#29 Neighbor Christmas Gift Idea -Brownies.
This one is FAST, Cheap and stinkin’ Cute. Shelley did this for our family last year and it made us laugh!
I painted the handle of a wooden spoon red and used a white paint pen to make the dots. Then tied a matching ribbon on it (the ribbon was on sale at Michael’s!).
I found some wooden spoonsat the dollar store or if you live close to an Ikea they have some cheap ones too!
I used a white paint pen to make the poka dots…
Attach a wooden spoon to a box of brownies, cake mix, muffins, etc.
Attach a cute Christmas tag…
‘Christmas is Jolly, Christmas is sweet. I’m stressed out so make your own darn treat!
Couponers…this is the time to stock up on items for sale. The Brownie mix…we got for free. They were on sale at Albertson’s for $1 and I had a coupon for $1 off 2. It would make it $0.50 per box, but ‘doublers’ were out so my coupon was worth $1 off one making them free!! Dont forget to check out our top coupononing links.
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SteviKay White says
cute
Chelsie Gertsch says
Love it! Thanks for all of the cute ideas! My sisters and I are going to get together and make a bunch:)
Shelbey Konzek says
Very good idea love the little saying because I think every mom feels that way around the holidays!Thanks!
Staci says
I think I will give this gift to all 3 of you for Christmas this year! Haha….great idea. Heaven knows I have plenty of BROWNIE MIX around here!
-Staci
Alison says
Ha-Ha…we’ll just bake it and give it back to you:)
kristin says
this is hilarious…love the idea!!
Jill says
Love this idea and glad you posted it. I gave brownie mix and wooden spoons like this a couple of years ago to my employees. I also included a red & white dish cloth. It was thoughtful and creative and would definitely be used by all!
tiffany says
I love this idea for neighbor gifts. Sometimes there are so many people I want to give to that it gets overwhelming – thanks for sharing a great way to give without much stress! I will be linking on mypetitepurse.blogspot.com thanks!
Andrea says
great idea, I’m gonna start on these now! I saw brownie mix on sale at target today for 72 cents….time to go load up! 🙂 for the paint did you just use regular paint from teh craft store???
Dianna says
If you want a more gentle sweet note..
Christmas is Jolly! Christmas is sweet! Enjoy when your ready for this Chocolate Fudge Treat!
Cheryl says
And if everyone is getting treats from others at the holidays…a brownie mix might be very welcome because it can be used later!
Sarah M says
Thanks for this idea! I got a ton of boxed cookie and brownie mixes, for free with my coupons this year and wanted to give them as neighbor gifts! So, I was trying to work on something cute to add to the tag and I thought this was awesome and very clever! I LOVE IT! I hope my neighbors get a good laugh out of it!
michelle m says
We like making a CD of all our fav Christmas songs…we add a few new ones each year!
Adrienne says
Thanks for your ideas! Love your site!
Trina says
We did this a couple years ago but our note said, “Roses are red. Christmas is sweet. We’re busy this year so make your own darn treat. We had so many people call and say thanks, there were tons of laughs etc. One couple even called us, right after we’d passed them out and asked if they could copy us. Of course we said yes, since I’d got the idea from someone else anyway. Before they were off the phone they were grabbing the keys to go get brownies.
Another idea we did (last year is took a picture of the kids with duct tape on their mouths and we put it in a card that said, “Joy to the World.” You could also use “Silent Night”.