Help - I've done Snowman Soup and it was a great success - what next?

[littlebellsmum]

So - I love doing home made gifts - the kids do biscuits, I make chilli sauce, scrummy chocolate, fudge, florentines, macaroons etc. But two years ago, I got into snowman soup for teachers etc and it was a big hit. I want to do something similar again - any ideas oh clever and inventive mumsnetters?

[NeverKnowinglyUnderstood]

oooh snowman soup... what is it??

[TequilaMockingMagpie]

I have to ask , what the buggery is this snowman soup ?

[TequilaMockingMagpie]

A bowl of water with a carrot and a couple of bits of coal floating on the top ?

[wannabedomesticgoddess]

Isnt it a fancy hot chocolate kit?

[SoggySummer]

sweets in a bag I think but arranged nicely.

[vigglewiggle]

Tequila

[MrsHende]

Snowman soup

[DoubleMum]

Pots of gold?

[DoubleMum]

forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=1283835

[OnTheBottomWithAStringOfTinsel]

I can't link on my phone but I did a Christmas fair craft stall recently & put a thread in arts & crafts, lovely crafty MNers gave me lots of ideas.

I also think there's a homemade Christmas thread with things like Christmas pudding vodka on it - mmmm!

[shelllouise]

This year the kids and I are making chocolate sleighs out of candy canes, a kit kat, 2 kinder bars and 2 freddo chocolates. You stick them together then wrap them in ribbon. We're making them for my ten nieces and nephews because I usually get all my gifts for them from the catalogue but hubby and I have decided to have a no credit Christmas so I had to find something cheap but still wanted it to look nice. I'm also giving them a homemade hot chocolate gift with mug, hot choc, marshmallows and candy cane.
Candy Cane Sleigh

[GobblersSparklyExplodingKnob]

Love the snowman soup!

[LolaLadybird]

The Candy Cane Sleighs look great.

[kennythekangaroo]

Flannel reindeer?

[TequilaMockingMagpie]

I would love to have a family that would be happy with this stuff , I am surrounded with greedy sods who ask for gift vouchers .
This kind if thing I could afford without tears .

[psychomum5]

these are amazing. I am very tempted for teacher pressies.

[wannabedomesticgoddess]

Oooh. Those candy cane sleighs look brilliant.

[CheerfulYank]

Marking my place...I want to do more homemade this year :)

[Zeeky]

I have just made 65 Snowman Soups, 45 Elf Poops (rainbow drops), 50 Reindeer Poops(chocolate raisins), 50 boxes of elf donuts (Cheerios/Choco rings dipped in icing & sprinkles), 50 Snowman Poops (mini marshmallows). These are all for sale at our school fair - cellophane cones filled with the various poop etc, tied with some red & white bakers twine, and with a printed poem - I got loads of free templates for sweet little poems for all of the above. Hope the bloody parents/kids at the school appreciate all my effort even though I secretly enjoyed doing it all!!

[MistletoeAndTomHardyPlease]

Omg am soooo doing these!

[littlebellsmum]

Thank you - been soo busy that I forgot i started this . Thanks for updating on snowman soup - I did like the idea that it was dirty water with a carrot in it!!

Liking the sleighs - My dc's would so not be happy if this was all they got for Christmas. However for niece's, ta's , stocking fillers etc, these will be lovely.

Reindeer flannels also look fab and am now off to search for elf donuts - can't imagine how hard it's going to be to dip Cherrios!!

Any more ideas oh clever people?

[MistletoeAndTomHardyPlease]

I made the sleighs, piccy on my profile x

[littlebellsmum]

these look great, miseltoeandtomhardyplease -now all I need to find is an aldi and go shopping. thanks for sharing

[kefybaby]

Mistletoe, your sleighs look fantastic! I love the santa drivers! Whar type of choc bars did you use?