Last Minute Gift Idea

Can you believe Christmas is only 6 days away?!?! I feel like Tyler and I just put up the tree! This is such a busy time of year for both my work and social life! But I love it! I am about done wrapping gifts for our family members. But it dawned on me that I left a few people out! Our neighbors, the mail man, my youth students, and a couple long distant cousins. So I had this simple and cheap Christmas gift idea! I used holiday to-go mugs and filled it with candy and packets of hot chocolate! I put a cute bow on top and gift tag and I was done! I think they turned out pretty great! Here are some pics! Let me know your last minute Christmas gift ideas! Or if you decided to give mine a try!
XoXo ~ Valerie

Here are the mugs with bows and gift tags that I added!

What's Inside ....

3 packets of Swiss Miss Hot Chocolate!

Pieces of Godiva chocolates

I put these in some of the cups instead of the candy

Gift tags and bows are from Target

Then I decided to add a little bag of Marshmallows to go with the Hot Chocolate!

You can get these holiday bags at Dollar Tree.

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PTL

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