Over the years I have made everything, and I do mean everything at one time or another to create a handmade Christmas. I’ve made rolls and rolls of butcher paper into wrapping paper, cut grocery bags into handmade tags, made enough fudge, cinnamon rolls, candies and cookies to feed a small country, as well as jams, jellies, soup mixes and Snowman soup!
My award winning jams were requested one year at the Church Christmas Boutique and I ended up selling for another 10 years before we moved. Now I make just enough for gifts for neighbors and family. I started making Snowman Soup about 20 years ago for the girl scouts and it was a HUGE seller at our gift wrap days and later for the Church Boutique.
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While I don’t have the talent for handmade gifts, I do enjoy getting them. I think we’ve had snowman soup as a gift before. It’s hot chocolate related isn’t it?
Yes it is! We started it a gift giving item that my girl scouts would sell as a fundraiser during our gift wrapping events in front of various stores.
I enjoy homemade gifts as well. I would like to see families go back to more traditional Christmas, like some homemade items as well as ornaments and decorations. I need to know about snowman soup. I love snowmen! I also want to know what jars you used on the snowmen cocoa things in the top photo of your post.