Cute/Creative Ways to Package Cookie-Swap Cookies?

17 years ago

Hi all -

I'm going to a Christmas Cookie Swap. I need to take 6 dozen cookies, packaged in groups of 1 dozen. There will be a prize for the most creative or cute way of packaging the dozen cookies. Does anyone have any thoughts to give a non-creative mind? I'm not even sure what cookies I'll be making, but hopefully can also come up with some cute ideas for those, too.

Many thanks -

Suzieque

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nodakgal
17 years ago
Oh gosh there are lots of different ways to package them! Whether you'd win a prize using any of my ideas is anyone guess! LOL
Buy the tins or decorative boxes at the dollar store or in the Christmas paper wrapping dept at Wallyworld. Set them on colored crushed up tissue paper?
A nice Ceramic CHirstmas plate again from dollar stores or Walmart?
I've bought the clear plates at Walmart and decopaged fabric on the backs of them. They are cute! I did snowmen one year as gifts, but there is nice Christmas fabric out too.
If you saved sweet potato cans and washed them you can paint them...I decopaged napkins on the outside of them after spray painting them all white...what about the plastic coffee cans, decopage or paint again? They make cute snowmen!
I've seen cute little pails too at Christmas time or fall ones.
A brown paper bag decorated with stamps, then folded over on top and punch two holes in it and run ribbon thru the holes and tie?
I am not sure how it would work but Santa hats?
nodakgal
17 years ago
Errr Susie I forgot to say when I did the sweet potato cans decorated up I punched a hole on each side of them and ran a wire to be used as a handle on it.
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irishdancersgram
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WOW, Great ideas, so clever!
nodakgal
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Oh! I know! Put them in the 2 liter pop bottles!

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lydia1959
17 years ago
My first thought was the 2 liter bottle too!

If you had round cookies you could put them in a egg carton? Make some sort of label for the top... Eggceptional Cookies? I'm sure somebody can think of something better than that, but you get the idea. :-)
suzieque
Original Author
17 years ago
Oh my goodness - great ideas, and so quickly! Thank you!

I can't see the labels on the bottles because the picture on that link doesn't appear anymore. But I love all of the ideas. I really don't care about winning the prize. My thought is that if everyone else is packaging their cookies creatively I don't want to be the only one there with the cookies in plain baggies!

Keep 'em coming, ladies. And thanks!

Suzieque
lydia1959
17 years ago
How about a new flowerpot filled with cookies with a few cookies stuck on sticks? This would work especially well if the cookies were in a flower shape.

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FlamingO in AR
17 years ago
I made peanut butter cookies one year that were shaped like mice, they had licorice whip tails and bits of raisins for eyes and noses. I made a house for them and strung little lights all along the roof and windows. It was very cute, but you'd have to make 6 of them and that would be too much trouble.
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17 years ago
I don't mean to hijack your thread Suzieque, but...... Flamey, could you post the recipe for the peanut butter cookies? I bet the twins would love them!
jeaninwa
17 years ago
Chinese take out boxes make cute containers for cookies
FlamingO in AR
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It's been years, MaryAnn, but I think this is close enough- just do better eyes! lol

These are cute too- http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Christmas-Eve-Mice

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uxorial
17 years ago
Depending on how big the cookies are, you may be able to fit them in something like I've linked to below. (Use Christmas paper)

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earthlydelights
17 years ago
suzie, depending on what type of cookies you are making, you could use ball/mason jars - wide mouth is probably your best option.

you can put a little cotton or that fabric puff (i don't know the right name for it) on the lid and attach christmas fabric or a doily. around the neck of the jar green, red, silver or gold ribbon and then on the ends a little (fake) christmas bulb or ball, which you could write on (if you know each of the participants' name) or any similar decoration. the decoration options are endless.

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suzieque
Original Author
17 years ago
These all sound great - thank you, all.
hounds_x_two
17 years ago
jeaninwa beat me to it!
Another vote for Chinese take-out containers.

Or, baggie your cookies. Place the bagged cookies on a bandana or festive napkin and bring the corners together and tie them in a knot.
mrsmarv
17 years ago
If the cookies are round or smaller in size I've used the large-mouth canning jars (quart size). Since they're glass you can see the cookies inside, which is nice ;o) I cut fabric circles from holiday fabric with pinking shears and tied them on the lid, using festive ribbon, and attach a hand-made paper tag to the ribbon. If you're really feeling creative you can paint the jars. I've painted jars with snowmen, snowflakes, cardinals, pine trees and boughs. You can find complementary fabric for the top.
houstonmom_gw
17 years ago
Another vote for Chinese take out containers!
lindaohnowga
17 years ago
In a plastic bag inside an oven potholder mitt is a cute way to present a gift of cookies. Another idea is to put the cookies on a small cookie sheet....the recipient gets two gifts in one with either idea.
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buckleyyelkcub_yahoo_com
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I am going to bag my 14 dozen. Yes 14x12 in christmas baggies then put them in stockings I got at the dollar store. This way other bags they get can be carried home in the stocking too. I will take extra bags for anyone whos boxed their cookies and wants to transfer or any extra goodies we have at the exchange.
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