Give Your Thanksgiving Day Hostess a Nice Thank-You Gift
See accompanying article at:
http://readingroom.janktheproofer.com/TdayHostessGift.htm
By Jan K., The Proofer
© Copyright 2006
Hostess gifts are fun to put together
and are even more fun to give! Imagine the delighted look on your Thanksgiving
Day dinner hostess's face when you surprise her with a colorful gift bag that
says "Thanks for having us over." Even if your hostess is your mom, sister, or
even your brother---give a gift that says "Thanks."
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[This tutorial takes the place of
Thanksgiving Day Hostess Gift (which is a Word document, and opens in a separate
window). This Word document contains no advertisements and you may want to print
it if you are using this craft in a school class, church group, scouts, or other
children's day care facilities.]
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Everything used for
this Hostess Gift was purchased at a "dollar store" (I just love to shop
around dollar stores!), except for the pouch of flavored coffee (which I
bought at my local market for less than $1). A hostess gift (or host
gift) doesn't have to be expensive, but it sure can look like it!
You’ll need:
- Gift items (mug
and flavored coffee shown here as an example)
- Fall decoration
(artificial “pick” of Fall-colored leaves)
- Gift bag,
tissue paper, curl ribbon
- Gift tags (you
can download as free printables, see below for the link)
- Scissors, hole
punch
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Use tissue paper to
loosely wrap the gift items.
By using a gift bag
(instead of a box), you don't have to really "wrap" the gift. One or two
sheets of colorful tissue paper create a gift package that has
delightful "eye appeal"!
(Wrap breakable
items a little more carefully. I keep bubble-wrap on hand. It is fairly
inexpensive and can be purchased at office supply stores such as Office
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Use one or two sheets of tissue paper to
“line” the gift bag, insert gift item(s). Insert Fall decoration item
(so that it sticks out of the top of the bag).
Use two different colors of tissue paper
if you don't have a Fall pick. This will add color and pizzazz to your
hostess gift!
Punch a hole in the top left corner of a
gift tag. Write a small “Thank you” sentiment on the tag.
For the free gift tags, go to:
http://readingroom.janktheproofer.com/FallTags.doc
The gift tags are printed on blank
business cards. See the accompanying article (link at top of this page)
for more information about using business cards as gift tags.
Use lengths of curl ribbon to tie gift
tag onto handle of gift bag. Use scissor blade to curl the ribbon.
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For "host" gifts, browse
around your local dollar store for ideas! You can tuck two or more small
"hardware" type items, or other "stuff men always use" stuff in the bag.
Use muted colors of tissue paper, and you might want to eliminate the
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