DIY Project – Hot Cocoa and Mashmallows
Our next DIY project is so ridiculously cute, you are going to die. They were filled with homemade snowflake marshmallows and hot cocoa, then placed lovingly into the guests’ rooms as a sweet treat. So great!
Materials
Heavy Card Stock
Labels
Muslin Bags
Thread / Sewing Machine
Corner Punch Tool
Cellophane Envelopes
Resealable Glue Strips
Individual Hot Coco Packets
Recipe for Homemade Marshmallows
Instructions:
1. Print pattern onto a card stock and trim to 3.75 x 3″ then round the right side corners with a corner punch tool. (You could use any patterned paper for this project and just mount it to a card stock with spray mount.)
2. Print the smaller labels onto a card stock. I used a silver metallic to coordinate with our wedding colors. trim each one out using an x-acto knife and ruler. Then hole punch (only half) on either side for sewing.
3. Line up pieces of paper with the left edge of the muslin bag and sew with a coordinating thread color. I used my basic sewing machine to do the sewing and they turned out well.
4. For the note inside we printed a greeting onto the same silver card stock and rounded the edges with a corner punch tool.
5. The homemade snowflake marshmallows were made from a recipe found at marthastewart.com.
We packaged the marshmallows in cellophane envelopes with a re-sealable glue strip to maintain freshness. Add individual hot cocoa packets in similar colors to complete the gift!
I love this and I am totally LOVING DIY week!!!
I'm curious what sort of printer people are using to print on card stock. I'm going to buy one to print our invitations and haven't seen too many with an extra feed that won't bend the card stock. Any suggestions?
I use an Epson R1800 but you don't need that much of a printer. I would stick with Epson though, as it feeds heavy card stock really well and lays the ink down nicely. Hope that helps!
i LOVE this DIY. all of it. love it. thanks for posting abby!
So cute! Thanks for the projects!
It's lovely! I want to do it ASAP :) Where can one purchase a rounded corner punch? Thanx!
I would love to know the final cost of this for a specific number of guests for anyone who has done it... and the time involved?
Love it! Where did you get the muslim bags??
omg ilove this. great christmas gifts to make in this economy. thanks for the instructions!
anyone have a good resource for these muslin bags? I am looking for some for my wedding as well! This project has inspired me like none other :)
Hi there, sorry that I forgot to include where I found the muslin bags. I think I ordered them form this online store: www.papermart.com. But here are a few more sources that I found:
http://www.save-on-crafts.com/musbagpacof1.html AND http://www.sunburstbottle.com/bags/tea-muslin . As far as the time involved, I only made about 20 total so it wasn't that labor intensive. Maybe a days worth of work to put together and make marshmallows. Most of my time was resourcing the bags and coco (http://www.englishteastore.com/begohotcosis.html ). And I'd say that each gift cost about $3 each.
Just curious what are the fonts you used? Beautiful little idea - definitely inspiring as the holidays approach!
I am investing in a new printer, thanks for the advice. I would love to be able to do this kind of stuff at home, rather than paying a print shop.
This is an awesome idea! I really love the finished product! Thanks for hosting this DIY contest Abby, I hope there's another one closer to my wedding!
I LOVE this idea! It looks so professional! Very impressed. She's very talented.
I love this project! What a great idea. Thanks for sharing this :)
this is a very creative and resourceful project! i love the pretty tag!
i can't believe she found hot cocoa packages that match her color scheme... !
I am just wondering where you found the design you used for all of your projects. Is there some site you downloaded it from?
I agree, I'd love to know the font and software needed in order to print this font and the yellow pattern onto the stock cards, I want to make my own wedding invitations and favors.
Hello, I designed the template and pattern in Adobe Illustrator and used the fonts Bickham Script and Janson Text Roman. I have an Epson R300 at home but there are much newer models out there now. Happy DIYing!
Wow - those are beautiful marshmallows and I'm not even a marshmallow fan! Gives me a great idea for a bat mitzvah invitation I'm designing for a camp (thinking s'mores...) :)
Thanks! This is great!
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Hi! I love the pattern on the card stock. :) I read the comments but can't seem to figure out how she printed a white pattern onto yellow card stock? Or was it white card stock with a yellow pattern on it? Any help would be so wonderful!
This is such a wonderful idea. I have two awesome little cousins who sadly live abroad and this is such a great way of still sharing warm cocoa moments with them!
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Martha's website shows that the marshmallows only have a one week shelf life. Has anyone tried this recipe, and if so, is this true? I can't imagine trying to bake as many marshmallows as needed for wedding favors the night before your wedding. If I can figure out the marshmallow delima, I would LOVE to do these favors!!