Twelve Weeks of Homemade Gifts: Week Six - Box-o-hot-chocolates!

Sorry about my sporadic posting lately. Life has officially caught up and I am WAY too busy. Looking to find a better balance this week.

Last week marked six weeks until Christmas. I promised a project that didn't involve a sewing machine, so here we go!

Gift baskets are fun and can scratch that creative itch without getting tangled in a hot glue gun, scissors and an iron.

Hot chocolate is the quintessential holiday drink. This basket can be as DIY as you want to make it.

I grabbed a good hot chocolate mix, but you could easily make this homemade with cocoa and sugar. The other key ingredient is crushed candy canes. I chose to use mini-canes because they have a better white-to-red ratio when they're crushed:

Keep the candy canes in their little packages, and crush about 13 of them with the bottom of a glass. Then use the packages as little funnels into a cute little jar or container:

Spoon your hot chocolate into a similar container:

 

Now, accessorize! Get a cute mug, find a cute box, grab some extra fabric and start packing:

 This gift is great because you can make millions of them easily, and under any budget size. If you have a higher budget, get an awesome mug from a local artist, grab cocoa from Godiva, go crazy with a silver spoon. If you have a lower budget, grab a mug from the dollar store and call it good.

Tomorrow: Week Seven of homemade gifts! This one involves a sewing machine...but can easily be done without!