You must make this Rudolph The Reindeer 2-4-6-8 Gift Bag just for fun!  It wouldn’t take you long to make several of these for favors at everyone’s place setting at Christmas dinner! You could put a few pieces of candy inside or a little gift.

Just use whatever brown cardstock you have. I used Soft Suede, but Crumb Cake would be good too! Cut the paper at 6″ x 8 1/2″.  Then score at 2″, 4″, 6″ and 8″ along the long side.  Turn the paper and score at 2″. Cut each of the flaps and crease on all the score lines.

Your paper will look something like this, although the measurements will be different.  Same idea.

Before assembling the box, figure out which panel will be the face of the reindeer and decorate with his eyes and shiny nose.  Use the Sprig Punch to punch two antlers for the reindeer.  Just put a tiny bit of glue on the bottom of each sprig and glue inside the bag. The eyes are punched with the 1/2″ Circle Punch in Whisper White Cardstock.  The tiny black pupils are punched with the little oval on the Detailed Trio Punch.  You could also just color in the eyes with a black marker!  The nose is punched with the 3/4″ Circle Punch.  I had some retired Red Glimmer Paper scraps that I used.

Assemble the box using some strong adhesive, like Tear & Tape or Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  If you want the bag to be closed at the top, punch two holes in the top and thread some ribbon through and tie.  I used the Gold 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon but some red ribbon would be perfect, too!

The idea for the reindeer box came about after I made the little small gift bag on yesterday’s post but I wanted the reindeer to be a little narrower.  Then I remembered the 2-4-6-8 Box, an oldie but goodie!  I knew it would be the right size I was looking for, but you could use any size you like.

If you wanted to leave the top open, more like a treat box, then maybe I would tie a bow with some ribbon and adhere the bow at the bottom on the reindeer.

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It’s almost time to be wrapping gifts and preparing everything for Christmas (that is if you have done your shopping already!) so here is a Small Gift Bag you can make with half a sheet of designer paper.  Put a small gift inside, a gift card, or some candy treats!  Easy to make and a good way to use up that designer paper you are hoarding!  It might save a trip to the store to buy more wrapping paper!

To begin, cut a 12″ x 12″ piece of designer paper or card stock in half at 12″ x 6″. I used the All Is Bright Designer Series Paper.  You can also make the bag out of cardstock and decorate with a piece of designer paper on the front. Score the paper at  1″, 3 3/4″, 6 1/2″ and 9 1/4″.   Then turn lengthwise and score at 2″.  The 2″ area will be the bottom flaps, so pay attention to the pattern on your paper.  If I had scored this paper at the 2″ mark on the other side, the stockings would be upside down.

Crease all the score lines and cut the flaps as shown.  Rather than just cut straight up on the score lines, I cut a little bit of an angle at each score mark.  It just makes it easier to fold, in certain cases, where the bulk of that score line sometimes interferes with a smooth fold and fit.  Use some strong adhesive on that side flap, like Fast Fuse, Tear & Tape, or Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  Fold in the bottom flaps and adhere.  Stick something down inside the bag from the top, like a Bone Folder or ruler to get the flaps to stick together.

Now depending on what you want to make, you can squeeze in on the sides a little bit to bring the top of the bag together, punch holes in the top, and tie shut with ribbon.  Or use a clip on the top.  If you prefer, leave the top open or even make a lid. It’s very versatile!

For this gift bag, I stamped a greeting from the Sincerely Santa Stamp Set, punched a hole in the top and tied it on the bag with the Whisper White Sheer 1/8″ Ribbon.  I could have made it fancier, layered it on some Real Red Cardstock, or adhered it to the front of the bag, but I liked it fine the way it was.  I did add a Red Rhinestone Jewel to the bottom of the tag. (These Red Rhinestones are discounted right now in the Online Store for the Year-End Closeout Sale!)

Try your hand at making this cute little gift bag or treat holder! It’s fun, easy and cute! Once you do it, you will be able to make them over and over again when you need a small gift bag!

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At Christmas time there are lots of opportunities where you might like to make some candy holders or party favors so here are two ideas for Christmas Paper Roll Candy Holder Favors.  These are simple to make, especially the Santa one, and you can just use your imagination and make them however you like, no particular templates or instructions to follow.

These candy holders are made with a paper towel roll cut in half (sort of!). First I made the elf, copying a candy bar wrapper I made several years ago in THIS POST.  I just wrapped the tube in Old Olive Cardstock, wrapped it in a piece of Real Red at the top with a little triangle cut out to look like short pants, and two strips of the red and white striped flocked paper from the Santa’s Workshop Designer Paper (no longer available).j You can make your own striped elf legs with Whisper White Cardstock and a Real Red Stampin’ Write Marker.  The shoes I just cut by hand out of a small piece of Basic Black.  You could just use a rectangle shape if you wanted to. Then there is a little Old Olive belt around his shorts with a black buckle.

Here is the secret of making buckles, as on both of these favors……. cut a square of the color for the belt buckle and adhere.  Then cut a smaller square of the color of the belt to center on top of the belt buckle square. That way you are not cutting slits and sliding the “belt” through the buckle or anything! Sometimes there is a punch that is suitable for the buckle.

The Santa party favor is even easier.  Just wrap the tube with Real Red Cardstock.  Make some “fur” on his coat.  I used the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch to decorate the edges of the Whisper White strip.  Maybe it is too frilly for Santa?  You could also just tear the edges to look a little furry.  The black buttons are punched with the 1/2″ Circle Punch.  Just wrap around a black belt and make a buckle out of Gold Foil Paper or Gold Glimmer Paper. Add that center Basic Black piece to look like a belt.

Then just add some candy or treat in a cello bag or glue on a little bottom piece of cardstock at the bottom of the tube and fill with candy. Easy and fun Christmas Paper Roll Candy Holder Favors for you to make!

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If you were wondering what to do with any leftover Halloween candy (especially if it rained and stormed and you barely had any trick-or-treaters), here’s an idea to turn the small candy bars into Easy Candy Bar Reindeer Christmas Favors!  It’s almost Christmas anyway, so the candy won’t get old!

These were little snack size candy bars but of course, you could use regular size candy bars if you like. Basically, you just wrap cardstock around the candy bar and then turn it into a reindeer for Christmas!  You can use these for stocking stuffers, party favors, table decorations, whatever you need.

For those who like measurements, for these chocolate bars my Crumb Cake Cardstock was cut 3 1/2″ wide to go around the bar and 3 3/4″ in length.  You can just wrap the paper around and kind of score it with your fingers, or measure your candy bar if you want more precision.  I scored my cardstock at 1″, 1 1/4″, 2 1/4″ and 2 1/2″.

To make the antlers, I used the Sprig Punch and Early Espresso Cardstock. I just put a dab of glue on the end of the sprig and adhered it inside the candy bar cardstock wrapper.  You could even separate the two sides of the sprig if you wanted to.  I liked mine together as punched.  Use whatever you like for the eyes, big or little.  I decided on the two circles in the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch and added pupils with a black marker.  It would be cute to use any “googlie eyes” you might have in your stash.  For the nose, I used the 3/4″ Circle Punch to make a sparkly red nose with some retired red Glimmer Paper, but of course you could just use Real Red Cardstock for the nose.

For more inspiration, here is another reindeer papercrafting project I did.

That’s all there is to this easy candy bar project. You could even tie a little red ribbon around the bottom portion of the reindeer or fancy it up a little more. Make some cute candy bar reindeer Christmas favors for your holiday table!  Just have fun with it!

***Here are some products that are no longer available to purchase due to the fact that they are backordered and cannot be sent in time for the holidays by the manufacturer.  Very sad this beautiful paper is no longer available.

147816: Joyous Noel Specialty Designer Series Paper
147890: Festive Farmhouse Elements
147811: Santa’s Workshop Enamel Elements

BUT Stampin’ Up! is bringing back the Dashing Along Designer Series Paper, a package of old and new paper patterns for a traditional Christmas!