by color then place each color in a jar.
Spray paint one lid white, one black, and one green.
Once dry, replace the lids on the jars.
Match the white lid with the red Hershey Kisses, the black lid with the silver, and the green lid with the green.
The red Hershey Kisses are meant to represent Santa Claus, and the green a Christmas elf.
They both would typically wear belts, so wrap glitter ribbon around each jar and glue it in place.
I used black for Santa and gold for the elf.
Once secure, use glitter glue to draw a belt buckle on the ribbon.
The silver Hershey Kisses with the black lid is our snowman.
Glue 3 black pom poms down the front of the jar to represent a snowman’s coal buttons.
Make 3 little tags and label them Santa Kisses, Snowman Kisses, and Elf Kisses
and tie them on with some ribbon.
You can write the child’s name on the back of the tag.
Or, if they are helping make them for their teachers, write the teacher’s name on the back.
Quick, simple, festive, and cute!!
This project was original shared as part of Design Dazzle’s Christmas Wonderful series.
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Ang says
November 23, 2014 at 12:31 AMOkay this is a random question but would you give all 3 jars to one teacher or is each jar for a different teacher? Just trying to do Christmas on the cheap but don’t want to look stingy. 🙂 Adorable idea!
Michele McDonald says
November 23, 2014 at 5:11 PMTotally not random, Ang! I would give one each to a teacher probably paired with some sort of gift card. Our teacher from last year LOVED Sonic so we gave her a $10 gift card with one of these jars. 🙂
Linda @ it all started with paint says
November 17, 2013 at 11:28 AMSo cute!
🙂 Linda
Susanne says
September 2, 2013 at 4:33 PMoh wow…I love this kisses, but I can´t buy this Sweets here in Germany…You are so lucky and your jars are so cute.
so many greetings from Germany :o)
Susanne
Linh C. says
December 23, 2012 at 1:35 PMPinning this for future reference! Love this idea…wonder how to change it up for Valentine’s Day, etc….hmmm… Merry Christmas!
Katie Drane says
December 18, 2012 at 9:45 PMI love these! Just wanted to let you know that I featured you in my 15 Homemade Gift Ideas post!
Hugs,
Katie
http://www.funhomethings.com/2012/12/15-homemade-gift-ideas.html
Jocelyn says
December 17, 2012 at 11:11 PMYou always have THE cutest things:-) Love this simple and easy gift idea!!!
- Brittany aka Pretty Handy Girl says
December 16, 2012 at 10:54 PMWow, that is a great last minute gift idea! My kids would love this. Thanks for sharing.
[email protected] Repurposed Life says
December 12, 2012 at 5:19 PMlove your kiss jars Michele! very cute with the glittered ribbon.
gail
Lizzi's Creations says
December 11, 2012 at 11:18 AMSuch a cute idea! Those jars are so easy to find too. I’m definitely making these!
Designed Decor says
December 10, 2012 at 10:07 PMVery cute jars! I found you through I heart Naptime link party!
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Mariaelena says
December 10, 2012 at 9:26 PMSimply adorable & clever!!
Mariaelena
Stacy @ She's {kinda} Crafty says
December 10, 2012 at 7:59 PMlovely! Do you get to eat the leftovers if there are too many of a certain color?
Holly Lefevre (504 Main) says
December 10, 2012 at 3:28 AMToo darn adorable!
Diana - FreeStyleMama says
December 9, 2012 at 10:27 PMAdorable!!
TidyMom says
December 9, 2012 at 10:31 AMso cute Michele!
Thanks for linking up! I featured your post in my wrap up http://tidymom.net/2012/christmas-holiday-ideas/
Happy Holidays!
ngnrdgrl says
December 8, 2012 at 2:36 PMVery cute and simple gift!
Lisa Summerhays says
December 7, 2012 at 6:30 PMSo cute and creative!
thepaintedapron.com says
December 7, 2012 at 8:12 AMSuper Cute! Love the way you separated the colors so the Santa suit, elf and snowman came across, clever!
Jenna
Rosewood Corner says
December 7, 2012 at 3:14 AMSuch a cute idea!
Dixie n Dottie says
December 6, 2012 at 11:30 PMThese are absolutely adorable! Great idea! Would love if you’d join our Countdown to Christmas link party! Hope to see you there! Have a great weekend! 🙂
http://dixie-n-dottie.blogspot.com/2012_12_04_archive.html
Kathy says
December 6, 2012 at 12:02 PMOh before I forget, my favorite thing in your Giveaway is the Josh Groban album. Have a great day!
Kathy says
December 6, 2012 at 12:01 PMLove your blog, and always receive your Emails updating me on weekly events. Have yourself a Happy Holiday!
Michele {The Scrap Shoppe} says
December 6, 2012 at 5:19 PMThank you so much, Kathy! That mean a lot to me. 🙂 Happy Holidays to you as well!
Stephanie says
December 6, 2012 at 9:15 AMSo cute!! I love it 🙂 Visiting from Catch a Glimpse Party – thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day!
Stephanie
Okio B Designs says
December 5, 2012 at 4:35 PMAdorable!
Jeanine
Infarrantly Creative says
December 5, 2012 at 4:23 PMThese treat jars are so “Sweet”, what a cute and clever idea. Thanks for the simple tutorial and wonderful idea!
Beverly {Flamingo Toes} says
December 5, 2012 at 3:37 PMThese are so adorable and creative Michele! I love them all! That glitter ribbon is just perfect on them!
Samantha says
December 5, 2012 at 2:31 PMThese jars would make the cutest gifts.