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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The little cousins will be getting these in their Christmas packages! My sister-in-law will want to get payback for the sugar-excitement, but it’s a risk I’m willing to take!
Hey Christy–This is really cute! I saw a recipe for homemade marshmallows in a magazine–in a C&H sugar ad. They were super easy and I had all of the ingredients except for the unflavored gelatin already in my pantry. You could have your kids make these kits with homemade marshmallows sometime if you wanted. My kids (4 and 6) had a ball helping me with the marshmallows and they keep for 3 weeks.
Oh my gosh, how cute are they? I love the one where Katy looks like she just threw the bag at Brady, or maybe she’s yelling “Touchdown!”
This is such a great idea!
What a great gift idea. I haven’t seen Christmas-shaped marshmallows here, but I’ll have to keep my eye out for them. Cute kids!!
Your kids are just too cute! That is a really good gift idea! I’m gonna have to do that one year.
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This is such a great idea!
I love the pics of the kids helping, so cute.
What a great inexpensive gift. My kids love smores, and when summer camping was done they were a little bummed. The holiday marshmallows are perfect for a Christmas treat.
Great job Brady & Katy! My daycare kids will absolutely love these!
Great idea for the sweet little mission group at church that sends me cards for all occasions.
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What a cute idea! I have 2 kids in college, and they were excited when I showed them this idea. They immediately wanted to make them for ALL of their friends! And of course, it brought back some pretty sweet memories of them as small children helping me with the annual Christmas cookie & gift mix preparations. I had really missed that. Thanks for helping us reconnect!
OH THANK YOU SO MUCH! We had a Cub Scout Bonfire in October. We had all of these items left over and I was trying to figure out what to do. So, I just put together 60 packets to hand out at the pack meeting next week. THANK YOU!!!
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My son is in the first grade and there are 15 children in his class. We made these and the kids made them in class (his teacher has a microwave in the class). They loved it and my son was so proud that he supplied something a lot of the kids had never had, so thanks for the inspiration!!!!
I made these for my triplets preschool class – it was the hit of the holiday season – (I know I’m a bit late with my comment!) Practically every mom asked where I got the idea from – Great stuff!
My favorite gift to give during Christmas day is a fruit basket with toys and gift certificates. they can really put a smile on someone’s face”;’
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Oh, my goodness… () Please post a childhood picture of yourself at about Katy’s age and I bet your Southern Plate family will scarcely be able to tell the difference! “You spit that baby out,” as my family likes to say of children who are the spittin’ image of their mama.
OMG – this is too cute! I’m totally doing this for my daughter’s class party! LOVE IT!
Thanks for sharing this great idea!
I made these last year for my kids preschool (my comment is still above!) There is also Snowman Soup, here is the link – http://www.aapavatar.net/snowsoup.htm
My kids birthday is December 15th so I gave the snowman soup, a little mug, and an ornament as their “gift bag” last year. Great inexpensive ideas!
I did this when you first posted it for the neighbor hood kids. It was a big hit. I also did the hot chocolate with an envelope of hot chocolate mix, candy cane, marshmallows in a Christmas cup. I don’t know if I got the labels here for the hot chocolate or not but another neat inexpensive gift.
This is a cute idea. I just saw somewhere (can’t remember f it was on TV or a website) where they also put a mini Recees peanut butter cup on the other side of the marshmallow. YUM! Love all your recipes and stories, Christy.
These will be coming with me when we have our annual Gingerbread House decorating with the neighbors this year. Thanks for the great idea.
Is there a way that I can change the “Happy Holidays” to “Merry Christmas” when I go to print them? We have a comittment to keep Christ in Christmas. Thanks a bunch!
I completely agree and understand. Since this is a PDF, you can’t edit it but you can print it off and use it as a template to make your own labels. I used Microsoft publisher and Microsoft word I think (one or the other will do). I didn’t do a specific layout or anything, just wrote all the stuff and made sure it was spaced evenly.
Hope this helps!
Gratefully,
Christy
Thank you for your quick reply! I’ll try that & I hope to see you in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina area someday. Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas!
This is the BEST idea. I know a few people who will be getting these
Well, if I can keep myself from eating all the marshmallows!
I just LOVE this idea! Thanks for sharing!
What a great awesome idea, thanks for sharing it.
so cute and easy-these would make great party favors, even for adults…
I got this idea from you last year and it was a HIT with the kids. I made all of my daughter’s class a goody bag that included this and the Snow Man Soup. So excited to get to do it again this year. And I did do the Snow Man Soup for all my co-workers and they thought it was adorable.
Hi Christy-
These will be great for my college kids–we have four in college–to get in the mail. I will send extras for them to give to friends. It will be something fun to do just before exams that is quick, easy, and chocolatey! Thanks.
Loved this idea, will made them stocking stuffers for my grandchildren and I know they will love it.
Thank you for sharing such a wonderful idea! My 6 yr old daughter loves to bake & cook with me. This will be a fun to do together.
I love this idea! I am going to make these up for my granddaughter’s daycare class.She is only 2 but I am sure her classmates will still love them.
I love this idea. I will be giving these to my students and my son’s preschool classmates. I love easy gifts that I know they will enjoy.
Great idea, but for some reason I am not seeing the tags to print for s’mores.
Love your website!
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What a great gift for co-workers to have with their breal time coffee. There might be a line to the microwave.
I was looking around for a cute, but inexpensive gift for my kids’ classmates. This is perfect and very cute!! Thank you!!
Thank you Ada, hope you have a Merry Christmas!
We made enough of these for every kid in our church’s youth group. Thanks for the great gift idea!
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This idea is too cute. And so easy. BTW, I love your tree. Reminds me of how my MaaMaw always did hers. Brings back wonderful memories of Christmas past!
Too cute! What a great idea for the grandboys to make tomorrow!
I’ll be making these to send out with each child at the daycare on the last day before Christmas!
Awesome idea! My daughter’s class made stockings that are hanging in their classroom. Everybody is supposed to bring a treat for each classmate as a stocking stuffer. This will be perfect and so much better that the dollar store crazy straws alone. I think I may even add a packet of hot chocolate, too. Thanks for the great idea!!
I am such a busy person and wanted to find something simple and fun to give to my son’s first grade class. This is perfect! I’m going to get the supplies during my lunch break!
Thanks and I hope you have a Merry Christmas.
Thank you sooo much! I was going crazy thinking of an easy and inexpensive treat to give my daughter’s preschool classmates! This is PERFECT!!
Thanks again for such a wonderful idea!!
This will be a easy and sweet surprise to send the nieces and nephews who are away at school! Thank you, Christy, for posting it, and your kidlets are learning some wonderful lessons in sharing and in diplomacy.
You have the best ideas Christy. Thanks for sharing all you do.
I love this idea and I created 30 little S’mores bags for helpers at our church. Check out the post I made. I did give credit to you for being my original source. Thanks for the inspiration! http://michellepaige.blogspot.com/2011/12/quick-smores-gift-idea.html
–Michelle Paige