Pots of gold help!

goingsenile

springdreams wrote: »

These are the pots of gold I made for the school to sell at their Christmas Fair:

Hi
Looking to make some of these for PTA Christmas Fayre- can you tell me what you used to put your stuff in? Also do you have the poem
Thanks
AJ

springdreams

goingsenile wrote: »

Hi
Looking to make some of these for PTA Christmas Fayre- can you tell me what you used to put your stuff in? Also do you have the poem
Thanks
AJ

I bought a pack of 25 small plastic snack bowls from the pound shop and some thin gold tinsel, as well as a packet of gold serviettes.

I cut the gold serviettes into quarters and used them to line the bowls - gold side face down, as it then folds in and the gold bits show when the bowls are wrapped in cello.

I then draped the rim of each bowl with the thin tinsel, which I cut to just fit. I taped this on in 2 places on the bowl so it would not fall off when wrapping the full bowl.

I filled each bowl with its gold goodies, which included a gold bauble taken from a pack of 10 also purchased at the pound shop.

Each bowl was then wrapped in cello, tied off with gold ribbon, and tag with poem added.

Here is a general poem:

Pot of Gold

Here’s a little pot of gold,

A festive nibble too,

I hope that it will make,

All of your dreams come true,

Have a very Merry Christmas,

From Us to You x

Kyliexjx

Hi those bowls look similar to the ones I used for mine - from pound land 16 for a £1 (obviously lol). They're cardboard - white on the outside and gold on the inside part. They were with the party stuff. A bit flimsy but absolutely fine for this!

Kyliexjx

Ah no mine aren't the same as spring dreams - spring dreams ones sound like a better buy - damn!

springdreams

More poems:

Pot of Gold

Here’s a pot of gold
A festive nibble too
I hope that It will make
All your dreams come true
Have a Merry Christmas
From me to you

from us all

Pot of Gold

Here’s a pot of gold
A festive nibble too
We hope that it will make
All your dreams come true
Have a Merry Christmas
From us to you

Pot of Gold

A pot of gold for somone dear
A heartfelt festive treat
May all your dreams come true
Have a Merry Christmas
from me to you.

Pot of gold

A pot of gold for someone dear
A heartfelt festive treat
May all your dreams come true
Have a Merry Christmas
from all of us to you

---

I met a little leprechaun
who gave me his pot of gold
I sprinkled on some fairy dust
but it's treasures remained untold
I'm giving you this festive treat
while wishing good luck your way
so scratch these cards and make a wish
and enjoy your chocolate feast.

===

Here's a little pot of love
Handmade with you in mind
Because I made it, it's unique
Like you, you're one of a kind

---

The leprechauns of Ireland, bring this pot of gold your way,
Its full of love and happiness, for you on Christmas Day.

Giggle

Just thought i would post this on here guys as im on aother forum and this as been talked about on there...............

You do know if you sell food you will need a certificate and you will also need to be registered with the council


Before selling any please check with your local council's that its ok

springdreams

Thanks for the info ^^^

I don't sell the items myself. I make them up and donate them to the school. The school sells loads of donated homemade food and other stuff at their various fairs, so I guess they know the relevant rules and have the necessary permissions in place.

Rags2Riches_3

I use empty Lidl jam jars for pots of gold. They are a nice dumpy square shape, though I agree if you need to make a lot of pots quickly this advice may not be helpful!;)

Ruth_honey

Love all the ideas on this thread! I'm thinking I may adapt the idea slightly and do pots of Christmas. I know poundland usually sell plastic tumblers with Christmas designs on. I am going to try and cross stitch a Christmas themed keying or luggage tag to pop inside, a christmas scratchcard, and of course some chocolate coins (not Christmas without them!), but what else could I add? Thanks in advance for the help!

Archiebear

Ruth_honey wrote: »

Love all the ideas on this thread! I'm thinking I may adapt the idea slightly and do pots of Christmas. I know poundland usually sell plastic tumblers with Christmas designs on. I am going to try and cross stitch a Christmas themed keying or luggage tag to pop inside, a christmas scratchcard, and of course some chocolate coins (not Christmas without them!), but what else could I add? Thanks in advance for the help!

A few quick suggestions:
Chocolate Christmas decorations
Bauble - you can buy clear, empty baubles which would be ideal if you wanted to personalise them
Mini Christmas cracker (you could make your own)
Party popper (age dependent - not suitable for little 'uns!)
A little gift e.g nail varnish, mini torch etc

Hope this helps