YCL! December 2013 | Page 4

Homemade Christmas present ideas Save old jam jars (or you can buy empty ones from supermarkets and craft shops quite cheaply) and fill with an array of goodies - you can fill with sweets, bath bombs, bath salts, spices, peppercorns. Once filled add a circle of pretty fabric to place over the lid and secure with ribbon. You can make pretty labels too if you like. You pay a fortune in shops for beautifully wrapped soaps but these are so easy to make yourself. Simply find some pretty wrapping paper or vintage fabric and wrap a bar of soap and tie with a ribbon or piece of lace. You can use any soap you like. Once wrapped they look so pretty. Snowman soup! A lovely name for what is basically a pretty way to present all the ingredients for a yummy hot chocolate! Fill a cellophane cone or bag with hot chocolate powder and top up with chocolate chips and mini marshmallows. Tie pretty ribbon to finish! Another idea is to dip a plastic teaspoon into melted chocolate to make a chocolate stirrer. 3.