ro: hey guys, it’s ro, i’m here with mysister mo. mo: hey guys! ro: and today we are making some diy holidaygifts and we thought we should ro: record this. because maybe then we couldshare our ideas with you and you could ro: get inspired. mo: and big shock, theyare all food related!
simple woodworking projects for christmas presents, ro: yeah they are! om-nom-nom-nom-nom! ro: our family are big fans of gift jars. mo: oh yeah, our aunt sends us jams and jelliesthat she makes from her farm every mo: year in a jar and it’s so deliciousand yummy.
ro: and our dad likes to send gin, and hemakes home-made whiskey as well! ro: and then my mom does cookie mixes, they’reso cute, i had to show you guys. ro: they have all of the ingredients fromscratch and then you just pour them into a ro: bowl and add eggs and butter and boomyou have cookies! ro: but today, we are gonna be making ourown! mo: we’re gonna be making 3 things, cocoain a jar, a gift mitt, and s’mores in a jar! ro: ooooh i can’t wait! alright, let’sget started! ro: hehehehe!! ro: the first thing that we’re gonna makeare handmade hot chocolate gifts.
ro: the things you will need, will be: hotcocoa mix, a bunch of jars, we found ro: ones with little handles on them, i foundthese at michaels, i’ll put a link ro: down below if you’re interested in gettingthese. a bowl of mini marshmallows, ro: this parts optional, but we’re gonnaadd a nip of baileys irish cream for a little ro: bit of spirit. and then to decorate you’regonna need some gift tags, red and ro: black pens, scissors, and red rafia! ro: the 1st thing that we’re going to doto assemble these is fill our jar halfway ro: full of cocoa mix. ro: doo-da-doo-doo-doo-doo-da-doo-doo, doo-da-doo-da-dooo (sniffs)
ro: pour it in! mo: i’m getting it everywhere. ro: oh myglob! she’s making a mess already! mo: the trick is to get it in the jar andnot on the table! mo: next step is filling our jars with thesemarshmallows. ro: just take a hand-fill…. handfull! mo:a-hahahaha! ro: now we’re gonna put the lids on andthen it’s time to decorate, we’re gonna ro: make some cute little gift tags! ro: you can put anything that you want onthese little tags, mo and i ro: like to do food puns, but you can justwrite to and from. thats… mo: that’s ok!
ro: that’s fine too, but i was thinking,what about better choco-late than never. mo: that kind of sounds like you’re givingit to somebody late. ro: yeah that sounds like a late gift idea. mo: what about just, uh, warmest wishes? ro: yeah that’s cute, ok. mo: with the cute little mug like the oneyou have with the heart on it. ro: with the heart, ok yeah, do that one, dothat one. ro: that’s so cute, check this out. dee-dew! ro: now you’re gonna take a little pieceof raffia and you’re gonna tie it around your
ro: baileys, this part is totally optional,if not you’ll just tie it around your ro: little tag. i like to put them on theopposite side of the handle, so this side. ro: and then you’re just gonna wrap it allthe way around and tie it together. ro: last step, now you’re just gonna takeyour gift tag and another piece of raffia ro: and you’re just gonna thread it throughto the middle and then tie a knot so it will ro: stay there, and then i’m just gonnaput it right in the front. ro: alright, now we’re done with these, you can makeas many as you’d like. ro: dee-dee-dew! they’re so cute! and nowwe’re gonna make some gift mitts! ro: i have already made these for some ofmy friends who come and visit so i hope
ro: you guys like ‘em! it’s a really cuteidea. ro: and the things you will need will be:2 oven mitts, a mini rolling pin, a grater, ro: a wooden spoon, a spatula, a mini bastingbrush, an icing spatula, a whisk, ro: a kitchen timer, and then to decoratewe’re gonna be using burlap ribbon, ro: this is 1-1/2 inches thick, scissors,gift tags, twine and some markers ro: for decorating we’ve got red, greenand black. ro: the 1st thing that we’re gonna do toassemble these is you’re gonna leave the ro: mitt in the back empty and then the front mitt,we are gonna stuff it like a ro: little stocking, full of all of our kitchengadgets.
ro: and then we’re gonna wrap them togetherwith a little bow tie. mo: alright, this one i think is the tallestso let’s put that down there. ro: so you gotta position it a little. mo: now we’re gonna take a long piece ofour burlap ribbon. ro: very long! alright, that’s good! boop! mo: and just tie a bow. mo: hey rosanna… ro: hmm? mo: what do youcall an obnoxious reindeer? ro: what? mo: rude-olf! ro: tshhh-hahaha mo: hahaha!ro: that was pretty corny! mo: yeah! ro: i love it though!
mo: now that you have your bow, we’re justgonna cut the ribbon off at an angle to make mo: it look pretty. ro: make it look fancy! ro: and now it’s all held together and nowwe just have to make ro: a little tag to decorate. ro: what do you get when you cross a snowmanand and a vampire? mo: what? ro: frostbite! mo: ok, ok! ro: aw-fwah-fwah-fwah-fwah-fwah!mo: hahaha! mo: what do you call an elf who sings? ro:what? mo: a “wrapper!†ro: i don’t get it! mo: because elves wrappresents! ro: oh yeah! ahahaha! mo: he’s a wrapper!
ro: what do you call an elf behind his back? ro: oh wait no, i told the joke wrong! both:ahahaha! mo: now that we have our cute little sign“we whisk you a merry christmas†ro: dawww! mo: we are gonna put some twine on it andput it on our gift mitt! ro: you’re gonna thread it through to aboutthe middle and then you’re gonna tie a ro: little knot. ok we’re gonna make a littleknot in the back then cut off the ro: excess string. ro: ta-daaaaaa!
ro: we’re all finished and we have a bunchmore to make of these, but this is our ro: baking mitt kit! mo: the last gift we are making today willbe our s’more gift jars. mo: the things you will need, will be: grahamcrackers, little hershey’s chocolates, mo: regular sized marshmallows, cute littlemini mason jars, some red raffia, mo: scissors, gift tags and a black marker. ro: to assemble these cute little things,you’re just gonna take off the lid to your ro: mason jar, alright, then you’re gonnatake your little graham crackers and you’re ro: gonna break them in half right on thedotted line.
mo: you’re gonna fill half of the bottomwith graham crackers and the other half mo: with the hershey’s chocolates. ro: now we’re gonna add some marshmallows,not gonna play chubby bunny today! mo: what!?! ro: yeah. mo: come on, what ifwe have extra! ro: no you’re so good at it and i’m sobad at that game. mo: you need practice is what that means! ro: and now we’re gonna make our littletags! ro: let’s do… happy holidays… and…mo: so much s’more! ro: and so much s’more! i like that one!mo: ok!
ro: and i’m gonna make molly pretty! letme just measure it… perfect! mo: oh wha… oh wow! ro: there we go! ohmy gosh! it’s so pretty! ro: now, you’re gonna take your little holidaygift tag and you’re ro: gonna thread it through, and then we’lltie a knot. ro: i love the red raffia, so i’m just goingto layer it and tie it around and ro: around and around. both: ta-daaaa! ro: here are our handmade holiday gifts thatwe made, i can’t wait to give these to ro: friends and family this year, it’s gonnabe so fun!
mo: these are our finished hot ccocoa mugs.ro: mmm-hmm! mo: kitchen gift mitt. ro: mmm-hmm! mo: and yummy s’more gift jars.ro: om-yum-yum-yum-yum-yum-yum! ro: if you guys make any of these gifts, pleasetake pictures and send me photos, ro: i just love seeing all the creations youdo. i love to re-blog them and post ro: them on instagram, twitter, tumblr andfacebook! mo: and, if you guys know any other funnyand punny holiday jokes, please leave mo: them in a comment down below so we canread them. we love and get a mo: big kick out of corny jokes! ro: yeah we’re corn-balls in this house,we love corny jokes, it’s like a thing.
mo: the cornier the better! ro: yeah, and i’ll be putting mo’s linksdown below, ro: she’s got an instagram and a twitter,so if you want to say hi to my sister you ro: can go over there and say hi! mo: that’sright! ro: yeah and i just hope you guys have reallyhappy holidays. ro: hopefully these diy gifts inspire youto make your own gifts over the holidays, i ro: hope you liked it and happy holidays! ro: yeah, bye-bye! mo: bye!