If you give home baked gifts how do you package them?

[Barbarara]

In the past I’ve used cellophane bags and ribbons or foil cake plates and cellophane.

I’m trying to find an ecologically responsible alternative but I’m struggling. It needs to be airtight, and grease proof.

Jam jars might work for the bark type stuff and maybe the cookies too if we make smaller ones. But I’m stuck for how to present our mini gingerbread houses.

I’m curious to know what other people do?

I have the same struggle. I have used all the same things as you and would also like to think of something more sustainable.

You could use a cake tin, if you would be happy to pay the extra as a gift.

Cake tins are a nice idea. I think I have some small Christmas tins somewhere about too, if I can find them.
I might experiment with some fat quarters and beeswax as well and see if I can do something presentable with those.

I love the idea of the beeswax fat quarters. You could also use those alone and tie them like a traditional Christmas pudding?

I've used a Christmassy cardboard gift box, lined with Christmas paper napkins. Not a cheap option.though.
Have also used small Christmassy tins, saved from presents of shortbread etc.

Go to Tiger and have a look at their Christmas tins.

I've used glass biscuit jars, but it does add to cost and only really suitable if you're giving a large amount, not what you might have put in a cellophane bag.

Depending on who they're for, could you ask for the container back so you can reuse next year?

I remember watching an episode of Nigella, where she made honeycomb and put it in a beautiful tin with a little greaseproof paper and that was a lovely looking gift.

If you switch to making things that need to not be in airtight containers then card cake boxes work!

Or keep things in suitable containers at home, transfer to card boxes on day of gifting and assume the recipient will transfer to their own appropriate container (possibly with suitable guidance from you).

www.eco-craft.co.uk is great for eco packaging.

Real cellophane is entirely biodegradable btw as it's made from plant cellulose

When I wanted to give biscuits in small tins I bought from here Tinware Direct They are mainly for supplying large quantities of tins to businesses and doing custom orders. However, they will sell plain tins in smaller quantities as samples