These cute Christmas sweet and reward card jars are a enjoyable method to costume up reward playing cards for the proper Christmas reward! Free printable Christmas reward tags included.
Christmas Candy and Gift Card Jars
Gift playing cards are positively changing into extra and extra common as of late. As a Mother of two teen boys, I do know reward playing cards are all the time on the highest of their Christmas lists! These Christmas sweet and reward card jars are a enjoyable method to bundle the whole lot up and just a little extra personalization to your reward.
Supplies
- broad mouthed mason jars
- plastic mason jar lids {non-obligatory} for those who don’t wish to use the common mason jar lids
- Christmas sweet. Smaller sweet works finest equivalent to Christmas M&Ms.
- reward card
- paper cutter
- white cardstock or wrapping paper {see directions beneath}
- printable tags {see beneath to obtain}
- skinny ribbon or baker’s twine
Directions
- There are two methods which you could add the reward card to the jar. The primary is to easily wrap the reward card in wrapping paper to guard it from the sweet. That is the best, however, for bigger jars, it might make the reward card more durable to get out and requires lots of sweet. The second is to make a tube out of thick cardstock to put within the centre of the jar. Not solely does this maintain the reward card however it additionally takes up house so that you don’t have to make use of as a lot sweet.
- Should you’re wrapping your reward card, merely wrap the cardboard and add a lightweight layer of sweet to the underside of your jar. Then place the reward card into the middle of the jar, and fill with sweet ensuring that the sides of the cardboard aren’t exhibiting.
- Should you’re utilizing the tube technique, reduce a strip of paper barely shorter than the peak of the jar. Type a tube with the paper {so it seems like a bathroom paper roll!} simply massive sufficient that the reward card will match. Safe with tape and place within the jar. Fill the edges of the jar with sweet ensuring that you just’re filling equally round the entire jar earlier than working your means up the jar. It will be certain that the tube stays within the center. You possibly can slide a butter knife down the jar to maneuver round candies to fill in any gaps if wanted. As soon as it’s crammed, add your reward card and safe the lid.
- Print out the free printable labels and reduce out with a paper cutter. You possibly can trim the corners for those who’d like or maintain it as a sq. tag. Punch a gap within the high of the tag and tie to the mason jar with ribbon or twine.
The Finest Christmas Candy to Use
Christmas coloured M&Ms or the Canadian Christmas Smarties would work finest for this challenge as they’re smaller and will fill in any gaps higher. Sadly, they have been offered out EVERYWHERE the place I dwell, so I improvised with peanut M&Ms and Eggies. They labored okay however have been just a little massive to suit between the tube and the aspect of the jar. The skinny Christmas gummies additionally labored fairly effectively and I simply used a knife to mould them into place when wanted.
Free Printable Tags
Should you’d like to make use of the free printable reward tags, simply obtain them, save to your pc and print. I’ve four completely different characters on the backside of the tag which you could select from.
DOWNLOAD THE TAGS HERE
