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Dec 11 2020

Classroom Christmas Favors

They are all little angels

This year more than ever we needed the Christmas Spirit! We all have been hard hit by COVID and as we go into the holidays it’s nice for the students to have activities to do rather than a bag full of sweets. Also, to prevent arguments over who’s bag belongs to who the problem is solved by personalizing each student’s bag with their photo on it!

Supplies:

  • Photos of the students. Again we have the best Kindergarten teacher who is so sweet to work with me on these fun holiday treats – she captured photos of each of these little angels (without masks this time!). As I was trying to achieve a ‘bobble head’ look and feel, I scaled the images of the student’s faces larger than I would when I printed them out.
  • Plain Kraft Paper Bags. I choose brown as it showed off the angel wing better, but you can use any color bag you like.
  • Blue felt. I picked up a couple of sheets of blue felt at the craft store to use as a body. These were easy to cut out as long narrow triangle shapes and trim them down accordingly.
  • Angel Wings. I found these cute fabric angel wings on Amazon. They come joined, but I cut them apart so I could get the effect that the angels are flying.
  • Stars. I also found these glittery foam stars on Amazon. They were easy to use as they were just peel and stick. If I were to do this again, I would go with a smaller size star. I tried finding smaller sizes online but unfortunately they were all sold out.
  • Feathers or feather boa. To give the look that our little angels are floating on a cloud, I picked up a thin feather boa off Amazon and cut it down and hot glued it to the bag. It feathers added the texture and 3D look I was aiming for, but be prepared to have a broom close by with a dustpan – those feathers go everywhere!
  • Yellow Yarn. I used a fuzzy yellow yarn for the halo to complete the look. This did not work out as well as I had hoped and they were the most challenging thing to adhere to the bag. I would probably work with a different material if I did this again.

Filling:

My daughter helped me pick up fun activities, toys, and treats to put in the holiday gift bags which included:

  • A halo headband
  • Christmas activity book and crayons
  • Candy cane
  • Reindeer stuffy
  • Stickers
  • Peppermint Chinese yoyo