How To Package A Cookie For Christmas Gift-Giving

How To Package A Cookie For Christmas Gift-Giving

How to package a cookie for Christmas gift-giving?  Aren’t these little gift packages so cute?  One of the festive little Christmas packages with a homemade cookie would be perfect for a customer appreciation gift.  They would also be perfect as a take-home gift.  Imagine a little basket or tin filled with these!  Guests can take one as they leave your home after a party.

Festive Christmas Ideas
Festive Christmas Ideas

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Welcome back to year 6 of our Festive Christmas Event where we team up with a bunch of talented blogging friends to bring you a plethora of creative ways to celebrate your holiday season. 

We will be baking some cookie recipes for you, sharing some party games, making some handmade gifts, doing some ornament crafting, and sharing our Christmas movies family fun. There will be breakfast recipes and as always, our decorated Christmas Trees which is always a fun tour of homes.

New this year is Gift Guides. We are right there with you shopping from home due to Covid 19 and we understand how hard that can be, so we have been busy little Elves doing tons of research to create fabulous Gift Guides to help you with your holiday shopping. 
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This idea was born after my son and daughter-in-law bought gift boxes for homemade fudge last year.  Emily wanted to give a little homemade treat to her manicure customers.  The packages ended up requiring more fudge than they had originally intended.  Sometimes those premade collapsed boxes you can find at the craft store are much bigger than you visualize!

When I saw Christine’s biscuit packaging idea for a wedding reception,  (You can see her post and download her template through this link, too.) it seemed a better idea.  I think it’s brilliant, cute, and so simple.  It’s a perfect little take-home treat!

Decorative Paper Pads for Cookie Packages

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Everyone knows about all of the pads of decorative cardstock available to us today, like the Halloween papers I used for the mantel pennant.  There are many kinds available for Christmas, every holiday, every season, and more.  With one of these pads of paper, you don’t have to worry about matching or coordinating papers.  The work is already done for you.  All the papers work together perfectly.

You will need: 

Directions For How to Make the Cookie Package

First, you will need to download the cookie package template and print it onto cardstock.  With scissors, cut out the template.  On the backside of a sheet of decorative cardstock, trace the template you made lightly with a pencil.  You can trace two on a 12″ x 12″ paper.

How To Package A Cookie For Christmas Gift-Giving
Trace template and cut around

Cut out the tracing.  I cut the two traced shapes out loosely.  Then, using the paper cutter, I trimmed off the outside angles.  You can easily use scissors to cut the angles away from the shape.

Place an adhesive dot or a piece of double-sided tape on one of the flap ends on the plain white backside of the decorative paper.

For each package, cut a 5-inch square from freezer paper.  The waxy side will contain any grease from butter or shortening, keeping the decorative paper in good shape.

Then, wrap the cookie in the freezer paper.  Just pull opposite corners together following the pictures above.  This will keep the cookie fresh and keep oils from penetrating the decorative cardstock. When you are making your cookies, you will want to consider the size of your little wrap.  The snowflake cookies I made for this post are 3-inch cookies.  (I would probably decorate these a little more for Christmas, but they are delicious just like this!  Dave has already had half a dozen!)  If you make larger cookies, you will have to adjust the size of the template and the freezer wrap.

Wrap the Cardstock Cutout Around the Cookie

How To Package A Cookie For Christmas Gift-Giving
Fold the ends over the wrapped cookie.

Set the wrapped cookie in the middle of the decorative cardstock cutout.  Roll the dot runner along the edge of the tab or add a piece of double-sided tape.  Then, fold up the two flaps on each side of the flap with the adhesive dots or tape.  Don’t crease the folds.  You want a rolled edge.  Next, fold up the remaining flap without the dot and secure the flap with the dot on top of it.  Isn’t this so cute?

How To Package A Cookie For Christmas Gift-Giving
Christmas gift tags

  You can download and print these tags if you like, create your own, or use some stickers.  This tag reads, “A sweet treat for you.  Merry Christmas!”  Use a paper cutter to cut out the tags easily.  Punch a hole in the top left corner to thread the kitchen string or ribbon through for attaching to the cookie package or glue to the top of the cookie wrap.   I used a 1/8-inch paper punch to make a hole in the tag for the twine.  Thread the twine through the hole and tie the kitchen twine or a pretty ribbon around the package making a little bow on top.

How To Package A Cookie For Christmas Gift-Giving
Christmas Cookie Package

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33 comments / Add your comment below

  1. Who wouldn’t love to receive a cookie packaged so pretty! My thoughts are going to so many people this would be a great idea for. Thanks for the inspiration!

  2. This is such an excellent idea! I bake cookies every year as my gift to everyone, and I can totally relate on how many more I need that I think.

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