Holiday Hostess Gifts
The hosts share ideas for sprucing up your holiday hostess gifts.
Episode:
A Festive Family Feast

Jason DeCrow
DIY Mulled Wine Kit
What you'll need:
- Whole mulled wine spices (cinnamon sticks, star anise, cardamom, nutmeg, cloves)
- Cloth sachet
- Dried glazed oranges
- Cellophane bag
- Ribbon
- Bottle of wine
How to:
- Place the whole mulled wine spices into the cloth sachet, pull the drawstring and tie the ends into a loop.
- Place a few dried glazed oranges into the clear cellophane bag.
- Secure the sachet and oranges with the ribbon and tie around the neck of the wine bottle.

Jason DeCrow
Christmas Tea Trees
What you'll need:
- Foam cylinder
- Mug
- Wooden skewer
- Foam cone
- Dark green and light green tea bags
- Push pins
- Honey stirrers
How to:
- Cut the foam cylinder to fit into the mug and place inside the mug.
- Using the wooden skewer, attach the foam cone on top of the mug.
- Pin tea bags in a row around the base of the cone with push pins.
- Moving upwards, add another row of tea bags, slightly overlapping each row.
- Repeat the pinning process until you reach the top.
- Make a hole in the top and insert the honey stirrers to make a "star" at the top.

Jason DeCrow
Holiday Cookie Packaging
What you'll need:
- Empty milk carton
- Craft glue
- Brown craft paper or brown paper bags
- White paint pen
- Craft knife
- Wooden bead
- Brass fastener
- Cookies
- Hole punch
- Ribbon
How to:
- Cut the screw cap off a milk carton and open the top.
- Glue brown craft paper onto the milk carton and let dry.
- Draw on shingles, windows and a door with a white paint pen.
- Cut out the door with a craft knife, leaving one side uncut as the hinge.
- Cut a hole for a doorknob.
- Glue a bead onto a brass fastener and let dry.
- Put the fastener through the doorknob hole.
- Add the cookies through the top.
- Hole punch the top of the carton and secure it closed with a ribbon.
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