Christmas goodies

It is Christmas time and that means its time to give. Give your time, give your money, and give gifts to those who hold special meaning to you, or those whom you want to thank, or those whom you want to bless. Of course this is something that hopefully is happening all year long, not just at Christmas. But Christmas time is when I do lots of baking (or chocolate making), and Christmas is always a good time to remind the kids that its even more important to give than it is to receive. To help the kids grasp this concept, we did a pillow-making project during our Church Christmas party this year. We made tie-pillows like those tie-blankets you are probably familiar with. The ones made out of fleece. They turned out so cute and the kids did a really good job. Here is a picture of all the kids who helped and the 28 pillows we were able to make. The pillows had several patterns such as soccer, football, bugs, flowers, teddy bears, plaid, terrier puppies, and ABC's.

This picture shows the pillows we made at the children's church Christmas party to give to kids at a local orphanage. They are super soft and cuddly. Hopefully they will bring some comfort to the kids who receive them.


For the past 3 weeks I have been making chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate. I've covered pretzels, peanuts, and almonds with white chocolate and milk chocolate. I am finally done with all this  and am ready to sit back and relax. (Except I have two class parties to host this week at school and as soon as those are finished I will be home free for Christmas Playtime with my kiddos! Just in time for Christmas Break too!) I am looking forward to it :)  I've taken pictures of some of the treats I've made because (if I might say so) I think they turned out pretty cute. So here goes... 

These are some of the pretzel rods I made. Red and Green of course. Stacks and stacks of them. I think I figured I made over 13 dozen rods.




Yummy pretzels and peanuts and almonds, all covered in chocolate. These little baggies were handed out to each student in the girls' classes for their Christmas parties.




I found these 'wine' boxes on sale at the end of last year and scooped them up with the intent of using them to package my chocolate-covered pretzel rods this Christmas. They worked perfect! And they are so pretty! :)




I put these really cute stickers on each container with a Christmas greeting and our name on it with a pretty snowflake. Too cute. Can u tell I am really excited about how nice these turned out? ha ha.




At the last minute I came up with this idea to put these stickers on the baggies to help keep them closed and fresher longer.   :)




All packed up and ready to distribute. They sure are festive and pretty. I really like these containers.

 So there you have it, my Christmas 'pretties'.