When it comes to handing out Christmas Cards nothing expresses the cheer without a treat.  After all, who doesn’t like to feel like a kid at Christmas time and receive a little treat with their warm greeting.  With my Christmas cards, I normally like to add a treat with it to and depending on the person (such as my kids teachers) I add a gift card with the little treat and card as well.  We all know that holidays can be stressful and full of anxiety so lets make it fun this year.  Here are a couple of quick and easy  treat holder ideas that you can make for all those special people on your Christmas card list. Remember all you need is a packaging idea for that plain chocolate or coffee treat.

So I decided to pick up a couple of items at Walmart, (yes, Walmart) to share my holiday cheer. I found some items that I thought would be perfect in cute holiday, home made packaging.  So I picked up: coffee, Hershey Kisses and Candy Canes.  I must warn that the Dollar Store candy cane brand contain peanuts so check the labels if you are determined to keep it peanut free.

Coffee Treats:

With this packaging, I used Whisper White card stock, Crumb Cake card stock and the Coffee Cafe die bundle to create this simple, yet elegant packaging to add to the Christmas Cards I made from the last post.  I make one for each colleague at work and it just puts a smile on their face.  I normally make about 30 and they don’t take too long to add to a card.  You can also slide in a gift card.

This packaging is so simple that you can change the design by simply adding designer series paper, a snowflake and a cute greeting (snowflake & greetings are from the Tags and Trimmings bundle).  I sometime use this as the Christmas card and the treat all in one, if I’m short cards or am running behind in making a Christmas card for everyone.

Chocolate Treats:

I normally like to vary my treats, especially if I know that someone is not a coffee drinker.  This stocking is made using the Tags and Trimmings die, designer paper and inside the pocket is Hershey kisses.  I found one package can be used to fill about 3-4 stockings.

Making treats to go with your Christmas cards does not need to be stressful or expensive.  Sometimes all it takes is a simple packaging that can be repeated multiple times. To get tutorials like this, join the weekly newsletter by clicking here.  To purchase any of the products click on the items above to connect to my store.