Christmas Bon Bons - Make Your Own Bon Bons
Making your own Bon Bons at Christmas time can give you the opportunity to make them unique by putting in well thought out gifts. Whether you are on a tight budget or have no limit its easy to think of gifts to put in them that will make your day memorable for you and your guests. You can readily buy the Bon Bon Snaps to put in them and find some bad Christmas Jokes. You can make them all the same or make them to suit each guest. You will find some great ideas below.
The long cardboard rolls you get your christmas wrapping paper on are perfect to cut up for Bon Bons - and you can make them as long as you like. Just use a stanley knife and carefuly cut to the length you want.
What you need:
Paper - Brightly Colored Christmas to decorate the Bon Bon
Types of paper - try textured paper, brown paper or even material
Packet Bon Bon Rolls (or christmas wrapping paper cardboard rolls - cut up into desired lengths - use a sawing motion and slowly turn as you cut)
Bon Bon Snaps (Optional)
Ribbons to tie the ends up
Sticky Tape
Stickers - Use address labels or Christmas sticker gift labels
Sheet of Christmas Jokes – you can print these and cut them up
Making the Bon Bon
1) Sticky tape the bon bon snap inside the roll.
2) Cut your paper to suit the size of your roll. Place the roll in the middle of the paper and roll it up fixing with a small piece of sticky tape.
3) Twist one end and tie with ribbon. Fill the bon bon with your choice of gifts, and jokes. Twist and tie the other end with ribbon.
4) Decorate the Bon Bon as required.
Gift Ideas to put in the Bon Bons
Gourmet Bon Bon (a little extravagant!)
Small bottle of spirit
Gourmet chocolates - Lindt Balls, or Hand Made chocolates
Macadamia nuts - wrap a few in cellophane and tie with ribbon
Coffee Beans/ Chocolate Coffee Beans - wrap in cellophone and tie with ribbon.
Gift Vouchers/ Movie passes
Lucky Bon Bon
Scratchies/ Lotto tickets
10 cent coin to scratch
Jewelry Bon Bon( fake, real or handmade)
Earrings
Rings
Necklaces
Watches
Pamper Bon Bon
Face Washer
Small Bath Balls/Soap
Perfume - travel size/ small bottles.
Gift Certificate to a beauty salon
Chefs Bon Bon
minature tongs
minature whisk
egg timers
vegetable peelers
spices - mixture of small sachets
recipes - hand written on textured paper
small salt and pepper shakers
Kids Bon Bons
(2 Dollar shop has plenty of nick nacks and ideas for kids )
Bubbles - Colored Bottles of Bubbles
Toy Cars
Candy canes
Wrapped lollies and chocolate - any type
Hair ties, hair pins, ribbons
Small pencils or crayons, textas, small rulers
