Create an unforgettable sledding party this season with festive favors, delighful decorations and an intriguing invitation! Welcome your guests with a comforting combination of home baked cookies and hand strung mittens! And add playful touches to a bag of hot cocoa mix by transforming it into a nostalgic Christmas figure.

sledding party invite

materials   8.5 x 11" white cardstock 8.5 x 11" red cardstock 18" red/white bakers twine 9" fushia polka dot ribbon rose 5” x 7” portable pocket   tools   ruler x-acto knife mono adhesive

• Using a graphics program or Microsoft Word, type out your invitation text. Set your "page" to be 4.5 x 4.5” and center your text. This will allow you to print two invitations per 8.5x11 sheet. Print out your invitations on white cardstock and cut to size using a ruler and x-acto knife.
  
• From the red cardstock, trim a 5 x 7” piece with your ruler and x-acto knife. With the card vertically laying in front of you, make a diagonal cut with a ruler and x-acto knife from the top, 1.5” from the left edge diagonally down 2” to the left side of the card. Repeat this on the other side. This will be your “ticket” to fun...
  
• Using a 1/8" hole punch, punch a hole through the top center of the red cardstock “ticket.” Adhere the printed invitation centered onto the ticket using mono adhesive.
  
• Using 9” of fuchsia polka dot ribbon, tie through the hole in the ticket and tie a knot to create a loop.
  
• To create the mittens on the front of the portable pocket, type your text on each mitten (keep separate from one another) and print on white cardstock.
  
• Print this mitten template out onto standard computer paper, cut out with scissors, and trace around the text you want to appear with a pencil. Cut out the two mittens with scissors and adhere to the red cardstock with mono adhesive.
  
• Cut the red cardstock out around the white mittens, leaving a 1/4” border.
  
• Using a 1/8” hole punch, punch a hole through each mitten, near the wrist.
  
• Tie baker’s twine through each hole, tying knots at the ends to secure.
  
• Adhere the mittens to the front of the portable pocket using mono adhesive.

• Using a graphics program or Microsoft Word, type out your tag text. You can have many tags on one sheet, as the dimensions of each tag is 3 x 1.”
  
• Print the tag on white cardstock and trim with a ruler and x-acto knife.
  
• Trim a 3.5 x 1.5” piece of red cardstock using a ruler and x-acto knife and adhere the tag centered on this piece using mono adhesive. Punch a hole in the top left corner using a 1/4” hole punch.
  
• Fill the clear cello bag with hot cocoa mix and tie closed with fuchsia polka dot ribbon. String your tag through one end of the ribbon and tie a bow to secure.
  
• To create the antlers, take one of the pipe cleaners and wrap around the neck of the cello bag (right under the ribbon bow) from the front to back, twisting in the back to secure the pipe cleaner in place. Separate the ends of the pipe cleaner and form them with your hands to stick out from the bow tie diagonally in each direction.
  
• Take the second pipe cleaner and cut in half with scissors. Using the first half, wrap around one of the antlers 2” down from the top. Repeat this step on the opposite antler with the remaining pipe cleaner piece.
  
• From black cardstock, create eyes and eyelashes using scissors. We cut 0.5 x 0.75” rectangles for the eyes, and created two eyelashes for each eye cutting out crescent shapes.
  
• Adhere the eyes and eye lashes to the front of the cocoa-filled cello bag using mono adhesive.
  
• Adhere the red button with a glue dot to the front of the cello bag, finishing your reindeer’s face!

mitten bucket directions

materials   galvanized metal pail mittens (enough for all your guests!) white sizzle 8.5 x 11" white cardstock 8.5 x 11" red cardstock red/white baker's twine   tools   ruler x-acto knife mono adhesive threading needle

• Using a graphics program or Microsoft Word, type out your sign for the galvanized pail. The dimensions will depend on the size of your pail. Print on white cardstock and trim using a ruler and x-acto knife.
  
• Adhere this sign to a red cardstock using mono adhesive and trim the red cardstock out around the white cardstock leaving a 1/4” border.
  
• Adhere your sign to the galvanized pail using mono adhesive.
  
• Fill the galvanized pail with white sizzle.
  
• Using a graphics program or Microsoft Word, create a tag for each mitten set. You can have many tags on one sheet, as the dimensions of the tags are 2.5 x 1.”
  
• Print the tag on white cardstock and trim with a ruler and x-acto knife.
  
• Trim a 3 x 1.5” piece from the red cardstock using a ruler and x-acto knife and adhere the tag centered on this piece using mono adhesive. Punch a hole in the top left corner using a 1/4” hole punch.
  
• Take a length of baker’s twine and thread through the hole of the tag. String each pair of mittens together with your twine through the wrist of the each mitten using a threading needle, and tying at each end of the mitten.

• Using a graphics program or Microsoft Word, type out your text for the wrap that will go around the cookie tin. The dimensions are 1.5 x 13.” Print on white cardstock and trim with a ruler and x-acto knife.
  
• Wrap around the cookie tin with the lid off, adhering in the back with mono adhesive.
  
• Fill your tin with cookies and secure the lid closed.
  
• Tie the baker’s twine in both directions around the tin and finish with a bow.

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