Table favours .... Help?

RustyFlange

We are spending christmas day at my partners parents, there are 12 there for christmas dinner with another 5-6 at least arriving later on ... there will be food all over the place as my MIL goes mad

I said I would make up a few table favours to go with the crackers yet struggled for ideas, eventually decided to make up some chockys myself and then will bag them but I was wondering if there was anything else I could also do? should I buy little boxes and put the chockys in boxes instead? I plan to give just 3 chocks per person, 1 dark, 1 white, and 1 milk.

Have made up the dark ones this morning (have put 2 pics so you can see how thick the chockys are :eek: )

yummy-mummy-amy

peppermint creams?
truffles? (easy to do)
coco-nut ice?

i did see on a thread on here the other day that someone had put marshmellows on sticks, coated in chocolate and then sprinkled with hundreds/thousands etc. and then when dry placed in celophane.

GemR_2

I noticed in our local Co-op the other day multipacks of the Jelly Belly Bean mini bubblebath/shower gels for half price. £1.99 for 6 I think, but could be wrong on the price. I thought how nice they would be individually in cellophane with a handful of coordinating jelly beans and some matching ribbon.

Homemade photo badges of each person with photoshopped santa hats, elf ears, fairy wings etc.?

Homemade wine glass charms?

HTH

soblivion

Rusty a little way down this page is a video tutorial for candy cane mice, very easy and even I managed to get a whole pack of candy canes for about 99p so I'm sure they're not dear. Could do it with card or felt and maybe do it in pink as those sugarmice type things.
http://www.happybirdscraftinghaven.com/ (I love this ladies website)
I've also seen the canes done as a reindeer if you have any pipecleaners and red pom poms left over.
http://organizedchristmas.com/candy-cane-reindeer
Or make a candy cane sleigh to hold your lovely chocs
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf36184851.tip.html

Just some ideas?

RustyFlange

Soblivion I could give you a big hug!!! Them sleighs are absolutely perfect!!!!!

Thankyou for all of the other suggestions, I wanted to try and keep it edible if possible as some people won't have starters etc etc. I am going to do the sleighs that soblivion posted .... now to find some chocky

soblivion

RustyFlange wrote: »

Soblivion I could give you a big hug!!!

LOL, Oh thank you, glad I could help.

GemR_2

Hi

Just another suggestion based on Soblivion's brilliant post. When we lived in Canada the candy cane reindeers were really popular amongst the children. They used to attach one to the front of their Christmas card to each of their classmates and give them out on the last day of school before the holidays, rather than buying gifts for just a few kids. They were also often attached to gifts as tags. Of course candy canes are much more readily available their and we had mini fruit flavoured ones which are better for smaller children. I would LOVE to have a Dollarama here in the UK. Their craft and seasonal stuff is amazing and, guess how much it costs?;)

GemR_2

Sorry 'their' should say 'there'. That is my pet hate and I have just done it!!!!!

RustyFlange

Thanks GemR, I have canes for the sleighs and want to make a start on them today providing my youngest stops gripping onto me and leaves me alone for 5 minutes, I will see what I am like for canes after that. Fntastic idea though Thankyou !