Edible Christmas Gifts Kids Can Make

Giving family members and friends a Christmas gift that they can eat is a great way to show them how much you care. Luckily creating an edible Christmas gift is an inexpensive and simple process. The person who receives your gift will think of the imagination and time you put into making their delicious treat every time they take a bite.

Foods That Make Great Gifts

When it comes to edible Christmas gifts, there are many scrumptious treats that kids can either buy or make. It's a good idea to consider the tastes of the people who will receive the gift. Do they like cookies or would they prefer some candy? Maybe many of your loved ones would appreciate brownies. Always keep the tastes of your family and friends in mind as you are deciding what gifts to give.

• With the help of a parent, make classic sugar cookies in the shapes of Christmas trees. Next, decorate them with red or green sprinkles. Carefully wrap up four or five small cookies for each classmate or friend.
• Prepare a gift bag of individually wrapped peppermint candies with green and red stripes. Twenty or so candies per gift bag would be a nice amount. Add some miniature candy canes to the bag for an extra bit of fun.
• Buy or bake sugar cookies in the shape of Santa Claus with the help of a grown-up. One option is to buy a roll of readymade dough that features a Santa Claus design and bake them. Another choice is to bake some simple sugar cookies and decorate them with Santa faces using little red candies along with white frosting. Five or six cookies per relative or friend would be a delicious treat.
• Bake a batch of gingerbread cookies with the assistance of a grown-up. Use some colorful sprinkles and frosting as well as miniature candies to give the gingerbread their cute faces. If you bake large gingerbread men three of four cookies per gift should be plenty.
• Microwave brownies are easy to prepare and can be divided into many pieces for several friends. Three or four small brownies for each person would be a rich, chocolate-filled treat.

Fun Christmas Treats to Make

A kid who wants to make their own edible Christmas gifts has a great many choices. The first thing to do is to look in your kitchen cabinets and see what foods you have that would make a unique, tasty Christmas gift. Use your imagination and these suggestions to get started!

• Marshmallow snowballs. Put seven or eight regular marshmallows as well as five or six miniature ones in a clear bag. Then, sprinkle in some white powdered sugar to represent some loose snow. Place a funny label on the bag to make sure the person who gets the gift knows they have received an order of snowballs.
• An elf's snack. Split one graham cracker into its four individual pieces, and then place them into your gift bag. Next, toss in a handful of miniature colored marshmallows, pretzels, and some loose chocolate chips. Be sure to include a card with your gift explaining that this is what a busy elf eats when he or she is on a break from making toys for Santa.
• Reindeer trail mix. Combine a handful of raisins and a dozen or so almonds with a handful of popcorn. Add in a few slices of celery. Make sure to include a card with your gift telling the receiver that this is what Santa feeds his reindeer to give them the energy to travel all over the world.

Wrapping an Edible Treat

The wrapping of an edible Christmas gift is almost as important as the actual gift. Use your imagination to create a fun, unusual way to present your edible treats to friends and family. Friends and family will appreciate your signature gift-wrap.

• Decorate a plain brown paper lunch bag with red and green markers. Try making some designs on your bag with gold or silver glitter to give it extra appeal.
• A colorful red or green sheet of plastic wrap is a fun way to wrap cookies or candy. A ribbon of the same shade or in one of your favorite colors can securely close the wrapped treat.
• Find some white paper lunch bags, decorate them with Santa stickers, or stamp them with Christmas designs in green and red ink. If you have some old magazines cut out some pictures of Santa, his reindeer, or candy canes and glue them onto the bag.
• Use an old shoebox to hold your gift. First, cover its sides and bottom with some left over wrapping paper. Then, decorate the lid with cotton balls or paint Santa's face on it.

If you put your best efforts into making edible Christmas gifts for your loved ones they will certainly be appreciated. One more important thing to remember when you give edible Christmas gifts is to taste them before you wrap them up. Be sure they are as tasty as they look!