candy cane playdough

The girls (and camel) had fun making playdough for friends a few weeks ago. We made half the batch red (turned out pink because I ran out of red food color) and kept half of it white. Then rolled each and twisted them together for the candy cane look. We also added peppermint flavor to the playdough so it would smell like a candy cane. Then packaged them up in jars and attached some cookie cutters and a candy cane.

Fabric, twine, and gift tags from Ikea.

here we come a-wassailing...

We decided to go old school (circa 1850) with our neighbor gifts this year. My sister-in-law had made us a yummy wassail mix a few years ago so I used her recipe to mix up several batches for friends. I packaged some in jars and some in bags from last year's screen printed neighbor gift. And threw on a bundle of cinnamon sticks for fun.

We probably should have sung a few old-timey carols when we delivered these...