S’Mores Kits – Great Gift For Classmates – From Guest Bloggers Brady & Katy!
While I dig in to do several tutorials today, two guest bloggers are here to bring you a great and inexpensive gift idea for classmates, young children, or even a thoughtful little gift for coworkers and neighbors!
Even the youngest child can help put together these great treats and hand them out with pride, knowing that it was their thoughtfulness which brought the gift about. I encourage you to get your kids in the kitchen this holiday season. This is a great way to teach them the joy of giving gifts from their own hearts and hands.
These are VERY inexpensive to make so no matter what your holiday budget, your kids are free to be as generous as they like with their very own gifts. I’ve also have printer friendly tags for for your kids to color at the end of this post!
You’ll need: Graham Crackers, Snack Sized Chocolate Bars, and Marshmallows.
I got the Christmas shaped Marshmallows because they are so pretty 
. You can use another sized chocolate bar but I found these to be the least expensive and just the right size. If I had of found generic chocolate bars y’all know I would have used those! I have no particular attachment to Hershey’s. They were also out of generic Graham Crackers because y’all know I would have gone cheaply all the way with no looking back!
Place two graham squares into a bag. I am using those party favor bags I told you about in my first gift mix post. I think it helps if you stick out your tongue like Katy is doing here. I tried doing it both ways and the tongue out really made a difference. Is Brady doing a nutcracker impersonation?
(Make sure your wee ones have clean little hands for this!)
“Katy, now you hand the bag to Brady…”
(At this age, every photo is an action shot)
“Baby, now hand it to him slowly….That’s better”
Brady put the chocolate bar in.
Then they each got to put in one marshmallow. Katy put in pink “because I’m a girl and pink is for girls!”.
This is Brady putting in his green marshmallow.
“Mama Is green a color for boys so Brady gets to put green in?”
“Yes, Katy, that’s exactly it!”
If any of y’all don’t have kids you are likely reading this and thinking it was somewhat ridiculous to have them take turns doing every little thing. Those of you who do have kids know that its these small acts of diplomacy which prevent world war three from erupting at your home.
A Christmas miracle would be a photo in which both of my children are in focus.
Still, they’re kinda cute, aren’t they? ~Grins~
This is one way of packaging it.
Your kids can simply attach the tag and have a gift ready to go.
Print them out…cut them apart…
These gift tags can be found here. Don’t worry, I’ll put the link in again later in the post.
We enjoyed coloring them. This is one Brady did.
This is another way of packaging that we liked better in the end.
Just fold down the top twice and put the tag on the front… (I love using those little … <dot dot dots>)
And staple on the front.
I love how this one looks.
Would you believe I saw similar S’more’s kits this past weekend for $5.00 EACH?
Y’all know I just about choked when I saw that!
S’Mores Kits
Ingredients
- Graham Crackers
- Marshmallows (large ones or Christmas ones)
- Snack sized chocolate bars
Instructions
- Assemble in each bag: One chocolate bar, two marshmallows, and two Graham Squares. Seal. Color and attach tags. Have a Happy Holiday!
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Ingredients
- Graham Crackers
- Marshmallows (large ones or Christmas ones)
- Snack sized chocolate bars
Instructions
- Assemble in each bag: One chocolate bar, two marshmallows, and two Graham Squares. Seal. Color and attach tags. Have a Happy Holiday!
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I hope y’all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I have started a new category: Southern Plate Kids. In this category your kids will be able to find Southern Plate tutorials just for them! I already have some kid friendly posts and more are coming so grab the kidders and let them surf! Stay tuned for more great holiday gift ideas just for kids, too!
Posted by Christy Jordan
on Nov 30 2008. Filed under Dessert, Gift Mixes, Holiday Favorites!, Misc, Southern Plate Kids.
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These are just adorable…the kids and the kit idea! You have such super ideas!!
thank you!! they think they’re big time today because they are BOTH on my site!!!
If anyone has photos of your kids making something in the kitchen and they’d like to be on Southern Plate, email me and I’ll make a page of kid’s photos!
Gratefully,
Christy
That is just to cute Christy the kids and the smores kit. I love how Katy is really cheesing it up. I will be making this for christmas baskets.
So cute, and what a fun idea for kids’ gift giving! Man, I sure could use a s’more right now. We just moved and the apartment is full of unpacked boxes, and I need some chocolate and marshmallows! Now, if I could only find the microwave…
Very cute idea! What a great gift for a classroom, holiday party, or stocking stuffer! It looks like they had a good time putting them together.
This is so cool, I might have to go babysit and bring this for fun!!
I train (grown up) people at work and I think this might be a good gift to give to my “students”. We even have a microwave at work. Thanks for the cute idea!
Very cute!
I love these! Not only will my friends all love getting them, but they give me the opportunity to do a little therapeutic coloring, too. Excellent!
yet another awesome idea and your guest bloggers made it look so easy
Aww the kids are so cute. I love Smores but dont get the chance to partake of them much. Darnit!
Hey Christy, since you love Christmas so much I wanted to share a new holiday song my friend Aryn Campbell Calhoun is recording. The website is below. When you get on her page, look on the right and see the player (looks like a stereo) Look for the song “There is Love” and press the “play” button on the Stereo. (it looks like a Stereo knob) I think you can click on my name and get there if the link below doesn’t work.
http://www.sellaband.com/aryncalhoun/
Hehe…how cute! Especially Brady standing there all diligently and composed!
Hi Christy!! I hope you have had a wonderful holiday!!
I am making these for all my friends kids. And maybe even
some grown ups!! I also love the pecan pie mix!!
Your so smart! Your kids are beautiful!
love it!
Thanks for all the gift mix ideas! I gave out “French Market” soup (what a great name for “nine-bean” soup from an old Southern Living Christmas book) to all of my husband’s aunts, uncles, and cousins this year. I even fancied up the packing sort of like you suggested with the fabric – but I went to all the trouble to make fabric bags using heat bond tape.
Also, thanks for the great labels posted! That will be so helpful and they look great.
I am going to do this! Seriously, this is SUCH a great idea! The kids are adorable
OHHHHHH I love love love this Christy! What a wonderful idea! I am totally doing this for my 3 kids to give away as party favors at school! WooHoo! I think I love you *muah*
I love smores..
Oh, I tagged you for a Meme if you’d like to do one. Of, course you don’t have to do it but if you’d like too…Go for it.
Dora Renee’ Wilkerson
This was such a FUN recipe….I had the grandkids over and we smoors until we couldn’t smoors any more. In other words mad LOTS & Lots……Thanks
Bev
This is the easiest and most fun recipe Ive seen. Say, Christy, ya got a good fried catfish recipe you can send our way. Mine is OK but I want a “knock yer socks off” one I can whip up with those good fried taters of yours.
This is a really neat. I will gather the items for my son to prepare for his class as gifts. Thanks for the gift idea-I LOVE LOVE anything Frugal!!!
This is my 1st stop in-but, I will be back.
Us southern gals who love to cook can always learn from one another!!!
Deep South, Southern Louisiana for ME!!!
Welcome to our family, Lahia. Christy has made this a great site. Lots of good ideas. You can spent all the extra time you can find just going through this site. Enjoy your stay at Southern Plate. You’ll make lots of good Southern friends.
What a cute idea! I think I’ll have my daughter make these for her school Christmas party. You come up with such wonderful things, Thanks so much Christy!
I love the S’mores kits. My children have a Santa’s Workshop every year and we are going to make and donate the kits this year. I really love your site. Thank you for what you do. Kathy all the way from Randolph, Massachusetts.
Very very cute kids:)
Those babies are so sweet. I so enjoy seeing them on here. This quick S’mores gift treat is neat too. Thanks.
Oh my! This is an adorable idea. I am going to have to feature it on my blog one day this week.
Thanks for sharing!
What a deeeeelicious idea!!!
these are so cute and easy!!
I love this idea! I am going to let my kids make these for their classes. I will send you the pictures too. Thanks so much.
Christy this is such an adorable idea. I had things all ready when my granddaughter came over today and she made lots of these little gifts for her special friends she wanted to give a gift too. One for the mailman, one for the bus driver, etc. We had such fun doing them. Thank you! Your children are so adorable!
cute , love pic of your children,i am aunt, great aunt, great great aunt on fixed income so do {cheap} gifts for all kids in family.
Your guest Bloggers are just too cute. Tuesday nite is designated sugar cookie nite in our house and the 2 year old grandson is going to be here to help. He gets to have his own bowl and wish I could always remember to have the zeal and joy he has over baking and decorating. It has been great getting to be around my brother and sister-in-law’s grandson, you forget how the world looks through a child’s eye, not jaded and down, just shiny wide eyes taking everything in and not wanting to miss a thing and then in his 4 month old baby brother, just the fun to watch a baby look at everything thing and react to the sounds…. my niece says he isn’t really looking around, it is just that his neck can’t support his head yet……LOL.
Love this idea! I work in a school and plan to make for my special needs class!
Karen
We made smores at Kelliann’s birthday party! I think we’ll do these for her class and Connor’s. Miss ya’ll! Merry Christmas!!
I love this idea, and so does my 6 year old daughter. We bought all the stuff to make them for her classmates. She is so excited. Thanks for the great ideas
We just finished the Snowman Soup and are doing the Smores kit later today. We’ve gone a bit overboard for our Christmas party! Thanks for the wonderful ideas!
Last year for the office staff I did Snowman Soup bags tucked into mugs I picked out for each person. I had forgotten all about how fun it was to make until I received your email recipes (your tags are much cuter)! By the way, I made the potato-corn chowder soup over the weekend, and now my husband is convinced I’m a terrific cook. Keep all those great recipes coming!
Thanks for such a wonderful idea. I am going to make some of these up for my little great nieces and nephews for christmas to attach to their gifts. I know that they will love to make something of their own. I am new to your website and I just love it!
Thanks again
Marilyn
What a great Idea. My grand daughter and I are making these so she can give one to all our guest,to take home christmas eve. Just for them.
Thank you for sharing all your wonderful knowledge
Thank you so much
Peggy
adorable…I think they’d make gifts for my daughters’ classmates in preschool!
We love S’Mores!
this was supposed to be our gift to family that Haylen could do herself…I though it was a great idea!! then she saw ur post on monkey bread…. Now I have a ton of hershey bars to get out of my house
Maybe she can do both lol
This is a cute idea.
What a great idea! I’m going to do this for my nieces and nephews!
Thanks Chrisy so much, my son is going to love handing these out as gifts!!! The kids did a good job demonstrating the how to’s. Thanks for all the gift giving ideas that you are doing. I appreciate it so much!
My granddaughters had such a good time making these. The youngest one’s birthday party is this weekend, and we’re giving them out to all her little friends. Thanks!
I picked up all the fixin’s for the Smores at the local Walmart. I am so glad I did. These little “kits” have been the best thing in my kitchen since sliced bread. Great for the bus driver, the mailman, the nice neighbor who thought my dog was running loose, etc. Thanks for sharing.
Aine
Tina Thank you! I know your basket recipients are going to be lucky folks indeed!
Stephanie I hope your unpacking has gone well! I can’t imagine moving, taking care of kids, AND cooking! You are a supermom!
Heather Thank you! They did have a good time and we’re going to be making them as class projects for the Christmas party, too. I am going to bring enough supplies so each child can make one for their siblings and themselves!
Amy oooh babysit? Sure do wish you lived near! I had a babysitter once…hehe
I used to love babysitting and bringing crafts!
Christie OOH how fun!!! Nothing like giving adults a chance to be a kid again! Folks underestimate how much we enjoy these activities, too! You’re a wise gal (and a GREAT Coworker!)
Betsy Thank you!!! Love your avatar! Yumm!
Jay hehe! How funny, I have really enjoyed coloring them myself!
Dani Thank you so very much!!!!!
Bill OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH Bill!! I am at my daughter’s dance class now (sitting in waiting room, I copied these comments to respond to since there isn’t wifi here) and I will go there as soon as I get home! Thank you so much! Always always always great to hear from our favorite southern plate guy!
Su hehe, that’s my Brady. Stay tuned to see his presidential inauguration in ab out twenty six years!
Joan JOAN!!!! Hey!!!! Hehe, I’m smart? Tell my kids that! You are always the sweetest person. Stop making me feel so good, I might get used to this!
Thank you!!!
Ashley Thank you!!!
Amanda I have that soup queued up to do a mix on but not sure if I will get to it. I have a list of things already compiled for next Christmas! I was going to make fabric bags but…~sighs~ …I just can’t begin to tell you what my days are like! I feel like I wake up and hit the ground running most days! Lol
You are so very welcome and thank you so much for reading and commenting!
AverageBetty My celebrity blogger!! Woohoo! Hehe, so glad you like them!!!! Thank you for taking the time to comment, I know how busy you are!!!
Jo *Muah* *Muah* and I love YOU Dahling!!!!! Thank you!!
~grins and dances~
Dora Thank you!! I need to do a Meme, never have yet! I’ll go hunt it down and see if I can’t put it up in between Christmas and New Years…can’t imagine y’all want to know more about me though, much as I go on and on and on and on…
Bev You are so very welcome! I am so glad you got to do it and I know your grandkids will treasure that memory!!!!
Robert ~City Cowboy~ I DO have a fried catfish recipe, I am going to add that to my list of things I need to get up on here! Oooh now you got me wanting fried taters!!!!
You are either a godsend or pure evil! ~giggle~
Lahia Thank you!! If you like frugal, you’ll LOVE ME!! I am so cheap, it ain’t even funny! Okay, actually it is funny but still, lol!
Please do come back and WELCOME TO SOUTHERN PLATE!!!!! Great to have you here!!
Yvonne Thank You so much for being so sweet!!!!! I hope she loves them, we’re doing them for my son’s party, too!
Kathy Oh what a lovely idea!!!!! Thank you so much for thanking me! I melted when I read that! So grateful! Massachusetts? I bet you’re cold!!!! You need a vacation in Alabama
Sharmi Thank you so very much!
Marj you are so sweet, thank you so much!!!! I do love my babies!
Linda Thank you so much!!! I am going to visit your blog soon as I get home!!!
(at daughters dance class now doing this offline)
Nancy Thank youuuuuuu!
Tthe4taylorz Thank you so much!
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1stopmom Thank you!! I look forward to those pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can’t wait to see how the cookies came out!!!!
Mary Masters OHHHH how very sweet!! You are an AWESOME grandmother! I know she was so proud!! My kids just puff up every time they get to make something! Thank you so much!! I think they are kinda cute ~giggle~ Even though they do look nothing like me (according to pretty much everyone!)
Weezie Thank you!! I know they will love this!!!
David Appenzellar Thank you so very much! Oh, I know just what you mean. Christmas is so very different when you have young kids around. My daughter is still so very proud over getting to make these and especially the monkey bread the other night. I told her today that before Christmas we were going to make cookies and she could put icing on them and sprinkles too. Her eyes got big as dollars and she said “You mean I get to put the icing on BY MYSELF??”
I may have to spread a tarp over the floor but by golly she is going to get to do it By herself!
Karen Oh wonderful! I bet they will love them! So excited you told me!!
Debbie Oh wonderful!! We miss y’all so much too! Katy still refers to him as “my Connor”. Hope we run into you again soon! SO GLAD you are reading SP!!!!!! WEEEEEE
Tonia Oh how cool!! Tell your daughter I said hi!!!! Thank you!!
Kim LongmateYou are my overachiever! Lol I LOVE going overboard any time I can this time of year!!!! FUN!! Sounds like an awesome Christmas party!
Kandie Oh yay! Thank you so much and I am THRILLED you liked the chowder! And your husband is right, you ARE a terrific cook!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Marilyn Well Marilyn. WELCOME TO SOUTHERN PLATE!! I Am thrilled to have you here!! Please sit a spell and stay a while!! I just love having new folks to get to know!!! These are yummy, too!!
Peggy You are so very sweet and I know your granddaughter will be so proud to give these out, what a special Christmas Eve!
Shana Thank you!!! My daughter’s preschool is getting them, too, I think!
Linda Thank you!! We do, too!
Gina LOL! Let her do both, hehe. Imagine how much of this stuff my kids have done already! We still have TONS left! Monkey bread is so great, its Katy’s favorite thing this year because she gets to do so much of it!
Michele Thank you!!
Jen Thank you so much! I hope y’all enjoy it!
Maggie I will pass your compliments along to my kidders! Thank you for being so very gracious!! I appreciate YOU so much!
WilllowDee Aww I am so glad y’all made them!!!! Thank YOU so much!!!!! I hope they had as much fun as my kids!
Aine WEEE! Thank you SO MUCH!!! Hehe, I love trumping sliced bread!!!
Gratefully,
Christy
Christy,
I just love the action photo’s of the kids helping you in the kitchen! I have 5 kids ages 21, 20, 19, 16 and 9. Some of my best memories are from when I was a child helping grandma or mom in the kitchen AND when my older ones were all little stair steps helping me in the kitchen. Now, my three oldest are out in the big world. My 16-year old daughter likes to try to cook on her own and I’m just there to answer questions. She’s so independent!
LOL she tried making sugar cookie dough last week on her own (the kind you refrigerate and then roll out and cut) and she thought the recipe said 1/8th cup of salt. But she wanted so badly to do it on her own and not have to ask questions that she just went ahead and put the 1/8 cup of salt in. She wouldn’t let anyone in the kitchen until the cookies were done. We all RUSHED in and grabbed cookies when she finally ALLOWED us. We eagerly shoveled them in, initially saying “mmmmm” when the sugary outside hit our tongues, then after a couple of chews… we all made little faces like “oh, oh… ewww… augh…. ummm… how do we tell her these are AWFUL!?”
I finally broke the ice and said “Ginny, do you remember how much salt the recipe called for?” She said “1/8 cup” – I said “Are you sure? They must have made a mistake on the print.” She looked at it again and said “OH MY GOD! It’s 1/8th TEASPOON!! Mom! Do they taste awful?” I said, “Well, try it. You might like that sweet and extra salty taste.” She tried one and threw it in the garbage – grabbed the rest of the cookies and tossed all but 5.
I said “What are you doing with those?” She said “Greg is suppose to stop by and I bet if I leave these out, he eats them!” (Greg is her older brother) hahaha… Anyway, the only one that will cook with me in the kitchen now, is my 9-year old son. And your posts make me want to capture all of it on film too.
OH! and I love these – SMORES! And individually wrapped. I have to be careful with sugar too – so this could be a little indulgence for me every once in a while
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Wow, that is a really cute idea!