In addition to delicious food, a cheerful atmosphere and spending time together with family and friends, giving out gifts is also part of every Christmas. Homemade Christmas presents come from the heart and are always very special. No matter whether you bake delicious cookies and biscuits or make chocolates yourself - all types of sweets are perfect as a small gift or as a gift for anyone with a sweet tooth. But so that the small delicacies are presented correctly, the right packaging is also very important. In this article you will find many great and cute ideas on how to wrap homemade chocolates for Christmas! We hope you enjoy reading!
Beautifully packaged chocolates are real eye-catchers and also look really charming as table decorations at Christmas. When it comes to packaging, the first thing you should think about is that the delicacies stay fresh for a long time and are protected from damage during transport.
Wrapping homemade chocolates for Christmas – making a box of chocolates is so easy
The first and most logical choice is of course to package the homemade chocolatesMaking a chocolate box. Depending on whether the gift is intended for children or adults, the chocolate box can be decorated and decorated in many different ways.
Materials required:
- 2 pieces of cardboard paper – color and pattern of your choice
- Pencil
- Lineal
- Scissors
- Glue stick
- Gift ribbon
And making a chocolate box is so easy:
- Cut out a 20×20 cm and a 21×21 cm square from the cardboard paper.
- Using the pencil and the ruler, draw a border about 5 centimeters wide on the two squares.
- Cut out small triangles on all 4 corners of the two squares.
- Now fold all edges up along the lines and then glue them together with the glue stick. Press down well and let dry briefly.
- For the chocolate box compartments, cut out 4 strips 12 centimeters long and 3 centimeters wide.
- Cut the strips 3/4 in 3 places and pin them together.
- For the lid of the box, repeat the process with the other piece of cardboard and your chocolate box is ready to fill!
Mason jars for packaging
Practical and reusable – not only delicious chocolates can be packed in pretty mason jars, but also many othersChristmas presents from the kitchen. Appropriately festively decorated and embellished, they make the perfect Christmas decorations, which you can then enjoy together. All you need is a nice glass, some decorations and some ribbon. Depending on your mood, you can write your Christmas wishes either directly on the glass or on a label. It is best to wrap the small delicacies in aluminum foil for chocolate or pralines and only then layer them in the glass. You can find films in all sorts of colors and patterns in many online shops. Finally, decorate the mason jar and wrap the gift ribbon around it.
Make a bouquet of flowers out of chocolate
Heavenly delicious chocolates and flowers - there is hardly a woman who wouldn't be happy about such a gift. And how about simply making a beautiful bouquet of flowers out of chocolate? Whether for Christmas, Mother's Day, a birthday or another occasion - it is an excellent gift idea that is guaranteed to bring great joy to the recipient!
For this you will need the following:
- Chocolates
- Chocolates aluminum foil
- Tissue paper in a color of your choice
- small muffin tins
- small wooden skewers or toothpicks
- thin wire
- tape
Make a bouquet of chocolates step by step:
- Wrap the chocolates in aluminum foil and stick a small piece of tape to each chocolate.
- Fold a muffin tin in half and wrap it around the praline.
- Wrap the untaped end of the chocolate wrapper around the wooden skewer or toothpick and secure with tape.
- Cut small squares out of the tissue paper.
- Fold one corner into the middle of the opposite side of the paper.
- Then wrap the paper around the flower and secure it with a piece of wire.
- Repeat the process until you have the desired number of praline flowers.
- Finally, tie all the flowers together with a rubber ring and either put the bouquet in a beautiful cup or decorate it with some crepe paper and give it as a gift.
FunnierChristmas elfflower pot
The beauty of ithomemade Christmas presentsis that they are very cheap and time-saving. For most ideas you need almost no crafting skills and many great gifts can be made in no time. Looking for a quick and easy Christmas gift? Then this fun flower pot is just right for you!
Materials required:
- small flower pot
- Aqua paint or spray paint of your choice – green and red are best for Christmas
- red felt
- little bells
- Hot glue
And it's that easy:
- First, paint or spray paint the pot - you may need to repeat this process 2 or 3 times. Allow to dry completely for at least 2-3 hours.
- Cut the red felt into a triangle pattern like in the photo.
- Attach a bell to the tip of each triangle with hot glue.
- Attach the felt to the edge of the flower pot and press lightly for about 5 minutes.
- Put the chocolates in a cellophane bag, tie them with a cute bow and put them in the flower pot.
Beautiful pineapple wine bottle
This is a really great idea for homemade chocolates for Christmas and the perfect gift for all wine lovers and those with a sweet tooth.
For this you will need the following materials:
- a bottle of wine or sparkling wine
- around 25-30 homemade chocolates
- green wrapping paper
- Hot glue gun
- Gift ribbon
- Gift wrap
Step by step instructions:
- The first step is to wrap the wine bottle with some fabric or kitchen paper and secure it with adhesive tape - this way the bottle will remain intact after the recipient has eaten the chocolates.
- Now glue the individual chocolates firmly around the bottle from bottom to top using the glue gun.
- Cut out a few leaves for the pineapple from the wrapping paper and then attach them to the neck of the bottle.
- Finally, wrap the finished bottle with gift wrap, decorate it with the gift ribbon and your Christmas present is ready!
Spice up the door wreath with it
Beautifully decorated door wreathsadd a festive atmosphere to any home and are an absolute must at Christmas. Whether you make a door wreath entirely out of chocolates and other goodies or simply spice up a pre-bought one is up to you - either way, you will receive a very special and unique Christmas present that everyone would be happy about.
Materials required for door wreath made of chocolates:
- Styrofoam wreath
- Aluminum foil
- Chocolates
- Hot glue gun
- Gift ribbon
And this is how it's done:
- Wrap the aluminum foil around the Styrofoam wreath and attach it with the hot glue gun.
- Now stick all the chocolates onto the wreath, tie a bow with the gift ribbon and you're done!
Put together your own gift basket
Gift baskets are among the most popular Christmas gifts and with the right decoration they are real eye-catchers. You can adapt the filling to your budget and of course to the taste of the recipient. From delicious chocolates to various types of gourmet cheese to an expensive wine - everything is possible. To protect the gift from breaking and shaking, you can fill the gaps between each product with tissue paper or wood shavings. There are no limits to your imagination when it comes to decorating and decorating - whatever you like is allowed!
Christmas decorated chocolatesGive away
Sometimes it's enough if you simply decorate your homemade chocolates to match Christmas. Coconut truffles as snowmen or chocolate pralines with pretzels as Rudolf the reindeer – there are an incredible number of options for turning pralines into real eye-catchers. Then pack the delicacies into a small bag and you have the perfect Christmas present!
Metal cans or food cans
This year you decided to...Zero waste Christmasto celebrate and want to do without all the plastic and paper packaging? Old metal or tin cans are ideal for wrapping small gifts. The best thing is that the recipient can reuse them after the holidays to store different things. All you have to do is paint the can with a spray paint of your choice and let it dry for about 1 hour. Then decorate the tin as you wish, fill it with chocolates and wrap and knot a ribbon around it.
More ideas and inspiration
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