Jelly Bean Jars: Inexpensive Christmas Gifts!
About this time of year I’m thinking of fun, yet inexpensive gift-giving, especially for my teen daughter and her gazillion friends. How in the world do you buy for each and every girl? (You don’t!)
We purchased the large Jelly Belly 49-Flavors container from Costco for $14.99.
Gathered up the miscellaneous small canning jars around the house.
Cut out small circles of Christmas wrapping paper.
-Pour the beans in, leaving about 1 inch from the top.
-Seal up the jars and add the paper – a nice Christmas touch.
-Mark who it’s for with a Sharpie marker.
-Deliver to the gazillion girlfriends.
Do you have any simple, inexpensive Christmas gift ideas to share?
(We got about 15 jars from the container of Jelly Beans, about $1 each gift (if you use old canning jars). And the winner of the RE book and the Hip Holiday apron is MJ, from Teaching in High Heels. Congrats, MJ!)
Sandy, thanks for the great idea, my girls have ton of friends. This will help
After Christmas sales are where I make awesome finds for inexpensive gifts! I hit the craft store (usually Michael’s) when everything is 50% off or more and find deals on many cute things as well as the paint/create your own plain glass Christmas ornaments. Things like candles, coffee mugs, decorative boxes, bath products and more I can get for about 50 cents each. With items this inexpensive I can afford to give all of my department co workers and a handful of friends a small gift. I paint the ornaments myself with glitter paint so its creative and has my personal touch. Last year at Pier One I made some fabulous buys – Christmas ornaments were 75% off and I also found pkgs of 3 reed diffusers for $3.68 so split that out and you have a nice small gift that simply says ‘thinking of you’ for just over $1. Hard to beat that!
totally cute idea – love it!
Great little gift idea, love it.
I love finding inexpensive but fun gifts. A fun personalized $4.00-5.00 gift is I have discovered is on my website http://ourshelteringtree.blogspot.com/2010/11/joyful-hospitality.html I’m always on the lookout for new ones, too. I’m so enjoying your blog.
What a great inexpensive idea……and yummy too…
what a great idea! i think we’ll try this … thanks!!! =)
AWESOME! I didn’t know Costco had Jellybellys! Great idea, Sandy!!
FYI for those who don’t have any jars already, I found silver topped canning jars for friendship (Russian) tea at Food 4 Less for $7 a dozen.
LOVE this idea!
I just made chocolate spoons and chocolate covered pretzel sticks as some gifts, they look really nice once wrapped in bags and ribbon :)
That is such a cute, festive, fun idea (for birthday party favors too!) I think I’ll check out my fabric scraps too for the top. Thanks for sharing Sandy!
Traci had super cute ideas over at Beneath My Heart- loved the post-it pads. Someone gave our children a cute treat this week- they used scrapbook paper to make a mug-shaped envelope and slipped a package of hot chocolate mix in. You could add a candy cane, too.
That is really cute. I may do some up for my nephews.
Very cute gift idea!!
Thanks again for the giveaway!! I can’t wait to read the book :)