Ro: Hey Guys, it’s Ro, I’m here with my sister Mo.
Mo: Hey guys!
Ro: And today we are making some DIY Holiday gifts and we thought we should
Ro: record this. Because maybe then we could share our ideas with you and you could
Ro: get inspired. Mo: And big shock, they are all food related!
Ro: Yeah they are! Om-nom-nom-nom-nom!
Ro: Our family are big fans of gift jars.
Mo: Oh yeah, our aunt sends us jams and jellies that she makes from her farm every
Mo: year in a jar and it’s so delicious and yummy.
Ro: And our Dad likes to send gin, and he makes home-made whiskey as well!
Ro: And then my Mom does cookie mixes, they’re so cute, I had to show you guys.
Ro: They have all of the ingredients from scratch and then you just pour them into a
Ro: bowl and add eggs and butter and boom you have cookies!
Ro: But today, we are gonna be making our own!
Mo: We’re gonna be making 3 things, Cocoa in a Jar, a Gift Mitt, and S’mores in a Jar!
Ro: Ooooh I can’t wait! Alright, let’s get started!
Ro: Hehehehe!!
Ro: The first thing that we’re gonna make are handmade hot chocolate gifts.
Ro: The things you will need, will be: hot cocoa mix, a bunch of jars, we found
Ro: ones with little handles on them, I found these at Michaels, I’ll put a link
Ro: down below if you’re interested in getting these. A bowl of mini marshmallows,
Ro: this parts optional, but we’re gonna add a nip of Baileys Irish Cream for a little
Ro: bit of spirit. And then to decorate you’re gonna need some gift tags, red and
Ro: black pens, scissors, and red rafia!
Ro: The 1st thing that we’re going to do to assemble these is fill our jar halfway
Ro: full of cocoa mix.
Ro: Doo-da-doo-doo-doo-doo-da-doo-doo, doo-da-doo-da-dooo (sniffs)
Ro: Pour it in!
Mo: I’m getting it everywhere. Ro: Oh my glob! She’s making a mess already!
Mo: The trick is to get it in the jar and not on the table!
Mo: Next step is filling our jars with these marshmallows.
Ro: Just take a hand-fill…. Handfull! Mo: A-hahahaha!
Ro: Now we’re gonna put the lids on and then it’s time to decorate, we’re gonna
Ro: make some cute little gift tags!
Ro: You can put anything that you want on these little tags, Mo and I
Ro: like to do food puns, but you can just write to and from. Thats… Mo: That’s OK!
Ro: That’s fine too, but I was thinking, what about better choco-late than never.
Mo: That kind of sounds like you’re giving it to somebody late.
Ro: Yeah that sounds like a late gift idea.
Mo: What about just, uh, warmest wishes?
Ro: Yeah that’s cute, OK.
Mo: With the cute little mug like the one you have with the heart on it.
Ro: With the heart, OK yeah, do that one, do that one.
Ro: That’s so cute, check this out. Dee-dew!
Ro: Now you’re gonna take a little piece of raffia and you’re gonna tie it around your
Ro: Baileys, this part is totally optional, if not you’ll just tie it around your
Ro: little tag. I like to put them on the opposite side of the handle, so this side.
Ro: And then you’re just gonna wrap it all the way around and tie it together.
Ro: Last step, now you’re just gonna take your gift tag and another piece of raffia
Ro: and you’re just gonna thread it through to the middle and then tie a knot so it will
Ro: stay there, and then I’m just gonna put it right in the front.
Ro: Alright, now we’re done with these, you can make as many as you’d like.
Ro: Dee-dee-dew! They’re so cute! And now we’re gonna make some gift mitts!
Ro: I have already made these for some of my friends who come and visit so I hope
Ro: you guys like ‘em! It’s a really cute idea.
Ro: And the things you will need will be: 2 oven mitts, a mini rolling pin, a grater,
Ro: a wooden spoon, a spatula, a mini basting brush, an icing spatula, a whisk,
Ro: a kitchen timer, and then to decorate we’re gonna be using burlap ribbon,
Ro: this is 1-1/2 inches thick, scissors, gift tags, twine and some markers
Ro: for decorating we’ve got red, green and black.
Ro: The 1st thing that we’re gonna do to assemble these is you’re gonna leave the
Ro: mitt in the back empty and then the front mitt, we are gonna stuff it like a
Ro: little stocking, full of all of our kitchen gadgets.
Ro: And then we’re gonna wrap them together with a little bow tie.
Mo: Alright, this one I think is the tallest so let’s put that down there.
Ro: So you gotta position it a little.
Mo: Now we’re gonna take a long piece of our burlap ribbon.
Ro: Very long! Alright, that’s good! Boop!
Mo: And just tie a bow.
Mo: Hey Rosanna… Ro: Hmm? Mo: What do you call an obnoxious reindeer? Ro: What?
Mo: Rude-olf! Ro: Tshhh-hahaha Mo: Hahaha! Ro: That was pretty corny! Mo: Yeah!
Ro: I love it though!
Mo: Now that you have your bow, we’re just gonna cut the ribbon off at an angle to make
Mo: it look pretty. Ro: Make it look fancy!
Ro: And now it’s all held together and now we just have to make
Ro: a little tag to decorate.
Ro: What do you get when you cross a snowman and and a vampire?
Mo: What? Ro: Frostbite! Mo: OK, OK! Ro: Aw-fwah-fwah-fwah-fwah-fwah! Mo: Hahaha!
Mo: What do you call an elf who sings? Ro: What? Mo: A “Wrapper!”
Ro: I don’t get it! Mo: Because elves wrap presents! Ro: OH yeah! Ahahaha!
Mo: He’s a wrapper!
Ro: What do you call an elf behind his back?
Ro: Oh wait no, I told the joke wrong! Both: Ahahaha!
Mo: Now that we have our cute little sign “We Whisk You a Merry Christmas”
Ro: Dawww!
Mo: We are gonna put some twine on it and put it on our gift mitt!
Ro: You’re gonna thread it through to about the middle and then you’re gonna tie a
Ro: little knot. OK we’re gonna make a little knot in the back then cut off the
Ro: excess string.
Ro: Ta-daaaaaa!
Ro: We’re all finished and we have a bunch more to make of these, but this is our
Ro: Baking Mitt Kit!
Mo: The last gift we are making today will be our S’more Gift Jars.
Mo: The things you will need, will be: Graham Crackers, little Hershey’s Chocolates,
Mo: regular sized marshmallows, cute little mini mason jars, some red raffia,
Mo: Scissors, gift tags and a black marker.
Ro: To assemble these cute little things, you’re just gonna take off the lid to your
Ro: mason jar, alright, then you’re gonna take your little graham crackers and you’re
Ro: gonna break them in half right on the dotted line.
Mo: You’re gonna fill half of the bottom with Graham Crackers and the other half
Mo: with the Hershey’s Chocolates.
Ro: Now we’re gonna add some marshmallows, not gonna play Chubby Bunny today!
Mo: What!?! Ro: Yeah. Mo: Come on, what if we have extra!
Ro: No you’re so good at it and I’m so bad at that game.
Mo: You need practice is what that means!
Ro: And now we’re gonna make our little tags!
Ro: Let’s do… Happy Holidays… And… Mo: So much S’more!
Ro: And so much S’more! I like that one! Mo: OK!
Ro: And I’m gonna make Molly pretty! Let me just measure it… Perfect!
Mo: Oh wha… Oh wow! Ro: There we go! Oh my gosh! It’s so pretty!
Ro: Now, you’re gonna take your little holiday gift tag and you’re
Ro: gonna thread it through, and then we’ll tie a knot.
Ro: I love the red raffia, so I’m just going to layer it and tie it around and
Ro: around and around.
Both: Ta-daaaa!
Ro: Here are our handmade holiday gifts that we made, I can’t wait to give these to
Ro: friends and family this year, it’s gonna be so fun!
Mo: These are our finished Hot Ccocoa Mugs. Ro: Mmm-hmm! Mo: Kitchen Gift Mitt.
Ro: Mmm-hmm! Mo: And yummy S’more Gift Jars. Ro: Om-yum-yum-yum-yum-yum-yum!
Ro: If you guys make any of these gifts, please take pictures and send me photos,
Ro: I just love seeing all the creations you do. I love to re-blog them and post
Ro: them on Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook!
Mo: And, if you guys know any other funny and punny holiday jokes, please leave
Mo: them in a comment down below so we can read them. We love and get a
Mo: big kick out of corny jokes!
Ro: Yeah we’re corn-balls in this house, we love corny jokes, it’s like a thing.
Mo: The cornier the better!
Ro: Yeah, and I’ll be putting Mo’s links down below,
Ro: she’s got an Instagram and a Twitter, so if you want to say hi to my sister you
Ro: can go over there and say hi! Mo: That’s right!
Ro: Yeah and I just hope you guys have really happy holidays.
Ro: Hopefully these DIY gifts inspire you to make your own gifts over the holidays, I
Ro: hope you liked it and happy holidays!
Ro: Yeah, bye-bye!
Mo: Bye!