DIY Christmas Fun in a Box Kit

It's a little late for Christmas posts, but I'm trying to get caught up before New Years, so here is a super easy Christmas gift for kids. It's a great low-cost (besides shipping), portable gift that younger kids will have lots of fun with. I just put together lots of tasty or fun surprises and made up the puns on the printable below. You could even do your own birthday, Easter or other version of this kit.
To make it, you will need:
-Balloons
-Straws
-Candy Canes
-Hot Chocolate
-Markers
-Watercolors
-Glowsticks
-Crazy Eights Card Game
-Candy
-Toy Farm Animals
-Pretty ribbon/twine/yarn
-Favor Bags (optional)
-This free printable (below):

Print and cut out the printout above, then package all of your items however you wish. I used favor bags for some things and tied everything with pretty yarn. Put them all in a box, and you have a quick, cheap Christmas gift! 

Have fun crafting!

-Lauryn

DIY Unicorn Play-Doh Kit in a Jar

Here's a handmade gift I came up with for my cousin, who's four. This tutorial is fairly simple, and this gift is both cheap and fun.

To make this kit, you will need:
-A Jar
-A Unicorn Figurine
-Play-Doh ($0.50 at Walmart)
-Little Jewels, gems, glitter, or anything you have on hand that seems fitting (I also used finger-nail jewels and bows)
-Gold Paint (either acrylic or spray paint)
-Hot Glue Gun
-Hot Glue Gun Sticks

Step 1. First of all, hot-glue the unicorn to the lid of the mason jar. I made my unicorn from polymer clay scraps.
Step 2. Paint the lid (unicorn and all) gold using acrylic paint, or bring it outside and spray paint it using plastic bags or something to protect the ground.
Step 3. Remove the Play-Doh from any containers, place each color, one-at-a-time, in the jar using parchment paper to separate the colors.
Step 4. Package your accessories such as glitter, jewels, sequins, and such individually. These go on top of the Play-Doh in the jar.
Step 5. Twist the lid on, and you're done!

I hope that this tutorial makes some little girls very happy!

-Lauryn